Corey is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a masculine version of name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess
Persephone
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( ; gr, Περσεφόνη, Persephónē), also called Kore or Cora ( ; gr, Κόρη, Kórē, the maiden), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after ...
. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a cauldron" or "in a hollow".
As a surname, it has a number of possible derivations, including an Old Norse personal name ''Kori'' of uncertain meaning, which is found in Scandinavia and England, often meaning meaning curly haired. As an Irish surname it comes from Ó Comhraidhe (descendant of Comhraidheh). Notable people or fictional characters named Corey include:
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Corey Adam
Corey Adam is an American stand-up comedian from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has released three comedy albums on Stand Up! Records, including 2018's ''Jokes''.
Personal life
Adam was born Corey Adam Allegrezza in Hibbing, Minnesota. Adam bega ...
(born 1981), American stand-up comedian
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Corey Adams
Corey Adams (born 1962) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Eastern Suburbs.
Between 1974 and 2019, Adams held the Sydney ea ...
(born 1962), Australian rugby player
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Corey Adamson
Corey Adamson (born 23 February 1992) is an Australian sportsman who has played both professional baseball and professional Australian rules football.
Previously a professional baseball outfielder who played for the Australian national baseball ...
(born 1992), Australian baseball and Australian rules football player
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Albert Corey
Albert Louis Corey (16 April 1878 – 3 August 1926) was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of ...
(1878-1926), French olympic medalist
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Corey Allan
Corey Allan (born 19 April 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
He has previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in ...
(born 1998), Australian rugby player
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Corey Allen
Corey Allen (born Alan Cohen; June 29, 1934 – June 27, 2010) was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He is best known for playing ...
(1934–2010), American film and television director
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Corey Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Arnold
Corey Arnold (born March 25, 1976) is an American fine art, documentary, and commercial photographer and commercial fisherman, based in Portland, Oregon. His work explores man's relationship with the natural world, animals, and environmental issu ...
(born 1976), American photographer
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Corey Ashe
Corey Alan Ashe (born March 14, 1986) is a retired American soccer player. He played 10 seasons in Major League Soccer, mostly with the Houston Dynamo, but also with Orlando City SC and Columbus Crew SC. Originally a wide midfielder, Ashe ...
(born 1986), American soccer player
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Corey Baird
Corey Jacob Baird (born January 30, 1996) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dynamo.
Career
Youth
Baird, from Esc ...
(born 1996), American soccer player
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Corey Baker (baseball)
Corey A. Baker (born November 23, 1989) is an Israeli-American former professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and a former video replay coordinator for the Minnesota Twins.[Corey Baker (choreographer)
Corey Baker is a New Zealand classical and contemporary choreographer, film director and former dancer.
Early life
Baker was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 6 June 1990. He attended a rural primary school in Canterbury.
At age fourteen, ...]
, New Zealand choreographer
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Corey Ballentine
Corey Ballentine (born April 13, 1996) is a Jamaican professional American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washburn, and was selected by the New York Giants in th ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Corey Beaulieu
Corey King Beaulieu (born November 22, 1983) is the guitarist of American heavy metal band Trivium. At live shows, he also performs backing and, sometimes, lead screaming vocals.
Biography
Personal life
Born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, Beaulieu i ...
(born 1983), American guitar player
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Corey Beck
Corey Laveon Beck (born May 27, 1971) is a retired American basketball player.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid 1990s Razorback teams that won one national champion ...
(born 1971), American basketball player
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Corey Bell
Corey Bell (born 24 January 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL).
One of the smallest footballers to play in the AFL, Bell was a rover for Southport when he wa ...
(born 1973), Australian rules footballer
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Corey Benjamin
Corey Dwight Benjamin (born February 24, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1998 to 2003. He graduated from Fontana High School in Fontana, California, then played college basketball for Oregon ...
(born 1978), American basketball player
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Corey Black
Corey A. Black (born January 11, 1969, in Westminster, California) is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Born in Westminster, California, Black won his first race as a professional apprentice jockey on October 16, 19 ...
(born 1969), American jockey
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Corey Bojorquez
Corey Bojorquez ( ; born September 13, 1996) is an American football punter for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cerritos College before transferring to New Mexico, and signed with the New ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Corey Bradford
Corey Lamon Bradford (born December 8, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver. He played for the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, and Detroit Lions. (born 1975), American football player
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Corey Bramlet
Corey Bramlet (born January 17, 1983) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Wyoming.
Bramlet has also played for the Amsterdam Admira ...
(born 1983), American football player
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Corey Loog Brennan (born 1959), guitarist, songwriter, and academic
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Corey Brewer
Corey Wayne Brewer (born March 5, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player who serves as a player development coach for the New Orleans Pelicans. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, winning back-to-back NCAA na ...
(born 1986), American basketball player
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Corey Brown (disambiguation) Cor(e)y or Corrie Brown(e) may also refer to:
*Corey Brown (American football) (born 1991), American football wide receiver
*Corey Brown (baseball) (born 1985), American baseball player
*Corey Brown (jockey) (born 1976), Australian jockey
*Corey Br ...
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Corey Brunish
Corey Brunish is a Singing, singer, actor, director, writer and multiple Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning producer who is based in Portland, Oregon and New York City.
