Curly, a Lost Boy in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

Crazy Horse; Tashunca-Uitco, a Native American chief of the Oglala Sioux tribe who participated on the winning side in the Battle of Little Bighorn, and who was given the Sioux form of the name "Curly" as a boy because of his curly hair.

James Michael Curley, early twentieth century Massachusetts politician famous for his corrupt terms in office as Mayor of Boston

Laika, the first dog in space, also known as Curly or Little Curly

Curley (Ashishishe), a Native American of the Crow Tribe who was thought to be the only survivor on of the United States Army forces at Custer's Last Stand

Archbishop Curley High School, a private boys' school in Baltimore, Maryland.

Curly Horse, a curly-coated breed of horse

Curley, Côte-d'Or, a French commune in the Côte-d'Or département

Michael Joseph Curley, twentieth century Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington.

Curly, the nickname of the character, Norman Curly Watts, played by Kevin Kennedy in the British TV soap, Coronation Street.

Curley (1947 film), a 1947 film produced by Hal Roach as a reimagining of his Our Gang series.

Cathal Curley, Northern Irish automobile rally driver and winner of the 1974 Circuit of Ireland Rally.

Curly, a character in the United Kingdom comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher in The Beano (not to be confused with Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace).

Curly Washburn, a character in City Slickers and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold.

Curly Howard of the Three Stooges