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
  • , 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
  • , 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, alternate ring name of Frank Scarpa (1915–1969), American professional wrestler
  • Manuel Cortez (born 1979), German–Portuguese actor
  • Mike Cortez (born 1980), American basketball player
  • Odette Cortez (born 1987), Panamanian choreographer, dancer and folklorist
  • 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 Braham (born 2000), American football player
  • 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)