Cora is a given name, most commonly derived from the Ancient Greek Κόρη (Kórē), an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone. Alternatively, but rarely, it may be rooted in the Gaelic ''cora'', the comparative of ''cóir'', meaning just, honest, virtuous or good. Variant forms of this name include

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and Korra.

History

The current name Cora may be derived from a variety of origins. Its most prominent antecedents, however, lie in ancient Greece.

Ancient Greece

The Greek word κόρη (korē) can mean girl, maiden or daughter. In the latter sense it came to be an alternate name given to Persephone to denote her being the daughter of

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...

, who accordingly carries the epithet Μήτηρ (Mētēr), mother. Κόρη was used when addressing Persephone not as queen of the underworld, but as vegetation goddess. Dionysos and Cora-Hermitage

Today's pronunciation of Cora is foreshadowed in some Greek dialects. In both Doric and Aeolic κόρη becomes κόρα (kora), in Doric it also appears as κώρα (kōra), thus phonetically resembling the current English name rather closely. The spelling κόρα is used especially in poetic writings, as in the following instance by Aeschylus: As pointed out by H. Weir Smith, Δίκα ("Justice") can be read as a contraction of Δι(ὸς) κ(όρ)α, "daughter of Zeus". Metaphorically, κόρη and its variants can also refer to a puppet; the pupil of the eye, because a small image is mirrored within, and hence figuratively also the apple of one's eye.

Ancient Rome

In its current spelling, Cora appears as a Latinisation of Persephone's epithet in Roman inscriptions. Fabia Aconia Paulina for example, who lived in the 4th century, was consecrated to Cora twice. Of different, namely Celtic, descent is Cora as toponym for a town and river (today ''la Cure'') in the Roman province of Gaul.

Modernity

In ''The Court of the Gentiles'' (1669), his extensive attempt to trace all ancient ideas and beliefs back to Hebrew scriptures, Theophilus Gale claims that Cora originated from the Hebrew הורה (hora). The name Cora gained prominence among a wider audience through Jean-François Marmontel's novel ''Les Incas'' of 1777, where it is given to an Inca girl consecrated as a virgin to the sun. It is thus used much in accordance with the original Greek word. In view of his subject matter – the destruction of the Inca empire ("l'empire du Pérou") following that of the

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– Marmontel may have found another motive in the

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of the same name, who resisted Spanish conquest until 1722,Jáuregui, Jesús (2004). ''Coras''. Mexico: Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. p
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Brought to fame by Marmontel, Cora inspired a series of other works, among them an opera by the French composer Étienne Méhul and a play by the German dramatist August von Kotzebue, ''Die Sonnenjungfrau'' (The Virgin of the Sun), both of 1791. Likely to have followed in this tradition,

James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

gave the name Cora to his heroine in '' The Last of the Mohicans'' of 1826.

People

Cora Alicto Cora Alicto (Low) (born August 2, 1980) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Guam.Cora Almerino Cora Almerino is a Cebuano language, Cebuano Visayan writer. Her poems were included in ''Sinug-ang: A Cebuano trio'' published by Women in Literary Arts in 1999. References

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, Cebuano Visayan writer *

Cora Amalia Castilla Cora Amalia Castilla Madrid (27 January 1961 in Chetumal, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician and activist. A member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), she was municipal president of the municipality of Othón P. Blanco from ...

(born 1961), Mexican politician and activist *

Cora Ann Pair Thomas Cora Ann Pair Thomas (1875–1952) was a Baptist missionary, serving in Liberia from 1909 until her death in 1952. She is the grandmother of playwright and author Cori Thomas and the mother of former Liberian Ambassador David M. Thomas Cori’s fa ...

(1875–1952), American Baptist missionary *

Cora Baggerly Older Cora Miranda Baggerly Older (1875 – September 26, 1968) was an American writer and historian known for her California-based writing and activism. She often collaborated on social issues with her husband, Fremont Older, and she is now best rememb ...

(1875– 1968), American writer and historian *

Cora Baldock Cora Vellekoop Baldock (born 16 December 1935) is an Australian-Dutch Sociologist. She was president of the The Australian Sociological Association, Australian Sociological Association 1979-1980 and served as a member of the Government of Australi ...

