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  • Abraham Curiel (a.k.a. Dr Jeronimo Nunes Ramires) (1545 - 1609)
    Dr. Ramires, a famous doctor, married Maria Da Fonseca, daughter of Dr. Lopo da Fonseca, physician to Queen Catherine (wife of King João III (1502-1557) of Portugal).
  • Ana Sanz de la Cueva (c.1565 - d.)
  • Eugenio Curiel (1912 - 1945)
    Curiel (December 11, 1912 in Trieste – February 24, 1945 in Milan) was a Jewish Italian physicist and a prominent figure of the Italian resistance movement. He was awarded a gold medal (posthumously) f...
  • Henri Curiel (1914 - 1978)
    Curiel (13 September 1914 – 4 May 1978) was a left-wing political activist in Egypt and France. Born in Egypt, Curiel led the communist Democratic Movement for National Liberation until he was expelled...
  • Rabbi Israel ben Meir di Korial/di Curiel (1501 - 1573)
    ben Me’ir di Curiel was an important but little-known talmudist and preacher. Born sometime before 1500, he studied in the academy of Joseph Fasi in Edirne (Adrianople). Early on Curiel had his own aca...

About the Curiel surname

קוריאל

O nome Curiel (Koriel) são encontrados no século 16 em Coimbra, Portugal. Descendentes desta família se espalhou para Lisboa, Tripoli, Constantinopla, Veneza, Hamburgo e Amsterdam - alguns desses familiares praticado o judaísmo, enquanto outros convertido à fé cristã.

One of the earliest traces of the Curiel (Koriel) name are the 16th century Curiel brothers of Coimbra, Portugal. Descendants of the family spread to Lisbon, Tripoli, Constantinople, Venice, Hamburg and Amsterdam - some of these family members practiced Judaism while others converted to the Christian faith.

see: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0005_...