Cornelius (name)
Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn".[1]
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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
- 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
- Taylor Cornelius (born 1995), American football player
- Thomas R. Cornelius (1827–1899), American politician
- Keenan Cornelius (born 1992), American grappler
Cornelius as a given name
- 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, Super Featherweight 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 Edward Gallagher (1921-2018), American politician
- 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, Roman historian of Gaul
- 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)
Fictional characters
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
- Father Vito Cornelius, a priest in The Fifth Element movie
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
- Cornelius, an elderly ant who appeared in the 1998 Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life
See also
- Cornelia (name), the feminine version of the name
- Cornelis, a Dutch version of the name
- Cornelius (disambiguation), for other meanings
References
- "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cornelius". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
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