Cort is the surname of several people:
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Cornelis Cort (1536–1578), Dutch engraver
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Henry Cort
Henry Cort (c. 1740 – 23 May 1800) was an English ironware producer who was formerly a Navy pay agent. During the Industrial Revolution in England, Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron (or bar iron) using innovative productio ...
(1740–1800), English ironmaster
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Frans de Cort
Frans Jozef de Cort (21 June 1834, in Antwerp – 18 January 1878, in Elsene), was a Flemish writer.
Life
De Cort was born and brought up in Antwerp, where he became a shipping clerk, in 1861 moving to Brussels to serve as clerk of the milita ...
(1834–1878), Flemish writer
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Hendrik Frans de Cort
Hendrik de Cort or Hendrik Frans de Cort (1742 in Antwerp – 28 June 1810 in London) was a Flemish landscape art, landscape painter and draughtsman. His international career brought him to Antwerp, Paris, England and Wales. He is mainly remembe ...
(1742-1810), Flemish landscape painter
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John Cort (impresario)
John Cort (ca. 1861 – November 17, 1929) was an American impresario; his Cort Circuit was one of the first national theater circuits. Along with John Considine (Seattle), John Considine and Alexander Pantages, Cort was one of the Seattle, Wa ...
(1861–1929), American impresario
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John Cyrus Cort (1913–2006), American Christian socialist writer and activist
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John E. Cort (born 1953), American indologist and writer on Jainism
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Bud Cort
Walter Edward Cox (born March 29, 1948), known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor known for his unorthodox starring roles in Robert Altman's '' Brewster McCloud'' (1970), for which he was nominated for a Golden Laurel Award, and Ha ...
(born 1948), American actor
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Barry Cort (born 1956), American baseball player
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Carl Cort
Carl Edward Richard Cort (born 1 November 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, also playing in the Football Leag ...
(born 1977), English footballer
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Leon Cort
Leon Terence Anthony Cort (born 11 September 1979) is a former footballer who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of Carl Cort and the older half-brother of Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Cort began his career as at non-league side Dulwich ...
(born 1979), English footballer
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Liam Cort (born 1989), English basketball player
Cort can also refer to:
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CORT
Precortistatin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''CORT'' gene. The 105 amino acid residue human precortistatin in turn is cleaved into cortistatin-17 and cortistatin-29. Cortistatin-17 is the only active peptide derived from the prec ...
(Cortistatin), human gene
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Cortisol
Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone. When used as medication, it is known as hydrocortisone.
Cortisol is produced in many animals, mainly by the ''zona fasciculata'' of the adrenal corte ...
, hormone commonly abbreviated as cort
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Cortinarius
''Cortinarius'' is a globally distributed genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. Its members are commonly known by the names cortinar and webcap. It is suspected to be the largest genus of agarics, containing over 2,000 widespread species ...
'', a genus of mushrooms
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Cort Guitars
Cort Guitars (Cor-Tek Corporation) is a South Korean guitar manufacturing company located in Seoul. The company is one of the largest guitar makers in the world, and produces instruments for many other companies. It also has factories in Indonesi ...
, a guitar manufacturer based in South Korea
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Cort v. Ash
''Cort v. Ash'', 422 U.S. 66 (1975), was a case in which Justice William J. Brennan writing for a unanimous United States Supreme Court articulated a four factor test for federal courts to apply when deciding whether the implication doctrine a ...
, 1975 case in the United States Supreme Court
* Cort, a fictional character in the
Stephen King Universe.
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