Real People
- Anne Curwen (1889–1973), National General Secretary, YWCA of Great Britain
- Annie Jessy Curwen (1845–1932), an author of books of instruction in music and piano playing
- Christopher Curwen KCMG (born 1929), Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 to 1989
- Clarice Modeste-Curwen, a politician and educator from Grenada
- Daisy Curwen (born 1889), a former British swimmer
- Hugh Curwen (died 1568), an English ecclesiastic and statesman
- John Curwen (1816–1880), an English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education
- Patricius Curwen (c 1602–1664), an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England 1640–1643 and 1661–1664
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