Cornelius is an originally

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''cornu'', "horn".

Cornelius as a surname

* Aaron Cornelius (born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Alvin Robert Cornelius Alvin Robert Cornelius, HPk (8 May 1903 – 21 December 1991) was a Pakistani jurist, legal philosopher and judge, serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. In addition, he served as Law Minister in the cabinet of Yah ...

(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 (born 1945), Indian field hockey player *

Charles Cornelius (gridiron football) Charles Edward Cornelius (born July 27, 1952) is a former American football defensive back who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Bethune-Cookman Univ ...

(born 1952), American football player *

Cleighton Cornelius Cleighton Cornelius (born 2 June 1976) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class and ten List A matches for Canterbury from 2001 to 2005. See also * List of Canterbury representative cricketers This is a list of all male c ...

(born 1976), New Zealand cricketer *

Dean Cornelius Dean Cornelius (born 11 April 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Harrogate Town, as a midfielder. Club career Cornelius signed for Motherwell in the summer of 2018 from Hibernian. He made his debut as ...

(born 2001), Scottish footballer * Deborah Cornelius, British actress * Derek Cornelius (born 1997), Canadian soccer player *

Don Cornelius Donald Cortez Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show ''Soul Train'', which he hosted from 1971 until 1993 ...

(1936–2012), the creator and first host of ''Soul Train'' * Eddie Cornelius, American gospel singer *

Elias Cornelius Elias Cornelius (1794–1832) was an American Christian missionary and ordained minister. Life Elias Cornelius' father was also named Elias Cornelius (1758–1823), and his mother was Rachel Stocker. His father had joined the American Revolutiona ...

(1794–1832), American missionary *

Everton Cornelius Everton Cornelius (born 8 May 1955) is an Antigua and Barbuda sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and C ...

(born 1955), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter * George Cornelius (Secretary), American politician *

Hans Cornelius Johannes Wilhelm Cornelius (September 27, 1863 – August 23, 1947) was a German neo-Kantian philosopher and psychologist. Biography Born in Munich, he originally studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry, graduating with a Ph.D. in 1886, bef ...

(1863–1947), German philosopher *

Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius (born Helen Lorene Johnson; December 6, 1941) is an American country singer-songwriter, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S. country singles top ten during the late 1970s an ...

(born 1941), American singer-songwriter and actress *

Ingeborg Cornelius Ingeborg Cornelius (born 1930) is an Austrian stage and film actress.Goble p.173 She appeared in a number of heimatfilm during the 1950s, having been discovered by the producer Peter Ostermayr. Selected filmography * ''The Violin Maker of Mitten ...

(born 1930), Austrian actress *

Jacob Cornelius Jacob Cornelius (born October 2, 1984) is an American rower. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an inte ...

(born 1984), American rower * Jemalle Cornelius (born 1984), American football player *

Johanna Cornelius Johanna Catharina Cornelius (27 February 1912 – 21 June 1974) was an Afrikaner activist and trade unionist. She served as the Afrikaner Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU) president after Solly Sachs. Biography Cornelius was born ...

(1912–1974), Afrikaner activist and trade unionist *

Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius (née McKinnon, born October 27, 1932) is an American professional golfer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Cornelius attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's ...

(born 1932), American golfer *

Keenan Cornelius Keenan Kai-James Cornelius is an American martial artist. His competitive achievements include what has been called a "grand slam" in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, having won double ...

(born 1992), American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA fighter *

Keithroy Cornelius Keithroy Cornelius (born 3 May 1968) is a former West Indian cricketer. Cornelius was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He also plays association football for the United States Virgin Islands football team. In February 2008, the ...

(born 1968), U.S. Virgin Islands cricketer and footballer *

Lloyd Cornelius Lloyd Malcolm Cornelius (born 19 February 1943) is a former Guyanese cricketer who represented the Guyanese national team in West Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-arm off-spin bowler and a competent lower-order batsman. Cornelius was bo ...

(born 1943), Guyanese cricketer * Michael G. Cornelius, American academic and author *

Nelarine Cornelius Nelarine Estella Cornelius (born September 1957) is professor of organisation studies at Queen Mary University of London. She was previously professor of organisation studies at the University of Bradford. Cornelius's research relates to the role ...

(born 1957), British academic * Norman Cornelius (1886–1963), English cricketer * Patricia Cornelius, Australian playwright * Peter Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple people *

Reid Cornelius Jonathan Reid Cornelius (born June 2, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player and current bullpen coach for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for all or parts of three seasons between 1995 and 2 ...

(born 1970), American baseball player and coach *

Robert Cornelius Robert Cornelius (; March 1, 1809 – August 10, 1893) was an American photographer and pioneer in the history of photography. He designed the photographic plate for the first photograph taken in the United States, an image of Central High Sc ...

