List of Famous people with last name Cortes

Hernán Cortés

First Name Hernán
Last Name Cortés
Born on November 30, 1484
Died on December 2, 1547 (aged 63)
Born in Spain

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Ricardo Canaya Cortés

First Name Ricardo
Last Name Cortés
Born on February 25, 1979 (age 45)
Born in Mexico

Ricardo Anaya Cortés is a Mexican lawyer and politician, and a member and former president of the centre-right National Action Party (PAN). He held the positions of Federal Deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Congress of the Union in Mexico, President of the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico and leader of the Parliamentary Group of the main opposing party in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico. He held the position of National President of the National Action Party until 9 December 2017, when he resigned to run in the 2018 presidential election for the PAN party in political coalition with the leftist parties Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and Citizens' Movement (MC).

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Joaquín Cortés

Joaquín Pedraja Reyes
First Name Joaquín
Born on February 22, 1969 (age 55)
Born in Spain, Andalusia
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Joaquín Pedraja Reyes is a Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer.

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Carlos Núñez Cortés

First Name Carlos
Last Name Cortés
Born on October 15, 1942 (age 82)

Carlos Núñez Cortés is an actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1965 until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books : "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier".

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Brayan Courtois Cortés Buffon

First Name Brayan
Born on March 11, 1995 (age 29)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Brayan Josué Cortés Fernández is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División club Colo-Colo as goalkeeper.

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Mapita Cortés

First Name Mapita
Born on August 4, 1939
Died on January 1, 2006 (aged 66)
Born in Puerto Rico

Mapita Cortés, was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. She is the mother of Mexican actor Luis Gatica, the wife of Lucho Gatica, the niece of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés, and the niece in law of Mexican actor Fernando Cortés. Mapita Cortés is also the cousin of famous Paquito Cordero, two years her junior.

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Martín Cortés

First Name Martín
Last Name Cortés
Born on November 30, 1521
Died on November 30, 1594 (aged 73)
Born in Mexico, Mexico City

Martín Cortés el Mestizo was the first-born son of Hernán Cortés and La Malinche, the conquistador’s indigenous interpreter and concubine. He is considered to be one of the first mestizos of New Spain and is known as “El Mestizo.” His exact date of birth is not precisely known. Until the birth of Martín's younger brother, don Martín Cortés Zúñiga, to his father and his aristocratic second wife, Martín, son of La Malinche, was Cortés's only male heir, despite his illegitimate birth. He was recognized by his father, and was legitimized in 1529 by a bull of Pope Clement VII. Cortés's first marriage to Catalina Suárez was childless. Martín Cortés grew up in Spain but returned to the New World as a young man. He received a first level education and became Knight of the Order of Santiago, the highest status that could be achieved in Spain. During a time he became the page of Philip II of Spain. He accompanied Philip II to Flanders, to England and in the battle of San Quentin. In 1562 the king left all the towns and properties granted to his father. As heirs of Cortés he and his brother were considered a threat to the vice-regal rule, and they were accused of participating in a plot to overthrow the viceroy. He was arrested and tortured and exiled to Spain where he died.

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Juan Donoso Cortés

First Name Juan
Last Name Cortés
Born on May 6, 1809
Died on May 3, 1853 (aged 43)
Born in Spain, Extremadura

Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas was a Spanish author, conservative, Catholic political theorist and diplomat.

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Yara Cortes

First Name Yara
Last Name Cortes
Born on September 22, 1921
Died on October 17, 2002 (aged 81)

Odete Cipriano Serpa, better known as Yara Cortes was a Brazilian actress.

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Lluís Cortés

First Name Lluís
Born on October 8, 1986 (age 38)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Lluís Cortés is a Spanish football coach and former manager of Primera División club FC Barcelona Femení.

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