Curran (surname)
Curran is an Irish surname. The surname derives from a number of unrelated Irish families.
- Ó Corráin – at least three distinct families of the name located in what are now counties Tipperary, Waterford, Galway, Leitrim, Kerry and Fermanagh. The Currans of Kerry are said to have originated with the Ui Charrain, of the Uí Meic Caille sept of the Uí Liatháin kings of Munster. The Uí Liatháin descended from Eochu Liathán, son of Dáire Cerbba, who was, according to the Munster epic Forbhais Droma Dámhgháire, king of Medón Mairtine. According to the Annals of Inisfallen, the modern-day presence of the Curran family in County Kerry is the result of the war in 1177 between Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond, and Diarmait Mor Mac Carthaigh, during which the Uí Meic Caille fled across the Lee; for some this departure was permanent, with many Currans becoming Kerry gentry. Descendants Thomas and Dowenald O Corran were amongst those summoned to serve in arms against the Earl of Desmond in 1345.
- Ó Cuirín – County Donegal
- Mac Corraidhín – apparently now rendered as Crean in County Kerry
- Curran - is still also prevalent in Ulster/Northern Ireland; for example in Warringstown
People
- Alex Curran, British fashion model and columnist, wife of footballer Steven Gerrard
- Alvin Curran, American composer
- Barbara A. Curran, American politician, judge and lawyer
- Ben Curran, English cricketer, brother of Sam and Tom
- Brian Curran, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brittany Curran, American actress
- Charles Curran (disambiguation)
- Chuck Curran, American politician
- Clare Curran, New Zealand politician
- Dennis Patrick Curran, American chemist
- Denny Curran, Irish sportsman and politician
- Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Irish historian
- Frances Curran, Scottish politician
- Frank Curran (disambiguation)
- Gerald Curran, American politician
- Harry Curran, Scottish footballer
- Harry Curran (American football), American football player
- Henry 'Babe' Curran, Australian wool-grower
- Henry M. Curran, New York politician
- Homer Curran, American theatrical producer
- Hugh McCollum Curran, American forester
- J. Joseph Curran Jr., American politician
- Jack Curran, American high school baseball and basketball coach
- Jack Curran (broadcaster), Canadian broadcaster
- Jack Curran (footballer), Irish footballer
- Jesse Curran, Australian soccer player
- Jimmy Curran, Scots/American athlete and athletics coach
- Joan Curran, Welsh physicist, inventor of "chaff" radar countermeasures
- John Curran (disambiguation)
- Joseph Curran (disambiguation)
- Joshua Curran, Australian rugby league footballer
- Kevin Curran (disambiguation)
- Kyliegh Curran, American actress
- Mairead Curran, Australian voiceover artist
- Margaret Curran (disambiguation)
- Mary Katharine Curran, American botanist
- Matthew Curran, Irish boxer of the 1900s–1920s
- Mike Curran, American ice-hockey player
- Nick Curran, American rock/blues musician
- Oisin Curran, Canadian writer
- Paul Curran (disambiguation)
- Pearl Lenore Curran, American author who wrote as Patience Worth
- Pete Curran, British trade unionist and politician, Member of Parliament for Jarrow
- Robert Curran (disambiguation)
- Rose Curran, Irish camogie player
- Sam Curran, English cricketer; brother of Tom Curran
- Samuel Curran, British physicist and founder of the University of Strathclyde
- Sarah Curran, daughter of John Philpot Curran and wife of Robert Emmet
- Séamus Ó Cuirrín, Bishop of Killaloe
- Sean Curran (disambiguation)
- Shane Curran (disambiguation)
- Simon Ó Cuirrin, Bishop of Kilfenora 1300–1302
- Terry Curran, English footballer
- Tom Curran (disambiguation)
- Tony Curran, Scottish actor
- Vinny Curran, American actor
- William Curran (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
- Curran (Eyes of the Dragon), in Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon
- Jenny Curran, in the film Forrest Gump played by Robin Wright Penn
- Detective Nick Curran, in the movie Basic Instinct played by Michael Douglas
- Amanda Curran, in Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut played by Julienne Davis