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Kurt is a given name. Its principal English variant is Curt, while others include Cord, Curd, and Kort. It originated as a short form of Curtis, Konrad (Conrad), and Kunibert. Curt also means to be impolitely brief.
Its name days are November 12 (Sweden), November 26 (Norway) and September 13 (Australia).
Kurt also appears as a family name.
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Famous people named Kurt/Curt
- Kurt Angle (born 1968), wrestler
- Kurt Attard (born 1987), Australian Rnb Singer
- Kurt Beck (born 1949), politician
- Kurt Biedenkopf (born 1930), politician
- Kurt Browning (born 1966), Canadian figure-skater
- Kurt Busch (born 1978), NASCAR Driver
- Kurt Cobain (1967 – 1994), American musician, singer of band Nirvana
- Kurt Gödel (1906 – 1978), German mathematician
- Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German educator, creator of Outward Bound
- Kurt Hensel (1861-1941), German mathematician
- Kurt James (born 1972), musician, guitarist
- Kurt Jara (born 1950), football coach
- Curd Jürgens (1915 – 1982), actor
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904 – 1988), chancellor of West Germany 1966-1969
- Kurt Krenn (born 1936), bishop
- Kurt (Kubrat) (632–665 AD), statesman
- Kurt Loder (born 1945), media correspondent
- Kurt Masur (born 1927), director
- Kurt Nilsen (born 1978), Norwegian singer
- Kurt Russell (born 1951), actor
- Curt Schilling (born 1966), baseball pitcher
- Kurt von Schleicher (1882 – 1934), politician and general
- Kurt Schwitters (1887 – 1948), artist
- Kurt Sinette (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago boxer
- Curt Smith (born 1961), member of British musical duo Tears for Fears
- Curt Stone (born 1922), American long-distance runner
- Kurt Student (1890 - 1978), founder of the German Airborne Infantry
- Kurt Suzuki (born 1983), baseball player
- Kurt Thoroughman (born 1972), Professor
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890 – 1935), writer and publicist
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), American writer
- Kurt Voss, American film director
- Kurt Waldheim (1918 - 2007), UN Secretary General and Austrian president
- Kurt Warner (born 1971), NFL quarterback
- Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950), German-American composer
- Kurt Wolff (1887 – 1963), German publisher
- Kurt Wubben (born 1972), Dutch marathon ice speed skater
Fictional characters named Kurt
- Kurt Wagner (comics) or Nightcrawler, a Marvel comic book superhero
- Kurt Wallander, a detective in the works of Henning Mankell
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