Background
Brunish was born in Los Angeles, California. After spending his early ...
, American singer and actor
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Corey Burton
Corey Gregg Weinberg (born August 3, 1955), known professionally as Corey Burton, is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Captain Hook, Ludwig Von Drake, Dale and others for The Walt Disney Company, Shockwave on '' The Transforme ...
(born 1955), American voice actor
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Corey Cadby
Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion.
Career
A native of Tasmania, Cadby began competing in Darts P ...
(born 1995), Australian professional darts player
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Corey Carrier
Corey Thomas Carrier (born August 20, 1980) is an American former child actor, also known as just "Core". He is best known as playing Indiana Jones (character), Indiana Jones, aged 8–10, in ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles''.
Carrier was b ...
(born 1980), American actor
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Corey Cerovsek
Corey Cerovsek (born 24 April 1972) is a Canadian violinist, pianist, and mathematician. At age 12, he was the youngest student to receive a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 1992, Cerovsek was the recipient of the Virginia-Park ...
(born 1972), Canadian violinist and mathematician
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Corey Chavous
Corey Lamonte Chavous (; born January 5, 1976) is a former American football defensive back who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Chavous played for three teams, at both safety and cornerback. Chavous was known as one of th ...
(born 1976), American football player
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Corey Clark
Corey Delaney Clark (born July 13, 1980) is an American singer. He is known for his highly publicized disqualification from the second season of ''American Idol'' and later allegations of a sexual relationship with then-''Idol'' judge Paula Abd ...
(born 1980), American singer
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Corey Clement
Corey Joel Clement (born November 2, 1994) is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin, and was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2 ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Corey Cogdell
Corey Cogdell (born September 2, 1986 in Palmer, Alaska) is an American trapshooter. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women's Trap; at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won eight ISSF World Cup ...
(born 1986), American trapshooter
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Corey Coleman
Corey Defians Coleman (born July 6, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Baylor and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore (born 21 December 1977) is a former Barbadian cricketer, who represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket as seam bowler.
Collymore also played for Barbados, Warwickshire, Sussex and Middlesex ...
(born 1977), West Indies cricketer
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Corey Conners
Corey Conners (born January 6, 1992) is a Canadian professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour. Conners has played on PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and the Web.com Tour.
Amateur career
Conners was raised in Listowel, Onta ...
(born 1992), Canadian golfer
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Corey Corbin (born 1969), American politician
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Corey Cott
Corey Michael Cott (born March 30, 1990) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical '' Newsies,'' replacing Jeremy Jordan, and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musi ...
(born 1990), American actor and singer
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Corey Crawford
Corey Crawford (born December 31, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Crow" by teammates and fans, he played his entire professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), w ...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Croom
Corey Vincent Croom (born May 22, 1971) is a former American football running back who played three seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ball State University and attended Sandu ...
(born 1971), American football player
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Corey Crowder
Jonathan Corey Crowder (born April 13, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
A guard- forward from Kentucky Wesleyan Colleg ...
(born 1969), American basketball player
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Corey Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Deuel
Corey Deuel (born November 20, 1977 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American professional pool player from West Jefferson, Ohio. Nicknamed "Prince of Pool", he won the US Open Nine-ball Championship in 2001, and has won many other major titles. ...
(born 1977), American professional pocket billiards player
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Corey Dickerson
McKenzie Corey Dickerson (born May 22, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies (2013–2015), Tampa Bay Rays (2016–2017), ...
(born 1989), American baseball player
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Corey Dillon
Corey James Dillon (born October 24, 1974) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots. Dillon played college football at Washing ...
(born 1974), American football player
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Corey Domachowski
Corey Domachowski (born 11 September 1996) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Cardiff and the Wales national team.
Club career
Domachowski made his debut for Cardiff in 2017 hav ...
(born 1996), Welsh rugby union player
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Corey Duffel
William Corey Duffel (born April 11, 1984) known as Corey Duffel, is a professional skateboarder from Walnut Creek, California.
Duffel's sponsors include Converse, Venture Trucks, Mob Grip, Orbs Wheels, Metro Skateboard Shop, Armourdillo, ''CCS' ...
(born 1984), American professional skateboarder
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Corey Edwards
Corey Edwards (born 2 September 1983) is a Barbadian cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for the Barbados cricket team in 2010.
See also
* List of Barbadian representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have pla ...
(born 1983), Barbadian cricketer
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Corey Elkins
Corey Alan Elkins (born February 23, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He was most recently under contract to the Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing car ...
(born 1985), American ice hockey player
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Corey Ellis
Corey Ellis (born 9 October 1996) is a former professional Australian rules football player for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 27 matches over four years at after being drafted there ...
(born 1996), Australian rules footballer
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Corey Enright
Corey Enright (born 14 September 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has played the second-most games for . Enright is currently defenc ...
(born 1981), Australian rules footballer
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Corey Feldman
Corey Scott Feldman (born July 16, 1971) is an American actor and musician. As a youth, he became well known for roles in the 1980s in films such as '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' (1984), ''Gremlins'' (1984), ''The Goonies'' (1985), a ...
