Koos (name)
Koos is a Dutch and Afrikaans short form of the given name Jacobus and a surname. People with this name include:
Given name
- Koos Andriessen, Dutch government minister
- Koos Bekker, South African chief executive and billionaire
- Koos Bisschoff, South African military officer
- Jacobus Boomsma, Dutch evolutionary biologist
- Koos de la Rey, South African general during the Second Boer War
- Koos du Plessis, South African singer-songwriter and poet
- Koos van Ellinckhuijzen, Namibian visual artist
- Koos Formsma, Dutch businessman and football chairman
- Koos Hertogs, Dutch serial killer
- Koos Issard, Dutch water polo player
- Koos de Jong, Dutch sports sailor
- Koos Kombuis, South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer
- Koos Köhler, Dutch water polo player
- J. J. van der Leeuw, Dutch theosophist and author
- Koos Louw, South African Navy officer
- Koos Maasdijk, Dutch rower
- Koos Moerenhout, Dutch road bicycle racer
- , Dutch journalist and television presenter
- Koos Ras, South African singer and comedian
- Koos Rietkerk, Dutch politician
- Koos Strauss, South African Unity Party politician
- Koos Van Den Akker, Dutch-born American fashion designer
- Koos van der Merwe, South African politician
- Koos Verdam, Dutch government minister and Queen's Commissioner
- Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff, Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist
- Koos Vorrink, Dutch socialist leader
- Koos Waslander, Dutch footballer
- , Dutch author
Surname
- Gábor Koós, Hungarian footballer
- János Koós, Hungarian pop singer born János Kupsa
- Torin Koos, American cross country skier