Cori is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Carl Ferdinand Cori
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS (December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984) was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague (then in Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic) who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physio ...
(1896–1984), American biochemist
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Deysi Cori
Deysi Estela Cori Tello (born 2 July 1993) is a Peruvian chess player, who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and a three-time American Continental women's champion. At junior level, she was twice world champion and six-time Pan Amer ...
(born 1993), Peruvian chess player
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Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori (; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was an Austro-Hungarian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me ...
(1896–1957), American biochemist
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Jorge Cori
Jorge Moisés Cori Tello (, born 30 July 1995) is a Peruvian chess grandmaster. A former chess prodigy, he was twice world champion and four-time Pan American champion in his age category. Cori competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011, 2013, 201 ...
(born 1995), Peruvian chess player
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Sacha Cori (born 1989), Italian footballer
Given name: Cori
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Cori Alexander
Corinne Renae Callahan (; born May 6, 1985) is an American soccer coach, artistic photographer and former goalkeeper.
University career
Callahan had a standout career at the University of Portland from 2003 through 2006, where she backstopped ...
(born 1985), American women's soccer player and artistic photographer
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Cori Blakebrough (born 1967), Canadian basketball player
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Cori Bush
Cori Anika Bush (born July 21, 1976) is an American politician, registered nurse, pastor, and Black Lives Matter activist serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for . The district includes all of the city of ...
(born 1976), American politician, registered nurse, pastor, and activist
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Cori Close (born 1971), American basketball coach
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Cori Gauff
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
(born 2004), American tennis player known as Coco Gauff
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Cori Henry
Cori Henry (born 9 December 1976) is a British sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.
He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, along with Jamie Baulch, Timothy Benjamin, ...
(born 1976), British sprinter
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Cori Morris
Corinne "Cori" Morris (born June 21, 1971 as Corinne Bartel) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played lead for the Olympic silver medal-winning Cheryl Bernard rink from 2005 to 2011. Currently, she plays lead for Susan O'Connor, a ...
(born 1971), Canadian curler
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Cori Schumacher
Cori Schumacher is an American world champion surfer, activist and former politician.
Early life
Schumacher was born April 23, 1977, in Huntington Beach, California. Both her parents were avid surfers. The family moved to San Diego where Schuma ...
(born 1977), American surfer, social justice advocate, scholar, and former politician
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Cori Thomas
Cori Thomas is an author and screenwriter of Liberian and Brazilian descent. Cori is co-writer of Sara Kruzan's memoir ''I Cried to Dream Again'', published in May 2022 by Penguin Random House. She is also an award winning playwright whose works i ...
, American author, dramatist, playwright, and screenwriter of Liberian and Brazilian descent
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Cori Yarckin
Cori Ann Yarckin (born August 15, 1982), is an American actress and singer from Orlando, Florida.
Early life
Yarckin was born in Seaford, Delaware and raised in Orlando, Florida.
She went to West Orange High School, before attending the Univ ...
(born 1982), American actress and singer
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Cori Zarek
Corinna "Cori" Zarek is a lawyer, public interest technologist and adjunct professor of media law.
In August 2022, Zarek was appointed as the 3rd Deputy Administrator of the United States Digital Service at the White House. Zarek was the Executi ...
, American lawyer, public interest technologist, and adjunct professor of media law
Given name: Corri
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Corri English
Corri English (born Corri Englisby; May 10, 1978) is an American actress.
Life and career
As a young girl during the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a frequent host of '' Kid's Beat'' and a few other kids shows on TBS (prior to the merg ...
(born 1978), American actress
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Corri Wilson
Corraine Wilson (born 11 April 1965) is an Alba Party politician who was previously the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock from 2015 to 2017.
Early life
Wilson worked in the Civil Service for 2 ...
(born 1965), Scottish politician
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Corri Corri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Adrienne Corri (1931-2016), Scottish-born actress
*Charles Corri ( 1862–1941), English musician, conductor, and arranger
*Domenico Corri (1744–1826), Italian composer who migrated to ...
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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 ...
, a given name and surname
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Corey
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 ...
, a given name and surname
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