Kurtz may refer to:

In fiction

• Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness
• Colonel Kurtz, a main character of the film Apocalypse Now played by Marlon Brando, which is based on the above character

Places

In the United States:

• Kurtz, Indiana
• Kurtz, Michigan
• Kurtz Township, Minnesota
• Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

People with surname

• Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials
• Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster
• David B. Kurtz (1819?1898), American politician in California
• Dayna Kurtz, American singer/songwriter
• Efrem Kurtz (1900?1995), conductor
• Eugene Kurtz (1923?2006), American composer
• Frank Kurtz (1911?1996), diver and aviator
• Frank Kurtz (director), creator of the Creepsville comic-book series
• Gary Kurtz (born 1940), a producer on Star Wars
• Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899?1989), Dutch historian, writer and archivist
• Glenn Kurtz (born 1962), American writer
• Hal Kurtz (born 1943), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Howard Kurtz (born 1953), American journalist, author and media critic
• Jacob Banks Kurtz (1867?1960), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1809?1890), German Lutheran theologian
• Joseph Edward Kurtz (born 1946), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
• Joyce Kurtz (born 1958), American voice actress
• Justin Kurtz (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Katherine Kurtz (born 1944), fantasy author
• Linda Kurtz, American beauty queen and television host
• Lucy Cometina Kurtz (1861?1937), wife of Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland
• Maxine Kurtz (born 1921), American city planner
• Mike Kurtz (c. 1845?1904), American burglar and gang leader in New York City
• Oliver Kurtz (born 1971), former field hockey forward from Germany
• Paul Kurtz (born 1925), American philosopher and prominent skeptic
• Stanley Kurtz, contributing editor for National Review Online
• Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
• Stephen G. Kurtz, American historian
• Steve Kurtz, performance artist
• Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Frank Kurtz
• Thomas Eugene Kurtz (born 1928), computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language
• William Henry Kurtz (1804?1868), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania

See also

• Kurz
• 6629 Kurtz, a main-belt asteroid
• Cowchock Wapner Kurtz syndrome

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