Christoph Carl Friedrich von Wurmb (2 July 1742 in Wolkramshausen – March 1781 in Batavia) was a German botanist.
At some point in time, his elder brother Ludwig and he himself fell in love with the same woman.
After a long decision process, he decided to emigrate, and leave the woman to his brother.
He joined the Dutch East India Company, and emigrated to Amsterdam, and later to Batavia, the modern-day Jakarta.
His sister's brother in law, Friedrich Schiller, wrote a short story about it, A magnanimous act (Eine Grossmütige Handlung).