(born 1971), American actor
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Corey Fischer
Corey John Fischer (February 28, 1945 – June 6, 2020) was an American actor.
Early life and education
Fischer was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in French and Theatre Arts from UCLA.
Career
In the mid-1 ...
(1945–2020), American actor
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Corey Fisher
Anthony Guy Corey Fisher (born April 8, 1988) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Vichy-Clermont of the LNB Pro B. A point guard, he attended Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Fisher decided on Villanova due to its com ...
(born 1988), American basketball player
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Corey Flintoff (born 1946), American news correspondent
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Corey Ford
Corey Ford (April 29, 1902 – July 27, 1969) was an American humorist, writer, outdoorsman, and screenwriter. He was friendly with several members of the Algonquin Round Table in New York City and occasionally lunched there.
Early years
Ford was ...
(1902–1969), American humorist and author
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Corey Foster
Corey J. Foster (born October 27, 1969) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.
Playing career
Foster was drafted 12th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. As well as the Devils, he played in the National Hockey Lea ...
(born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Fuller
Corey Bushe Fuller (born May 1, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He was the interim head football coach at Florida A&M University in 2014. Fuller was promoted from defensive backs coach to interim head coach after having be ...
(born 1990), American football player
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Corey Gaines
Corey Yasuto Gaines (born June 1, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played five seasons in the NBA, and was a four-time Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders#Assists leaders, Israeli Premier L ...
(born 1965), American basketball player and coach
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Corey Glasgow (born 1979), Barbadian cricketer
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Corey Glover
Corey Glover (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band Living Colour and has toured as the vocalist for the funk band Galactic. As an actor, he played Francis in the 1986 war movi ...
(born 1964), American musician, lead singer for the band Living Colour
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Corey Graham
Corey Dewayne Graham (born July 25, 1985) is a former American football free safety. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at New Hampshire. He played for the Baltimore Ravens, ...
(born 1985), American football player
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Corey Grant
Corey Grant (born December 22, 1976) is the head coach for the Carleton Ravens football team of U Sports. He is a former professional wide receiver in the Canadian Football League where he played for 11 years and won two Grey Cup championships. ...
(born 1991), American football player
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Corey Graves
Matthew Polinsky (born February 24, 1984) is an American wrestling color commentator and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE as a commentator and analyst for ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'' under the ring name Corey Graves. He is a ...
(born 1984), American wrestling announcer
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Corey Haim
Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor. He starred in a number of 1980s films, such as '' Lucas'', ''Silver Bullet'', ''Murphy's Romance'', ''License to Drive'' and '' Dream a Little Dream''. His role alongsi ...
(1971–2010), Canadian actor
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Corey Hall (American football) (born 1979), American football player
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Corey Hall (rugby league) (born 2002), American rugby league footballer
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Corey Harawira-Naera (born 1995), New Zealand rugby league footballer
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Corey Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Harrison
Richard Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison (born April 27, 1983) is an American businessman and reality television personality, known as a cast member of the History TV series ''Pawn Stars'', which documents his work at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn ...
(born 1983), American businessman
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Corey Hart (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Harwell, American neuroscientist
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Corey Hawkins
Corey Antonio Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the TV series '' The Walking Dead'' and '' 24: Legacy'', as well as his portrayal of Dr. Dre in the 2015 film '' Straight Outta Compton''. In 2017, ...
(born 1988), American actor
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Corey Hebert
Corey is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a masculine version of name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a caul ...
(born 1969), American journalist and physician
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Corey Hertzog
Corey Hertzog (born August 1, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Union Omaha in USL League One.
Career College and amateur
Hertzog attended Antietam Middle Senior H.S. scoring 107 career goals before enro ...
(born 1990), American soccer player
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Corey Hill
Corey Cornelius Hill (October 3, 1978 – May 15, 2015) was an American mixed martial artist. In high school in Florida he won state wrestling championships on multiple occasions and was a two-time national finalist college wrestler.
Mixed marti ...
(1978–2015), American mixed martial artist
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Corey Hilliard
Corey Hilliard (born April 26, 1985) is a former American football offensive tackle who played seven years in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State, before being drafted by the New England Patriots in th ...
(born 1985), American football player
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Corey Hirsch
Corey Hirsch (born July 1, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, currently working for Sportsnet as a colour commentator on Vancouver Canucks radio broadcasts. He spent the majority of his National Hockey Leag ...
(born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Holcomb
Corey Lamont Holcomb (born June 23, 1969) is an American comedian, radio host and actor. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Holcomb got his start in comedy with the help of another Chicago-area comedian, Godfrey. He currently hosts his own i ...
(born 1968), American comedian
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Corey Hughes
Corey Hughes (born 17 February 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A City New South Wales representative , he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for Canterbury-Bankstown ...
(born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
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Corey Hulsey
Corey Spear Hulsey (born July 26, 1977) is a former American football guard. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Corey Ivy
Corey Terrell Ivy (born March 21, 1977) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played college football at Oklahoma.
Ivy was also a member of the Frankfurt Galaxy ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Corey Jackson (disambiguation) Corey Jackson may refer to:
* Corey Jackson (born 1978), American basketball and football player.
