Cortes (surname)
Cortés, Cortês, Cortès is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', and is related to the English Curtis.
The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population.
Notable people surnamed either Cortes or Cortés include:
Mononymously known as Cortes
- Hernán Cortés,, Spanish conquistador
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- Armand Cortes, American actor
- Fernando Cortés, Puerto Rican actor
- Fred Cortes, Filipino actor
- Irene Cortes (artist), filmmaker and artist
- Mapita Cortés, Puerto Rican actress
- Mapy Cortés, Puerto Rican actress
Music
- Aracy Cortes, Brazilian singer
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, Argentine musician
- Edmundo Villani-Côrtes, Brazilian musical artist
- Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
- Getúlio Côrtes, Brazilian musical artist
- Lula Côrtes, Brazilian musician
- Montse Cortés, Spanish flamenco singer
- Pamela Cortes, Ecuadorian singer, actress and dancer
- Ramiro Cortés, American composer
- Rodrigo Cortés, Spanish film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor
- Santiago Cortés (musician), Latino-Swiss musician and composer
- Sergio Iván Esquivel Cortés, Mexican singer-songwriter
- Tony Cortes, Cuban American actor and TV host
- Yara Cortes, Brazilian actress
Other arts and entertainment
- Alfonso Cortés, Nicaraguan poet
- Ana Cortés, Chilean painter
- Bernardo Cortés, Spanish writer, humorist, singer and songwriter
- Carmina Useros Cortés, Spanish author
- Édouard Cortès French Post-Impressionist painter
- Esperanza Cortes, American visual artist
- Gustavo Couttolenc Cortés, Mexican writer and academic
- Jesús Carranza Cortés, Mexican potter
- Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer
- Liliana Angulo Cortés, Colombian visual artist
- Ney Yépez Cortés, Ecuadorian writer
- Ricardo Cortés (illustrator), illustrator and author
- Sonya Cortés, Puerto Rican entertainer
Politics
- Adriana Fuentes Cortés, Mexican politician
- Alberto Baltra Cortés, Chilean politician and economist
- Altineu Côrtes, Brazilian politician and businessman
- Bob Cortes, politician in the Florida House of Representatives
- David Cortés (politician), Bolivian politician
- David Bonilla Cortés, Puerto Rican politician
- Hilario Sánchez Cortés, Mexican politician
- John Cortes (Florida politician), politician in the Florida House of Representatives
- John Cortes (Gibraltarian politician), member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
- Jonas Cortes, Filipino politician
- José Cortés López, Spanish magistrate and politician
- Judith Pallarés i Cortés, Andorran politician
- Julio Cortes (politician), American politician
- León Cortés Castro, Costa Rican politician
- Luz Virginia Cortés, Mexican politician
- Manuel Cortés Quero, Spanish politician
- Mario Mendoza Cortés, Mexican politician
- Pedro Cortés, Puerto Rican politician
- Rosalío Cortés, 35th President of Nicaragua
- Santiago Pedro Cortés, Mexican politician
- Sara Isabel Castellanos Cortés, Mexican politician
- Yulenny Cortés León, Mexican politician
Sports
Baseball
- Aurelio Cortés, Cuban catcher in the Negro baseball leagues
- Carlos Cortes, American baseball player
- Dan Cortes, American baseball player
- David Cortés (baseball), Mexican baseball player
- Nestor Cortés Jr., Cuban-American baseball pitcher
Football/soccer
- Adrián Cortés, Mexican footballer
- Ascanio Cortés, Chilean footballer
- Brandon Cortés, Argentine-Chilean footballer
- Brayan Cortés, Chilean footballer
- Bruno Cortês, Brazilian footballer
- Bryan Cortés, Chilean footballer
- César Cortés, Chilean footballer
- David Cortés (Colombian footballer), Colombian footballer
- David Cortés (Spanish footballer), Spanish footballer
- Diego Cortés, Mexican footballer
- Eduardo Cortes, Mexican footballer
- Efraín Cortés, Colombian footballer
- Fabián Núñez Cortés, Chilean footballer
- Félix Cortés, Chilean footballer
- Fernando Cortés (footballer), Mexican footballer
- Fran Cortés, Spanish footballer
- Gerardo Cortés, Chilean footballer
- Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
- José Cortés (footballer), Colombian footballer
- Julio Cortes (American football), American football player
- Julio César Cortés, Uruguayan footballer and coach
- Kevin Manzano Cortés, Spanish footballer
- Martín Miguel Cortés, Argentine footballer
- Maurício Cortés, Colombian footballer
- Nilson Cortes, Colombian footballer
- Oriol Cortes, Spanish footballer
- Óscar Cortés (footballer, born 1968), Colombian footballer
- Óscar Cortés (footballer, born 2003), Colombian footballer
- Rafael García Cortés, Spanish footballer
- Ramiro Cortés (footballer), Chilean footballer
- Ranulfo Cortés, Mexican footballer
- Roberto Cortés (Chilean footballer), Chilean football goalkeeper
- Roberto Carlos Cortés, Colombian football defender
- Róger Cortés, Costa Rican footballer
- Santiago Cortés (footballer), El Salvadoran footballer
- Víctor Cortés, Colombian footballer
- Walter Cortés, Costa Rican footballer
Other sports
- Alejandro Cortés (cyclist), Colombian road cyclist
- Beatriz Gómez Cortés, Spanish Olympic swimmer
- Federico Cortés, Argentine cyclist
- Gaston Cortes, Argentinian international rugby union player
- Gerardo Cortes Sr., a Chilean modern pentathlete
- Gerardo Cortes Jr., a Chilean modern pentathlete, and son of Gerardo Cortes Sr.
- Jaime Cortés, Colombian tennis player
- Jesús Iglesias Cortés, Spanish swimmer
- Máximo Cortés, Spanish racing driver
- Omar Cortés, Spanish gymnast
- Onix Cortés, Cuban judoka
- Peter Cortes, American rower
- Phil Cortes, Canadian racing cyclist
- Ramiro Cortés (basketball), Uruguayan basketball player
- Ricardo Cortés, Mexican boxer
- Sergio Cortés, Chilean tennis player
Other people
- Beltrán Cortés, Costa Rican murderer
- Corinna Cortes, Danish computer scientist
- Enric Cortès, Catalan Capuchin and biblical scholar
- Ernesto Cortes, American community activist
- Irene Cortes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- José Cortés de Madariaga, Chilean patriot
- José Muñoz Cortés, Greek clergyman
- Juan Donoso Cortés, Spanish counter-revolutionary, author, and theologian
- Luis G. Cortes, Spanish chess player
- Manuel Cortes, British trade unionist
- Margarita Letelier Cortés, Chilean entrepreneur
- Martín Cortés de Albacar, Spanish cosmographer
- Martín Cortés (son of Malinche), son of Hernán Cortés and La Malinche
- Martín Cortés, 2nd Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, Spanish noble, son of Hernán Cortes
- Oralia Garza de Cortes, librarian, advocate, and bibliographer
- Xavier Cortés Rocha, Mexican architect and former rector of the UNAM