Curtius may refer to:

People

* Curtia gens, the clan to which the Curtii family belonged ** Marcus Curtius, a noble of early Rome who rode his horse into the Lacus Curtius, which was then named after him **

Quintus Curtius Rufus Quintus Curtius Rufus () was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'', "Histories of Alexander the Great", or more fully ''Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedon ...

, 1st century CE historian **

Curtius Rufus Curtius Rufus () was a Roman professional magistrate of senatorial rank mentioned by Tacitus and Pliny the Younger for life events occurring during the reigns of the emperors Tiberius and Claudius. In all probability, he is to be equated with the ...

. 1st century CE politician, possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus *

Curtius baronets The Curtius Baronetcy of Sweden was a title in the Baronetage of England, created on 2 April 1652 for William Curtius, "Resident to the King of Sweden". Curtius was a diplomat representing the House of Stuart during the Thirty Years' War and ...

, a title in the Baronetcy of England * Albert Curtz (1600–1671), German astronomer and member of the Society of Jesus *

Alexander Curtius Alexander Carolus Curtius ( lt, Aleksandras Karolis Kuršius) was a Lithuanian nobleman and scholar purported to be the first Lithuanian immigrant to The New World. He founded the first Latin school in New Amsterdam in 1659 and became its headm ...

, Lithuanian nobleman and scholar *

Alfred Schulz-Curtius Alfred Schulz-Curtius (c. 1853 – 4 March 1918), also known as Alfred Curtis, was a German-British classical music impresario who was active primarily in continental Europe and the United Kingdom from the 1870s until the 1910s. Schulz-Curtius was ...

(1853–1918), aka Alfred Curtis, a German classical music impresario * Dirk Donker Curtius (1792–1864), Dutch politician *

Ernst Robert Curtius Ernst Robert Curtius (; 14 April 1886 – 19 April 1956) was a German literary scholar, philologist, and Romance language literary critic, best known for his 1948 study ''Europäische Literatur und Lateinisches Mittelalter'', translated in Eng ...

(1886–1956), German scholar, philologist * Ernst Curtius (1814–1896), German archaeologist, historian * Georg Curtius (1820–1885), German philologist * Jacob Kurz von Senftenau, Jacob Curtius (1554–1594), Imperial Pro-Chancellor for Emperor Rudolph II, astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker * Janus Henricus Donker Curtius (1813–1879), the last Dutch chief of Dejima, Japan * Jean Curtius, also known as Jean De Corte and Juan Curcio (1551–1628), an industrialist from Liége ** Curtius Museum, Jean Curtius's mansion, now a museum * Julius Curtius (1877–1948), German politician * Ludwig Curtius (1874–1954), archaeologist * Philippe Curtius (1737–1794), Swiss physician and wax modeller; uncle and teacher of Marie Tussaud * Theodor Curtius (1857–1928), German chemical scientist * Sir William Curtius FRS (1599–1678), German magistrate, official resident of the English Crown in the Holy Roman Empire

Other uses

* Curtius (crater), a lunar crater * Curtius (beer), a Belgian beer * Curtius, a spring of the Aqua Claudia

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