Kos (surname)
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Kos, meaning "blackbird", is a common Slovenia
n surname. It is the 10th most common surname in Slovenia. Unlike many other Slovene surnames, Kos is found throughout the country, although it's more common in the central and eastern regions than in the west.
It can refer to:
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n surname. It is the 10th most common surname in Slovenia. Unlike many other Slovene surnames, Kos is found throughout the country, although it's more common in the central and eastern regions than in the west.
It can refer to:
- Božo Kos (1931-2009), Slovenian illustrator, caricaturist, and vignettist
- Franc Kos (1853-1924), Slovenian historian
- Gojmir Anton KosGojmir Anton KosGojmir Anton Kos was a Slovene academic painter, a photographer and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana.-Biography:...
(1896–1970), Slovenian painter - Janko KosJanko KosJanko Kos is a Slovenian literary historian, theoretician and critic.He was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the son of the painter and sculptor Tine Kos...
(born 1931), Slovenian literary historian - Milko KosMilko KosMilko Kos was a Slovenian historian, considered the father of the so-called Ljubljana school of historiography....
(1892–1972), Slovenian historian - Vladimir Kos (born 1924), Slovenian Jesuit priest, poet, philosopher, essayist and translator
- Tine Kos (1894-1977), Slovenian sculptor