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Kurdish flag The Kurdish flag (also flag of Kurdistan, Kurdish: Alaya Kurdistanê ) first appeared during the Kurdish independence movement from the Ottoman Empire. It is said to have been created in the 1920s by the organisation of Xoybûn (Khoyboon) , Kurdish Institute of Paris..
Kurdish Human Rights Project The Kurdish Human Rights Project is the only non-partisan human rights organisation consistently working in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere. It is a registered charity, founded and based in London in 1992, and its supporters include Kurds and non-Kurds.
Kurdish Institute of Istanbul Kurdish Institute of Istanbul or Enstîtuya Kurdî Ya Stenbolê, founded in 1992, is an organization focusing on Kurdish literature, language and culture. Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals such as Musa Anter, Dr.
Kurdish language The Kurdish language is an Iranian language spoken in the region called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranic languages
Kurdish music Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers (çîrokbêj), minstrels (stranbêj) and bards (dengbêj). There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music performed in night gatherings (şevbihêrk) is considered classical.
Kurdish mythology Kurdish mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Kurdistan mountains of Taurus and Western Zagros in northern Mesopotamia.
Kurdish PEN Kurdish PEN or The Kurdish Centre of the International PEN (Navenda PEN a Kurd in Kurdish) is a branch of International PEN. It was voted into existence during International PEN's conference in Cambridge in 1988.
Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (Kurdish: Hizbullahi Kurdi Shorishger) is a splinter group of the Kurdish Hezbollah and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah established 1988 in Northern Iraq under the leadership of Adham Barzani, a cousin of Massoud Barzani.
Kurdish United Front Kurdish United Front (in Kurdish به ره ى يه ک گه رتووى كورد ; in Persian جبهه متحد كرد ) is a political and social movement in Iran that has been established in January 2006 to unite all Iranian Kurds to achieve their rights within the Iranian Constitution and to oppose social injustice against Kurds in Iran are several chapters of the Front in different provinces (Kurdistan], [[Kermanshahan, West Azerbaijan, Ilam, and Tehran). Some of the Front's founding members are: Bahaoddin Adab, Dr.
Kurdish Wikipedia The Kurdish Wikipedia (Kurdish: Wîkîpediya, Ensîklopediya Azad in latin script, in Arabic script, meaning Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) is the Kurdish language version of Wikipedia, and is operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It runs on MediaWiki software.
Kurdish Wiktionary Wîkîferheng is the Kurdish version of Wiktionary, a free-content, multilingual dictionary. As of September 2006, Wîkîferheng is the fifteenth-largest language edition of Wiktionary, with nearly 20,000 entries.
Kurdish-Armenian relations Kurdish-Armenian relations covers the historical relations between the Kurds and the Armenians. Both groups have lived in the same geographic area for centuries and relations between them have, in many cases, been hostile (in particular during the Hamidian massacres and the Armenian Genocide, carried out by the elements from the Young Turk movement in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire with some Kurdish assistance).
Kurdistan Kurdistan (literally meaning "the land of Kurds"Kurdistan, Encyclopaedia Britannica; old: Koordistan, Curdistan, Kurdia, also in Kurdish: KurdewarĂ®) is the name of a geographic and cultural region in the Middle East, inhabited predominantly by the Kurds.
Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Kurdish: Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan a Îraq) is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was converted into a separate party. The party is led by Kamal Shakir.
Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq Founded by Mustafa Barzani, the legendary Kurd who fought numerous revolts against Baghdad with success. It was established in Iranian Kurdistan in 1946 upon the creation of a Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, which lasted for less than a year.
Kurdistan Freedom Falcons The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Kurdish: TeyrĂŞbazĂŞn Azadiya Kurdistan, TAK), also called the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, is a militant paramilitary group that has committed attacks throughout Turkey, operating in southern Turkey and northern Iraq with a goal of securing Kurdish independence. It is unclear whether or not TAK is connected to any other Kurdish nationalist organizations, though it is believed they split off from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) when they became dissatisfied with the group's tactics.
