Corky means

cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

-like. It is an English and Irish unisex name that also serves as a nickname for

Courtney Courtney is a name of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It has two quite distinct interpretations: firstly, the surname may be locational, from places called Courtenay in the regions of Loiret and ...

. It may also refer to:

People

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Corky Ballas Mark Alexander Ballas Sr. (born December 25, 1960), known as Corky Ballas, is an American retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. His son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer on ''Dancing with the ...

(born 1960), American competitive ballroom dancer *Corky or

Corkie Blow Edward Percy Blow (16 November 1877 – 9 March 1938), known as Percy, Corky, or Corkie Blow, was an English professional association football, footballer who made 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln Cit ...

(1877–1938), English footballer *

Corky Calhoun David "Corky" Calhoun (born November 1, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player. Calhoun played in the NBA from 1972–1980 after a collegiate career at the University of Pennsylvania. Calhoun was the 1st round selection (4th o ...

(born 1950), American former National Basketball Association player *

Corky Carroll Corky Carroll (born September 29, 1947) is a professional American surfer and is considered a pioneer in the sport by becoming the first real professional surfer as well as being the first to make paid endorsements. Life and career Carroll sta ...

(born 1947), American surfer *

Dominic Cork Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...

(born 1971), English cricketer, nicknamed Corky * Corky de Graauw (born 1951), Dutch ice hockey player *

Walter Devlin Walter James "Corky" Devlin (December 21, 1931 – April 28, 1995) was an American professional basketball player. He played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with two different teams: two seasons with the Fort Wayne Pi ...

(1931–1995), American National Basketball Association player * Corky McMillin (1925–2005), American off-road desert racer and land developer * Corky Miller (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player *

Corky Nelson Corky Nelson (February 25, 1939 – November 17, 2014) was an American football player and coach. He is known for his coaching stint at the University of North Texas, but was more successful on the high school level. Nelson was an all-conference ...

(1939-2014), American high school and college football player and coach *

Corky Palmer Carlton Devan "Corky" Palmer (March 14, 1954 – August 10, 2022) was an American college baseball coach. He was head coach at Meridian Community College before serving as the head coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team for 12 ...

(born 1954), American college baseball coach *

Corky Rogers Charles Buxton "Corky" Rogers IV (December 19, 1943 – February 26, 2020) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at two high schools in Jacksonville, Florida, Robert E. Lee High School from 1972 to 1988 and the B ...

(1943–2020), American high school football coach *

Corky Valentine Harold Lewis "Corky" Valentine (January 4, 1929 – January 21, 2005) was an American professional baseball pitcher who worked in 46 career games in Major League Baseball as a member of the 1954 and 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs. Born in Troy, Ohio, Va ...

(1929–2005), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Claire Corky Claire Richardson (born 2 April 1984) is a former rugby union player. She represented internationally and provincially for Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island admi ...

(born 1984), New Zealand rugby union player ;Musicians *

Corky Cornelius Edward "Corky" Cornelius (December 3, 1914 – August 3, 1943) was an American jazz trumpeter. Cornelius's father was a drummer who worked regionally in dance bands in Texas. He was born in Indiana and raised in Binghamton, New York, and began his ...

(1914–1943), American jazz trumpeter *

Corky Hale Corky Hale (born July 3, 1936) is an American jazz harpist, pianist, flutist, and vocalist. She has been a theater producer, political activist, restaurateur, and the owner of the Corky Hale women's clothing store in Los Angeles, California. Ear ...

(born 1936), American jazz musician *

Corky James Corky James (born February 10, 1954) is a Los Angeles-based session guitarist and bassist who has appeared on a considerable number of music albums and motion picture soundtracks. His genres encompass rock, pop, country, singer-songwriter, and f ...

(born 1954), American guitarist and bassist *Corky Jones, pseudonym used by

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on t ...

(1929-2006) for his rockabilly music *

Corky Laing Laurence Gordon "Corky" Laing (born January 26, 1948) is a Canadian rock drummer, best known as a longtime member of pioneering American hard rock band Mountain. 20th century A native of Montreal, Quebec, Laing was the youngest in a family of ...

(born 1948), Canadian rock drummer *

Corky Siegel Mark Paul "Corky" Siegel (born October 24, 1943) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. He plays harmonica and piano. He plays and writes blues and blues-rock music, and has also worked extensively on combining blues and c ...

(born 1943), American musician and composer ;Artists *

Corwin Clairmont Corwin "Corky" Clairmont is a printmaker and conceptual and installation artist from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. Known for his high concept and politically charged works, Clairmont seeks to explore situati ...

(born 1946), Native American artist *

Corky Lee Young Kwok Lee (September 5, 1947 – January 27, 2021) was a Chinese-American activist, community organizer, photographer, journalist and the unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate. He called himself an "ABC from NYC...yielding a camera ...