* Corey Jackson (rapper) (born 2006), American rapper
* Corey Jackson (politician)
Corey Jackson (born 1982) is an American politician currently ser ...
, multiple people
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Corey James
Corey James is an English disc jockey, producer and remixer.
Biography
During his career, he has released many electronic dance music records on labels such as Size Records, Protocol Recordings, Big Beat Records, Sosumi Records, Spinnin ...
(born 1992), English disc jockey
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Corey Jenkins
Corey Jenkins (born August 25, 1976) is a former American football player. He played quarterback at the University of South Carolina and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He saw limited playing time in the National Football League and Canadian F ...
(born 1976), American football player
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Corey Jensen
Corey Jensen (born 8 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
Background
Jens ...
(born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer
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Corey Johnson (disambiguation) Corey Johnson may refer to:
* Corey Johnson (actor) (born 1961), American actor
* Corey Johnson (American football) (born 1973), former American football player
* Corey Johnson (basketball) (born 1996), Canadian basketball player
* Corey Johnson (p ...
, multiple people
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Corey Jones
Corey Jones (born 26 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the Australian Football League. Jones grew up in the small Victorian town of Wycheproof, near Bendigo.
Career
Jones w ...
(born 1981), Australian rules footballer
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Corey Jordan
Corey Jordan (born 4 March 1999), is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Weymouth.
Club career
Born in Bournemouth, Dorset, Jordan started his career with local side AFC Bournemouth at the age of seven in the ...
(born 1999), English footballer
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Corey Kelly
Corey Kelly (born 14 December 2000) is an Australian cricketer. He made his List A debut for South Australia against Western Australia on 2 March 2021 as part of the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup.
Personal life
Corey Kelly was born on 14 De ...
(born 2000), Australian cricketer
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Corey Kispert
Corey James Kispert (born March 3, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where he was a consensus first- ...
(born 1999), American basketball player
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Corey Kluber
Corey Scott Kluber (born April 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. He made his M ...
(born 1986), American baseball player
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Corey Knebel
Corey Andrew Knebel (born November 26, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. ...
(born 1991), American baseball player
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Corey Koskie
Cordel Leonard "Corey" Koskie (born June 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Milwaukee Brewers. On February 4, 2015, Koskie was ele ...
(born 1973), American baseball player
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Corey LaJoie
Corey Daniel LaJoie (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports. LaJoie is the son of two-time NASCAR ...
(born 1991), American professional stock car racer
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Corey Lanerie
Corey James Lanerie (born November 13, 1974) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Based in Kentucky, he has been the leading rider at Churchill Downs, having won the most races during a race meet, 10 times. He has also been named th ...
(born 1974), American jockey
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Corey William Large Corey William Large (born 18 October 1975) is a Canadian writer, actor, and producer of feature movies.
Early life and education
Large was born and raised in the Prospect Lake area of Saanich near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. After elementa ...
(born 1975), Canadian writer and actor
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Corey Layton
Corey Layton AKA Captain Turntable (born 19 July 1979 in Melbourne, Australia) is a commercial radio broadcaster.
He started his career at youth radio station 89.9 Hitz-FM (Melbourne) as Captain Turntable before hosting the night show at Melbourn ...
(born 1979), Australian radio broadcaster
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Corey Lee (baseball)
Corey Wayne Lee (born December 26, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Texas Rangers in 1999.
Amateur career
Lee played college baseball for North Carolina State University. In 1995 and 1996, he played ...
(born 1974), American baseball player
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Corey Lee (chef)
Corey Lee (born 1977) is a Korean-American chef and restaurateur based in San Francisco. In 2014, his flagship restaurant, Benu, became the first in San Francisco to receive three stars from the Michelin Guide, making Lee the first Korean chef to g ...
(born 1977), Korean-American chef
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Corey Lemonier
Corey Lemonier (; born November 19, 1991) is a former American football outside linebacker. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Auburn Tigers football, Auburn.
Early ...
(born 1991), American football player
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Corey Levin
Corey Michael Levin (born August 12, 1994) is an American football guard for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Levin played college footba ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Corey Lewandowski
Corey R. Lewandowski (; born September 18, 1973) is an American political operative, lobbyist, political commentator and author who is politically associated primarily with Donald Trump. He was the first campaign manager of Trump's 2016 presid ...
(born 1973), American political lobbyist
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Corey Lewis
Corey Sutherland Lewis (also known as Rey or The Rey) is an American comic book creator. He is primarily known as the creator of ''Sharknife'', published by Oni Press. Other works include ''PENG'' for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for ...
, American comic book creator
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Corey Linsley
Corey Michael Linsley (born July 27, 1991) is an American football center for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State. Linsley was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth roun ...
(born 1991), American football player
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Corey Littrell
Corey David Littrell (born March 21, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Listed at and , he throws and bats left-handed.
Career
Littrell attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and pitched for the school's b ...
(born 1992), American baseball player
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Corey Liuget
Corey Devon Liuget (born March 18, 1990) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Illinois, and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
College career
During his three ...
