Curley

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, 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)