Curtis

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The name Curtis is a common given or last name, of English origin. In English the meaning of the name Curtis is: polite, courteous, or well-bred.

Contents 1 Manufacturing 1.1 Aircraft industry 1.2 Others 2 People 2.1 Real people (living and dead) 2.2 Fictional characters 3 Places 4 Popular culture 4.1 Comics 4.2 Music 4.3 Publishing 5 Sport

Curtis or Curtiss may refer to:

[edit] Manufacturing

[edit] Aircraft industry

• Curtiss-Wright Corporation and aircraft it manufactured under the name Curtiss
• Curtiss JN4 and other aeroplanes of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

[edit] Others

• Curtiss Candy Company
• Curtis CEM company producing analog chips used in many synthesizers

[edit] People

[edit] Real people (living and dead)

• Adam Curtis (1955- ), British television documentary producer
• Ben Curtis (golfer) (1978- ), American golfer
• Ben Curtis (actor) (1980- ), American actor
• Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874), American jurist
• Charles Curtis (1860-1936), U.S. Vice President
• Charles Curtiss (1908 - 1993), American Communist
• Curtis Jackson (1976- ), American Rapper/Actor
• Curtis Martin (1973- ), American football player
• Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933), U.S. publisher
• Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) the photographer
• George Ticknor Curtis (1812-1894), U.S. politician and lawyer
• George William Curtis (1824-1892), American writer and public speaker
• Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), Aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
• Curtis Enis (1976-) retired NFL wide receiver
• Harriot Curtis (1881-1974) American golfer
• Heber Doust Curtis (1872–1942), American astronomer
• Ian Curtis (1956-1980), British singer-songwriter
• Jamie Lee Curtis (1958- ), American actress
• John Curtis (entomologist) (1791-1862), English entomologist
• Kelly Curtis (1956- ), American actress
• King Curtis (1934-1971), American saxophonist
• Mark Curtis (British author), a British political author
• Mark Curtis (SWP member), a former American Socialist Worker's Party member
• Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
• Margaret Curtis (1883-1965) American golfer and tennis player
• Philip Kenneth Edward Curtis (1926-1951), decorated English soldier
• Richard Curtis, (1956- ) British comedy scriptwriter
• Tom Curtis, (1953- ), American artist
• Tony Curtis (1925- ), American actor
• William Curtis (1746-1799), English botanist

[edit] Fictional characters

• Sir Henry Curtis. a fictional character in a series of adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard.
• Randall Curtis, a fictional character on The Simpsons based on George Lucas.
• Rey Curtis, a fictional character on Law & Order.
• Izumi Curtis, a fictional character in Fullmetal Alchemist
• Curtis Manning, a fictional character played by Jamaican/Canadian actor Roger Cross as part of the television series 24.

[edit] Places

• Curtis, Nebraska
• Curtis, Galicia
• Curtis (crater)
• Curtis, Michigan

[edit] Popular culture

[edit] Comics

• Curtis (comic strip)

[edit] Music

• Curtis Institute of Music
• Curtis, a 1970 album by Curtis Mayfield
• Curtis, a 2007 song by Cam'ron

[edit] Publishing

• Curtis Publishing Company

[edit] Sport

• Curtis Cup