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Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1809-1874.

American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1851-1857). He resigned in protest after the Dred Scott decision.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Charles Curtis

The thirty-first Vice President of the United States.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis (b.June 3, 1925) 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). He has also essayed a number of more serious dramatic roles over the years, such as his escaped convict in The Defiant Ones (1958), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He has appeared in over 100 films since 1949, and has also made frequent television appearances.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: George William Curtis

George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England stock.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: King Curtis

Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist and session musician who played rhythm and blues, soul, Rock and roll, and soul jazz. He was also a Musical Director and Record Producer. He is best known for his distinctive sax riffs and solos on such hits as The Coasters' "Yakety Yak", and his own "Memphis Soul Stew".

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Curtis Strange

Golfer.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Curtis Martin

Football player.

Curtis as First Name

Curtis Paul Stevens     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     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

Curtis Brown     Curtis Brown        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Brown: was a left fielder for the Montreal Expos in 1973.

Curtis Ray Wardle     Curtis Ray Wardle        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Ray Wardle: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Minnesota Twins from 1984 to 1985 and the Cleveland Indians in 1985.

Curtis Jackson     Curtis Jackson        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Jackson: is a Bermudian cricketer. To date, he has played one first-class match for Bermuda, against Kenya in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. He has also played one List A match against Guyana in 2000.

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Curtis as Last Name

Ann Curtis     Ann Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ann Curtis: is an American Olympic Gold Medal winner and native San Franciscan. She was coached by Charlie Sava and was a member of the San Francisco Crystal Plunge team. Curtis participated in London’s 1948 Olympic Games winning a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle c

Leland S. Curtis     Leland S. Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leland S. Curtis: was an American artist, mountaineer, skier, environmentalist and Antarctic explorer. He was born in Denver, Colorado, and lived in Seattle, Washington as a child. He moved to Los Angeles in 1914 and attended the Manual Arts High School, where he studied u

Merritt B. Curtis     Merritt B. Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merritt B. Curtis: Brigadier General, and lawyer who in 1960 ran for President of the United States in Washington with B. N. Miller and vice-president in Texas with Charles L. Sullivan under the Constitution Party banner. Curtis also ran for vice-president in Michigan with

George Martin Curtis     George Martin Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Martin Curtis: was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. In 1887, he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives, serving in 1888 and 1889. He served as delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention. In 1894, Curtis

Samuel Ryan Curtis     Samuel Ryan Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Ryan Curtis: was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. After the war, he moved to Iowa, and became the mayor

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