Curwen
Introduction '''Curwen''' is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dame 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*Sir Christopher Curwen (1929–2013), Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 to 1989*Christopher Curwen (MP) (died 1450), English soldier, administrator and politician*Clarice Modeste-Curwen, a politician and educator from Grenada*Daisy Curwen (1889–1982), British swimmer*David Curwen (1913–2011), British miniature railway steam locomotive mechanical engineer*Henry Curwen (c.1581–1623), English politician*Hugh Curwen (died 1568), English ecclesiastic and statesman*John Curwen (1816–1880), English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education** Curwen Press, a music publishing house founded 1863 by John Curwen*John Curwen (physician)  (1821–1901), Superintendent of the first public mental hospital in Pennsylvania*Patric Curwen (1884–1949), British stage and film actor*Patricius Curwen (c. 1602 – 1664), English landowner and politician*Thomas Curwen, (1415–1486/1487), 15th-century sheriff of Cumberland, England*Wilfred Curwen (1883–1915), English cricketer and soldier
See also *Corwin (disambiguation)*Curwin