Famous People with Name Kurt

Kurt Koffka            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kurt Koffka: was born and educated in Berlin and earned his PhD there in 1909 as a student of Carl Stumpf. In addition to his studies in Berlin, Koffka also spent one year at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he developed his strong fluency in English, a skill that later served him well in his efforts to spread Gestalt psychology beyond German borders. Koffka was already working at the University of Frankfurt when Max Wertheimer arrived in 1910 and invited Koffka to participate as a subject in his research on the phi phenonemon.

Kurt Zadek Lewin            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kurt Zadek Lewin: a German-born psychologist, is one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology.[1]Lewin had originally been involved with schools of behavioral psychology before changing directions in research and undertaking work with psychologists of the Gestalt school of psychology, including Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Kohler. Lewin often associated with the early Frankfurt School, originated by an influential group of largely Jewish Marxists at the Institute for Social Research in Germany. But when Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 the Institute members had to disband, moving to England and then to America. In that year, he met with Eric Trist, of the London Tavistock Clinic. Trist was impressed with his theories and went on to use them in his studies on soldiers during the Second World War.

Kurt Waldemar Tank            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kurt Waldemar Tank: was a resourceful German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.

Kurt Diemberger            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kurt Diemberger: is an accomplished Austrian mountaineer and author of several books.As of 2008, Kurt Diemberger is the only remaining person alive that made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres. In 1957, he made the first ascent of Broad Peak and in 1960,

Kurt Trampedach            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Kurt Trampedach: is a Danish painter and sculptor. By the end of the 1960’s Trampedach had his artistic breakthrough after he started studying at the Arts Academy in 1963. Trampedach has often made distorted self-portraits and portraits of his own wife. Painting is a way of dealing with his own psyche. At least two times Trampedach’s studio was set on fire by unknown perpetrators. Some people claimed that he had started the fire himself, but in 2005 a French-Moroccan was sentenced for the crime.