(born 1990), American football player
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Corey Locke
Corey Michael Locke (born May 8, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Since he made his professional debut in 2004, he has predominantly featured in the AHL, with appearances in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montr ...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Lof (born 1990), Canadian actor
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Corey Louchiey (born 1971), American football player
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Corey Bryant Loftus (born 1999), American musician
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Corey Lowery
Corey French Lowery is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and engineer. He is the guitarist and backing vocalist for South African rock band Seether, and a former member of Saint Asonia, Stuck Mojo, Stereomud, Eye Empire, and Dar ...
(born 1973), American musician and songwriter
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Corey Lynch
Corey Austin Lynch (born May 7, 1985) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Appalachian State.
High school
Corey graduated from E ...
(born 1985), American football player
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Corey Mace
Corey Mace (born December 22, 1985) is a former Canadian football defensive tackle who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted f ...
(born 1985), Canadian football player
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Corey Maclin (1970–2013), American television broadcaster
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Corey Maggette
Corey Antoine Maggette (; born November 12, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He became an analyst for Fox Sports.
High school and college career
Magget ...
(born 1979), American basketball player
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Corey Makelim
Corey Makelim is a United States international rugby league footballer who last played as a for the Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship.
Career
He was selected to represent the United States national team in the 2017 World Cup.
Make ...
(born 1994), American rugby union footballer
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Corey Marks (born 1989), Canadian rock and country singer
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Corey Martin, American Air Force general
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Corey May
Corey May is an American video game writer. He is currently the Narrative Director for Austin video game developer Certain Affinity. May is also the co-founder and President of Sekretagent Productions, a production company based in Los Angeles, ...
, American video game writer
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Corey Mayfield
Corey Mayfield is a former American football offensive lineman/defensive lineman and coach of the Arena Football League. Mayfield is currently the Defensive Coordinator of the Texas Revolution of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). Mayfield played ...
(born 1970), American football player
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Corey Mays
Corey Lemard Mays (born November 27, 1983, in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Notre Dame ...
(born 1983), American football player
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Corey L. Maze
Corey Landon Maze (born January 4, 1978) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Education
Maze earned his Bachelor of Arts, ''summa cum laude'', from Auburn University and h ...
(born 1978), American judge
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Corey McPherrin Corey B. McPherrin (born March 10, 1955), known professionally as Corey McPherrin, is the evening news anchor for WFLD-TV in Chicago.
Biography
Early life and education
A native of Markham, Illinois, McPherrin graduated from Hillcrest High Scho ...
(born 1955), American news anchor
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Corey Mesler (born 1955), American writer
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Corey Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Moore
Corey Moore (born March 20, 1979) is a former American college and professional American football, football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) during the early 2000s. He played college football for Virginia Tech, ea ...
(born 1979), American football player
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Corey Moore (safety)
Corey Moore (born January 28, 1993) is a former American football safety. He lettered in football, basketball and track at Griffin High School in Griffin, Georgia. In football, he earned '' SuperPrep'' All-American honors and played in the ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Corey Muirhead
Corey Muirhead (June 23, 1983 in St. James, Jamaica) is a Canadian professional basketball player, currently playing for BK Pardubice in the Mattoni NBL in the Czech Republic. He previously played for Cholet Basket in 2007 and the Western Carolin ...
(born 1983), American basketball player
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Corey Nakatani
Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.
Nakatani has long resided on the S ...
(born 1970), American jockey
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Corey Nelson
Corey Nelson (born April 22, 1992) is a former American football inside linebacker. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma.
Professional career Denver Broncos
Nelso ...
(born 1992), American football player
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Corey Norman
Corey Norman (born 3 February 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as and for FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship.
Norman previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, the Parramatta Eels and St. G ...
(born 1991), Australian rugby league player
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Corey Oates
Corey Oates (born 20 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as er for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Oates has represented Queensland in the State of Origin series.
He is the on ...
(born 1994), Australian Rugby League player
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Corey O'Brien
Corey Daniel O’Brien (born September 11, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners from 2008 to 2015. In 2010, he challenged incumbent Congressman Paul Kanjorski in the May 2010 ...
(born 1973), American lawyer and politician
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Corey O'Keeffe
Corey James John O'Keeffe (born 5 June 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a full back or midfielder for club Forest Green Rovers.
O'Keeffe began his career with Birmingham City, made his senior debut in 2016, and spent time on lo ...
(born 1998), English footballer
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Corey Oswalt
Corey Edward Oswalt (born September 3, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2018 with the New York Mets.
Career Amateur career
Oswalt attended James Madison Hig ...
(born 1993), American baseball player
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Corey Page
Corey Page (born 27 March 1971) is an Australian film and television actor. He had a leading role in the television series ''Heartbreak High'' in Australia. Additionally, he was a series regular in the US television series '' The City'' from ...
(born 1975), Australian film and television actor
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Corey Paris
Corey Phillip Paris is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 145th district. Elected in an April 29, 2021 special election, he assumed office on May 4, 2021. He was re-elected to a second ...
, American politician
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Corey Parker (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Patterson
Donald Corey Patterson (born August 13, 1979) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. Currently, he is the manager of the Brookhaven Bucks in the Sunbelt Baseball League. He is the older brother of infielder Eric Patterson, a ...
