Namesakes
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor, 1 president
(chancellor) Kurt Schuschnigg 1934-1938 
(president) Kurt Waldheim 1986-1992
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars:
1 king
King Kubrat (a.k.a. Kurt) 632-665
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Kurt Wallander 1991 Faceless Killers
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters
Kurt von Strohm 1982 'Allo 'Allo!
Kurt Peterson 1994 Heartbreak High
Dwight Schrute (middle name Kurt) 2005 The Office
Kurt Wallander 2008 Wallander
Kurt Hummel 2009 Glee
German Chancellors and Presidents:
3 chancellors
(chancellor) Kurt von Schleicher 1932-1933
(chancellor) Kurt Georg Kiesinger 1966-1969
(chancellor) Gerhard Schröder (middle name Kurt) 1998-2005
Hall-of-Famers:
1 football
(football) Kurt Warner 2017
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Kurt Warner 1999; 2001 football
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 chemistry
(chemistry) Kurt Alder 1950
(chemistry) Kurt Wüthrich 2002
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Kurt Russell 1951-
Kurt Fuller 1953-
Notable Artists:
1 cartoonist
Kurt Westergaard 1935-2021
Notable Athletes:
1 football
(football) Kurt Warner 1971-
Notable Musicians:
2 musicians, 1 composer
Kurt Weill 1900-1950
Kurt Cobain 1967-1994
Xavier Naidoo (middle name Kurt) 1971-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 mathematician
Kurt Gödel 1906-1978
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 chemist
Kurt Alder 1902-1958
Notable Writers:
1 author
Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007
Olympic Medalists:
4 bronze, 3 gold, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Manfred Toeppen (middle name Kurt) 1904 water polo
(bronze) Kurt Paul Malisch 1912 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(silver/bronze) Kurt Behrens 1908; 1912 diving - springboard
(bronze) Kurt Lundquist 1948 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Kurt Bendlin 1968 decathlon
(gold) Kurt Grote 1996 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Kurt Ainsworth 2000 baseball
(gold) Kurt Kuschela 2012 canoe sprint
Other Leaders:
1 general secretary
General Secretary Kurt Waldheim 1972-1981 United Nations
Other Royalty:
1 prince consort
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (middle name Kurt) 1948-1980 Netherlands
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Kurt Cobain 2014 Nirvana
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Kurt Furgler 1977; 1981; 1985