Cortez

Cortez may refer to: Cortes (surname)

Places

In the 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 Motor Home, a Class-A motor coach made in the U.S. from 1963-1979
• Agnelli & Nelson or Cortez, trance music duo
• Cortez, a character from The Longest Journey and Dreamfall
• Cortez, a type of running shoe from Nike

People with the surname

• Adrian T. Cortez (1978–2016), American trans woman and performer with the stage name Brittany CoxXx
• Alberto Cortez (born 1940), Argentine singer and songwriter
• 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
• Fernando Cortez (born 1981), American basketball player
• Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916), Mexican folk hero
• Heidi Cortez (born 1981), American actress, model and writer
• Jayne Cortez (1936–2012), American poet
• Joana Cortez (born 1979), Brazilian tennis player
• Jody Cortez (born c. 1960), American drummer
• Joe Cortez (born 1943), 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
• 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

People with the given name

• Cortez Kennedy (1968–2011), American football player

Fictional

• Fabian 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

See also

• Cortes (disambiguation)