Curley is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It may refer to:
Surname
[edit]- August Curley (born 1960), American football player
- Arthur Curley (1938–1998), American librarian
- Barney Curley (1939–2021), Irish racehorse trainer
- Bill Curley (born 1972), American basketball coach and player
- Billy Curley (born 1945), English former footballer
- Brian Curley (born 1959), American golf course architect
- Carlo Curley (1952–2012), American concert organist
- Cindy Curley (born 1963), American ice hockey coach, executive and player
- Craig Curley (born 1988), Native American distance runner
- Dan Curley (born 1979), American football player
- Daniel Curley (1918–1988), American novelist and short story writer
- Daniel Joseph Curley (1869–1932), American prelate
- Edward W. Curley (1873–1940), American politician
- Ian Curley (born 1972), British auto racing driver
- Jack Curley (born Jacques Armand Schuel, 1876 - 1937), American sports promoter
- James Curley (disambiguation)
- James Curley (astronomer) (1796–1889), Irish-American astronomer
- James Curley (Australian politician) (1846–1913), Australian politician
- James Michael Curley (1874–1958), Governor and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and mayor of Boston
- John Curley (born 1938), Journalism professor, newspaper editor and publisher
- John Curley (musician), (born 1965), American musician
- John P. Curley (1891–1973), American college athletics administrator
- Johnny Curley (1897–1982), English boxer
- Leo Curley (1915–1950), American politician (son of James Michael Curley)
- Maddy Curley (born 1981), American actress and former gymnast
- Marianne Curley (born 1959), Australian author
- Martha A.Q. Curley (born 1952), American nurse
- Matt Curley (born 1983) American ice hockey coach and player
- Michael Joseph Curley (1879–1947), Irish-born Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington
- Michael Curley (footballer) (1912–1973), English footballer
- Mick Curley, Gaelic football referee
- Pauline Curley (1903–2000), American vaudeville and silent film actress
- Pauline Curley (athlete), (born 1969), Irish marathon runner
- Patricia S. Curley (born 1946), American jurist
- Rob Curley (born 1971), American executive
- Robert M. Curley (1922–2001), American jurist and legislator
- Sean Curley (born 1995), American actor
- Simon Curley (1917–1989), Irish cricketer
- Timothy Curley (born 1954), athletic director
- Thomas Curley (disambiguation)
- Thomas Curley (Wisconsin general) (1825–1904), Irish American Civil War general and politician
- Thomas Curley (sound engineer) (born 1976), American production sound mixer
- Tom Curley (born 1948), American journalist
- Tom Curley (footballer), (born 1945), Scottish footballer
- Todd Curley (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
- Walter Curley (1922–2016), American Ambassador
- Doc Curley, nickname of Walter James Curley (1874–1920), American professional baseball player
- William Curley (born 1971), Scottish patissier and chocolatier
First name, nickname or stage name
[edit]- Curley Andrews, nickname for William Andrews (fl. 1943 – 1944), American baseball player
- Curley Bridges (1934–2014), American singer, pianist and songwriter
- Curley Byrd, nickname of Harry Clifton Byrd (1889–1970), American sports coach and university administrator
- Curley Christian, nickname of Ethelbert Christian (likely 1882 – 1954), Black Canadian First World War veteran and activist
- Curley Culp (born 1963), American football player
- Curley Davis, nickname for Volney Davis (1902–1982), American bank robber
- Curley Headed Doctor (1828–1890), Native American spiritual leader
- Curley Fletcher, nickname of Carmen William Fletcher (1892–1954), American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry
- Curley G, stage name of Xilinnayi Gao (born 1998), Chinese singer-songwriter
- Curley Hallman Hudson Hallman (born 1947), American football player and coach
- Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
- John Curley Johnson (1935–2016), American Football League and National Football League punter
- Curley Jones, nickname of Ralph Jones (1880–1951), American football and basketball coach
- Curley Mitchell, nickname of French Mitchell, American fiddler
- Curley Money, nickname of Robert Earnest Money (1925–2003), American rockabilly musician
- Curley Moore, nickname of June Moore (1943–1985), American R&B singer
- Curley Russell, nickname of Dillon Russell (1917–1986), American jazz double-bassist
- Curley Walker, nickname of Cornelius Walker (4 February 1894 – 1973), British boxer
- Curley Weaver, also known as Slim Gordon (1906–1962), American blues musician
- Curley Williams, nickname of Dock Williams (1914–1970) was an American country and western musician and songwriter
This section lists people with the nickname Curley. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link to directly target the intended article.
Middle name
[edit]- Wesley Curley Clark, fullname of W. C. Clark (born 1939), American blues musician
- Kay Curley Bennett (1922–1997) Navajo artist and writer
Fictional characters
[edit]- "Curley", in the Bluey and Curley comic strip drawn by Alex Gurney
- Curley, in John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men
- William "Curley" Benson, the lead character in two Our Gang spin-off films, Curley (1947) and Who Killed Doc Robbin (1948)
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Curley
- All pages with titles containing Curley
- Carley (name)
- Corley (surname)
- Culley (given name)
- Curlee (name)
- Curly, name list
- Curli, protein
- Curtley (given name)
- McCurley
This page lists people with the surname Curley.
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