Corea (surname)

Corea (Sinhala: කොරයා, romanized: Korayā) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

In Sri Lanka

Charles Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan lawyer
Charles Edgar Corea, Sri Lankan politician, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924)
Claude Corea, Sri Lankan politician/diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the United States
Dominicus Corea, (Sinhalese name Edirille Rala), 16th Century ruler
Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan journalist and Ambassador to the United States
Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea, Sri Lankan public official in Colonial Ceylon
Harindra Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Deputy Foreign Minister
Ishvari Corea (1925–2019), Sri Lankan librarian
Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan clergyman of the Church of Ceylon
J.C.A. Corea, first Sri Lankan principal of Royal College Colombo
James Alfred Ernest Corea, Sri Lankan physician
Mayadunne Corea, Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal
Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea, Sri Lankan politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Ceylon
Vernon Corea Sri Lankan/British radio broadcaster
Victor Corea, Sri Lankan politician and freedom fighter
Vijaya Corea, Sri Lankan radio and TV broadcaster

António Corea, 17th century Korean slave in Italy, given "Corea" as his European surname
Chick Corea, American jazz pianist
Nicholas J. Corea, American author