Cora "Lovie" Austin (1887 – 1972) was an American bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.
Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (1865 – 1932) was an African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite. She was an early member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). She was the grandmother of entertainer Lena Horne and raised Horne when she was young.
I used this name for my D&D character who was a halfling Rogue. When creating a Halfling character, this is one of the names for females listed that you can pick. I really want to name my kid that one day.
Cora is the name of a character from Once Upon a Time: the heroine from Rumpelstiltskin, the Queen of Hearts, and the mother of the Evil Queen and the Wicked Witch of the West (Regina and Zelena, respectively). It means "heart" in Latin, which was the reason for the name on Once.
The eponymous protagonist of the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra (sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender). Her name is pronounced the same way as Cora, but the spelling reflects the naming conventions of the show's Water Tribe, which tends to use a lot of K's and schwas.