Courtney

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Courtney (also Courteney or Courtenay) may refer to:

Contents 1 Surname 2 Given name 3 Places 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Surname

• Agnes of Courtenay (c.1136–c.1184) was the daughter of Joscelin II of Courtenay
• Brendan Courtney - Irish comedian and television presenter
• Bryce Courtenay (1933- ) - Australian novelist
• Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (1975- ) - American attorney and the son and heir of the 18th Earl of Devon
• Dave Courtney (1959- ) – British author and self-proclaimed ex-gangster
• Dawn Courtney - American politician
• Edward Ernest (Ernie) Courtney (1875–1920) – American baseball player
• Hazel Courteney - British journalist specialising in alternative health and spiritual issues
• Henry Alexius Courtney (1916–1945) - officer of the US Marine Corps Reserve during WWII, and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon (1942- ) - British peer
• Jack Courtney (1953- ) - American figure skater
• Jacqueline Courtney (1946- ) – American actor
• James Courtney (1980- ) - Australian racing driver
• Janet Elizabeth Courtney (1865-1954) – British scholar, writer and feminist
• Joe Courtney (195?- ) – American lawyer and Democrat politician
• John Edgar Courtney (1934- ) – Australian ornithologist
• Joseph (Joe) Pierre Courtney (1969- ) – American basketball player
• Joscelin I of Courtenay (?-1131) - Count of Edessa during its zenith, 1118-1131
• Joscelin II of Courtenay (?-1159) - fourth and last ruling count of Edessa
• Kent Howard Courtney (1918-1997) – American politician
• Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith (1832–1918) - British politician and man of letters
• Nicholas Courtney (1929- ) - British television actor
• Robert Ray Courtney (1952- ) – American pharmacist sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in 2002 for fraud involving dilution of chemotherapy prescriptions
• Roger 'Jumbo' Courtney – British military officer influential in the establishment of the Special Boat Service
• Sean Courtney (1985- ) - Canadian ice hockey player
• Sean Courtney (fictional) - charector from three Wilbur Smith novels; When the Lion Feeds, The Sound of Thunder and A Sparrow Falls.
• Thomas (Tom) William Courtney (1933- ) - former American athlete
• William Courtenay (c. 1342–1396) - English prelate
• William Harrison Courtney (1944- ) – American diplomat
• William Leonard Courtney (1850–1928) - English author

[edit] Given name

• Courtney Act – stage name of singer Shane Jenek and semi-finalist in Australian Idol in 2003
• Courtney Jason Alexander (1977- ) – American basketball player
• Courtney Anderson (1980- ) - American football player
• Courteney Cox Arquette (1964- ) - American actor
• Courtney Babcock (1972- ) - Canadian runner
• Sir Courtney Blackman - Barbadan economist, business consultant and diplomat
• Edward Courtney Boyle (1883-1967) - English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Courtney Brown (1978- ) – American footballer
• Courtney Brown - American social scientist and proponent of remote viewing
• Courtney Oswald Browne (1970- ) - West Indian cricketer
• Courtney Chetwynde – fictional character from D.J. MacHale's Pendragon series
• Courtney Cox – real name of erotic actress Courtney Simpson
• Courtney Crumrin – fictional character in a comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh and released through Oni Press
• Courtney Rachel Culkin (1983- ) - American model
• Courtney Cummz (1981- ) – stage name of American erotic actress Chrissy Carpenter
• Courtney Friel (1980- ) – American television presenter
• Courtney Gains (1965- ) - American actor
• Courtney Gibbs (1966- ) - Miss USA title winner in 1988
• Courtney Gripling - fictional character on Nickelodeon animated series As Told By Ginger
• Courtney Hansen - American actor, television personality, syndicated columnist, and model
• Courtney Heironimus - mobile suit pilot from the fictional Gundam metaseries
• Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887–1966) - American military officer
• Mary Courtney Kennedy Hill (known as Courtney) (1956- ) - fifth child of Robert F. Kennedy
• Courtney Elizabeth Jines (1992- ) - American actor
• Courtney Kennedy (1979- ) - American ice hockey player
• Courtney A. Krieger (Cover Girl) - fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero themed toy line of the 1980s
• Courtney Anne Kupets (1986- ) - American gymnast
• Courtney Michelle Love (1964- ) - American rock musician and actor
• Courtney Lynn McCool (1988- ) - American gymnast
• Courtney Matthews – fictional character and popular heroine on ABC soap opera General Hospital
• Courtney Mitchell - fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Courtney Murphy - contestant in the 2004 season of the Australian reality television series Australian Idol
• John Courtney Murray (1904–1967) - Jesuit theologian
• Courtney Peldon (1981- ) - American television and film actor
• Courtney Pine (1964- ) - British jazz musician
• Courtney Pulitzer (1969- ) – American Web designer
• Courtney Reed – American model who appeared in Playboy magazines in the late 1990s
• Courtney Eugene Roby (1983- ) – American football player
• Courtney Ross - fictional character from Marvel Comics
• Frederick Courteney Selous (or Courtney) (1851-1917) - British explorer and hunter famous for his exploits in East Africa
• Courtney Simpson - stage name of erotic actress Courtney Cox
• Courtney Solomon (1971- ) - Canadian film director
• Courtney Taylor-Taylor (1967- ) - American songwriter, singer and guitarist
• Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967- ) - American actor
• Courtney B. Vance (1960- ) - American actor
• Courtney Andrew Walsh (1962- ) – West Indian cricketer
• Courtney Watson (1980- ) - American football player
• Courtney Webb (1988- ) - British actor and writer
• Courtney Whitmore - fictional superheroine Stargirl in the DC Comics Universe
• Courtney Whitney (1897-1969) - American lawyer and Army commander
• Courtney Williams - American musician

[edit] Places

• Camp Courtney - United States Marine Base in Gushikawa, Okinawa, Japan
• Courtenay - Canadian city
• Courtenay - French commune in the Isère département
• Courtenay - French commune in the Loiret département
• Courteney - town in Brevard County, Florida, USA
• Courtney - tiny lunar impact crater on the Mare Imbrium
• Courtney Campbell Causeway – bridge in Florida, USA
• Iwerne Courtney - village in north Dorset, England; also known as Shroton

[edit] Other

• Kurt & Courtney - 1998 documentary film about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, made by Nick Broomfield
• USS Courtney - ship of the United States Navy

[edit] See also

• House of Courtenay