Arts and Music

• Kurt Schwitters (born 1887, died 1948)

  German painter, collagist and poet.

  • Associated with the Dada movement (see list of Graphic Designers)

Miscellaneous

• Kurt Wait

  First man to win the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

  • 1996 Pillsbury Bake-Off winner (see list of Pillsbury Bake-off Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Kurt Alder (born 1902, died 1958)

  German chemist known for his work on the synthesis of organic compounds.

  • 1950 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Otto Diels (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Kurt O. Friedrichs
  • 1976 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Kurt Gödel (born 1906, died 1978)

  Austrian-born American mathematician.

  • 1974 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Kurt Browning
  • 1989-91, 1993 World Figure Skating champion (see list of World Figure Skating Champions)

Stage and Screen

• Kurt Krueger
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Kurt R. McKinney
  • Actor on soap opera ''''Guiding Light'''' (see list of Performers on ''Guiding Light'')

The Literary World

• Kurt Vonnegut (born 1922)

  American novelist.

  • Wrote Slaughterhouse Five (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
  • Author of Slaughterhouse-Five (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)