Cortese (surname)

Cortese is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname are as follows:


 * Anthony Cortese (born 1947), US environmental scientist
 * Bob Cortese (born 1943), US college football coach
 * Cristoforo Cortese (c. 1399–1445), Venetian miniaturist and illuminator
 * Dan Cortese (born 1967), US actor
 * David D. Cortese (born 1956), US political figure (Santa Clara County, California Supervisor)
 * Deena Cortese (born 1987), American television personality, Jersey Shore
 * Domenico Tarcisio Cortese (1931-2011), Roman Catholic Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
 * Dominic L. Cortese (born 1932), US political figure (California state legislator 1980–96)
 * Domenico Tarcisio Cortese (1931–2011), Roman Catholic bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
 * Enrico Cortese (born 1985), Italian footballer
 * Federico Cortese, music director of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras and conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
 * Franco Cortese (1903–1986), Italian auto racing driver
 * Genevieve Cortese (born 1981), US television actress
 * Giovanni Andrea Cortese (1483–1548), Italian cardinal and monastic reformer
 * Guido Cortese (1908–1964), Italian lawyer and politician
 * Giulio Cesare Cortese (1570–1640), Italian writer
 * Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679), French-born artist who flourished in Rome, where he was known as Guglielmo Cortese
 * Isabella Cortese (fl. 1561), Italian alchemist and writer of the Renaissance
 * Joe Cortese (born 1948), US actor
 * Laura Cortese (f. 1990s–2000s), US musician
 * Leonardo Cortese (1916–1984), Italian film actor and director
 * Leone Cortese (died 1496), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Acerra
 * Matias Cortese (born 1985), Argentine rugby union player
 * Nicola Cortese (born 1968), Italian banker
 * Nicolò Cortese (1907-1934), Roman Catholic parish priest and director for the Il Messaggero di Sant'Antonio magazine in Padua before and during World War II, Servant of God
 * Pete Cortese (f. 1990s–2000s), US musician
 * Rita Cortese (born 1949), Argentine actress and singer
 * Sandro Cortese (born 1990), German motorcycle racer
 * Shane Cortese (born 1968), New Zealand actor and singer
 * Valentina Cortese (1923–2019), Italian actress