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Contemporary Notables of the name Curtiss (post 1700) +

  • John Shelton Curtiss (1899-1983), American historian of Russia
  • Thomas Quinn Curtiss (1915-2000), American writer, and film and theatre critic
  • Elden Francis Curtiss (b. 1932), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • James Curtiss (1803-1859), American politician who twice served as Mayor of Chicago
  • Charles Curtiss (1908-1993), American Communist
  • Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930), American air pioneer and inventor
  • C. Fayette Curtiss, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Southington, 1929-30, 1939-40; Defeated, 1932 2
  • Augustus P. Curtiss, American Republican politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Norfolk, 1906 3
  • Asahel Curtiss, American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Meriden, 1836 3
  • ... (Another 39 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html


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