Cortez may refer to:

Places

United States

* Cortez, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County *

Cortez, Colorado Cortez () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States Census. History In 1886, the town was built t ...

, a city and county seat of Montezuma County * Cortez, Florida, a census-designated place *

Cortez, Nevada Cortez is a ghost town in Lander County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. History Located near Mount Tenabo, Cortez first attracted attention in 1862, when Mexican miners transported silver ore from the si ...

, ghost town * Cortez, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Sea of Cortez or Gulf of California, in Mexico

Other uses

Cortez Motor Home Cortez Motorhome was a Class-A motor coach made in the United States between 1963 and 1979, with 3,211 units built. The Clark Forklift Company began making these small motorhomes in 1963 in Battle Creek, Michigan, and are commonly referred to as ...

, a Class-A motor coach made in the U.S. from 1963 to 1979 *

Agnelli & Nelson Agnelli & Nelson were the collective name of Northern Irish music producers Christoper James Agnew and Robert Frederick Nelson, writers and producers of electronic dance music who have worked in the genre of trance from 1997 to 2014. They also ...

or Cortez, trance music duo * Cortez, a character from ''The Longest Journey'' and ''Dreamfall'' * Cortez, a type of running shoe from Nike

People

Surname

* Adrian T. Cortez (1978–2016), American trans woman and performer with the stage name

Brittany CoxXx Adrian Cortez (July 19, 1978 – December 6, 2016), better known by the stage name Brittany CoxXx, was an American performer in gay and transsexual pornography. CoxXx had a successful career in gay pornography under the name Stonie before tra ...

Alberto Cortez Alberto Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo; 11 March 1940 – 4 April 2019) was an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife Renée Govaerts lived in Madrid. Career Cortez was born at 8:00 AM (11:00 GMT) on Monday, 11 March 19 ...

(1940–2019), Argentine singer and songwriter *

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (; ; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician and activist. She has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019, as a member of th ...

(born 1989), American politician and educator *

Amado Cortez Amado Cortez (born Arsenio Ruiz Padilla, December 14, 1927 – March 22, 2003) was a Filipino actor and diplomat. His father was Jose Padilla Sr., a governor in Plaridel, Bulacan and his mother was Maria Clara Ruiz. His brothers were Jose Padil ...

(1928–2003), Filipino actor and diplomat *

Antawn Cortez Jamison Antawn Cortez Jamison (; born June 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He serves as director of pro personnel for the Washington Wizards. Jamison playe ...

(born 1976), American basketball player *

Bella Cortez Bella Cortez (born Alicia Paneque, also known as Bella Cortese) is a Cuban actress and dancer known for her work in Italian peplum (film genre), sword-and-sandal films of the 1960s. Career Alicia Paneque was spotted by an Italian film producer ...

(born 1944), Cuban actress and dancer *

Carlos Cortez Carlos Cortez (August 13, 1923 – January 19, 2005) was a poet, graphic artist, photographer, muralist and political activist, active for six decades in the Industrial Workers of the World. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1923, the son of a ...

(1923–2005), American poet, artist and political activist * Chris Cortez (born 1988), American soccer player * Dave "Baby" Cortez (born 1938), American pop music and R&B musician *

Edgar Cortez Edgar Alejandro Cortez Espinoza (born August 10, 1989, in Santa Teresa, Carazo, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best in the event is 1:49.10 achieved in 2011 in Daegu which i ...

(born 1989), Nicaraguan runner * Fernando Cortez (born 1981), American basketball player * Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916), Mexican folk hero * Hernan Cortez (1485-1547), the Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire * Heidi Cortez (born 1981), American actress, model and writer * Jayne Cortez (1936–2012), American poet * Jhay Cortez (born 1993), Puerto Rican singer and rapper * Joana Cortez (born 1979), Brazilian tennis player * Jody Cortez (born c. 1960), American drummer * Joe Cortez (born 1943), Puerto Rican boxing referee * Jorge Cortez (born 1972), Panamanian baseball player * José Cortez (born 1975), American football player *

José Luis Cortez José Luis Cortez (born November 21, 1979, in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for Club Deportivo Quevedo. Club career Pépe's first started out at Espoli. In 2005, he was loaned to Aucas, but returned to Espoli the foll ...