Kurdistan Islamic Union Kurdistan Islamic Union الاتحاد الاسلامي الكوردستاني(Arabic: يةككَرتووى ئيسلاميى كوردستان Kurdish: Yekîtiya Islamiya Kurdistani) is a party in Iraqi Kurdistan is in principle independent and is directly responsible for policy matters. Salaheddine Bahaaeddin, 1950 in Halabjah was elected
Kurdistan national football team The Kurdistan national football team is the official football team for the Kurdistan. They are not affiliated with FIFA or Asian Football Confederation, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or Asian Cup.
Kurdistan Okrug Kurdistan Uyezd (also known colloquially as Red Kurdistan from Kurdish Kurdistana Sor, Azerbaijani Qızıl Kürdistan, Russian Красный Курдистан) was a Soviet administrative unit that existed for six years from 1923 to 1929. Russia and the problem of Kurds Its capital was Lachin (Laçîn in Kurdish).
Kurdistan Province (Iran) Kurdistan (Persian: استان کردستان, UniPers: Ostane Kordestan; Kurdish: پارێزگه ی کوردستان, Parêzgeha Kurdistanê) is one of the thirty provinces of Iran, not to be confused with the greater geographical area of Iranian Kurdistan. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km² in area which encompasses just one-eighth of the Kurdish inhabited areas of Iran or Iranian Kurdistan It is located in the west of Iran and bound by Iraq] on the west, the province of [[west Azerbaijan to its north, Zanjan to the northwest and Kermanshah to the south.
Kurdistan Workers Party The Kurdistan Workers Party ( or PKK, ), also known as KADEK and Kongra-Gel, is an internationally-recognised terrorist group, whose stated aim is to create an independent Kurdish state in a territory (sometimes referred to as Kurdistan) that consists of parts of south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Iraq, north-eastern Syria and north-western Iran. Its ideological foundation is revolutionary Marxism-Leninism and Kurdish nationalism.
Kure Software Koubou Kure Software Koubou (呉ソフトウェア工房), or KSK, is a Japanese game development company founded in 1985 that creates games for many platforms, but focusing mostly on home computers. KSK's games are well known for the ゴチャキャラ (Multiple Character) system which KSK invented, as well as most of their games having a very strong European art style and theme (something very rare for a Japanese company to do given that the majority of other Japanese games out all used anime style) KSK is also famous for having most of the cover art for their games created by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Kurekchay Treaty The Kurekchay Treaty is a territorial division treaty of Azerbaijan signed between Russia and Iran as well as the Gulistan Treaty (October 12, 1813) and Turkmanchai Treaty (February 10, 1828). Another treaty is the Karabakh Treary signed on May 14, 1805 between the Karabakh khan Ibrahim and the Russian Empire on transfer of this khanate under Russia's dominion demonstrate vividly that the empire was winning exclusively the Azerbaijan lands where the Armenians from Turkey and Iran resettled later on.
Kurell In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Kurell is the Oeridian god of Jealousy, Revenge, and Thievery. His holy symbol is a grasping hand holding a broken coin.
Kurenai (song) is the third single by the Japanese band X Japan and was released on September 1, 1989. Originally featured on the band's debut Vanishing Vision, this version is based on the re-recording for the album Blue Blood.
Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line (; , Kurenevsko-Krasnoarmeiskaya), is a line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 80s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features.
Kureopatora Kureopatora is a 1970 Japanese animated film directed by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto. When the film was released in the United States, American distributors slapped on the title Cleopatra: Queen of Sex and released it with a self-applied X rating in an attempt to cash in on the success of Fritz the Cat.
Kurgan (city) Kurgan () is the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia; one of the oldest cities in Siberia (geographical position: ). It was founded in 1553, then called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (), and acquired its present name in 1782.
Kurgan hypothesis The Kurgan hypothesis was introduced by Marija Gimbutas in 1956 in order to combine archaeology with linguistics in locating the origins of the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) speaking peoples. She tentatively named the set of cultures in question "Kurgan" after the Russian term for their distinctive burial mounds and traced their diffusion into Europe.
Kurgan stelae Kurgan stelae (Russian: каменные бабы, "stone babas") are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop kurgans in the kurgan cemeteries, around kurgans, and in a double line extending from a kurgan. The kurgan stelae arranged in a double line are also called balbal.
Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (), also known as Kurchaloi District, is a raion (district) of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Located in the eastern part of the Republic, it is also home to Aleroj Teip (associated with the village of Aleroy) and birthplace of both former Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov and former Minister of Homeland Security Turpal-Ali Atgeriev.
Kurchatov Institute The Kurchatov Institute ( is Russia's leading research and development institution in the field of nuclear energy. In the Soviet Union it was known as Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and abbreviated as КИАЭ, (transliteration: KIAE).
Kurchatov Medal The Kurchatov Medal, or the Gold Medal in honour of Igor Kurchatov is an award given for outstanding achievements in nuclear physics and in the field of nuclear energy. The USSR Academy of Sciences established this award on February 9 1960 in honour of Igor Kurchatov and in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, nuclear energy and nuclear engineering.
Kuria (ethnic group) The Kuria are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania and southwest Kenya. In 1994 the Kuria population was estimated to number 348,000, with 213,000 living in Tanzania and 135,000 in Kenya groups in Kenya]
Kuria (islands) Kuria is a the name of a pair of islands in the North Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are located northwest of Aranuka (which contains an island that shares the same name as the largest island in Kuria).
Kuriachira Kuriachira is a very important residential area of Thrissur City of Kerala state, which is known as the cultural capital of Kerala state, located at the south-west coast of south India. Kuriachira is only 2 km away from Swaraj Round in the south direction.
Kuriakose Elias Chavara Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara was the co-founder and first prior-general of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Mother of Carmel. He was also known as Cyriac Elias Chavara.
Kurier Wileński Kurier Wileński (Courier of Wilno) is the main Polish language Lithuanian newspaper, printed in Vilnius. A direct descendant of both the 19th century newspaper of the same name and the Czerwony Sztandar newspaper, sponsored by the Soviet authorities since 1953 and thought as a means of Sovietization of the Polish diaspora left in the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.
Kurihara District, Miyagi Kurihara District (栗原郡) was a district in Japan belonging to Mutsu Province or the Miyagi Prefecture. Established 8th century AD as Korehari or Koreharu District (伊治郡) and abolished in 2005, the territory is identical to the city of Kurihara today.
Kurichiya The Kurichiya tribals live in the forested areas of Wayanad district, Kerala state of India. They apply "Kuri", a sandalwood paste on their foreheads and chests, and it is possible the name Kurichiya is derived from this custom.
Kurikoma, Miyagi Kurikoma Town （栗駒町 -machi）was a municipality in Kurihara District of Miyagi Prefecture of Japan. Established in 1955 with the consolidation of six municipalities, it was abolished in a merger forming the larger Kurihara City in 2005.
Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands ( , ) or Kurile Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, stretch approximately 1,300 km (700 miles) northeast from HokkaidĹŤ, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands in total.
Kuril Islands dispute The Kuril Island dispute is a dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the southernmost Kuril Islands. The disputed islands are currently under Russian administration as part of the Sakhalin Oblast, but are also claimed by Japan, which refers to them as the Northern Territories (北方領土 Hoppō Ryōdo) or Southern Chishima (南千島 Minami Chishima).
Kurincippattu Kurincippattu(Tamil: குறுஞ்சி பாட்டு), is a Tamil poetic work in the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the Sangam period corresponding to between 100 BCE – 100 CE. "Kurincippattu" contains 261 lines of poems in the Achiriyappa meter.
Kuririn (also pronounced Kulilin), known popularly as Krillin due to the English anime dubs, is a fictional character in the manga Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z, and the anime for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. In the early Harmony Gold English Dragon Ball dub from the 1980's, he is known as Bongo.
Kuriza Kurīza is a fictional character from the manga Neko Majin Z, a parody of Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. Although the manga is written by Akira Toriyama and features characters from Dragon Ball, it is not considered canon to series, however, Kurīza has appeared in his first form in the Japanese edition of the PlayStation 2 video game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 as an unlockable alternate costume for Freeza.
Kurjenmäki Kurjenmäki (Finnish; Tranbacken in Swedish) is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, bordering on the city centre's II and III districts, as well as Kupittaa.
