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.

Its name days are November 12 (Sweden) and November 26 (Norway).

Kurt also appears as a family name.

Famous people named Kurt

• Kurt Angle (b. 1968), wrestler
• Kurt Artner (1961 – 2005), Austrian sport shooter
• Kurt Beck (b. 1949), politician
• Kurt Biedenkopf (b. 1930), politician
• Kurt Browning (b. 1966), Canadian figure-skater
• Kurt Cobain (1967 – 1994), American musician
• Kurt Gödel (1906 – 1978), German mathematician
• Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German educator, creator of Outward Bound
• Kurt Jara (b. 1950), football coach
• Curd Jürgens (1915 – 1982), actor
• Kurt Krivka (b. 1975), philanthropist
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904 – 1988), chancellor of West Germany 1966-1969
• Kurt Krenn (b. 1936), bishop
• Kurt Loder (b. 1945), media correspondent
• Kurt Masur (b. 1927), director
• Kurt Nilsen (b. 1978), Norwegian singer
• Kurt Russell (b. 1951), actor
• Curt Schilling (b. 1966), baseball pitcher
• Kurt von Schleicher (1882 – 1934), politician and general
• Kurt Schwitters (1887 – 1948), artist
• Kurt Student (1890 - 1978), founder of the German Airborne Infantry
• Kurt Suzuki (b. 1983), baseball player
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890 – 1935), writer and publicist
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), American writer
• Kurt Waldheim (1918 - 2007), UN Secretary General and Austrian president
• Kurt Warner (b. 1971), NFL quarterback
• Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950), German-American composer
• Kurt Wolff (1887 – 1963), German publisher

Other meanings

• Kurt is also a Kazakh dish

External link

• Statistics Norway page on number of Norwegians with the name

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