Corrie or Corry is a given name, often a diminutive, short form of
Cornelia or
Cornelius.
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Corrie Bakker
Cornelia Johanna Marretje "Corrie" Bakker (later Stigter, born 15 June 1945) is a retired track and field athlete from the Netherlands. She was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Her personal ...
(born 1945), Dutch sprinter ("Cornelia")
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Corrie ten Boom
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family member ...
(1892–1983), Dutch Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape ("Cornelia")
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Corry Brokken
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Net als toen", representing the Netherland ...
(1932–2016), Dutch singer ("Cornelia")
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Corrie de Bruin
Corrie de Bruin (born October 26, 1976, in Dordrecht, South Holland) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she didn't reac ...
(born 1976), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
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Corrie Cameron (1904–1993), New Zealand printmaker and watercolorist
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Corrie Clark (born 1982), American swimmer
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Corrie Corfield
Coriona Kear Ware Corfield is a radio broadcaster and producer known especially for her newsreading and continuity announcements on BBC Radio 4.
Early life and education
She was born 1961 in Oxford. Raised near Stratford-upon-Avon, Corfield ...
(born 1961), English newsreader for BBC Radio 4 ("Coriona")
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Corrie Hartong
Hendrina Cornelia (Corrie) Hartong (23 February 1906 – 9 August 1991) was a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer in the Netherlands.
Biography
Hendrina Cornelia Hartong was born in Rotterdam on 23 February 1906.
She studied modern danc ...
(1906–1991), Dutch dancer, dance teacher and choreographer ("Cornelia")
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Corrie Hermann
Cornelia (Corrie) Hermann (born 4 August 1932) is a Dutch GreenLeft politician.
Early life and education
Cornelia (Corrie) Hermann was born in Amersfoort, 4 August 1932. Between 1950 and 1959, she studied medicine at the University of Utrecht. In ...
(born 1932), Dutch GreenLeft politician ("Cornelia")
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Corrie Laddé (1915–1996), Dutch swimmer ("Cornelia")
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Corrie Lothrop (born 1992), American gymnast
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Corrie Moreau
Corrie S. Moreau is an evolutionary biologist and entomologist with a specialty in myrmecology, the study of ants. She is currently a professor and curator at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Moreau studies the evolution, ecology, biogeog ...
(born c.1978), American evolutionary biologist and entomologist
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Corrie Schimmel
Cornelia Hendrika Schimmel (born 29 April 1939) is a Dutch former swimmer who won a gold and silver medal at the 1958 European championships. Two years later she competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpi ...
(born 1939), Dutch swimmer ("Cornelia")
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Corrie Scott (born 1993), Scottish swimmer
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Corrie Stein (born 1940), Dutch-born politician in New Jersey
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Corry Vreeken
Maria Cornelia Vreeken (born 22 December 1928), née Corry Bouwman, also Corry Vreeken-Bouwman, is a Dutch chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1987). She is a five-time winner of the Dutch Women's Chess Championship (196 ...
(born 1928), Dutch chess master ("Cornelia")
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Corrie Winkel
Kornelia ("Corrie") Winkel (born 26 February 1944) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands. She finished second in the 100 m backstroke at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. Two years later she who won the silver medal i ...
(born 1944), Dutch swimmer ("Kornelia")
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Corry van Zanten (1855–1946), Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author ("Cornélie")
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Corrie Artman (1907–1970), American football player ("Corwin")
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Corrie Brown
Corrie Brown (16 August 1949 – 18 January 2007) was a British bobsledder. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian ...
(1949–2007), British bobsledder
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Corrie D'Alessio (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
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Corrie Denison
Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand– British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps an ...
, pseudonym of Eric Partridge (1894–1979), New Zealand–British writer and lexicographer
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Corrie Dick
Corrie Dick is a Scottish jazz musician (drums, percussion, vocals) and composer based in London. He is recognised for his fluency, gritty sound and euphoric abandon on the drum kit and for his poignant and earthy compositional style.
He comes ...
(born 1990), British musician
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Corrie Erickson Corrie may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* nickname of ''Coronation Street'', a long-running British television soap opera
** '' Corrie!'', a play written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ''Coronation Street'' in 2010
* The Corries, a Scott ...
(born 1981), American painter, graphic designer, and tattoo artist
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Corry Evans (born 1990), Northern Irish footballer
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Corrie Gardner
Henry Corris "Corrie" Gardner (12 March 1879 – 6 August 1960) was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, and played Australian rules football for Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club.
Gar ...
(1879–1960), Australian long-jumper, hurdler and Australian rules football player ("Corris")
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Corrie Grant (1850–1924), British journalist, barrister and Liberal Party politician
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Corrie McKeague
Corrie McKeague (16 September 1993 – 24 September 2016) went missing in the early hours of 24 September 2016 in the Bury St Edmunds area of Suffolk, England. Before disappearing, he worked as a Royal Air Force Regiment gunner.
McKeague was l ...
(born 1993), British RAF gunner who disappeared in 2016
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Corrie Sanders
Cornelius Johannes "Corrie" Sanders (7 January 1966 – 23 September 2012) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He won the WBO heavyweight title in 2003 after knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in two rounds, wh ...
(1966–2012), South African boxer ("Cornelius")
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Corrie van Zyl
Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus van Zyl (born 1 October 1961 in Bloemfontein, Free State) is a former South African cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1992. As of 2018 he was employed by Cricket South Africa as general manag ...
(born 1961), South African cricketer ("Cornelius")
See also
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Corie, given name
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Cory, given and last name
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Corey
Corey is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a masculine version of name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a cau ...
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Cor (given name)
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Dutch feminine given names
English unisex given names
Hypocorisms