Kos, meaning "blackbird", is a Slavic surname. It is very common in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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, 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 Zagreb County ( hr, Zagrebačka županija) is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" ( hr, z ...

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 Janko Kos (born 9 March 1931) is a Slovenian literary historian, theoretician, and critic. He was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the son of the painter and sculptor Tine Kos. His father was a liberal and freet ...

(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 (1894–1977), Slovenian sculptor ; Elsewhere * Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky (1909–1983), Ukrainian composer * Ćiril Kos (1919–2003), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate *

Joanna Kos-Krauze Joanna Kos-Krauze (born 8 December 1972),''Joanna Kos-Krauze''
at the Filmpolski Database credi ...

(born 1972), Polish filmmaker * Józef Kos (1900–2007), Polish war veteran *

Károly Kós Károly Kós (, born Károly Kosch; 16 December 1883 – 25 August 1977) was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania. Biography Born as Károly Kosch in Temesvár, Austria-Hung ...

(1883–1977), Hungarian architect * Maja Kos (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 Monika Kos (born 2 December 1967, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.Tate, Lee (5 November 2017Monika Kos celebrates 20 years at the helm of Channel 7 Perth's Today Tonight ''Have a Go News''. Retrieved ...

(born 1967), Australian journalist *

Paul Kos Paul Joseph Kos (born December 23, 1942) is an American conceptual artist and educator, he is one of the founders of the Bay Area Conceptual Art movement in California. Kos incorporates video, sound and interactivity into his sculptural installa ...

(born 1942), American conceptual artist *

René Kos René Kos (born 17 October 1955) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He had his best achievements in motor-paced racing, winning the world championships in 1981 and finishing in second place in 1983; he also finished second in 1980 but was ...

(born 1955), Dutch cyclist * Rudolph Kos (born 1945), American priest *

Tomasz Kos Tomasz Kos (born 4 April 1974) is a retired Polish footballer who spent most of his career playing for the German clubs 1. FC Nürnberg and FC Erzgebirge Aue. References External links * * Living people 1974 births People from Koło C ...

(born 1974), Polish footballer * Dr. Charles Kos (born 1989), Australian author

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