Curly

{{other uses}} '''Curly''' is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It may refer to: {{TOC right}}

== First name, nickname or stage name== {{div col|colwidth=50em}} * Crazy Horse (1840–1877), Oglala Sioux war chief nicknamed "Curly" * Curly (scout), nickname of Ashishishe ({{circa|1856}}{{snd}}1923), Crow Indian scout for General Custer * Paul Carlyle Curly Armstrong (1918–1983), American basketball player * Curly Bill Brocius, nickname of William Brocius ({{circa|1845}}{{snd}}1882), American Old West gunman and outlaw * Charles Roy Curly Brown (1888–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Harold Lee Curly Chalker (1931–1998), American country and jazz musician * Robert F. Curly Clement (1919–2006), American baseball umpire * Curly Ray Cline (1923–1997), American bluegrass fiddler * Curly, nickname of George Andrew Davis Jr. (1920–1952), American World War II and Korean War flying ace * Curly Joe DeRita, Three Stooges persona of Joseph Wardell, whose stage name was Joe DeRita (1909–1993), American actor and comedian * Clarence T. "Curly" Edwinson (1912–1985). American fighter pilot and flying ace of World War II, football player and skeet shooter * Curly Evans, nickname of Neal Evans ({{circa|1888}}{{snd}}1945), American born Canadian freight industry entrepreneur * Arnim LeRoy Curly Fox (1910–1995), American county music singer and musician * Curly Hammond (1879–1963), English rugby union player * Erling George Curly Haugland, American politician and businessman * Hubert Edward Curly Hinchman (1907–1968), American football player * Curly Howard, stage name of comic actor Jerome Lester Horwitz (1903–1952), Three Stooges actor * Curly Howard (DJ), stage name of Howard Sisk ({{circa|1930}}{{snd}}2001), on-air name of American disc jockey Howard Sisk * Greg 'Curly' Keranen, American bassist and guitarist * Earl Louis Curly Lambeau (1898–1965), founder, player and first coach of the Green Bay Packers * Lillian Curly Lawrence, who was born William Morris Benjamin, also known as LBSC (1883–1967), British model locomotive designer * Curly Lino, nickname of Frank Lino (born 1938), Sicilian-American mobster * Albert Charles Curly Linton (1895–1985), Anzac veteran and Australian rules footballer * Gordon 'Curly' Mack, full name is Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw Mack (1898–1948), Irish badminton player * Curly M.C., a pseudonym of Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian-German musician * Curly Moe, ring name Donald Chester Zalesky (1962–2015), Canadian-American wrestler * Fred "Curly" Morrison (1926–2020), American National Football League player * Frederick Curly Neal, nickname of Neal (1942–2020), American basketball player, member of the Harlem Globetrotters * Olaf Gustave Hazard Curly Oden (1899–1978), American National Football League player * Warren Harvey Curly Ogden (1901–1964), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Milford Laurenson Curly Page (1902–1987), New Zealand cricketer * Donald "Curly" Phillips (1884–1938) Canadian guide, outfitter, entrepreneur, and explorer * Claude Curly Putman Jr. (born 1930), American songwriter * John Ray Curly Seckler (born 1919), American bluegrass musician * Edward Curly Thirlwell (1905–1985), American sound engineer nominated for two Academy Awards * Konrad the Curly ({{circa|1198}}{{snd}}1213), Polish noble {{div col end}} {{Nickname|Curly|section=yes}}

== Fictional characters == * Curly McLain, in the musical ''Oklahoma!'' * Curly Washburn, in the movies ''City Slickers'' and ''City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold'' * Norman Curly Watts, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Marshal "Curly" Wilcox, in the movie ''Stagecoach'' * Curly, in the British period crime drama television series ''Peaky Blinders'' * Curly, a friend of British comic character Dennis the Menace * Curly, a Lost Boy in ''Peter Pan'' * Curly, a rabbit in the Canadian television series ''Abby Hatcher'' * Curly, a POV character in the indie game ''Mouthwashing'' * Curly Brace, in the indie game ''Cave Story''

== Animals == * "Curly" or "Little Curly", a nickname of Laika, the first dog in space * Curly Horse, a curly-coated breed of horse * Curly, the name of the first LaPerm cat

== See also == {{srt}} *Curlee (name) *Curley, name list *Curli, protein * Bolesław IV the Curly ({{circa|1125}}{{snd}}1173), Duke of Masovia and High Duke of Poland

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