Another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Kurt. Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. PS. The year of birth given in brackets.

Kurt Eisner* journalist/ politician, revolutionary – Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (1867)

Kurt Wolff* journalist/ writer/publisher – Bonn, Prussia, German Empire (1887)
Kurt Atterberg* composer/engineer – Gothenburg, Sweden (1887)

Kurt Wolff* German WWI flying ace - Greifswald, Pomerania (1895)

Kurt Weill* German-American composer – Dessau, Saxony, German Empire (1900)
Kurt Alder* German chemist/N – Königshütte, Silesia (1902)
Kurt Gödel* logician/ mathematician/philosopher – Brünn, Austria-Hungary (1906)

Kurt Waldheim* diplomat/ politician/UN Secretary-General – Sankt Andrä-Wördern, German-Austria (1918)

Kurt Vonnegut* author – Indianapolis, IN USA (1922)

Kurt Horres* opera director & manager – Düsseldorf, Nazi Germany (1932)
Kurt Westergaard* cartoonist – Døstrup, Denmark (1935)
Kurt Luedtke* screenwriter/editor – Grand Rapids, MI USA (1939)

Kurt Trampedach* painter/sculptor – Hillerød, Denmark (1943)

Kurt Russell* actor – Springfield, MA USA (1951)
Kurt Fuller* actor – San Francisco, CA USA (1953) pic
Kurt Thomas* gymnast/OG – Miami, FL USA (1956)

Kurt Cobain* singer/ songwriter/guitarist (Nirvana) – Aberdeen, WA USA (1967)

Kurt Wubben* marathon speed skater – Pijnacker, Netherlands (1972)

Kurt Vile* singer/ multi-instrumentalist/record producer – Landsdowne, PA USA (1980)

Kurt Zouma* football player – Lyon, France (1994)

Updated 10.1.2023