(born 1935), Australian-Dutch Sociologist *

Cora Berliner Cora Berliner (born 23 January 1890 in Hannover, murdered 1942 most likely in Maly Trostenets) was an economist and social scientist and a victim of the Nazi regime. She was a pioneer of social work. Life She was the fifth and youngest child of ...

(1890–1942), German economist and social scientist *

Cora Belle Brewster Cora Belle Brewster (1859 – July 25, 1937) was an American physician, surgeon, medical writer, and editor. She worked as a gynecological surgeon and co-founded two medical journals with her sister, Flora Alzora Brewster, M.D. Early life and e ...

(1859–?), American physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor *

Cora Brown Cora Mae Brown (born April 19, 1914 – December 17, 1972), was the first African-American woman elected (rather than appointed) to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan State Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat w ...

(1914–1972), first African-American woman elected to a U.S. state senate *

Cora Bussey Hillis Cora Bussey Hillis (August 8, 1858 – August 12, 1924) was a child welfare advocate. Her work advanced children's health care, education, and the juvenile justice system in Iowa. She was admitted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1976. Hillis ...

(1858–1924), American child welfare advocate * Cora Camoin (1930–2018), French actress * Cora Campbell (born 1974), Canadian water polo player *

Cora Cané Cora María Bertolé de Cané, better known as Cora Cané (1923 – April 16, 2016), was an Argentine journalist, librettist, and writer. Beginning in 1957, she wrote a section for the Argentine newspaper '' Clarín'' towards the end of each i ...

(1923–2016), Argentine journalist *

Cora Cardigan Cora Cardigan was the stage name of Hannah Rosetta Dinah Parks (1860 – 1931), an English virtuoso flautist known as the 'Queen of Flute Players' who worked mainly in theatres. She performed throughout Europe and the United States, and was known ...

(1860–1931), stage name of Hannah Rosetta Dinah Parks, English flautist *

Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (November 1865 – September 23, 1932) was an suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite. She was an African-American woman. She was an early member of the National Association for the Advancement of ...

(1865–1932), Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and Atlanta socialite *

Cora Cohen Cora Cohen (born October 19, 1943) is an American artist whose works include paintings, drawings, photographs, and altered radiography, x rays. Cohen is most known for her abstract paintings and is often identified as continuing the tradition of ...

(born 1943), American artist * Cora Combs (1923–2015), American professional wrestler * Cora Coralina (1889–1985), Brazilian poet *

Cora Crane Cora Crane, born Cora Ethel Eaton Howarth (July 12, 1868 – September 5, 1910) was an American businesswoman, nightclub and bordello owner, writer and journalist. She is best known as the common-law wife of writer Stephen Crane from 1896 to h ...

(1868–1910), American businesswoman, nightclub and bordello owner, writer, and journalist *

Cora Daniels Cora Daniels is an African-American author who has written on issues of African-American culture. She is now teaching writing and reporting at New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York Cit ...

, African-American author * Cora Diamond (born 1937), American philosopher *

Cora Dow Cora Dow (1868–1915) was a pharmacist in Cincinnati, Ohio, the leading female pharmacist of her time, with eleven stores under her name when she died. Her father owned a drugstore, and she graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and la ...

(1868–1915), American pharmacist *

Cora Alice Du Bois Cora Alice Du Bois (October 26, 1903 – April 7, 1991) was an American cultural anthropologist and a key figure in culture and personality studies and in psychological anthropology more generally. She was Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray ...

(1903–1991), American cultural anthropologist *

Cora Durand Cora L. Durand (August 23, 1902 - January 23, 1998) was a Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, Picuris Pueblo potter. Durand started working as a Pottery, potter later in life, beginning in the 1950s. She helped maintain the traditional hand-built method ...

(1902–1998), Picuris Pueblo potter *

Cora E. Cora E. (born ''Sylvia Macco''; 1968 in Kiel, West Germany) is a former nurse turned hip-hop artist who emerged in the early underground German hip hop culture. At the time that she came to prominence, she was not only one of the originators, bu ...

(born 1968), German hip-hop artist *

Cora E. Simpson Cora Eliza Simpson (February 13, 1880 – May 14, 1960) was an American nurse and nursing educator. She was a missionary in China from 1907 to 1945, and founded and ran the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing in Fuzhou. She was also a founder ...

