Curley

For other uses, see Curley (disambiguation).

Curley is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It may refer to:

Surname

• 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

• 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

Middle name

• Wesley Curley Clark, fullname of W. C. Clark (born 1939), American blues musician
• Kay Curley Bennett (1922–1997) Navajo artist and writer

Fictional characters

• "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

• 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