Corrie (disambiguation)
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Geography
- CirqueCirqueCirque may refer to:* Cirque, a geological formation* Makhtesh, an erosional landform found in the Negev desert of Israel and Sinai of Egypt*Cirque , an album by Biosphere* Cirque Corporation, a company that makes touchpads...
, also called a corrie or a cwm, is a terrain feature created by glaciation in high mountains - Corrie, ArranCorrie, ArranCorrie is a village on the north east coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, north of Brodick. It lies due east under the island's highest mountain, Goat Fell. A path from High Corrie mile to the south, provides access to the hillside...
, is a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland
People
Surname- Corrie (surname)Corrie (surname)Corrie is a unisex surname in the English language. The name has several different etymological origins. The name is found in numbers in the north of Ireland...
, English-language surname with several etymological origins- Corrie familyCorrie familyThe Corrie family, also known as the Currie family, was a Scottish family which was once seated in what is today the civil parish of Hutton and Corrie, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The leading branch of the family were the Corries of that Ilk. Members of the family are on record in the Middle Ages...
, Scottish family - John CorrieJohn CorrieJohn Alexander Corrie is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician and chief of Clan Corrie. He describes himself in Who's Who as a "consultant on African affairs and financial adviser to developing countries"....
(born 1935), Scottish former Conservative MP and MEP - Joe CorrieJoe CorrieJoe Corrie was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright.He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894. His family moved to Cardenden in the Fife coalfield when Corrie was still an infant and he started work at the pits in 1908....
(1894–1968), Scottish miner, poet and playwright - Rachel CorrieRachel CorrieRachel Aliene Corrie was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement . She was killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces bulldozer when she was standing or kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent the IDF from...
(1979–2003), American ISM volunteer killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip
- Corrie family
Given name
- Corrie ClarkCorrie ClarkCorrie Clark is a female breaststroke and medley swimmer from the United States. At the 2003 Pan American Games, she won silver medals in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, although at one point PASO stripped Clark of the breaststroke medal.Clark studied at and swam for Southern Methodist University...
(born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer - Corrie CorfieldCorrie CorfieldCoriona Corfield is a BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer and newsreader.-Early life:She grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon. She attended Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, where she became Head Girl...
(born 1961), English newsreader for BBC Radio 4 - Corrie LothropCorrie LothropCorrie Dong Quan Lothrop is an American artistic gymnast. She was an alternate for the United States' 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics team. She was adopted from China at age two. Corrie currently trains with Kelli Hill at her gym, Hill's Angels, which also produced Olympians Dominique Dawes,...
(born 1992), American gymnast - Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten BoomCornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944, and her father died 10 days later at Scheveningen prison where they were first held...
(1892–1983), Dutch Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II
Media
- The CorriesThe CorriesThe Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. Although the group was a trio in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne that it is best known.-Early years:...
, a Scottish folk group - Corrie, the common nickname for Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, a long-running British television soap opera - Corrie!Corrie!Corrie! is a comedy stage play written in 2010 by award-winning playwright and Coronation Street scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey. . The play premiered at in Salford Quays in August 2010...
, a play written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Coronation Street in 2010
See also
, a ship named after Rachel Corrie- Corry (disambiguation)
- Cory (disambiguation)