(1880–1960), American nurse and nursing educator *

Cora Elm Cora Elm (February 18, 1891 – June 9, 1949) was an American nurse. She was a member of the Oneida Nation, and attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1906 to 1913. She served as a Red Cross nurse in France during World War I. Ear ...

(1891–1949), American nurse in World War I * Cora Emmanuel (born 1992), French fashion model * Cora Etter (1924–2020), Canadian politician *

Cora Evans Cora Louise Evans (July 9, 1904 – March 30, 1957) was an American wife and mother who was raised Mormon and eventually converted to Catholicism in 1935. She is considered to be a mystic. Conversion and visions Evans was a member of the Ch ...

(1904–1957), American Mormon leader * Cora Farrell (born 1999), American curler * Cora Folsom Salisbury (1868–1916), American musician and composer *

Cora G. Burwell Cora Gertrude Burwell (June 25, 1883 – June 20, 1982) was an American astronomical researcher specialized in Astronomical spectroscopy, stellar spectroscopy. She was based at Mount Wilson Observatory from 1907 to 1949. Early life Cora Gertr ...

(1883–1982), American astronomical researcher *

Cora Goffin Cora Goffin (26 April 1902 – 10 June 2004) later known as Lady Littler, was a British actress on the London stage, in pantomime, and in two silent films. Early life Cora Gwynne Poole Goffin was born in Hampstead in 1902, the daughter and na ...

(1902–2004), British actress *

Cora Gooseberry Cora Gooseberry (also known as Queen Gooseberry and Lady Bongary; 1777 – 30 July 1852) was an Aboriginal Australian Murro-ore-dial woman and cultural knowledge keeper. In popular culture, she is often depicted smoking a pipe and wearing a ...

(–1852), Aboriginal Australian Murro-ore-dial woman and cultural knowledge keeper *

Cora Gordon Jan and Cora Gordon were a British art duo and co-authors active in the first half of the 20th century. They are known as contributors to the "tramp memoir" genre of travel writing of the interwar period. Background Jan Gordon (1882–1944) was a ...

(1879–1950), English artist, writer, and musician *

Cora Green Cora Green (December 10, 1895 – died after 1949) was an American actress, singer, and dancer, billed as "The Famous Creole Singer". Early life Cora Chambers was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1895, the daughter of Alexander Chambers and El ...

(1895-after 1949), American actress, singer, and dancer *

Cora Harrington Cora Harrington is an American writer and lingerie expert. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the blog The Lingerie Addict (2008–2022). In 2018, she released the book ''In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie.'' Earl ...

, American writer and lingerie expert *

Cora Hartshorn Cora Louise Hartshorn (March 21, 1873October 17, 1958) was an American pioneer in the field of birth control. She used her position in the community of Short Hills, New Jersey to form the Short Hills Birth Control Committee and to raise funds for ...

(1873–1958), American pioneer in the field of birth control *

Cora Helena Sarle Cora Helena Sarle (1867–1956) was an American Shaker artist. She was known by her second name as Helena Sarle. Sarle was a native of North Scituate, Massachusetts. She became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, ...

(1867–1956), American Shaker artist *

Cora Hubbard Cora Hubbard (February 1877 – 19??) was a 19th-century outlaw who participated in the August 17, 1897 robbing of the McDonald County, Missouri, McDonald County Bank in Pineville, Missouri. Hubbard, who was compared at the time to the more proli ...

(1877–?), American outlaw *

Cora Huber Cora Huber (born 8 April 1981) is a Swiss Bobsleigh, bobsledder. She competed in the Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Two-woman, two woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. References

1981 births Living people Swiss female bo ...

(born 1981), Swiss bobsledder *

Cora Huidekoper Clarke Cora Huidekoper Clarke (February 9, 1851 – April 2, 1916) was an American amateur entomologist, science educator and botanist specializing in bryophytes. Her chief entomological studies were on galls caused by wasps (Cynipidae) and flies (Cecido ...

(1851–1916), American amateur entomologist, science educator, and botanist *

Cora Jipson Beckwith Cora Jipson Beckwith (24 March 1875 - 9 January 1955) was an American zoologist who was a researcher and professor at Vassar College in New York. Life Beckwith was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to William Griswold Beckwith and Maria A. Jips ...

