Charles J. Curran (born June 1, 1939 in Galion, Ohio) is an American politician. He was born in 1939 in Galion, Ohio, the son of a railroad construction worker. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1958. After high school, Curran ended up in Charleston, Illinois where he earned a bachelor's degree in government and library science from Eastern Illinois University in 1963. He completed some graduate work at Miami University and the University of Dayton. On June 15, 1963, Curran married Mara Ann Wahl (born October 19, 1941); the couple has three children.