Kurz is a German-language surname surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Heinz D. Kurz (born 1946), Austrian economics professor
• Hermann Kurz (1813–1873), German poet and novelist
• Isolde Kurz (1853–1944), German poet and short story writer, daughter of Hermann Kurz
• Marco Kurz (born 1969), German footballer and manager
• Rob Kurz (born 1985), American basketball player
• Robert Kurz (philosopher) (1943–2012), German philosopher and publicist
• Sebastian Kurz (born 1986), former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria
• Selma Kurz (1874–1933), Austrian operatic soprano
• Siegfried Kurz (1930–2023), German composer, conductor and academic teacher
• Toni Kurz (1913–1936), German mountaineer
• Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), Czech pianist and piano teacher
• Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz (1892–1938), Austrian-born Soviet official
• Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878), German botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Kurz

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