Courtois can refer to:

Locations

Courtois-sur-Yonne Courtois-sur-Yonne (, literally ''Courtois on Yonne'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yon ...

, 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) (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 the ...

(1621–1676), French painter * Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679), French painter *

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 (1852–1923), French painter

Science, medicine, technology

* Bernard Courtois (1777–1838), French chemist, discoverer of iodine * Frédéric Courtois (1860–1928), French missionary and naturalist *

Hélène Courtois Hélène (Di Nella) Courtois (born 1970) is a French astrophysicist specialising in cosmography. She is a professor at the University of Lyon 1 and has been a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques since 2015. As the director of a resea ...

, French astrophysicist *

Jacques Courtois (Canada) 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 ...

(1920–1996) was a Canadian lawyer and public official *

Donald Courtois Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

, American electrical engineer, worked on NASA Apollo missions *

Jean-Philippe Courtois Jean-Philippe Courtois (born 1960) is Executive Vice President and President, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Operations. Since 2015, he is also president and co-founder oLive for Good a French association that aims to help young leaders dev ...

, 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 (born 1947), French historian, author and editor of

Black Book of Communism ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression'' is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by commun ...

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) Jean Courtois (floruit, fl. 15301545) was a composer of the Franco-Flemish School of the generation after Josquin des Prez. He was ''Kapellmeister, maitre de chapelle'' to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai, Archbishop of Cambrai in present-d ...

( 15301545), Franco-Flemish composer * Lambert Courtois (c.1520–after 1583), French composer

Politics

Edme-Bonaventure Courtois Edme-Bonaventure Courtois (born 15 July 1754 in Troyes, France - died on 6 December 1816 in Brussels) was a deputy of the National Convention. He found the will of Marie-Antoinette in the collection of papers of Robespierre hidden under his bed. ...

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 (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), 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 ...

(born 1951), Belgian politician, Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association * Laurence Courtois (born 1976), Belgian former professional tennis player * Laurent Courtois (born 1978), French footballer * Imke Courtois (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. Courtoi ...

(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 {{Disambiguation, surname French-language surnames Surnames of Belgian origin