Kos, meaning "blackbird", is a Slavic surname. It is very common in Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. It is the 10th most common surname in Slovenia. Unlike many other Slovene surnames, Kos is found throughout the country, although it's more common in the central and eastern regions than in the west. It is the third most common surname in the Zagreb County of Croatia. It may refer to: ; Slovenia *

Božo Kos Božo Kos (3 November 1931 – 19 April 2009) was a Slovenes, Slovene illustrator, caricature, caricaturist and comics, comics artist. He illustrated over forty children's books and his illustrations appeared in numerous magazines for children ...

(1931–2009), Slovenian artist *

Franc Kos The franc is any of various units of currency. One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes. The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription ''francorum rex'' (King of the Franks) used on early French coins and until the 18th centu ...

(1853–1924), Slovenian historian *

Gojmir Anton Kos Gojmir Anton Kos (January 24, 1896 – May 22, 1970) was a Slovene academy-trained painter, photographer, and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Gojmir was born in the town of Gorizia (then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Ital ...

(1896–1970), Slovenian painter * Janko Kos (born 1931), Slovenian literary historian *

Milko Kos Milko Kos (12 December 1892 – 24 March 1972) was a Slovenian historian, considered the father of the Ljubljana school of historiography. He was born in the town of Gorizia (then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Italy), where his fa ...

(1892–1972), Slovenian historian * Vladimir Kos (1936–2017), Czech football player *

Tine Kos Tine may refer to: * Tine (structural), a 'prong' on a fork or similar implement, or any similar structure * Tine (company), the biggest dairy producer in Norway * ''Tine'' (film), a 1964 Danish film *Tine, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, I ...

(1894–1977), Slovenian sculptor ; Elsewhere *

Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky Anatoliy Yosypovych Kos-Anatolsky (; 1 December 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969) and winner of Shevchenko National Prize (1980). Deputy of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Un ...

(1909–1983), Ukrainian composer *

Ćiril Kos Bishop Ćiril Kos (19 November 1919 – 6 July 2003) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem since 6 February 1974 until his retirement on 6 February 1997. He also was a political pri ...

(1919–2003), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate * Joanna Kos-Krauze (born 1972), Polish filmmaker *

Józef Kos Józef Kos (27 September 1900 in Bącz – 5 April 2007 in Sierakowice) was one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War and one of the oldest people in Poland at the time of his death. He was an ethnic Kashubian. In 1918 he served ...

(1900–2007), Polish war veteran * Károly Kós (1883–1977), Hungarian architect *

Maja Kos Maja Kos ( sr, Маја Кос) (6 June 1968) is a former synchronized swimmer from Serbia. Maja competed as an Independent Olympic Participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992 ...

(born 1968), Serbian synchronized swimmer *

Mile Kos Miodrag “Mile” Kos (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Миле Кос; 20 September 1925 – 1 September 2014) was a Serbian footballer, coach and sportswriter Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sp ...

(1925–2014), Serbian footballer * Monika Kos (born 1967), Australian journalist * Paul Kos (born 1942), American conceptual artist * René Kos (born 1955), Dutch cyclist *

Rudolph Kos Rudolph Edward Kos (born April 29, 1945) is a former Roman Catholic priest who was found guilty of sex crimes in the Diocese of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1998, Kos was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault and senten ...

(born 1945), American priest * Tomasz Kos (born 1974), Polish footballer * Dr. Charles Kos (born 1989), Australian author

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