(born 1979), American baseball player
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Corey Paul
Corey Paul Davis (born March 10, 1987), known by the stage name Corey Paul, is an American Christian hip hop musician from Houston, Texas. His debut album, ''Grace Love Mercy'', released on July 30, 2013, by Frontline Media Group. This album wa ...
(born 1987), American hip hop musician
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Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 150 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1986 and 1997 ...
(born 1959), American professional golfer
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Corey Pearson
Corey Pearson (born 9 January 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in 1990 and 2000s. Pearson played for the Balmain Tigers, St. George Dragons, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Wests Tigers and the Parram ...
(born 1973), Australian rugby league footballer
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Corey Perry
Corey Perry (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played the first 14 years of his career with the Anaheim Ducks. He then played for the Dallas Stars ...
(born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Peters
Corey Peters (born June 8, 1988) is an American football nose tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football a ...
(born 1988), American football player
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Corey Postiglione (born 1942), American artist and art critic
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Corey Potter
Corey Michael Potter (born January 5, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He most recently played for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Potter was born in Lansing, Michigan, but grew up in Mason, Michig ...
(born 1984), American ice hockey player
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Corey S. Powell
Corey Stevenson Powell (born January 7, 1966) is an American science writer and journalist, particularly known for his writing for ''Discover'' magazine, of which he became Editor-in-Chief in 2012, and his longstanding collaboration with Bill Nye ...
(born 1966), American science writer and journalist
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Corey Pullig
Corey Pullig (born October 23, 1973) is a former quarterback for Texas A&M University who went on to play professionally for the Arena Football League (1987–2008), Arena Football League's Grand Rapids Rampage and Buffalo Destroyers.
High sc ...
(born 1973), American football player
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Corey Ragsdale
William Corey Ragsdale (born November 10, 1982) is an American professional baseball former player and current coach. He is the first base coach and major league field coordinator for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Rag ...
(born 1982), American baseball coach
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Corey Raji
Corey Raji (born November 7, 1988) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Boston College.
High school career
Raji attended Westwood Regional High School in Washington Township, Bergen County, New J ...
(born 1988), American-Nigerian basketball player
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Corey Ray
Corey Donte Ray (born September 22, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Career Amateur
Ray attended Simeon Career Academy in C ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Corey Raymond
Corey Raymond (born September 28, 1969) is an American football coach, and former player, currently serving as the cornerbacks coach at Florida.
Playing career
Raymond played cornerback at LSU before being signed by the New York Giants as an und ...
(born 1969), American football coach
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Corey Reynolds
Corey Reynolds (born July 3, 1974) is an American actor known for originating the role of Seaweed in the Broadway adaptation of ''Hairspray'', and for the TNT crime show ''The Closer''.
Early life and career
Reynolds was born in Richmond, Virgin ...
(born 1974), American musical and film actor
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Corey Robin Corey Robin (born 1967) is an American political theorist, journalist and professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written books on the role of fear in political life, tr ...
(born 1967), American political theorist and journalist
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Corey Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Rodriguez
Corey Rodriguez is a retired professional super welterweight boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Personal life
Rodriguez is a native of Minneapolis, and a graduate of Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota
Amateur career
Corey Rodri ...
(born 1979), American boxer
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Corey Sanders (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Sawyer
Corey Franklyn Sawyer (born October 4, 1971) is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the 1990s. He played college football for Florida Sta ...
(born 1971), American football player
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Corey Schwab
Corey Schwab (born November 4, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goalie. He was drafted in the 10th round, 200th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Schwab won the 2003 Stanley Cup with the New Jersey D ...
(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
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Corey Scott
Corey L. Scott (December 28, 1968 – February 8, 1997) was an American stunt performer and professional motorcycle stunt rider. Scott died during a live stunt in front of a crowd of around 30,000 spectators at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, F ...
(1968–1997), American stunt artist and motorcycle rider
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Corey Seager
Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994), nicknamed "Seags", is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Seager was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 Ma ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Corey Sevier
Corey Daniel Sevier (born July 3, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the Fox television series '' North Shore'' as Gabriel McKay and as Timmy Cabot in ''Lassie''.
Life and career
Sevier was born in Ajax, Ontario, ...
(born 1984), Canadian actor
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Corey Simon
Corey Jermaine Simon Sr. (born March 2, 1977) is an American politician and former professional football player. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the Florida State Senator from the 3rd district since 2022. He previously playe ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Corey Small
Corey Small (born March 23, 1987 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and formerly the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.
High school care ...
(born 1987), Canadian lacrosse player
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Corey Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
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Corey Stapleton
Corey Stapleton (born September 17, 1967) is an American politician and musician who served as the Secretary of State of Montana from 2017 to 2021. A Republican, he served as a member of the Montana State Senate from 2001 to 2009.
In 2020, Stapl ...
(born 1967), American politician
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Corey Stevens
Corey Stevens (born August 6, 1954) is an American blues guitarist from Centralia, Illinois, United States.
Biography
Stevens began playing guitar at age 11 and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, ...
(born 1954), American blues guitarist
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Corey Stewart
Corey Alan Stewart (born August 1, 1968) is an American retired politician who served four terms as at-large chair of the Board of Supervisors of Prince William County, Virginia from December 2006 to December 2019.
