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Cordy is a surname, masculine given name and feminine nickname (short for Cordelia) which may refer to:

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Annie Cordy Belgian actress and singer

Léonie, Baroness Cooreman, known by the stage name Annie Cordy, is a Belgian film actress and singer. She has appeared in 50 films since 1954. She has staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956.

Ayce Cordy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Bulldogs used their first round selection, 14th overall, to secure Cordy after St Kilda bid their first round selection for him. Cordy's father, Brian, played 124 games for the Bulldogs in the 1980s. Playing 27 games for the Western Bulldogs, Cordy was delisted at the end of the 2015 season

Brian Cordy is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1981 and 1988 for the Footscray Football Club.

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Cordy Glenn American football player

Cordy Glenn is an American football offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia. Glenn earned a 2010 All-American selection and was considered one of the best offensive guards of his class by NFLdraftscout.com.

Cordy Milne was an American international motorcycle speedway rider who finished third in the 1937 Speedway World Championship final, behind his brother Jack and second placed Wilbur Lamoreaux. All three riders came from Pasadena, California.

Cordy Ryman, an artist based in New York City. Ryman earned his BFA with Honors in Fine Arts and Art Education from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1997. He is the son of artist Robert Ryman (1930-2019). Cordy Ryman is represented by Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY.

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Cordelia Scaife May — known as "Cordy" to family and friends — was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area political donor and philanthropist and one of the wealthiest women in the United States. In the year of her death, she was recognized as the single most generous person in the country. May was occasionally labeled as reclusive.

Cordelia Chase character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Cordelia Chase is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer; she also appeared on Buffy's spin-off series, Angel. Portrayed by Charisma Carpenter, the character appears as a series regular in the first three seasons of Buffy, before exiting the show and becoming a series regular during the first four seasons of Angel. The character made her last television appearance in 2004, appearing as a special guest star in Angel's one hundredth episode. Cordelia also appears in both canonical and apocryphal Buffy and Angel material such as comic books and novels.

<i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> American horror television series

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama television series based on the 1992 film of the same name. It was created by Joss Whedon under his production tag, Mutant Enemy Productions, with later co-executive producers being Jane Espenson, David Fury, David Greenwalt, Doug Petrie, Marti Noxon, and David Solomon.

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Alana Kathleen Cordy-Collins was Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Diego. She was an archaeologist whose primary specialization was Peruvian prehistory.

Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander 'Roddy' Cordy-Simpson is a retired British Army officer.

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