The Van Cortlandt family was an influential political dynasty from the seventeenth-century Dutch origins of New York through its period as an English colony, then after it became a state, and into the nineteenth century. Notable family members include:
- Jacobus Van Cortlandt
- Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
- Stephanus Van Cortlandt
- Philip Van Cortlandt
- Pierre Van Cortlandt
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