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CoRegen, Inc.

CoRegen, Inc. is a Houston biotechnology startup developing CRISPR-edited regulatory T-cell therapies for solid tumors, which received FDA clearance for its first trial in 2026.

Coregency Stela

The Coregency Stela is an Egyptian stela from Abydos whose inscription pairs Amenemhat I and Senusret I, dated Year 30 and Year 10 as if equivalent.

Corel

Corel is a Canadian software company founded in 1985 by Michael Cowpland, known for CorelDRAW and WordPerfect; at its 1990s peak it was Canada's largest software developer.

Corephotonics

Corephotonics was an Israeli startup in Tel Aviv that designed dual-camera and periscope zoom systems for smartphones, founded in 2012 and acquired by Samsung in 2019.

CoreStone Bio

CoreStone Bio (晶核生物) is a clinical-stage Chinese biotechnology company founded in Shanghai in 2021 that develops image-guided targeted radionuclide therapy drugs for cancer, with a PSMA-targeted lead program in Phase I/II trials.

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), American civil rights leader, author, and wife of Martin Luther King Jr.; founding president of the King Center, holiday campaign chair, and advocate for peace, women's rights, and anti-apartheid causes.

Corey Jackson (California politician)

Corey Jackson is an American Democratic politician elected to the California State Assembly's 60th district in 2022, representing Moreno Valley and parts of Riverside County.

Corey Johnson (murderer)

Corey Johnson, aka Cory Johnson, O, CO, American federal death-row prisoner executed January 14, 2021 for seven 1992 crack-related murders in a Richmond, Virginia drug-trafficking conspiracy with Tipton and Roane.

Corey L. Maze

Corey L. Maze, also known as Corey Landon Maze, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Alabama since 2019.

Corey Lewandowski

Corey Lewandowski, Republican strategist and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager (dismissed June 20, 2016), later senior adviser to the 2024 campaign and unpaid chief adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Corey O'Connor

Corey O'Connor is an American Democratic politician elected the 62nd Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2025, after serving on the city council and as county controller.

Corey Ritter

Corey Ritter is a Partner at ARCH Venture Partners, which he joined in 2018; he co-founded companies in genomics, diagnostics, and quantum computing, including Scale Bio.

Corfu Channel case

Corfu Channel case (UK v. Albania), the ICJ's first contentious case: 1946 mine damage to British destroyers, Albania held responsible, innocent passage affirmed, minesweeping ruled a sovereignty violation, £844,000 awarded.

Corfu Declaration

The Corfu Declaration (Крфска декларација) was a 1917 agreement between Serbia and the Yugoslav Committee, signed on Corfu, to unite Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in a common kingdom.

Corfu incident

The Corfu incident was a 1923 crisis in which Fascist Italy bombarded and occupied the Greek island of Corfu after the murder of an Italian general.

Cori Bush

Cori Bush (born 1976) is an American nurse, pastor, and Democratic politician who represented Missouri's 1st District in the House from 2021 to 2025, unseating Lacy Clay in 2020 before losing the 2024 primary to Wesley Bell.

Cori Mills

Cori Mills is an American attorney and Republican who became acting Attorney General of Alaska in May 2026, having served as deputy attorney general overseeing the Civil Division since 2021.

Corina Gredig

Corina Gredig, born in 1987 in Zürich, is a Swiss Green Liberal politician who has represented the canton of Zürich in the National Council since 2019.

Corinne Riley

Corinne Riley is a partner at Greylock Partners since 2020 who invests in early-stage data and AI companies, including Baseten, Braintrust, and WarpStream, which Confluent acquired in 2024.

Corinthian Colleges

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCI), operator of Everest, Heald College, and WyoTech, was a for-profit college chain founded in 1995 that collapsed into bankruptcy in May 2015 after fraud investigations; $5.8 billion in student loans were later discharged.

Corinthian War (Κορινθιακός Πόλεμος)

The Corinthian War (Κορινθιακός Πόλεμος), 395–386 BC, pitted Sparta against Thebes, Athens, Corinth, and Argos, with Persia initially backing the coalition; it ended with the Persian-imposed King's Peace of 387/386.

Cork Constitution (newspaper)

Cork Constitution, also The Cork Morning Post until 1873, was a unionist daily newspaper in Cork, Ireland, 1822-1924, owned by H.L. Tivy, whose staff founded Cork Constitution FC; it closed after revolutionary-era attacks.

Corleone family

Fictional New York Mafia family from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and Coppola's 1972–1990 film trilogy, led by Don Vito and Michael Corleone; one of five Families, distinct from real initiation-based Mafia families.

Corleone Mafia family

The Corleone Mafia family (Corleonesi) is a Cosa Nostra faction from Corleone, Sicily, led by Leggio, Riina, and Provenzano. It won the 1981–83 Second Mafia War against the Palermo families and ruled Cosa Nostra as a dictatorship until the arrests of Riina (1993) and Provenzano (2006).

Cormac J. Carney

Cormac J. Carney is an American jurist who served as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, retiring on May 31, 2024.

Cormorant Private Healthcare

Cormorant Private Healthcare is a series of private healthcare funds managed by Boston life sciences investment firm Cormorant Asset Management, founded by Bihua Chen in 2013.

Cornami

Cornami, Inc., formerly SVIRAL, Inc., is a privately held semiconductor company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, developing many-core chips for real-time AI and computing on encrypted data.

Cornel West

Cornel West, also known as Cornel Ronald West, is an American philosopher, theologian, and public intellectual known for prophetic pragmatism and his 1992 bestseller Race Matters.

Cornelia Sorabji

Cornelia Sorabji (1866-1954), Indian lawyer and social reformer: first woman to study law at Oxford and first woman to practise law in India; Oxford BCL 1892, Court of Wards adviser from 1904, Bar 1923.

Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt

Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900-1976), American heiress, only child of George and Edith Vanderbilt, inherited Biltmore Estate, opened Biltmore House to the public in 1930, later lived anonymously in England as Mary Goodsir.