Kurjey Lhakhang Kurjey Lhakang, also known as Kurjey Monastery, is located in the beautiful Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan. This is the final resting place of the remains of the first three kings of Bhutan.
Kurki of Laukko The Kurki family, also known as the family of Laukko, (some versions of the name: Kurck, Korke, Kurki, Kurke) is a medievally-originated Finnish noble family that produced several historically prominent persons. It is documented in the late 14th century.
Kuršumlija Kuršumlija (Serbian Cyrillic: Куршумлија) is a town and municipality located in the south of Serbia, nearby the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, on the southeast of mountain Kopaonik, and northwest of Radan Mountain.
Kurma Purana Kurma Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, is a Hindu religious text. It is believed to have been directly narrated by the Lord Vishnu to the sage Narad, and it contains the details about the Kurma avatar.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev (Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев; born 1 August, 1949, in Masadan, Jalal-Abad Province in Kyrgyzstan) is the President of Kyrgyzstan. The Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan appointed him acting President on 24 March, 2005 following the ousting, during the Tulip Revolution, of President Askar Akayev.
Kurmanjan Datka Kurmanjan Datka (; or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbai kysy) (1811-1907), also known as the "The Tsarina of Alai" or "The Queen of the South", was a stateswoman in Kyrgyzstan, known for her initial resistance to the annexation of that region by Russia.
Kurmanji Kurmanji (Kurdish: KurmancĂ®, also called Bahdini in Iraq and Shikaki in Iran) is the major Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, the ex-Soviet states and by Kurds living in Central Asia. Vast majority of the 40 million Kurds in the world speak this dialect.
Kurmi Kurmi/Kunbi, which is the name of one of the Jātis (castes) of the Hindus, is an ancient name for several castes and sub-castes of people who call themselves as Kurmi Kshatriya it is a kshatriya name similar to ancient Kurus.
Kurnatowski The Kurnatowski family, were a noble family within Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14h century into the 20th. Part of the Lodzia clan, the Kurnatowski's were players in politics, the arts and military endeavours.
Kurnik [(Polish]: Chickencoop) is a community-supported website of classic board and card games to play online against live opponents in real-time. It was created in [[2001 by Marek Futrega, and was initially a Polish-only website.
Kurobe Gorge Railway The , or for short, is a private railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The company was formed in June 1971 when it was split off Kansai Electric Power Company.
Kuroda Kan'ichi Kuroda Kan'ichi 黒田寛一 (October 10 1927 - June 26 2006) was the son of a doctor. He began studying Marxist philosophy when he was twenty, in 1947, following the defeat of Japanese imperialism the defeat of Japanese imperialism and the subsequent U.
Kuroda Kiyotaka Duke , (16 October 1840 - 23 August 1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介), was a Japanese politician of the Meiji era, and the second Prime Minister of Japan from 30 April 1888 to 25 October 1889.
Kuroi Jukai Kuroi Jukai (Japanese 黒い樹海) means "the black sea of trees" (should not be confused wiht the Black Sea), often it is called as just "jukai" refers to the forrest around Mt.Fuji national park ( Aokigahara; Japanese version http://ja.
Kuroki Tamemoto (3 May 1844 – 3 February 1923) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who served as commander of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War and enjoyed a series of successes in the Battle of Yalu River (1904), the Battle of Liaoyang, and the Battle of Shaho, as well as at the Battle of Mukden.
Kuroko Kuroko (黒子) are stagehands in traditional Japanese theatre, who dress all in black. Kurogo and kurombo are alternative pronunciations of the same term, all three referring either to the stagehands themselves or to their black costumes.
Kuros Kuros is the hero of the Wizards and Warriors series of games from Rare, published by Acclaim. The series included Wizards & Warriors, Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, Wizards & Warriors Chapter X: The Fortress of Fear, and Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power.
Kurosh problem In mathematics, the Kurosh problem is one general problem, and several more special questions, in ring theory. The general problem is known to have a negative solution, since one of the special cases has been shown to have counterexamples.
Kuroshio Current The Kuroshio Current (Japanese é»’ć˝®) is the world's second-largest (after the Gulf Stream) ocean current found in the western Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Taiwan and flowing northeastward past Japan, where it merges with the easterly drift of the North Pacific Current. It is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, transporting warm, tropical water northward towards the polar region.
