Cortez

Cortez may refer to:

Places

United States

• Cortez, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County
• Cortez, Colorado, a city and county seat of Montezuma County
• Cortez, Florida, a census-designated place
• Cortez, Nevada, ghost town
• Cortez, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

• Sea of Cortez or Gulf of California, in Mexico

Other uses

• Cortez, an 1823 play by James Planché
• Cortez Motor Home, a Class-A motor coach made in the U.S. from 1963 to 1979
• Agnelli & Nelson or Cortez, trance music duo
• Cortez, a character from The Longest Journey and Dreamfall
• Cortez the Killer, a song by Neil Young
• Nike Cortez, a type of running shoe from Nike
• Wuling Cortez, a rebadged Baojun 730 minivan marketed by Wuling Motors for the Indonesian market
• Wuling Starlight 730, a minivan sold in the Indonesian market as the Wuling Cortez Darion

People

Surname

• Adrian T. Cortez (1978–2016), American trans woman and performer with the stage name Brittany CoxXx
• Alberto Cortez (1940–2019), Argentine singer and songwriter
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989), American politician and educator
• Amado Cortez (1928–2003), Filipino actor and diplomat
• Antawn Cortez Jamison (born 1976), American basketball player
• Bella Cortez (born 1944), Cuban actress and dancer
• Carlos Cortez (1923–2005), American poet, artist and political activist
• Chris Cortez (born 1988), American soccer player
• Dave "Baby" Cortez (born 1938), American pop music and R&B musician
• Edgar Cortez (born 1989), Nicaraguan runner
• Elaine Sena Cortez, American politician and educator
• Erwin Cortez [id], born name is Erwin Sutodihardjo (born 1983), Indonesian actor and model
• Fernando Cortez (born 1981), American baseball player
• Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916), Mexican folk hero
• Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), the Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
• Heidi Cortez (born 1981), American actress, model and writer
• Jayne Cortez (1934–2012), American poet
• Jenny Cortez [id], born name is Nurjaenih (born 1986), Indonesian actress, model and disc jockey
• Jhay Cortez (born 1993), Puerto Rican singer and rapper
• Joana Cortez (born 1979), Brazilian tennis player
• Jody Cortez (born c. 1960), American drummer
• Joe Cortez (born 1945), Puerto Rican boxing referee
• Jorge Cortez (born 1972), Panamanian baseball player
• José Cortez (born 1975), American football player
• José Luis Cortez (born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer
• Lucía Cortez Llorca (born 2000), Spanish tennis player
• Luís Cortez (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
• Manuel Cortez (born 1979), German–Portuguese actor
• Mike Cortez (born 1980), American basketball player
• Page Cortez (born 1961), American politician
• Paul E. Cortez, American soldier and war criminal
• Philip Cortez (born 1978), American politician
• Rafael Cortez (born 1976), Brazilian journalist, actor and comedian
• Raul Cortez (1932–2006), Brazilian actor
• Ricardo Cortez (1899–1977), American silent film actor
• Stanley Cortez (1908–1997), American cinematographer
• Viorica Cortez (born 1935), Romanian-born French mezzo-soprano

Given name

• Cortez Allen (born 1988), American former football cornerback
• Cortez Belle (born 1983), English former footballer
• Cortez Broughton (born 1996), American football player
• Cortez Castro, alternate ring name of Ricky Reyes (born 1978), Cuban-American retired professional wrestler
• Cortez Gray (1916–1996), American basketball player
• Cortez Groves (born 1978), American former professional basketball player
• Cortez Hankton (born 1981), American college football coach and former player
• Cortez Jordan (1921–1982), Barbadian Test cricket umpire between 1953 and 1974
• Cortez Kennedy (1968–2017), American football player
• Cortez Ratima (born 2001), New Zealand professional rugby union player
• Cortez Shaw, American contestant on American Idol season 12
• Cortez Stubbs (born 1988), American football player
• Cortez Te Pou (born 2001), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Cortez Thaddeus Ham Jr., birth name of C. J. Ham (born 1993), American NFL player

Fictional

• Fabian Cortez, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Anne-Marie Cortez, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Sergeant Cortez, protagonist of the TimeSplitters video game series
• Ian Cortez, a Cuban intelligence agent working for the Colombian Cartel in the novel/film Clear and Present Danger
• Henry Cortez, a character in the Millennium series of novels by Stieg Larsson
• Hotel Cortez, the setting of American Horror Story: Hotel
• Juni and Carmen Cortez, main protagonists in the Spy Kids franchise
• Olivia Cortez, a character from the American thriller television series Mr. Robot
• Cortez, a character in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

See also

• Cortes (disambiguation)
• Cortes (surname)