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.

Curtis or Curtiss may refer to:

Manufacturing

Aircraft industry

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

The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was once a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States, but has since become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal treatment. ... Curtiss JN4 The JN series of aircraft were built by the Curtiss company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. ... Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Curtiss as president. ...

Others

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

The Curtiss Candy Company was founded in 1916 by Otto Schnering out of Chicago, Illinois. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ...

People

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 (known as 50 Cent)
• 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
• Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805–1866) Union General in the American Civil War
• Tom Curtis, (1953- ), American artist
• Tony Curtis (1925- ), American actor
• William Curtis (1746-1799), English botanist

Adam Curtis at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2005 Adam Curtis (born 1955) is a British television documentary producer. ... Ben Curtis (born May 26, 1977) is an American golfer who was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. ... A Dell ad featuring Ben Curtis For other people named Ben Curtis, see Benjamin Curtis. ... Benjamin Robbins Curtis (4 November 1809 _ 15 September 1874) was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice. ... This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ... Charles Curtiss (1908 – 1993) was an American Communist. ... 50 Cent, (real name: Curtis Jackson, born July 6, 1976), is a popular U.S. rap artist. ... Curtis Martin (born May 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is an American football running back, an alumnus of Taylor Allderdice High School and the University of Pittsburgh, and currently plays for the NFLs New York Jets. ... Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850 - 1933) was a significant U.S. publisher. ... Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) circa 1889 Subscription form to the North American Indian. ... George Ticknor Curtis (1812 - 1894) was a U.S. author, writer, historian and lawyer. ... George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker. ... Glenn H. Curtiss at the Grande Semaine dAviation in France in 1909 Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. ... Curtis Paul Enis (born June 15, 1976, in Union City, Ohio) is a former professional American football player. ... Harriot Sumner Curtis, 1904 Harriot Sumner Curtis (June 30, 1881 – October 25, 1974) was an American golf champion and an early participant in the sport of skiing. ... Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ... John Curtis (1791-1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator. ... Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is the eldest child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and the sister of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. ... Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934– August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz. ... Mark Curtis is a British political author writing on British and US foreign policies and international development and trade issues. ... Mark Curtis is a former member of the American Socialist Workers Party who, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was the subject of a high profile defence campaign by the SWP after he was charged and convicted of raping a 15 year old high school girl in 1988. ... The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Margaret Curtis (1883 - 1965) was an American golfing and tennis champion and lifelong social worker. ... Philip Kenneth Edward Curtis was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Richard Curtis in London, 1999 Richard Curtis CBE, (born 8 November 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for the TV programmes Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley as well as movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually. ... Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 – December 26, 1866) was an American military officer, most famous for his role in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. ... In this map:  Union states prohibiting slavery  Union territories  Border states on the Union side which allowed slavery  Kansas, which entered and fought with the Union as a free state after the Bleeding Kansas crisis  The Confederacy  Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories During the American Civil War, the Union... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Tom Curtis (born 1973, Ilkeston) is a professional football player, & currently plays for Notts County. ... Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. ... William Curtis (January 11, 1746 - 1799) was an English botanist who was born at Alton. ...

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.

Sir Henry Curtis is a fictional character in a series of adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard. ... Alice, a fictional character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... H. Rider Haggard, author Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925), born in Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. ... Co-Dependents Day is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Curtis and Detective Lennie Briscoe, his partner from 1995 to 1999 Reynaldo Rey Curtis was a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order, played by Benjamin Bratt from 1995 to 1999. ... Izumi Curtis in One is All, All is One Izumi Curtis ) is the name of a character from Fullmetal Alchemist. ... Serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan Original run February 2002 – still running No. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... Roger R. Cross (born in Jamaica) is a contemporary actor who has made numerous appearances in several movies and TV series, mostly on productions shot in Canada. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...

Places

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

Curtis is a city located in Frontier County, Nebraska. ... Nickname: Curtis Location Location of Curtis within Galicia Government Parroquia Geographical characteristics Area Total 117 km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population (2004) City proper 4,421 Density 37. ... lol they said they will block me if i do it again ... Portage Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Popular culture

Comics

• Curtis (comic strip)

Curtis is a comic strip by Ray Billingsley and is one of the few comic strips centered upon strong, positive African-American characters. ...

Music

• Curtis Institute of Music
• Curtis (album), a 1970 album by Curtis Mayfield
• Curtis (Cam'ron song), a 2007 song by Cam'ron
• Curtis (50 Cent album) a 2007 album by 50 Cent

The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Track listing (Dont Worry)If Theres a Hell Below, Were All Going to Go (Mayfield) - 7:49 The Other Side of Town (Mayfield) - 4:01 The Makings of You (Mayfield) - 3:43 We the People Who are Darker than Blue (Mayfield) - 6:05 Move on Up (Mayfield... Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly. ... Cameron Giles (born February 4, 1976), better known as Camron, or Killa Cam, is a platinum selling rapper from Harlem in New York City. ... Curtis is the third studio album by rapper 50 Cent. ... For the currency amount, see 50 cents. ...

Publishing

• Curtis Publishing Company

During the early 20th century The Curtis Publishing Company was one of the largest and most influential publishers in America. ...

Sport

• Curtis Cup

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