Corcoran, William Wilson, 1798-1888, American financier, philanthropist, and art collector, b. Georgetown, D.C. After becoming a successful banker, he retired in 1854 and devoted himself to his philanthropic activities, which included gifts to many educational and religious institutions, as well as the founding of the Louise Home for Women in Washington. His chief gift was the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, which had as its nucleus Corcoran's art collection. The present marble building, designed by Ernest Flagg, was opened in 1897. The gallery has collections of paintings, sculpture, and ceramics, as well as an art school.

Corcoran may refer to:

Places

• Corcoran, California, United States
• Corcoran, Minnesota, United States
• Corcoran, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a neighborhood in Minneapolis, United States
• Corcoran Woods, 210 acres donated by Edward S. Corcoran to the State of Maryland, United States

Education

• The Corcoran College of Art and Design, art school located in Washington, DC, United States
• Corcoran Departments of History and Philosophy, University of Virginia, United States
• Corcoran Hall, The George Washington University, historic site in Washington, DC, United States
• The Corcoran Memorial Lectures, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

People

For the origins of the name see Corcoran (surname).

• Ann Corcoran (born 1951), Australian politician
• Bob Corcoran, American television host
• Brian Corcoran (born 1973), former Irish sportsman
• Captain Corcoran, character from Gilbert & Sullivan's (1878) English opera, "H.M.S. Pinafore"
• Danny Corcoran (1916 - 1938), Newfoundland Ranger (Game Warden)
• James Desmond "Des" Corcoran (1929–2004), Australian politician
• Farrel Corcoran, author and academic
• Fred Corcoran, (1905 - 1977), World Golf Hall of Famer
• Jim Corcoran (born 1949), Canadian musician
• Kevin Corcoran (born 1949), American director, producer and former child actor
• Lawrence J. Corcoran (1859 - 1891), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Michael Corcoran (1827 - 1863), American general and close confidant of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War
• Thomas E. Corcoran (1838 - 1904), United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Thomas Gardiner Corcoran, a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Timothy Hugh Corcoran (born 1978), American baseball player
• Tommy Corcoran (1869 - 1960), American baseball player
• William Corcoran Eustis (1862 - 1921), wealthy inhabitant of Washington, D.C. and grandson of William Wilson Corcoran
• William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888), American banker, philanthropist and art collector

Other

• The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, United States
• Fort Corcoran, Washington, DC defenses building
• California State Prison, Corcoran, located in California, United States
• The Corcoran Group, a New York real estate company
• Corcoran Memorial Prize, award for outstanding work by graduate students in statistics at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom