Courtois may refer to:

Locations

Courtois-sur-Yonne Courtois-sur-Yonne (, literally ''Courtois on Yonne (river), Yonne'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department ...

, a commune in Yonne department, France *

Courtois, Missouri Courtois is an unincorporated community in southwestern Washington County, Missouri, United States, within the Courtois Hills region. It is located approximately southwest of Belgrade and northeast of Viburnum, Missouri in Iron County. Courto ...

, an unincorporated community *

Courtois Creek Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois and ...

, a creek in Missouri * Courtois Hills, a region in Missouri

Persons

Painters

Jean Courtois (herald) Jean Courtois (; died 1436) was a French herald. Biography Jean Courtois called Sicily Herald was in the service of the king of the two Sicilies Alfonso V of Aragon. He lived for a long time in Mons in Hainaut in the Netherlands. At the begin ...

(died 1436), French herald *

Jacques Courtois Jacques Courtois () or Giacomo Cortese, called il Borgognone or le Bourguignon (12 ?December 162114 November 1676) was a County of Burgundy, Franche-Comtois–Italy, Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was mainly active in Ro ...

(1621–1676), French painter *

Guillaume Courtois Guillaume Courtois () or italianized as Guglielmo Cortese, called Il Borgognone or Le Bourguignon ('the Burgundian'), (1628 – 14 or 15 June 1679Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), French miniature painter *

Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French Painting, painter, a representative of the academic art, academic style of art. Early ...

(1852–1923), French painter

Science, medicine, technology

Bernard Courtois Bernard Courtois (), also spelled Barnard Courtois, (8 February 1777 – 27 September 1838) was a French chemist credited with first isolating iodine, making early photography possible. By 1811 the Napoleonic Wars had made the government-contro ...

(1777–1838), French chemist, discoverer of iodine * Frédéric Courtois (1860–1928), French missionary and naturalist *

Hélène Courtois Hélène (Di Nella) Courtois (; born 1970) is a French astrophysicist specialising in cosmography. She is a professor at the University of Lyon 1 and has been a chevalier of the ''Ordre des Palmes académiques'' since 2015. As the director of a ...

, French astrophysicist *

Jacques Courtois (Canada) Edmond Jacques Courtois, (; 4 July 1920 – 3 July 1996) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer and public official. Courtois was appointed chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee on December 23, 1992, the third person ever to chair the bo ...

(1920–1996) was a Canadian lawyer and public official * Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International *

Nicolas Courtois Nicolas Tadeusz Courtois (born 14 November 1971) is a cryptographer. He was formerly senior lecturer in computer science at University College London. Courtois was one of the co-authors of both the XSL attack against block ciphers, such as the ...

, French cryptographer, lecturer in computer science at University College London *

Stéphane Courtois Stéphane Courtois (; born 25 November 1947) is a French historian and university professor, a director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), professor at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La ...

(born 1947), French historian, author and editor of

Black Book of Communism ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression'' is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by communi ...

Music

Antoine Courtois The Antoine Courtois () company, founded in Paris in 1789, is a renowned manufacturer of brass musical instruments. The company's name comes from the name of the founder's children who created the brand name in 1803. The company has been a leadin ...

(founded 1789), French manufacturer of brass instruments * Jean Courtois (composer) ( 15301545), Franco-Flemish composer * Lambert Courtois (c.1520–after 1583), French composer

Politics

* Edme-Bonaventure Courtois played a role in the

Fall of Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre addressed the National Convention on 26 July 1794, was arrested the next day, and executed on 28 July. In his speech on 26 July, Robespierre spoke of the existence of internal enemies, conspirators, and calumniators, with ...

* Jean-Patrick Courtois (born 1951), member of the French Senate

Sports

Roger Courtois Roger Courtois (; 30 May 1912 – 5 May 1972) was a French football player and manager. He played as a striker. International career Born in Switzerland to French parents, Courtois represented the France national team at the FIFA World Cup 1 ...

(1912–1972), French football player and manager * Jacques Courtois (ice hockey), president of the Montreal Canadiens 1972–79 * Alain Courtois (born 1951), Belgian politician, Secretary General of the Belgian Football Association *

Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk, won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship ...

(born 1976), Belgian former professional tennis player * Laurent Courtois (born 1978), French footballer *

Imke Courtois Imke Courtois (born 14 March 1988) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a defender. She works as a sports analyst. She played for the Belgium national team. Playing career Courtois started her senior career at KFC Rapide Wezemaal i ...

(born 1988), Belgian footballer * Pauline Courtois (born 1989), French sailor *

Valérie Courtois Valérie Courtois (born 1 November 1990) is a Belgian volleyball player who plays as libero for Stade Français Paris Saint Cloud. In 2013, she was named Best Libero of the European Championships. Her brother, Thibaut is a professional football ...

(born 1990), Belgian volleyball player *

Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (; ; born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is known ...

(born 1992), Belgian footballer

Fiction

* Guiron le Courtois, character in 13th-century Arthurian legend

Other uses

*Banque Courtois, oldest existing bank in France, now part of

Crédit du Nord () was a French retail banking network. It consisted of the following banks: * , Toulouse, Aquitaine (oldest existing bank in France, founded in 1760) * , Alsace, Lorraine * , Savoy * , Massif Central * , Lyon * , Limoges * , Marseille * itse ...

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