Kurotowa Kurotowa is a fictional character in the manga and anime Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. He has come up from the ranks and achieved distinction in the armies of Torumekia by his own efforts, without family connections.
Kurow Branch The Kurow Branch (also known as the Hakataramea Branch) was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. Located in the North Otago region of the South Island, it was built in the 1870s to open up the land behind Oamaru for development and closed in 1983.
Kurozumikyō Kurozumikyō (黒住教), literally "the Teachings of Kurozumi," is a Japanese New Religion largely derived from Shinto roots and founded in 1846. The founder, a Shinto priest by the name of Kurozumi, claimed to have had in 1814 a divine union with Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and chief goddess in the Shinto pantheon.
Kurrajong Kurrajong is a common name for several species of Australian trees in the genus Brachychiton. It is Aboriginal for "fibre-yielding-plant", the bark fibres being used to make fishing nets, ropes and baskets.
Kurrajong, New South Wales Kurrajong () is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, located 8 km northwest of Richmond in Sydney's northwest, to the west of the Hawkesbury River on the lower slopes of the Blue Mountains. It is in the City of Hawkesbury Local Government Area.
Kurram River The Kurrum River (Urdu: دریائے کرم) flows in the Kurrum Valley, stretching across the Afghan-Pakistani border west to east (crosses from the Paktia Province of Afghanistan into the Kohat border region of Pakistan) at , about 150 km west-to-south-west of the Khyber Pass.
Kurram Valley The Kurrum River (Urdu: دریائے کرم) flows through the Kurrum Valley across the Afghan-Pakistani border west to east (crossing from the Paktia Province of Afghanistan into the Kohat border region of Pakistan) at , about 80 km southwest of Jalalabad.
Kurregion Elbe-Heideland Kurregion Elbe-Heideland is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, southeast of Wittenberg.
Kursaal Palace The Kursaal Congress Palace and Auditorium is an architectonic complex comprising several spaces: a great auditorium, many-use halls and exhibition halls. It was projected by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, and is located in Donostia (Basque Country, Spain).
Kurse Kurse is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, who has battled Thor - the god of thunder - and other superheroes. He first appeared in Thor #347 as Algrim the Strong and was created by Walter Simonson.
Kursendas Mulji Kursendas Mulji (1832-1875), Indian journalist and social reformer, was born on the 25th July 1832, of a family belonging to the Bhatia or trading caste of western India. Being repudiated by his family on account of his views on widow remarriage, he became a vernacular schoolmaster, and started a weekly paper in Gujarati called The Satya Prakash.
Kursenieki The Kursenieki ("Curonians"; ; ) are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along the Curonian Spit. "Kursenieki" refers only to inhabitants of former East Prussia that speak a Latvian language dialect, the so-called (New) Curonian language.
Kursk Magnetic Anomaly Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (Russian: Курская магнитная аномалия) is a territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast, and constitutes a significant part of the Central Chernozyom Region. It was the largest iron ore basin in the Soviet Union.
Kurso de Esperanto Kurso de Esperanto is a free language course software with 12 units for the constructed language Esperanto. The course is especially dedicated to beginners who will know the basics of Esperanto within two weeks, due to optimized learning exercises.
Kursunlu Waterfall The Kursunlu is a waterfall which is reduced to a mere trickle in the summer months. It is located 19 km from Antalya at the end of a 7 km road branching off to the north of the Antalya-Serik-Alanya highway at a point 12 km from Antalya.
Kurt "Kobane" Couthon Kurt "Kobane" Couthon, real name Curtis Couthon, born in Carbondale, Illinois is a national multi-platinum credited music producer. He has produced music for, and has worked with such notable top selling artists such as 2pac, Snoop dogg, Dr.
Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen Kurt Børge Nikolaj "Nikkelaj" Nielsen (September 2, 1924 in Skovshoved - July 17, 1986 in Nykøbing Falster) was a Danish professional football (soccer) player and manager, who most prominently coached the Danish national football team from 1976 to 1979.
