Kunz, Künz, or Kunze is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Kunz (singer) (Marco Kunz, born 1985), Swiss singer *

Adrian Kunz Adrian Kunz (born 7 July 1967) is a Swiss former footballer and an ex-manager of several Swiss clubs, most recently Swiss Challenge League side FC Wohlen in 2011–12. Kunz played as a forward in a playing career that included spells at domesti ...

(born 1967), Swiss international footballer * Alfred Kunz (Catholic priest) (1931–1998), American murdered Catholic priest * Alfred Kunz (composer) (1929–2019), Canadian composer and conductor * Andreas Kunz (1946-2022), German skier * Andreas Kunze (1952-2010), German actor * Anita Kunz (born 1956), Canadian artist and illustrator *

Charlie Kunz Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born pianist and band leader who worked in Great Britain during the British dance band era, eventually becoming a well-known solo pianist. Life and career Kunz was born ...

(1896–1958), American pianist *

Dana Kunze Dana Kunze (born January 27, 1961) is an American champion high-diver. He has held the world records for the highest dives. Kunze began his professional high diving career in 1974 at the age of 13. He won his first world championship in 1977 and ...

, American high diver * Drew Kunz (born 1969), American poet and artist * Earl Kunz (1898–1963), American professional baseball pitcher * Eddie Kunz (born 1986), American professional baseball pitcher * Eric Kunze (born 1971), American Broadway actor and singer * Erich Kunz (1909–1995), Austrian operatic baritone *

Ernst Künz Ernst Künz (23 February 1912 – 21 August 1944) was an Austrian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played all four ...

(1912–1944), Austrian football (soccer) player * Eva Kunz (1947-2023), German politician *

Florian Kunz Florian Kunz (born 22 February 1972, in Leverkusen) is a former field hockey defender from Germany. He was the captain of the side which won the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup. He played a total of 228 caps for the national team from 1992 until 20 ...

(born 1972), German field hockey player * George Kunz (born 1947), American football player *

George Frederick Kunz George Frederick Kunz (September 29, 1856 – June 29, 1932) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. Biography Kunz was born in New York City, USA, and began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, he had amas ...

(1856–1932), American mineralogist * Gustav Kunze (1793–1851), German zoologist, botanist and entomologist whose standard botanical author abbreviation is Kunze *

Hansjörg Kunze Hansjörg Kunze (born 28 December 1959) is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner. His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Ko ...

(born 1959), German track and field athlete * Heinz Rudolf Kunze (born 1956), German writer and rock singer *

Helmut Kunz Helmut Kunz (26 September 1910 – 23 September 1976) was an Schutzstaffel, SS dentist who, after the suicide of Adolf Hitler, was ordered to administer anesthetic to the Goebbels children, six children of Joseph Goebbels before they were killed ...

, (1910–1976), Nazi doctor * John Christopher Kunze (1744–1807), German-American Lutheran pietist theologian *

Johannes Kunze Wilhelm Reinhold Johannes Kunze (March 5, 1904 – November 4, 1943) was a German World War II prisoner of war (POW) held at Camp Tonkawa, Oklahoma.Johannes Kunze (politician) (1892–1959), German politician *

Kahena Kunze Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the Sailing a ...

(born 1991), Brazilian sailor, 2 times olympic gold medalist (2016 - Rio, 2020 - Tokyo) * Kerstin Kunze (born 1971), German chess master *

Michael Kunze Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals ''Elisabeth (musical), Elisabeth'' (1992), ''Tanz der Vampire'' (1996), ''Mozart!'' (1999), ...

(born 1943), German lyricist, book writer and librettist * Nicolin Kunz (1953–1997), Austrian actress * Reiner Kunze (born 1933), German writer and GDR dissident * Richard Kunze (1872-1945), German politician * Rudibert Kunz (born 1943), German investigator, journalist and television editor * Rudolf Kunz, German motorcycle road racer *

Terry Kunz Terry Tim Kunz (born October 26, 1952) is an American former professional football running back who played one season with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Raiders in the eighth round of the 197 ...

(born 1952), American football player * Stanley H. Kunz (1864–1946), American politician from

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

Stephanie Kunze Stephanie Kunze is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio Senate for the 16th district. She formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 24th district. Prior to her election, she was a member of Hilliard City C ...

(born 1970), American politician from

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

* Urs Kunz (born 1974), Swiss skier

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