Cortes or Cortés can refer to: PeopleCortés or Cortês, surnames of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. Alejandro Cortés, Colombian road cyclist Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor Hernán Cortés, 16th century Spanish conquistador Pablo Cortés, 18th century Spanish slave trader Juan Donoso Cortés (1809-1853), Spanish writer and politician Édouard Cortès, 20th century French Post-Impressionist Painter Robert F. Cortés, Cuban-… (More on Cortes)