Famous People with Name Cory

Cory Lynn Alexander            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cory Lynn Alexander: American professional basketball player in the NBA.After a career at the University of Virginia (having graduated with a degree in psychology), Alexander was the 29th overall selection of the 1995 NBA Draft, chosen by the San Antonio Spurs.

Cory Blackwell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cory Blackwell: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2nd round (28th overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'6" forward from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cory Jermaine Carr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cory Jermaine Carr: is an American basketball player, formerly of the Chicago Bulls and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. During his college career, he scored 1,904 career points and grabbed 411 rebounds. He also had 262 three-pointers made.

Cory Cross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cory Cross: who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League. After being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Cross went on to spend time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. A physically i

Cory Doctorow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cory Doctorow: He is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licenses for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, Disney, and post-sc

Charles Barney Cory            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Barney Cory: was an American ornithologist and golfer.Cory briefly attended Harvard and the Boston University School of Law but soon left to continue his travelling. In 1883 he was one of the forty-eight ornithologists invited to become Founders of the American Ornithologists' Union. When Cory's collection of 19,000 bird specimens became too large to keep in his house he donated them to The Field Museum in Chicago, and he was given the position of Curator of Ornithology. Cory's collection of 600 ornithological volumes were purchased by Edward E. Ayer in 1894, and in turn donated to the museum.[1] Cory lost his entire fortune in 1906, and took a salaried position at the museum as Curator of Zoology, remaining there for the rest of his life.

James Herbert Cory            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

James Herbert Cory: was the owner of a Welsh shipping company.He was Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1913, and served as Conservative MP for Cardiff in 1915 and for Cardiff South from 1918 to 1923. He was created a baronet in 1919. In his time he was a director of 35 different companies, and gave much of his fortune to charity, particularly local hospitals.