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Crazy Horse (1840–1877), Oglala Sioux war chief nicknamed "Curly" •
Curly (scout), nickname of Ashishishe (1923), Crow Indian scout for General Custer • Paul Carlyle
Curly Armstrong (1918–1983), American basketball player • Curly Bill Brocius, nickname of
William Brocius (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 (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 (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 (1213), Polish noble == Fictional characters ==