Courtois can refer to:

Locations

Courtois-sur-Yonne Courtois-sur-Yonne (, literally ''Courtois on Yonne (river), Yonne'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department ...

, a commune in Yonne department, France *

Courtois, Missouri Courtois is an unincorporated community in southwestern Washington County, Missouri, United States, within the Courtois Hills region. It is located approximately southwest of Belgrade and northeast of Viburnum, Missouri in Iron County. Court ...

, an unincorporated community *

Courtois Creek Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois, Miss ...

, a creek in Missouri *

Courtois Hills The Courtois Hills region is an area of the Ozark Mountains in southeast Missouri. It is one of several mountainous regions that surround the Ozarks's Salem (or Central) Plateau. Geography Although it does not contain the highest peak, the Cour ...

, a region in Missouri

Persons

Painters

Jean Courtois (herald) Jean Courtois (died 1436) was a French herald. Biography Jean Courtois called Sicily Herald was in the service of the king of the two Sicilies Alfonso V of Aragon. He lived for a long time in Mons in Hainaut in the Netherlands. At the beginni ...

(died 1436), French herald *

Jacques Courtois Jacques Courtois or Giacomo Cortese, called il Borgognone or le Bourguignon (12 ?December 162114 November 1676) was a Franche-Comtois–Italian painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was mainly active in Rome and Florence and became known as th ...

(1621–1676), French painter *

Guillaume Courtois Guillaume Courtois or italianized as Guglielmo Cortese, called Il Borgognone or Le Bourguignon ('the Burgundian'), (1628 – 14 or 15 June 1679 Marie Courtois Marie Courtois (c. 1655 – 13 October 1703) was a French miniature painter. She was a pupil of Le Brun. In 1675 she married Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter. They were the parents of the more famous portrait painter Jean-Marc Natti ...

(c.1655–1703), French miniature painter *

Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art. Life Courtois was born 18 May 1852 i ...

(1852–1923), French painter

Science, medicine, technology

Bernard Courtois Bernard Courtois, also spelled Barnard Courtois, (8 February 1777 – 27 September 1838) was a French chemist credited with first isolating iodine. By 1811 the Napoleonic Wars had made the government-controlled saltpeter business taper off sinc ...

(1777–1838), French chemist, discoverer of iodine * Frédéric Courtois (1860–1928), French missionary and naturalist * Hélène Courtois, French astrophysicist * Jacques Courtois (Canada) (1920–1996) was a Canadian lawyer and public official * Donald Courtois, American electrical engineer, worked on NASA Apollo missions * Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International *

Nicolas Courtois Nicolas Tadeusz Courtois (born 14 November 1971) is a cryptographer and senior lecturer in computer science at University College London. Courtois was one of the co-authors of both the XSL attack against block ciphers, such as the Advanced Encry ...

, French cryptographer, lecturer in computer science at University College London *

Stéphane Courtois Stéphane Courtois (born 25 November 1947) is a French historian and university professor, a director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), professor at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La Ro ...

(born 1947), French historian, author and editor of Black Book of Communism

Music

Antoine Courtois The Antoine Courtois company, founded in Paris in 1789, is a renowned manufacturer of brass musical instruments. The company's name comes from the name of the founder's children who created the brand name in 1803. The company has been a leading ma ...

(founded 1789), French manufacturer of brass instruments * Jean Courtois (composer) ( 15301545), Franco-Flemish composer * Lambert Courtois (c.1520–after 1583), French composer

Politics

* Edme-Bonaventure Courtois played a role in the

Fall of Robespierre The Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre refers to the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and ...

Jean-Patrick Courtois Jean-Patrick Courtois (born 20 May 1951 in Lyon) is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is the mayor of the city of Mâcon, in the Saône-et-Loir ...

(born 1951), member of the French Senate

Sports

Roger Courtois Roger Courtois (30 May 1912 – 5 May 1972) was a French football player and manager. He played as a striker. International career Born in Switzerland to French parents, Courtois represented the France national team at the FIFA World Cup 193 ...

(1912–1972), French football player and manager *

Jacques Courtois (ice hockey) Edmond Jacques Courtois, (4 July 1920 – 3 July 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and public official. Courtois was appointed chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee on December 23, 1992, the third person ever to chair the body responsible ...

, president of the Montreal Canadiens 1972–79 *

Alain Courtois Alain Courtois (born 12 June 1951) is a Belgian politician. Born in Schaerbeek, he is Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA). He has served as a replacement minister on several occasions. He was the federally appointed R ...

(born 1951), Belgian politician, Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association *

Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in E ...

(born 1976), Belgian former professional tennis player *

Laurent Courtois Laurent Courtois (born 11 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of Columbus Crew 2, the MLS Next Pro reserve team of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew. Club career Laurent Courtois began his ...

(born 1978), French footballer *

Imke Courtois Imke Courtois (born 14 March 1988) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a defender. She works as a sports analyst. She played for the Belgium national team. Playing career Courtois started her senior career at KFC Rapide Wezemaal i ...

(born 1988), Belgian footballer *

Valérie Courtois Valérie Courtois (born 1 November 1990) is a Belgian volleyball player who plays as Libero (volleyball), libero for Stade Français Paris Saint Cloud. In 2013, she was named Best Libero of the European Championships. Her brother, Thibaut Courtoi ...

(born 1990), Belgian volleyball player *

Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in world football. Courto ...

(born 1992), Belgian footballer

Fiction

Guiron le Courtois Guiron le Courtois is a character in Arthurian legend, a knight-errant and one of the central figures in the French romance known as ''Palamedes (romance), Palamedes'', with later versions named ''Guiron le Courtois'' and the ''Compilation'' of Rust ...

, character in 13th-century Arthurian legend

Other uses

*Banque Courtois, oldest existing bank in France, now part of

Crédit du Nord is a French retail banking network. It consists of the following banks: * , Toulouse, Aquitaine (oldest existing bank in France, founded in 1760) * , Alsace, Lorraine * , Savoy * , Massif Central * , Lyon * , Limoges * , Marseille * itself in t ...

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