Colonel Kurtz, a main character of the film Apocalypse Now played by Marlon Brando

Scott Kurtz, author of the webcomic Player Vs. Player

Katherine Kurtz, fantasy author

Thomas Eugene Kurtz, computer scientist who co-developed the BASIC programming language

Paul Kurtz, prominent skeptic

Swoosie Kurtz, American actress, daughter of Frank Kurtz

Kurtz Township, Minnesota

Steve Kurtz, performance artist

Efrem Kurtz, conductor

Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness

Gary Kurtz, a producer on Star Wars

Frank Kurtz, diver and aviator

Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge

Frank Kurtz (director) - creator of the Creepsville comic-book series

Howard Kurtz, American journalist, author and media critic

Hal Kurtz, Major League Baseball pitcher

J. Banks Kurtz, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania

Johann Heinrich Kurtz, German Lutheran theologian

Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials

Bob Kurtz (broadcaster), American sportscaster