Curie

The Curies were a family of distinguished scientists:

 Marie Curie (1867-1934), a Polish-French chemist, physicist, and two time Nobel Prize winner
 Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Marie's husband, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), Marie and Pierre's daughter, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), Irène's husband, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 Ève Curie (1904-2007), Marie and Pierre's second daughter, French-American writer and journalist

Things and ideas named after the Curies:

 Curie (unit) (Ci), a unit of radioactivity
 Curie point
 Curie's law
 Curium (Cm), a chemical element
 Curie (lunar crater)
 Curie Institute (Paris)
 Curie Institute (Warsaw)
 Curie (Q 87), a French submarine in the First World War
 French submarine Curie (P67), a French submarine in the Second World War

CURIE:

 CURIE, a syntax for Compact URIs.