Cor (given name)

Cor is a common Dutch given name. Its most commonly a masculine name, short for Cornelis (or rarely Cornelius), but also occurs as a feminine name, short for Cornelia. People with the name include:

Masculine name

• Cor Bakker (1918–2011), Dutch racing cyclist
• Cor Bakker (born 1961), Dutch pianist
• Cor Blekemolen (1894–1972), Dutch racing cyclist
• Cor Blommers (1901–1983), Dutch boxer
• Cor Boonstra (1938–2025), Dutch businessman, CEO of Philips
• Cor Braasem (1923–2009), Dutch water polo player
• Cor Brom (1932–2008), Dutch football player and manager
• Cor Dam (1935–2019), Dutch sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist
• Cor van Dijkum (born 1950), Dutch sociologist
• Cor Dillen (1920–2009), Dutch businessman, Director of Philips in South America
• Cor Edskes (1925–2015), Dutch historian and organ restorator
• Cor van Eesteren (1897–1988), Dutch architect and urban planner
• Cor Euser (born 1957), Dutch racing driver
• Cor Fuhler (1964–2020), Dutch-Australian experimental musician
• Cor van der Gijp (1931–2022), Dutch footballer
• Cor Gillis (born 1989), Belgian footballer
• Cor Gorter (1907–1980), Dutch physicist
• Cor Groot (1909–1978), Dutch Olympic sailor
• Cor de Groot (1914–1993), Dutch pianist and composer
• Cor van der Hart (1928–2006), Dutch footballer
• Cor Heeren (1900–1976), Dutch racing cyclist
• Cor Hemmers (born 1956), Dutch kickboxing trainer
• Cor Herkströter (born 1937), Dutch businessman, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), American haiku poet, editor and archivist
• Cor van der Hoeven (1921–2017), Dutch footballer
• Cor van Hout (1957–2003), Dutch kidnapper
• Cor de Jager (1925–2001), Dutch general and chairman of the NATO Military Committee
• Cor Kee [de; nl; no; ru] (1900–1971), Dutch organist and composer
• Cor Kools (1907–1985), Dutch football player and manager
• Cor Lambregts (born 1958), Dutch long-distance runner
• Cor Melchers (1954–2015), Dutch painter
• Cor Pot (born 1951), Dutch football player and manager
• Cor Schilder (born 1941), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop in Kenya
• Cor Schuuring (born 1942), Dutch racing cyclist
• Cor Tabak (1907–2001), Dutch weightlifter
• Cor Varkevisser (born 1982), Dutch footballer
• Cor Veldhoen (1939–2005), Dutch footballer
• Cor Verwoerd (1913–2000), Dutch ceramist
• Cor Visser (1903–1982), Dutch painter active in England
• Cor Vriend (born 1949), Dutch long-distance runner
• Cor Wals [ca; de; fr; nl] (1911–1994), Dutch track cyclist and nazi collaborator
• Cor Zegger (1897–1961), Dutch swimmer

Feminine name

• Cor Aalten (1913–1991), Dutch sprinter
• Cor van Gelder (1904–1969), Dutch swimmer
• Cor Kint (1920–2002), Dutch swimmer

Fictional characters

• Shasta (Narnia), later known as Cor of Archenland, in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.

See also

• Cor (disambiguation)
• Corrie (given name)