(born 1948), American photographer *

Corky Quakenbush Corky Quakenbush (c. 1958, age 62) is an American worker in motion pictures and TV series in a wide variety of different jobs, including camera work, writing, and production. One of his specialties is in stop-motion animation. Also, Quakenbush w ...

, American stop motion filmmaker *

Corky Trinidad Francisco Flores Trinidad, Jr. (26 May 1939 – 13 February 2009), better known by his pen name "Corky", was a Filipino-American editorial cartoonist and comics artist. Born in Manila, he was known for his editorial cartoons for the ''Honol ...

(1939–2009), Philippine-American editorial cartoonist and comics artist ;Politicians and activists *

Corky Evans Corky Evans (born January 2, 1948) is a Canadian former provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party form ...

(born 1948), Canadian politician *

Rodolfo Gonzales Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Mexican-American boxer, poet, political organizer, and activist. He was one of many leaders for the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado. The Crusade for Justice was an urba ...

(1928–2005), Chicano boxer, poet and political activist *

Corky Peterson The Reform Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1997 federal election, and won 60 seats out of 301 to form the Official Opposition. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found ...

, Canadian politician and trapper ;Other professions * Charles A. Marvin (1929–2003), American judge and district attorney *

Corky McCorquodale Felton "Corky" McCorquodale (August 23, 1904 – November 23, 1968) was a professional poker player, noted as the person who introduced Texas hold 'em to Las Vegas in 1963. Poker had been legal in Las Vegas since 1931, but Texas hold 'em was ...

(1904–1968), American poker player *

Corin Nemec Joseph Charles Nemec IV (born November 5, 1971), known professionally as Corin Nemec, is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was billed as Corin "Corky" Nemec or Corky Nemec until 1990. Nemec is known for playing the title characte ...

(born 1971), American actor *

Claude Nowell Claude Rex Nowell (November 2, 1944 – January 29, 2008), also known as Corky King, Corky Ra, and Summum Bonum Amon Ra, was an American businessman and founder of Summum, a 501(c)(3), philosophical and religious organization that practices a ...

(1944–2008), also known as "Corky King" or "Corky Ra", American founder of Summum, a philosophical and religious organization * Gaetano Vastola (gangster) (born 1928), American mobster

Fictional characters

* Corky Caporale, Corky Ianucci, and Corky DiGioia, in the television series ''The Sopranos'' * James "Corky" Corcoran, in the "Ukridge" stories of P. G. Wodehouse *Corky, in the film '' Bound'' *Corky, in the animated television series '' The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky'' *Corky Romano, in the film ''

Corky Romano ''Corky Romano '' is a 2001 American mafia comedy film starring Chris Kattan, Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Chris Penn, and Peter Berg. The movie was produced by Robert Simond, directed by Rob Pritts, and was written by David Garrett and Jason War ...

'' *Corky Sherwood, in the television series ''

Murphy Brown ''Murphy Brown'' is an American television sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for ''FYI'', ...

'' *Corky Shimatzu, in the animated television series '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' *Corky St. Clair, in the film ''

Waiting for Guffman ''Waiting for Guffman'' is a 1996 American mockumentary comedy film written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, and directed by Guest. The film's ensemble cast includes Guest, Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, and Parker Posey. The film's t ...

'' *Charles "Corky" Thatcher, in the television series '' Life Goes On'' *Corky Wallet, in the comic strip ''

Gasoline Alley ''Gasoline Alley'' is a comic strip created by Frank King and distributed by Tribune Content Agency. It centers on the lives of patriarch Walt Wallet, his family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley, with storylines reflecting traditio ...

'' *Corky Withers, in the novel ''

Magic Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

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Corky the Hornet Corky the Hornet is the mascot of the Emporia State Hornets, the athletic teams of Emporia State University. Paul Edwards created the mascot when he was a student at the school, which was then known as Kansas State Teachers College. History Crea ...

, the mascot of the Emporia State University sports teams *Corky the dog in ''Corky'', a 1962 publication by

Little Golden Books Little Golden Books is a series of children's books, published since 1942. '' The Poky Little Puppy'', the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States.. Many other Little Golden Books have ...

dedicated to Corky Goit *Corky, one of Jenny's friends in the Disney film ''

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' is a 1997 American science fiction comedy film, and the third installment in the ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' film series. The film marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Dean Cundey and was released throu ...

Other uses

* ''Corky'' (film), a 1972 stock car film starring Robert Blake * Corky (orca) (born 1965), the longest living orca in captivity * Cricket ball, commonly referred to as a corky *

Charley horse A charley horse is a painful involuntary cramp in the legs and/or foot, lasting anywhere from a few seconds to a day. The term formerly referred more commonly to bruising of the quadriceps muscle of the anterior or lateral thigh, or contusion of ...

, called a corky in Australia

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