# Curwen

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'''Curwen''' is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 
*Dame [Anne Curwen](/source/Anne_Curwen) (1889–1973), National General Secretary, YWCA of Great Britain
*[Annie Jessy Curwen](/source/Annie_Jessy_Curwen) (1845–1932), an author of books of instruction in music and piano playing
*Sir [Christopher Curwen](/source/Christopher_Curwen) (1929–2013), Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 to 1989
*[Christopher Curwen (MP)](/source/Christopher_Curwen_(MP)) (died 1450), English soldier, administrator and politician
*[Clarice Modeste-Curwen](/source/Clarice_Modeste-Curwen), a politician and educator from Grenada
*[Daisy Curwen](/source/Daisy_Curwen) (1889–1982), British swimmer
*[David Curwen](/source/David_Curwen) (1913–2011), British miniature railway steam locomotive mechanical engineer
*[Henry Curwen](/source/Henry_Curwen_(died_1623)) (c.1581–1623), English politician
*[Hugh Curwen](/source/Hugh_Curwen) (died 1568), English ecclesiastic and statesman
*[John Curwen](/source/John_Curwen) (1816–1880), English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education
** [Curwen Press](/source/Curwen_Press), a music publishing house founded 1863 by John Curwen
*[John Curwen (physician)](/source/John_Curwen_(physician))  (1821–1901), Superintendent of the first public mental hospital in Pennsylvania
*[Patric Curwen](/source/Patric_Curwen) (1884–1949), British stage and film actor
*[Patricius Curwen](/source/Patricius_Curwen) (c. 1602 – 1664), English landowner and politician
*[Thomas Curwen](/source/Thomas_Curwen), (1415–1486/1487), 15th-century sheriff of Cumberland, England
*[Wilfred Curwen](/source/Wilfred_Curwen) (1883–1915), English cricketer and soldier

==See also==
*[Corwin (disambiguation)](/source/Corwin_(disambiguation))
*[Curwin](/source/Curwin)

{{surname|Curwen}}

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