Ferdinand Kurlbaum (October 4, 1857 in Burg bei Magdeburg – July 29, 1927 in Berlin) was a German physicist.
He was a son of a judicial officer.
Until 23 he made his Abitur.
He studied mathematics and physics in Heidelberg and Berlin from Hermann Helmholtz.
He taught at the Technical University of Charlottenburg since 1904.