Coby or Koby is a male and female given name, a surname, or a nickname originating from the name "

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Notable people with the name "Coby" include

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* Koby Abberton (born 1979), Australian surfer *

Koby Altman Koby Altman (born September 16, 1982) is the President of Basketball Operations of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Altman was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Altman received his bachelor's degree at ...

(born 1982), American basketball executive *

Koby Arthur Koby Owusu Arthur (born 31 January 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for National League club Maidenhead United. A midfielder who can also play as a forward, Arthur made his Football League debut in the Championship with Bir ...

(born 1996), Ghanaian footballer

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Coby Bell Coby Scott Bell (born May 11, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jesse Porter on the USA Network original series '' Burn Notice'' and professional football player Jason Pitts on The CW/BET comedy-drama '' The Game''. ...

(born 1975), American actor and producer * Coby G. Brooks (born 1969), American businessman *

Coby Bryant Coby Bryant (born March 29, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cincinnati. Early life and high school Bryant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and att ...

(born 1999), American football player

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Coby Carrozza Coby Carrozza (born May 7, 2001) is an American swimmer for the University of Texas Longhorns men's swimming team. He is currently scheduled to swim the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the men's free relay for the United States of America te ...

(born 2001), American swimmer *

Koby Clemens Koby Aaron Clemens (born December 4, 1986) is an American former professional baseball infielder and outfielder. He later served as a coach in the Houston Astros farm system. He is the eldest son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clem ...

(born 1986), American baseball player * Coby Connell (born 1984), Australian actress *

Coby Cotton Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The group consists of Tyler "TT" Toney, twins Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "Tall Guy" Jones, all of whom are former colleg ...

(born 1987), American media personality

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* Coby Dietrick (born 1948), American basketball player

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Coby Fleener Jacoby Fleener (born September 20, 1988) is a former American football tight end. After playing at Joliet Catholic Academy during high school, Fleener played college football at Stanford University. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in th ...

(born 1988), American football player

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Koby Holland Koby Holland (born September 24, 1974, in Dillon, Montana) is an American sport shooter. He has competed for Team USA in running target shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a bronze medal at the 2001 Championship of the Americas tou ...

(born 1974), American sports shooter

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Koby Israelite Koby Israelite is a multi-instrumentalist composer, Record producer, producer, songwriter and band leader. He released four albums through John Zorn's Tzadik Records label: ''Dance of the Idiots'' (2003), ''Mood Swings (Koby Israelite album), Moo ...

(born 1966), Israeli musician *

Coby Iwaasa Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the 2022 Pan American Champion in Men's Doubles (with Samuel Murray), and was a bronze medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Junior years Iwaasa was a prodi ...

(born 1996), Canadian racquetball player

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Coby Jones Coby Michael Jones (born August 15, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for USL Championship club Sporting Kansas City II. Club career Born in Topeka, Kansas but raised in Olathe, Jones joined the Sporting ...

(born 2003), American soccer player

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* Coby Karl (born 1983), American basketball player * Koby Arthur Koomson (born 1951), Ghanaian diplomat

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* Koby Lion (born 1976), Israeli paracyclist

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* Koby Maxwell (born 1978), Ghanaian musician * Coby Miller (born 1976), American track and field athlete

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Koby Osei-Wusu Christopher Koby Osei-Wusu (born December 26, 1995) is an Ghanaian-American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Malaga City in the Spanish División de Honor. He has previously played for Richmond Kickers an ...

(born 1995), Ghanaian-American soccer player

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Coby Rhinehart Jacoby Rhinehart (born February 7, 1977) is a former professional Canadian football defensive back who played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected in the sixth round (190th overall) by the Arizona Card ...

(born 1977), American football player *

Coby Rowe Coby Jake Rowe (born 2 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of ...

(born 1995), English footballer

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Coby Sey Coby Sey is a British musician, songwriter, artist, vocalist and NTS Radio host, based in Lewisham, London. He has worked with musicians Tirzah, Mica Levi, DELS, Kwes, Klein, Lafawndah and London Contemporary Orchestra, artists Hannah Perry ...

, British musician * Coby Sikkens (born 1946), Dutch swimmer * Koby Stevens (born 1991), Australian rules footballer

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Coby van Baalen Jacoba ("Coby") Maria Jozina van Baalen-Dorresteijn (born 6 April 1957 in Werkhoven, Utrecht) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She did so ...

(born 1957), Dutch equestrian

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* Coby White (born 2000), American basketball player *

Coby Whitmore Maxwell Coburn Whitmore (June 11, 1913 – October 12, 1988)M.C. Whitmore
Doug Coby (born 1979), American racing driver *

Fred Coby Frederick G. Beckner Jr. (March 1, 1916 – September 27, 1970) was an American character actor born in California. He was known for playing Pony Deal in the American western television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', which starre ...

(1916–1970), American actor * George Coby (1883–1967), Georgian businessman * Jeff Coby (born 1994), Haitian-American basketball player *

Rudy Coby Rudy Coby (born Rudolph Coby; April 22, 1964), also known as "Labman", is an American comedic magician. He is a member of the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. In the early 1990s, Coby appeared in several small theatrical live shows, and on broadcast ...

(born 1964), American magician

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