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Cornelius (name)

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Cornelius is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. It could be derived from Latin cornu "horn".

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Cornelius as a surname

  • Alvin Robert Cornelius (1903–1991), Pakistani jurist and politician
  • Andreas Cornelius (born 1993), Danish footballer
  • Bernard Cornelius (1919–1987), English cricketer
  • Billy Cornelius (1898–?), English footballer
  • Carter Cornelius (1948–1991), American politician
  • Charles Cornelius, Indian field hockey player
  • Charles Cornelius (gridiron football) (born 1952), American football player
  • Don Cornelius (1936–2012), the creator and first host of Soul Train
  • Elias Cornelius (1794–1832), American missionary
  • Hans Cornelius (1863–1947), German philosopher
  • Joe Cornelius, Sr. (born 1942), American politician
  • Johanna Cornelius (1912-1974), Afrikaner activist and trade unionist
  • Keithroy Cornelius (born 1968), U.S. Virgin Islands sportsman
  • Lloyd Cornelius (born 1943), Guyanese cricketer
  • Norman Cornelius (1886–1963), English cricketer
  • Peter Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), American lawyer, politician and record producer
  • Thomas R. Cornelius (1827–1899), American politician

    • Cornelius as a given name

  • Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937–1987), Swedish singer
  • Cornelius (musician), stage name of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada
  • Corneille (singer), stage name of Cornelius Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer
  • Cornelius Agrippa, 15th century magician and cabalist
  • Cornelius W. Armstrong (1827–after 1872), New York politician
  • Cornelius Boza Edwards, junior lightweight boxing champion
  • Cornelius Burges, English minister
  • Cornelius Cardew, English composer
  • Cornelius the Centurion, considered by Christians to be the first Gentile converted
  • Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek-French astronomer, philosopher
  • Cornelius Crane Chase, better known under his stage name Chevy Chase, actor and comedian
  • Cornelius Coe, American football player
  • Cornelius Cole, Governor of California
  • Cornelius P. Comegys, American farmer and politician
  • Cornelius Fuscus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard
  • Cornelius Hankins (1863-1946), American painter.
  • Cornelius Hardy, Australian convict
  • Cornelius Henry, Canadian cricketer
  • Cornelius T. Herring (1849-1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier.
  • Cornelius Holland (regicide), regicide of Charles I of England
  • Cornelius Holland (politician), United States Representative from Maine
  • Cornelius Jakhelln, Norwegian musician
  • Cornelius Johnson (athlete), African-American high jump athlete
  • Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist
  • Cornelius Lysaght, horse racing correspondent
  • Cornelius McGillicuddy Sr., better known as Connie Mack, baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy III, better known as Connie Mack III, senator from Florida
  • Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV, better known as Connie Mack IV, congressman from Florida
  • Cornelius Nepos, Gaulician historian
  • Cornelius Pot, Dutch football coach; currently assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
  • Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974), author of The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far
  • Cornelio Saavedra, first President of Argentina 1810
  • Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., birth name of Robert Byrd, senator and congressman from West Virginia
  • Cornelius "Corrie" Sanders, South African boxer
  • Cornelius Sherlock (d.1888), British architect
  • Cornelius Van Til, a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist
  • Cornelius Vander Starr, AKA Cornelius van der Starr, founder of AIG, the insurance company
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist
  • Cornelius Wiebe, Canadian physician and politician
  • Pope Cornelius, pope from AD 251 to 253
  • St. Cornelius (disambiguation)

    • Family name

  • Abraham Cornelius, a scientist in X-Men comics
  • Doctor Cornelius, in C. S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian
  • Jerry Cornelius, created by Michael Moorcock
  • Yukon Cornelius, in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
  • Cornelius (play), play by John Boynton Priestley

    • Given name

  • Cornelius (Planet of the Apes), from the Planet of the Apes film series
  • Cornelius, an old elephant counsellor, from the Babar the Elephant children's books and animated TV series
  • Prince Cornelius, faery prince from the 1994 film Thumbelina
  • Cornelius, an alias used by The Narrator in Fight Club
  • Cornelius Coot, in the Scrooge McDuck universe
  • Cornelius Fillmore, in the animated series Fillmore!
  • Cornelius Fudge, from the Harry Potter series
  • Gibby Cornelius Gibson, one of the main characters of Nickelodeon's iCarly
  • Cornelius Hackl from the musical Hello, Dolly!
  • Cornelius "Cory" Matthews, the main character of Boy Meets World
  • Lewis "Cornelius" Robinson, the adult character of Lewis in Meet the Robinsons
  • Cornelius Stirk, in the DC Universe
  • Cornelius Austerlin, the stepdad in Lene Kaaberbøl's books about Katriona

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