(1875–1955), American zoologist *

Cora Johnstone Best Cora Johnstone Best (1878 – ) and Audrey Forfar Shippam (March 24, 1883 – July 13, 1975) were American mountaineers who summitted peaks in North America, Asia, and Europe. Both were members of the Alpine Club of Canada. During their trips to ...

(1878–1930), American mountaineer *

Cora Kelley Ward Cora Kelley Ward (1920–1989) was born in Eunice, Louisiana and lived through the New York City art movements of the 1960s to the 1980s, such as the Color Field Movement. Ward studied painting at the Newcomb Art School at Tulane University and l ...

(1920–1989), American painter and photographer * Cora Laparcerie (1875–1951), French comedian, poet, and director *

Cora LaRedd Cora LaRedd was an American singer and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. She had a driven, hard-hitting, and athletic tap dance style that showcased her rhythmic abilities. Her performance in the short film '' That's the Spirit'' survives. Biogra ...

, American singer and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s *

Cora LeEthel Christian Cora LeEthel Christian was the first native woman of the U.S. Virgin Islands to earn a medical degree, and is a medical administrator in the U.S Virgin Islands. Early life and medical training Christian was born on Saint Thomas in the U.S. ...

, the first native woman of the U.S. Virgin Islands to earn a medical degree *

Cora Lenore Williams Cora Lenore Williams (1865December 14, 1937) was a writer and educator known for pioneering new approaches to small-group instruction for children. She founded the A-Zed School and the Institute for Creative Development, later renamed Williams Col ...

(1865–1937), American writer and educator *

Cora Linn Daniels Cora Linn Daniels (, Morrison; pen names, Australia and Lucrece; March 17, 1852 – 1934) was a 19th-century American author from Massachusetts. She served as editor of the literature department of William Henry Harrison Murray's weekly newsp ...

(1852–1934), American author * Cora Livingston (1887/1889 -1957), American professional wrestler *

Cora Louisa Burrell Cora Louisa Burrell (née Keetley, 19 June 1889 – 20 October 1962) from Christchurch was a National Party activist, on the Canterbury Division executive and a Dominion councillor. National Party historian Barry Gustafson said that she was "one ...

(1889–1962), New Zealand National Party activist *

Cora Mae Bryant Cora Mae Bryant (May 1, 1926 – October 30, 2008) was an American blues musician. She was the daughter of another American blues musician, Curley Weaver. Bryant released two solo albums in her lifetime on the Music Maker (label), Music Maker la ...

(1926–2008), American blues musician * Cora Martin-Moore (1927–2005), American gospel singer * Cora Miao (born 1958), Chinese actress * Cora Mildred Maris Clark (1885–1967), New Zealand hockey player, administrator, and nurse *

Cora Millet-Robinet Cora Millet-Robinet (28 November 1798 – 7 December 1890) was a French agricultural innovator and silk producer. She was the author of a highly popular handbook of farming, household management and cookery, known in English as ''The French Countr ...

(1798–1890), French agricultural innovator and silk producer *

Cora Nyegaard Cora Nyegaard (January 12, 1812 – April 28, 1891) was a Denmark, Danish composer. According to thDanish Women's Biographical Lexicon Cora started composing music when she was around ten years old and she was often asked to create melodies for ...

(1812–1891), Danish composer *

Cora Olivero Cora Daniela Olivero Bergese (born 28 August 1978 in Córdoba, Argentina) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the semifinals. Olivero ch ...

(born 1978), Spanish athlete * Cora Pearl (1835–1886), French courtesan *

Cora Scott Pond Pope Cora Scott Pond Pope (, Pond; March 2, 1856 – unknown) was an American professor, a scenario writer, and a Real estate development, real estate developer. She was also a women’s rights activist, Women's suffrage in the United States, suffragist ...

(1856–?), American teacher, scriptwriter, real estate developer *

Cora Randolph Trimble Cora Randolph Trimble (May 29, 1871 – December 31, 1946) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age. Early life Cora was born on May 29, 1871, and grew up at Brookwood, the family home in Mount St. Vincent on the Hudson River. She was t ...