(born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer *

Luís Cortez Luís Miguel Pereira Cortez (born 18 April 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Comércio e Indústria. Football career On 18 May 2013, Cortez made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga ma ...

(born 1994), Portuguese footballer *

Manuel Cortez Manuel Armando Cortez (born 24 May 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German-Portuguese actor, creative director and photographer. Life and career At the age of ten, he visited the children's drama school in Lisbon. Shortly after, he graduate ...

(born 1979), German–Portuguese actor *

Mike Cortez Mike Salonga Cortez (born November 10, 1980) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He last played for the Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Cortez gained prominence in the amateur ranks for ...

(born 1980), American basketball player *

Page Cortez Patrick Page Cortez is an American politician and businessman from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, he has represented the Louisiana State Senate's 23rd district, based in southern Lafayette, since 2012. In 2020, Cortez was unanimously elec ...

(born 1961), American politician *

Paul E. Cortez The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were war crimes involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family by United States Army soldiers on March 12, 2006. It occurred in the family ...

, American soldier and war criminal *

Philip Cortez Philip Adam Cortez (born July 7, 1978) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served as a State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session. From 2007 to 2012, he was a member o ...

(born 1978), American politician *

Rafael Cortez Rafael de Faria Cortez (born October 25, 1976) is a Brazilians, Brazilian journalist, actor and comedian. Education and career Cortez graduated in journalism from PUC-SP and between 2008 and 2012 was a reporter of ''Custe o Que Custar''. On J ...

(born 1976), Brazilian journalist, actor and comedian *

Raul Cortez Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (28 August 1932 – 18 July 2006) was a Brazilian stage, television, and film actor, director and producer. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73. Filmography *''O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou'' (1957) *' ...

(1932–2006), Brazilian actor *

Ricardo Cortez Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career. Early years Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob K ...

(1899–1977), American silent film actor *

Stanley Cortez Stanley Cortez, A.S.C. (November 4, 1908 – December 23, 1997) was an American cinematographer. He worked on over seventy films, including Orson Welles' ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942), Charles Laughton's '' The Night of the Hunter'' ...

(1908–1997), American cinematographer *

Viorica Cortez Viorica Cortez (born 26 December 1935) is a noted Romanian-born mezzo-soprano, later French by naturalisation. Starting her operatic and concert career in the mid-1960s, she went on to become one of the most prominent female performers of the '7 ...

(born 1935), Romanian-born French mezzo-soprano

Given name

Cortez Broughton Cortez A. Broughton (born September 2, 1996) is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cincinnati. Professional career Los Angeles Chargers Broughton was d ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Cortez Gray Cortez Zell Gray (March 7, 1916 – July 28, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets in the National Basketball League for four games during the first half of the 1942–43 season and av ...

(1916–1996), American basketball player *

Cortez Kennedy Cortez Kennedy (August 23, 1968 May 23, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for his entire 11-season career with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro ...

(1968–2017), American football player

Fictional

* Fabian Cortez, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Sergeant Cortez, protagonist of the ''

TimeSplitters ''TimeSplitters'' is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Free Radical Design. The games are often considered spiritual successors to '' GoldenEye 007'' and '' Perfect Dark'', due to overlapping elements in gameplay, design, ...

'' video game series * Ian Cortez, a Cuban intelligence agent working for the Colombian Cartel in the novel/film '' Clear and Present Danger'' * Henry Cortez, a character in the '' Millennium series'' of novels by Stieg Larsson * Hotel Cortez, the setting of '' American Horror Story: Hotel'' * Juni and Carmen Cortez, main protagonists in The spy kids franchise