# Koos (name)

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**Koos** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) and [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans) short form ([hypocorism](/source/Hypocorism)) of the given name [Jacobus](/source/Jacobus_(name))[1] and a surname. People with this name include:

## Given name

- [Koos Andriessen](/source/Koos_Andriessen) (1928–2019), Dutch government minister
- [Koos Bekker](/source/Koos_Bekker) (born 1952), South African chief executive and billionaire
- [Koos Bisschoff](/source/Koos_Bisschoff) (born 1938), South African military officer
- [Jacobus Boomsma](/source/Jacobus_Boomsma) (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist
- [Koos de la Rey](/source/Koos_de_la_Rey) (1847–1914), South African general during the Second Boer War
- [Koos du Plessis](/source/Koos_du_Plessis) (1945–1984), South African singer-songwriter and poet
- [Koos van Ellinckhuijzen](/source/Koos_van_Ellinckhuijzen) (1942–2016), Namibian visual artist
- [Koos Formsma](/source/Koos_Formsma) (born 1957), Dutch businessman and football chairman
- [Koos Hertogs](/source/Koos_Hertogs) (1949–2015), Dutch serial killer
- [Koos Issard](/source/Koos_Issard) (born 1971), Dutch water polo player
- [Koos de Jong](/source/Koos_de_Jong) (1912–1993), Dutch sports sailor
- [Koos Kombuis](/source/Koos_Kombuis) (born 1954), South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer
- [Koos Köhler](/source/Koos_K%C3%B6hler) (1905–1965), Dutch water polo player
- [J. J. van der Leeuw](/source/J._J._van_der_Leeuw) (1893–1934), Dutch theosophist and author
- [Koos Louw](/source/Koos_Louw) (born 1952), South African Navy officer
- [Koos Maasdijk](/source/Koos_Maasdijk) (born 1968), Dutch rower
- [Koos Moerenhout](/source/Koos_Moerenhout) (born 1973), Dutch road bicycle racer
- [Koos Postema](/source/Koos_Postema) (born 1932), Dutch journalist and television presenter
- [Koos Ras](/source/Koos_Ras) (1928–1997), South African singer and comedian
- [Koos Rietkerk](/source/Koos_Rietkerk) (1927–1986), Dutch politician
- [Koos Strauss](/source/Jacobus_Gideon_Nel_Strauss) (1900–1990), South African Unity Party politician
- [Koos Van Den Akker](/source/Koos_Van_Den_Akker) (1939–2015), Dutch-born American fashion designer
- [Koos van der Merwe](/source/Koos_van_der_Merwe) (born 1937), South African politician
- [Koos Verdam](/source/Koos_Verdam) (1915–1998), Dutch government minister and Queen's Commissioner
- [Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff](/source/Jacobus_Verhoeff) (1927–2018), Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist
- [Koos Vorrink](/source/Koos_Vorrink) (1891–1955), Dutch socialist leader
- [Koos Waslander](/source/Koos_Waslander) (born 1957), Dutch footballer
- [Koos van Zomeren](/source/Koos_van_Zomeren) (born 1946), Dutch author

## Surname

- [Gábor Koós](/source/G%C3%A1bor_Ko%C3%B3s) (born 1986), Hungarian footballer
- [János Koós](/source/J%C3%A1nos_Ko%C3%B3s) (1937–2019), Hungarian pop singer born János Kupsa
- [Torin Koos](/source/Torin_Koos) (born 1980), American cross country skier

## References

1. [Koos](https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/koos) at the [Meertens Institute](/source/Meertens_Institute) database of given names in the Netherlands.

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