Famous People with Name Curtis

Curtis Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Turner: was an early NASCAR driver. In addition to his success in racing, he made a fortune, lost it, and remade it buying and selling timberlands. Throughout his life he developed a reputation for drinking and partying. In 1999, he was inducted into the Virginia

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown, Jr.: is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel.Colonel Brown graduated from East Bladen High School, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1974 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the United States

Curtis Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Clark: is an American jazz pianist.Clark was born in Chicago in 1950, moved and spent his student years in Los Angeles where he started composing and playing the piano. After Curtis graduated in music theory and composition from the renowned Californian Institut

Curtis Paul Stevens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Paul Stevens: was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s.The national champion for bobsleigh in the two-man event is named in Stevens' honor. He died in Lake Placid, New York.

Curtis Tomasevicz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Tomasevicz: is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2004.Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was an alternate during the (2006-07) season on World Cup tour for driver Steven Holcomb and won a gold in Cesan

Tony Curtis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tony Curtis: is an American film actor. He is best known for light comic roles, especially his musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot (1959) with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. He has also done serious dramatic roles, such as the escaped convict in The Defiant Ones (1958), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Since 1949, he has appeared in more than 100 films and has made frequent television appearances.

Jamie Lee Curtis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jamie Lee Curtis: Curtis was born in Los Angeles, California, the child of well-known actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Hungary.[1][2] Curtis's parents divorced in 1962 and her mother then married Robert Brandt. Curti

Thomas Wayne Curtis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Wayne Curtis: an American actor. Curtis has starred in The Cactus Kid, Sweet Home Alabama, Red Dragon and The Chumscrubber. He also act in Hansel & Gretel (2002) and North Country (2006) - along with Oscar winner: Charlize Theron. His latest act is where he stars as "Tom Olsen" in a TV series called While the Children Sleep.

James Michael Curtis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Michael Curtis: is a former professional American football player for the Baltimore Colts, the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins who played 14 seasons from 1965 to 1978 in the National Football League. He was a four-time Pro Bowler in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1974. He was considered one of the meanest players of his era.

Heber Doust Curtis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heber Doust Curtis: was an American astronomer.He served as director of the Allegheny Observatory. He is best known as one of the participants in the "Great Debate" of 1920 with Harlow Shapley on the nature of nebulas and galaxies and the size of the universe.