Kurt
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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.
Its name days are November 12 (Sweden) and November 26 (Norway).
Kurt also appears as a family name.
[edit] Famous people named Kurt
- Kurt Angle (b. 1968), wrestler
- 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 Hensel (1861-1941), German mathematician
- Kurt Jara (b. 1950), football coach
- Curd Jürgens (1915 – 1982), actor
- 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
- Curt Smith (b.1961), member of british musical duo Tears for fears
- 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
[edit] Other meanings
- Kurt is also a Kazakh dish
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