Kurtz

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Kurtz is the surname of several people:

• Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials
• Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster
• Efrem Kurtz, conductor
• Frank Kurtz, diver and aviator
• Frank Kurtz (director) - creator of the Creepsville comic-book series
• Gary Kurtz, a producer on Star Wars
• Hal Kurtz, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Howard Kurtz, American journalist, author and media critic
• J. Banks Kurtz, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Johann Heinrich Kurtz, German Lutheran theologian
• Katherine Kurtz, fantasy author
• Paul Kurtz, prominent skeptic
• Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player
• Steve Kurtz, performance artist
• Swoosie Kurtz, American actress, daughter of Frank Kurtz
• Thomas Eugene Kurtz, computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language

Fictional persons

• 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

Places

In the United States:

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

[edit] See also

• Kurz