(1871–1946), American socialite * Cora Ratto de Sadosky (1912–1981), Argentine mathematician, educator, and militant activist *

Cora Reynolds Anderson Cora Reynolds Anderson (April 10, 1882March 11, 1950) was an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. She was the first woman and Native American elected to the Michigan House ...

(1882–1950), American politician * Cora Rigby (1865–1930), American journalist *

Cora Rónai Cora Tausz Rónai (born 31 July 1953) is a Brazilian writer, journalist and photographer. Biography Cora Rónai was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of Hungarian-born writer Paulo Rónai and architect and swimmer Nora Tausz Rónai. She started ...

(born 1953), Brazilian writer, journalist, and photographer * Cora Sadosky de Goldstein (1940–2010), Argentine mathematician * Cora Sandel (1880–1974), Norwegian painter and writer *

Cora Schumacher Cora Schumacher (born Cora-Caroline Brinkmann; 27 December 1976) is a German actress, model, racing driver and television presenter. She has featured on German television programmes such as '' Top of the Pops'', '' Marienhof'', '' Let's Dance'' ...

(born 1976), German actress, model, racing driver, and presenter *

Cora L. V. Scott Cora Lodencia Veronica Scott (April 21, 1840 – January 3, 1923) was one of the best-known mediums of the Spiritualism movement of the last half of the 19th century. Most of her work was done as a trance lecturer, though she also wrote some books ...

(1840–1923), American medium *

Cora Semmes Ives Cora Matilda Semmes Ives (née Semmes; June 26, 1834 – January 27, 1916) was an American writer. She is known for her pro-Confederate States of America, Confederate Utopian and dystopian fiction, utopian novel ''The Princess of the Moon: A Con ...

(1834–1916), American writer *

Cora Seton Cora Seton (born February 13, 1969) is a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author of contemporary romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary fo ...

(born 1969), American author *

Cora Sherlock Cora Sherlock is a writer, blogger and campaigner in the Irish anti-abortion movement. She is deputy chairperson of the Pro Life Campaign. In 2014, she was included in BBC's 100 Women series. Early life Sherlock is from Collon, County Louth ...

(born 1976), Irish writer, blogger, and campaigner * Cora Skinner (born 1985), American glamour model and actress *

Cora Smalley Brooks Cora Smalley Brooks (1885–1930), was an American painter. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Brooks was born in 1885. She attended the Philadelphia School of Design, studying under Elliott Daingerfield, and Henry B ...

(1885–1930), American painter *

Cora Smith Eaton Cora Eliza Smith Eaton King (September 7, 1867 – November 21, 1939) was an American suffragist, physician and mountaineer. She was the first woman in North Dakota licensed to practice medicine. Early life Cora Eliza Smith was born on Septembe ...

(1867–1939), American suffragist, physician, and mountaineer * Cora Staunton (born 1981), Irish footballer * Cora Stephan (born 1951), German writer * Cora Sternberg (born 1951), American medical oncologist *

Cora Sue Collins Cora Susan Collins (born April 19, 1927) is an American former child actress who appeared in numerous films during the Golden Years of Hollywood. Early life and career Cora Susan Collins was born on April 19, 1927, in Beckley, West Virginia. ...

(born 1927), American former child actress *

Cora Sutton Castle Cora Olive Sutton Castle (May 10, 1880 – August 14, 1966) was an American educator, sociologist, author, and clubwoman based in San Francisco, California. Early life and education Cora Olive Sutton was born in Prior Lake, Minnesota, the daughte ...

(1880–1966), American educator, Sociologist, author, and clubwoman * Cora Taylor (born 1936), Canadian writer * Cora Taylor Casselman (1888–1964), Canadian federal politician * Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (1857–1936), American stage actress *

Cora van Nieuwenhuizen Cornelia "Cora" van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga (; born 12 June 1963) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She served as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to ...

(born 1963), Dutch politician *

Cora Vander Broek Cora Vander Broek (born November 20, 1977) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2020 for her Broadway-debut performance as Jules in ''Linda Vista'' by Tracy Letts. She has appeared ...

(born 1977), American actress * Cora Venus Lunny (born 1982), Irish violinist * Cora Waddell (born 1989), Filipino actress, fashion model, and video blogger * Cora Faith Walker (1960s–2022), American lawyer and politician * Cora Walker (1922–2006), American lawyer *

Cora Walton Koko Taylor (born Cora Anna Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for ...