Kurt and Karl Von Steiger Lorne Corlett and Arnold Pastrick were a professional wrestling tag team from Winnipeg, Manitoba who used a German heel gimmick and went by the ring names Kurt Von Steiger (Pastrick) and Karl Von Steiger (Corlett). The Von Steigers are best known for competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland, Oregon between 1968 and 1973.
Kurt Ainsworth Kurt Harold Ainsworth (born September 9, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Minor League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles and went to Louisiana State University where he played alongside Jake Esteves, who was drafted by the Giants in 1998.
Kurt Alberts Kurt Alberts is the mayor of Langley Township in British Columbia. He was first elected to office in 1999, defeating the leaders of two major slates, the Langley Leadership Team and the Langley Citizens Coalition.
Kurt Beck Kurt Beck (born February 5, 1949) is a German politician and since 1994 the prime minister of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). He was officially elected as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) on May 14 2006 with the approval of 95 % of the delegates.
Kurt Becher Kurt Andreas Ernst Becher (September 12, 1909 – August, 1995) was an SS Untersturmführer (lieutenant) and later a Standartenführer (colonel) who was active in Hungary during the German occupation in 1944. He is best known for having traded Jewish lives for money during the Holocaust.
Kurt Blome Kurt Blome was a high-ranking Nazi scientist before and during the Second World War. He was a deputy of the Reich Health Leader (ReichsgesundheitsfĂĽhrer) and Plenipotentiary for Cancer Research in the Reich Research Council.
Kurt Bozwell Kurt Bozwell is the evil character from Good Burger who owns and manages a fast-food restaurant called Mondo Burger. Bozwell is using illegal food additives to make the beef patties become big, without the customer's knowledge.
Kurt Browning Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) is a prominent Canadian figure skater who was extremely popular during the late 1980s and 1990s, and still well-respected in 2000s. He was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and raised in Caroline, Alberta.
Kurt Carr Although not raised in a church-going family, gospel leader Kurt Carr took it upon himself to start attending services at age 13 and soon became active in his church's musical programs. Finding inspiration in albums by gospel greats Walter Hawkins, James Cleveland, and Andrae Crouch, Carr attended the University of Connecticut in his hometown of Hartford, graduating with a degree in fine arts and a newfound appreciation of classical music.
Kurt Cobain About a Son Kurt Cobain About a Son is a documentary about Kurt Cobain that debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It was directed by AJ Schnack and is based on audio interviews with journalist Michael Azerrad for the book Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana.
Kurt Daluege Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946) was an SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei, officer of the Central Reich Security Office (RSHA) and the governor of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia.
Kurt Diebner Kurt Diebner (13 May, 1905 – 13 July, 1964) was a German physicist. During World War II, he was a member of the German nuclear energy project in Nazi Germany; the project which may have been trying to develop a nuclear weapon from enriched uranium.
Kurt Ebelhaeuser Kurt Ebelhaeuser (Kurt Ebelhäuser in German) is now the lead guitarist for the German indie rock band blackmail. From 1996 to 2005 he was in a side-band known as Scumbucket which consisted of two other members: Guido Lucas and Michael Fritsche.
Kurt Eichenwald Kurt Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) was a writer and investigative reporter at The New York Times newspaper until October 2006, when he resigned to become an investigative reporter with Condé Nast's forthcoming business magazine launch, Portfolio. Eichenwald had been employed by the Times since 1986 and primarily covered Wall Street and corporate topics such as insider trading, accounting scandals, and takeovers.
Kurt Gödel Society The Kurt Gödel Society was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1987. It is an international organization aimed at promoting research primarily on logic, philosophy and the history of mathematics, with special attention to connections with Kurt Gödel, in whose honour it was named.
Kurt Gerstein Kurt Gerstein (August 11 1905 in MĂĽnster, Westfalia - July 25 1945, Paris), was a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS and witnessed mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka. He contacted a Swedish diplomat as well as members of the Catholic Church with contacts to Pope Pius XII in order to inform the international public about the holocaust.
Kurt Harland Kurt Harland Larson (born January 25, 1963) was the lead singer of the band Information Society. The band eventually split in 1993, member by member, leaving him alone to release the last album Don't Be Afraid in 1997.

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