Corea (surname)

Corea () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

In Sri Lanka

• Charles Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan lawyer
• Charles Edgar Corea, Sri Lankan politician, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924)
• Claude Corea, Sri Lankan politician/diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the United States
• Dominicus Corea, (Sinhalese name Edirille Rala), 16th Century ruler
• Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan journalist and Ambassador to the United States
• Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
• Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea, Sri Lankan public official in Colonial Ceylon
• Harindra Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Deputy Foreign Minister
• Ishvari Corea (1925–2019), Sri Lankan librarian
• Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan clergyman of the Church of Ceylon
• J.C.A. Corea, first Sri Lankan principal of Royal College Colombo
• James Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan physician
• Mayadunne Corea, Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal
• Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon
• Vernon Corea Sri Lankan/British radio broadcaster
• Victor Corea, Sri Lankan politician and freedom fighter
• Vijaya Corea, Sri Lankan radio and TV broadcaster

Others

• António Corea, 17th century Korean slave in Italy, given "Corea" as his European surname
• Chick Corea, American jazz pianist
• Nicholas J. Corea, American author

See also

• Corea (disambiguation)
• Cooray