Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include: Carl Kuntze (1922-2006), Dutch rower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics Edward J. Kuntze (1826-1870), Prussian-born American sculptor Otto Kuntze (1843-1907), German botanist whose standard botanical abbreviation is Kuntze Reimar Kuntze (1900-1949), German cinematographer Tadeusz Kuntze (1733-1793), Silesian painter Walter Kuntze (1883-1960), German general and war criminal Wandir Kuntze (born 1950), Brazilian rower who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics See also Kunze, a surname Kuntz (disambiguation) Cuntz, a surname Surnames of German origin Surnames from given names