Curtius Explained

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, 1st century CE historian
  • Curtius Rufus. 1st century CE politician, possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus
• Curtius baronets, a title in the Baronetcy of England
• Albert Curtz (1600–1671), German astronomer and member of the Society of Jesus
• Alexander Curtius, Lithuanian nobleman and scholar
• Alfred Schulz-Curtius (1853–1918), aka Alfred Curtis, a German classical music impresario
• Dirk Donker Curtius (1792–1864), Dutch politician
• Ernst Robert Curtius (1886–1956), German scholar, philologist
• Ernst Curtius (1814–1896), German archaeologist, historian
• Georg Curtius (1820–1885), German philologist
• 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

See also

• Curti (disambiguation)
• Kurz (disambiguation)
• Kurtz (disambiguation)
• Buchner–Curtius–Schlotterbeck reaction, a chemical reaction
• Curcio, a parish in Lombardy
• Lacus Curtius, an ancient landmark in the Roman Forum
• LacusCurtius, a website specializing in ancient Rome
• Curtius rearrangement, a chemical reaction
• Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preis, a literary prize of Germany
• Didymoglossum curtii, a species of Didymoglossum
• Pleurothallis curtii, a species of Pleurothallis
• Begonia curtii, a species of Begonia
• Lotononis curtii, a species of Lotononis