(1928–2009), birth name of American Blues singer Koko Taylor * Cora Westland (born 1962), Dutch cyclist *

Cora Stuart Wheeler Cora Stuart Wheeler (pen name, Trebor Ohl; September 6, 1852 – March 10, 1897) was a 19th-century American poet and author. She was one of the most successful short-story writers of the day. It was during the civil war, as a girl in her father' ...

(1852–1897), American poet, author *

Cora Wilding Cora Hilda Blanche Wilding (15 November 1888 – 8 October 1982) was a New Zealand physiotherapist and artist, best remembered for her advocacy of outdoor activities and children’s health camps in the 1930s. She was instrumental in the foundin ...

(1888–1982), New Zealand physiotherapist and artist * Cora Wilson Stewart (1875–1958), American social reformer and educator * Cora Witherspoon (1890–1957), American actress * Kora Karvouni (born 1980), Greek actress * Alex Cora (born 1975), Puerto Rican professional baseball player and team manager *

Belle Cora Belle Cora (1827?–February 18/19, 1862), also known as Arabella Ryan, was a madam of the Barbary Coast of San Francisco during the mid-nineteenth century. She rose to public attention in 1855 when her lover, Charles Cora, killed US Marshall Wi ...

(1827?–1862), American Madam of the Barbary Coast *

Cat Cora Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author. She is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on ''Iron Chef America''Yancey, Kitty Bean"'Iron Chef' Cat Cora is out of ...

(born 1967), American chef on Food Network's ''

Iron Chef America ''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...

'' * Joey Cora (born 1965), Puerto Rican former professional baseball player *

Sexy Cora Sexy Cora (born Carolin Ebert, civil name Carolin Wosnitza; 2 May 1987 – 20 January 2011) was a German pornographic actress, model, singer, exotic dancer, wife of Tim Wosnitza, and reality show participant. Cora was born in Berlin. She was on ...

or Carolin Ebert (1987–2011), German actress, model, and singer *

Tayfun Cora Tayfun Cora (born 5 December 1983 in Vakfıkebir) is a retired Turkish footballer. Career Tayfun plays for Trabzonspor, where he promoted from youth team. He made the step up to the first team in his teenage years, and is also a regular in the T ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer * Tom Cora (1953–1998), American cellist

Fictional characters

Cora Cora may refer to: Science * ''Cora'' (fungus), a genus of lichens * ''Cora'' (damselfly), a genus of damselflies * CorA metal ion transporter, a Mg2+ influx system People * Cora (name), a given name and surname * Cora E. (born 1968), German hi ...

, the main character of the 1915 film of the same name directed by Edwin Carewe * Cora Crawley, from the series '' Downton Abbey'' * Cora Cross, from the United Kingdom soap ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' * Cora Dithers, from the comic strip Blondie * Cora Peterson, from the 1966 science fiction film '' Fantastic Voyage'' *

Cora Mills The characters of ABC's '' Once Upon a Time'' and its spin-off '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' are related to classic fairy tale and fantasy characters, and often tie-in with other Disney media properties. Cast Main cast : = Main cast ...

(also known as the Queen of Hearts), from the fantasy-drama series '' Once Upon a Time'' * Cora Ann Milton, from ''The Ringer'', a play by Edgar Wallace * Cora Munro, heroine of '' The Last of the Mohicans'', by

* Cora Tannetti, from the Netflix original series '' The Sinner'' * Cora Hale, from the MTV series '' Teen Wolf'' * Cora Cartmell, from ''Titanic'' * Cora, protagonist of The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead * Cora, a shopkeeper in television commercials for Maxwell House coffee portrayed by

Margaret Hamilton Margaret Hamilton may refer to: * Margaret Hamilton (nurse) (1840–1922), American nurse in the Civil War * Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), Scottish artist * Margaret Hamilton (educator) (1871–1969), American educator * Margaret Hamilton (actre ...

* Cora Tull, a narrator and fictional character from Faulkner's '' As I Lay Dying'' * Cora Thayer Prescott, aunt of the main character of the Netflix series '' Spirit Riding Free'' * Korra, the main character of the animated television series '' The Legend of Korra''

References

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