Koos (name)

Koos is a Dutch and Afrikaans short form (hypocorism) of the given name Jacobus^[1] and a surname. People with this name include:

• Koos Andriessen (1928–2019), Dutch government minister
• Koos Bekker (born 1952), South African chief executive and billionaire
• Koos Bisschoff (fl.1973–1992), South African military officer
• Jacobus Boomsma (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist
• Koos de la Rey (1847–1914), South African general during the Second Boer War
• Koos du Plessis (1945–1984), South African singer-songwriter and poet
• Koos van Ellinckhuijzen (1942–2016), Namibian visual artist
• Koos Formsma (born 1957), Dutch businessman and football chairman
• Koos Hertogs (1949–2015), Dutch serial killer
• Koos Issard (born 1971), Dutch water polo player
• Koos de Jong (1912–1993), Dutch sports sailor
• Koos Kombuis (born 1954), South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer
• Koos Köhler (1905–1965), Dutch water polo player
• J. J. van der Leeuw (1893–1934), Dutch theosophist and author
• Koos Louw (born 1952), South African Navy officer
• Koos Maasdijk (born 1968), Dutch rower
• Koos Moerenhout (born 1973), Dutch road bicycle racer
• Koos Postema (born 1932), Dutch journalist and television presenter
• Koos Ras (1928–1997), South African singer and comedian
• Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986), Dutch politician
• Koos Strauss (1900–1990), South African Unity Party politician
• Koos Van Den Akker (1939–2015), Dutch-born American fashion designer
• Koos van der Merwe (born 1937), South African politician
• Koos Verdam (1915–1998), Dutch government minister and Queen's Commissioner
• Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (1927–2018), Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist
• Koos Vorrink (1891–1955), Dutch socialist leader
• Koos Waslander (born 1957), Dutch footballer
• Koos van Zomeren (born 1946), Dutch author

• Gábor Koós (born 1986), Hungarian footballer
• János Koós (1937–2019), Hungarian pop singer born János Kupsa
• Torin Koos (born 1980), American cross country skier