Cortés is a surname of Spanish origin from the Aragon region. People · Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor · Hernán Cortés, 16th century Spanish conquistador · Pablo Cortés, 18th century Spanish slave trader · Edouard Leon Cortés, 20th century French Post-Impressionist Painter Institutions · Cortes , for the judicial bodies of the Spanish-speaking Americas, and the communes in France and Italy · Cortes Generales ("General Courts"), usually just las Cortes, national legislative assembly of Spain · The term Cortes is also used for the subnational parliaments of several of Spain's autonomous communities and various bodies from Spanish history Localities · Cortes, Navarre, village in the South border of Navarre, Spain · Cortes, Bohol, municipality in the Philippines · Cortes, Suri