Koos (name)

Koos is a Dutch and Afrikaans short form (hypocorism) of the given name Jacobus and a surname. People with this name include:

Given name

 * Koos Andriessen (1928–2019), Dutch government minister
 * Koos Bekker (born 1952), South African chief executive and billionaire
 * Koos Bisschoff (fl.1973–1992), South African military officer
 * Jacobus Boomsma (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist
 * Koos de la Rey (1847–1914), South African general during the Second Boer War
 * Koos du Plessis (1945–1984), South African singer-songwriter and poet
 * Koos van Ellinckhuijzen (1942–2016), Namibian visual artist
 * Koos Formsma (born 1957), Dutch businessman and football chairman
 * Koos Hertogs (1949–2015), Dutch serial killer
 * Koos Issard (born 1971), Dutch water polo player
 * Koos de Jong (1912–1993), Dutch sports sailor
 * Koos Kombuis (born 1954), South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer
 * Koos Köhler (1905–1965), Dutch water polo player
 * J. J. van der Leeuw (1893–1934), Dutch theosophist and author
 * Koos Louw (born 1952), South African Navy officer
 * Koos Maasdijk (born 1968), Dutch rower
 * Koos Moerenhout (born 1973), Dutch road bicycle racer
 * (born 1932), Dutch journalist and television presenter
 * Koos Ras (1928–1997), South African singer and comedian
 * Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986), Dutch politician
 * Koos Strauss (1900–1990), South African Unity Party politician
 * Koos Van Den Akker (1939–2015), Dutch-born American fashion designer
 * Koos van der Merwe (born 1937), South African politician
 * Koos Verdam (1915–1998), Dutch government minister and Queen's Commissioner
 * Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (1927–2018), Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist
 * Koos Vorrink (1891–1955), Dutch socialist leader
 * Koos Waslander (born 1957), Dutch footballer
 * (born 1946), Dutch author

Surname

 * Gábor Koós (born 1986), Hungarian footballer
 * János Koós (1937–2019), Hungarian pop singer born János Kupsa
 * Torin Koos (born 1980), American cross country skier