Stewart was the Republica ...
(born 1968), American politician
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Corey Stoll
Corey Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller series ''House of Cards'' (2013–2016), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, ...
(born 1976), American actor
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Corey Surrency
Corey Surrency (born December 22, 1984) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played junior college football with El Camino College in which he had 30 receptions for over 670 yards in 2007. He committed to FSU ...
(born 1984), American football player
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Corey Swinson
Corey J. Swinson (December 15, 1969 – September 10, 2013) was an American football defensive tackle. After playing his college football at Hampton University, Swinson spent one season with the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 1995. He was originally dr ...
(1969–2013), American football player
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Corey Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the ...
(born 1973), American lead singer of the heavy metal bands
Slipknot and
Stone Sour
Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand ...
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Corey Thomas (American football)
Corey Jermaine Thomas (born June 6, 1975) is a former professional American football wide receiver, who played in one game for the Detroit Lions in 1998. He played college football at Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling ...
(born 1975), American football player
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Corey Thompson
Corey Thompson (born 15 May 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er and for the Brisbane Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Wests Tigers and ...
(born 1990), Australian rugby union footballer
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Corey Thompson (American football)
Corey Thompson (born December 23, 1993) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at LSU.
Early life and high school
Thompson was born and raised in Missouri City, Texas, and attended Elkins High Schoo ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Corey Tochor
Corey James Tochor (born 1976 or 1977) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Saskatoon—University since the 2019 federal election.
Tochor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 ...
(born 1977), Canadian politician
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Corey Tutt
Corey Aden Tutt is an Aboriginal Australian mentor and Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM champion. He is the founder of DeadlyScience, an initiative that provides STEM Resources to remote schools in Australia. Tutt is the ...
(born 1992), Australian STEM champion
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Corey Vereen
Corey Allen Vereen (born June 15, 1995) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Tennessee.
Early years
Vereen attended and played high school football at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida.
Co ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Corey Vidal
Corey Vidal (born December 7, 1986) is a Canadian YouTube content creator and entrepreneur. His YouTube videos have been seen over 100 million times and he has over 200,000 subscribers. In December 2007, Corey was one of the first Canadians to join ...
(born 1986), Canadian YouTuber
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Corey Waddell
Corey Waddell (born 2 October 1996) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.
Back ...
(born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer
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Corey Walden
Torrian Corey Walden ( sr-cyrl, Торијан Кори Волден; born August 5, 1992) is an American-born naturalized Serbian professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He p ...
(born 1992), American professional basketball player
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Corey D. B. Walker Corey D. B. Walker is a professor who specializes in African American social, political, and religious thought. He is the author of ''A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America,'' published by the Universit ...
, American political thinker
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Corey Ward, American rapper
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Corey Warren (born 2000), Australian footballer
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Corey Washington (born 1991), American football player
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Corey Webster
Corey Jonas Webster (born March 2, 1982) is a former American football cornerback who played for the New York Giants. He was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft and later won two Super Bowls with the team, both over ...
(born 1982), American football player
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Corey Webster (basketball)
Corey Webster (born 29 November 1988) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL for the first time in 2008 after a se ...
(born 1988), New Zealand basketball player
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Corey Wedlock
Corey Wedlock (born 15 June 1996) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
Corey made his international debut in 2017 and has twice won the pairs with Nathan Pedersen at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic in 2 ...
(born 1996), Australian lawn and indoor bowler
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Corey Whelan
Corey Whelan (born 10 December 1997) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for club Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United. Born in England, he has represented the Republic of ...
(born 1997), English-Irish soccer player
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Corey White
Corey White (born May 9, 1990) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football for Samford University. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Early years
White was born in Dunwoo ...
(born 1990), American football player
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Corey White (comedian)
Corey White is an Australian comedian whose work draws on traumatic childhood experiences. The story of his childhood was the subject of an episode of ''Australian Story'' in 2015 and his TV series ''Corey White's Roadmap to Paradise'' premiered o ...
, Australian comedian
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Corey Widmer (born 1968), American football player
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Corey Williams (disambiguation) Corey Williams may refer to:
* Corey Williams (American football) (born 1980), American football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
* Corey Williams (basketball, born 1970), American basketball coach and former NBA player
* Corey Williams (bask ...
, multiple people
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Corey Woods (disambiguation) Corey Woods may refer to:
* Corey Woods (mayor), American mayor of Tempe, Arizona
*Corey Woods (born 1970), American rapper known by his stage name, Raekwon
Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), better known by his stage name Raekwon The Chef ...
, multiple people
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Corey Wootton
Corey Andrew Wootton (born June 22, 1987) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Northwestern University. As a junior, he garnered first-team All-Big Ten Conferen ...
(born 1987), American football player
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Corey Yuen
Corey Yuen (; born Ying Gang-ming (殷元奎); 15 February 1951) is a Hong Kong director, film director, producer, action choreographer, and former actor.
Yuen was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. As a ...
(born 1951), Hong Kong film director
Surname
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Albert Corey
Albert Louis Corey (16 April 1878 – 3 August 1926) was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of ...
