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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 Glenn Ford     Curtis Glenn Ford        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Glenn Ford: (born October 11, 1960 in Jackson, Mississippi), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues from 1985-1990.

Curtis Granderson     Curtis Granderson        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Granderson: (born March 16, 1981, in Blue Island, Illinois) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Detroit Tigers. Granderson grew up in Lynwood, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago and began his baseball career in the town's Little League.

Curtis Hooper Fullerton     Curtis Hooper Fullerton        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Hooper Fullerton: (September 13, 1898 - January 9, 1975) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox (1921-1925, 1933). Listed at 6' 0", 162 lb., Fullerton batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Curtis John Leskanic     Curtis John Leskanic        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis John Leskanic: (born April 2, 1968 in Homestead, Pennsylvania) is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Kansas City Royals. He currently is a professional scout for the Red Sox.

Curtis Ross Ohlendorf     Curtis Ross Ohlendorf        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Ross Ohlendorf: (born August 8, 1982, in Austin, Texas) is an American 6' 4" right-handed pitcher who is in Major League Baseball and plays for the New York Yankees.

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Curtis as Last Name

James Michael Curtis     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     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.

Edward Sheriff Curtis     Edward Sheriff Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Sheriff Curtis: was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples.In 1895 Curtis met and photographed Princess Angeline (c1800-1896) aka Kickisomlo, the daughter of Chief Sealth of Seattle. This was to be his first portrait of a Native American. In 1

John Thomas Curtis     John Thomas Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Thomas Curtis: J. T. Curtis was a productive writer on a variety of botanical subjects ranging from statistical ecology and plant physiology to conservation and the study of orchids. As an ecologist he was known for his support of Henry Gleason’s individualistic hypothe

Catie Curtis     Catie Curtis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Catie Curtis: is an American singer-songwriter.After leaving Saco, she went to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. While at college, she became involved in the local coffeehouse circuit. At the same time, Curtis worked as a waitress and social worker while co

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