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.People
Notable people surnamed Cortes include:
- Alejandro Cortés, Colombian road cyclist
- Ana Cortés, Chilean painter
- Bruno Cortês, Brazilian football player
- Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
- Hernán Cortés,, Spanish conquistador
- Juan Donoso Cortés, Spanish writer and politician
- Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer
- Édouard Cortès French Post-Impressionist Painter
- Luis G. Cortes, Spanish chess player
- Xavier Cortés Rocha, Mexican architect and rector of the UNAM