(1878–1926), French athlete
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Angela Corey
Angela Corey (born October 31, 1954) is a former Florida State's Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Duval, Nassau and Clay counties—including Jacksonville and the core of its metropolitan area. The first woman to h ...
(born 1954), American attorney
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Bryan Corey
Bryan Scott Corey (born October 21, 1973) is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the KBO League, and the Chinese Professional Baseball ...
(born 1973), American baseball pitcher
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Cathal Corey
Cathal Corey () is a Gaelic football manager and former player from County Tyrone. He played for the Kildress Wolfe Tones club, though he never played for his county. However, he has managed several clubs throughout Ulster, as well as the Sligo ...
, Gaelic football manager and former player
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Ed Corey
Edward Norman "Ike" Corey (born Ed Cohen from July 13, 1894 to September 17, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Corey played one game in his career, in the 1918 season, with the Chicago White Sox. He pitched two innings, giving up one run, ...
(1894–1970), American baseball pitcher
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Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemistry, organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. ...
(born 1928), American organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
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Giles Corey
Giles Corey ( August 1611 – September 19, 1692) was an English-born American farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or ...
(1611–1692) and
Martha Corey
Martha Corey (1619 or 1620 – September 22, 1692) was accused and convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, on September 9, 1692, and was hanged on September 22, 1692. Her second husband, Giles Corey, was also accused.
Early life ...
(1620–1692), husband and wife executed in the Salem witch trials
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Irving Corey
Second Lieutenant Irving Banfield Corey (August 30, 1892 – April 18, 1976) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 Birthday Honours
The 1919 B ...
(1892–1976), Canadian flying ace in World War I
* "Professor"
Irwin Corey
"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at th ...
(1914–2017), American comedian and actor
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Isabelle Corey
Isabelle Corey (29 May 1939 – 6 February 2011) was a French actress and model.
Corey started modeling in Paris in her teens for magazines such as ''Jardin des Modes'', ''Elle'' and ''Madame Figaro''. She was discovered in the Latin Quarter, wh ...
(1939–2011), French film actress
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James S. A. Corey
James S. A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, authors of the science fiction series ''The Expanse''. The first and last name are taken from Abraham's and Franck's middle names, respectively, and S. A. ar ...
, pen name used by collaborating American novelists Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck
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Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.
Life and career
Corey attended New Utrecht High ...
(1914–2002), American stage and screen actor and director
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Jill Corey
Jill Corey (born Norma Jean Speranza; September 30, 1935 – April 3, 2021) was an American popular standards singer. She was discovered and signed on one day when she was 17. She went on to have her own radio shows and to star in a feature film. ...
(1935–2021), American singer
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Jim Corey
James Warren Corey (October 19, 1883 – January 10, 1956) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California. His grave is located at Valhalla Memori ...
(1883–1956), American actor
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Robert Corey
Robert Brainard Corey (August 19, 1897 – April 23, 1971) was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling. Also working with Pauling was Herman Branson. Their discoveries we ...
(1897–1971), American structural chemist
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Ronald Corey
Ronald Corey, (born 13 December 1938) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey executive with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1991, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Businessman
As of ...
(born 1938), Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey executive
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Walt Corey
Walter Martin Corey (May 9, 1938 – October 23, 2022) was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for seven seasons in the American Football League (AFL) before coaching in the National Football League (NF ...
(1938–2022), American football player and coach
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Wendell Corey
Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a board member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Biography Early years
Corey was ...
(1914–1968), American actor and politician
Fictional characters
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Corey Riffin
''Grojband'' is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton for Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States. Produced by Fresh TV and Neptoon Studios, with animation by Elliott Animation, and p ...
, a character from Canadian animated TV series ''Grojband''
See also
*Corey correlation, in
relative permeability
In multiphase flow in porous media, the relative permeability of a phase is a dimensionless measure of the effective permeability of that phase. It is the ratio of the effective permeability of that phase to the absolute permeability. It can be v ...
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Corie
Corie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Corie Andrews (born 1997), English footballer
* Corie Beveridge (born 1974), Canadian curler
* Corie Blount (born 1969), American basketball player
* Corie Mapp (born 1978), British-B ...
, given name
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Corrie (given name) Corrie or Corry is a given name, often a diminutive, short form of Cornelia or Cornelius.
;Feminine
* Corrie Bakker (born 1945), Dutch sprinter ("Cornelia")
*Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Dutch Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape ("Co ...
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Corrie (surname)
Corrie is a unisex surname in the English language. The name has several different etymological origins. The name is found in numbers in the north of Ireland. The surname has been borne by a noted Scottish family, that was originally seated in wh ...
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Corry (surname) Corry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Armar Lowry Corry (1793–1855), British rear admiral and veteran of the Crimean War
* Charles Corry (born 1940), Irish former cricketer
*Eoghan Corry (born 1961), Irish columnist, trave ...
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Cory
As a given name, Cory is used by both males and females. It is a variation of the name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in ...
, given name and surname
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Korey
Korey is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Korey Banks (born 1979), defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League
*Korey Cooper (born 1972), the keyboardist, guitarist, and backing voca ...
, given name and surname
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Kory (given name) Kory is a unisex given name. It is a male version of the name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a caidron", or "In a hollow ...
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Masculine given names
Scottish masculine given names