(1809–1893), American photographer * Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), American lawyer, politician and record producer * Taylor Cornelius (born 1995), American football player * Thomas R. Cornelius (1827–1899), American politician *

Tiffany Cornelius Tiffany Cornelius (born 13 January 1989) is a Luxembourgish tennis player. Cornelius has a career high Women's Tennis Association, WTA doubles ranking of 1155, achieved on 1 August 2011. Cornelius represents Luxembourg Fed Cup team, Luxembourg ...

(born 1989), Luxembourgish tennis player * Troy Cornelius (born 1983), Guyanese cricketer * Wade Cornelius (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer * Wanda Cornelius, American politician * Wayne A. Cornelius (born 1945), American political scientist and academic

Cornelius as a given name

Cornelius (musician) , also known by his moniker , is a Japanese musician and producer who co-founded Flipper's Guitar, an influential Shibuya-kei band, and subsequently embarked on a solo career. In 1997, he released the album '' Fantasma'', which landed him pra ...

, stage name of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada *

Corneille (singer) Cornelius Nyungura (born 24 March 1977), known by his stage name Corneille, is a Canadian R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in West Germany to Rwanda He, spent most of his childhood in Rwanda, and eventually emigrated to Quebec, Canada, i ...

, stage name of Cornelius Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer *

Cornelius Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; ; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's '' Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' published in 1533 drew ...

, 15th-century German magician and cabalist * Cornelius W. Armstrong (1827–after 1872), New York politician *

Cornelius Bennett Cornelius O'Landa Bennett (born August 25, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to 1998 ...

, American football player *

Cornelius Boza-Edwards Cornelius Boza-Edwards (born Cornelius Bbosa; 27 May 1956) is the former WBC Super Featherweight Champion of the World. Born in Kampala, Uganda, he fought in both the super-featherweight and lightweight divisions. He emigrated from Uganda to En ...

, Ugandan Super Featherweight boxing champion * Cornelius M. Brosnan (1813–1867), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada *

Cornelius Burges Cornelius Burges or Burgess, DD (1589? – 1665), was an English minister. He was active in religious controversy prior to and around the time of the Commonwealth of England and The Protectorate, following the English Civil War. In the years f ...

, English minister *

Cornelius Cardew Cornelius Cardew (7 May 193613 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected experimental music, ...

, English composer *

Cornelius the Centurion Cornelius ( el, Κορνήλιος, translit=Kornélios; la, Cornelius) was a Roman centurion who is considered by Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the com ...

, considered by Christians to be the first Gentile converted *

Cornelius Castoriadis Cornelius Castoriadis ( el, Κορνήλιος Καστοριάδης; 11 March 1922 – 26 December 1997) was a Greek-FrenchMemos 2014, p. 18: "he was ... granted full French citizenship in 1970." philosopher, social critic, economist, ps ...

, Greek-French astronomer, philosopher * Cornelius Crane Chase, better known under his stage name

Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He became a key cast member in the first season of ''Saturday Night Live'', where his recurring ''Weekend Update'' segment became a staple of the ...

, actor and comedian *

Cornelius Coe Cornelius Coe (born September 17, 1975) is a former American football defensive specialist who played four seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Indiana Firebirds and Los Angeles Avengers. He played college football at Northern Mich ...

, American football player *

Cornelius Cole Cornelius Cole (September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924) was an American politician who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the United ...

, Governor of California *

Cornelius P. Comegys Cornelius Parsons Comegys (January 15, 1780 – January 27, 1851) was an American farmer and politician from Dover Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware, near Little Creek. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party, a ...

, American farmer and politician *

Cornelius Fuscus Cornelius Fuscus (died 86 AD) was a Roman general who fought campaigns under the Emperors of the Flavian dynasty. He first distinguished himself as one of Vespasian's most ardent supporters during the civil war of 69 AD, known as the Year of the ...

, prefect of the Praetorian Guard *

Cornelius Edward Gallagher Cornelius Edward "Neil" Gallagher (March 2, 1921 — October 17, 2018) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 until 1973. Ea ...

(1921–2018), American politician * Cornelius Hankins (1863–1946), American painter *

Cornelius Hardy Cornelius William John Hardy (or Hardey) (born 1831 or 1833, date of death unknown) was a convict transported to Western Australia, later to become one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Cornelius Hardy was born in the early 1830s. Eric ...

, Australian convict * Cornelius Henry, Canadian cricketer *

Cornelius T. Herring Colonel Cornelius T. Herring (November 13, 1849 – June 29, 1931) was an American rancher, banker and hotelier. He was the owner of up to five ranches in Texas. He was the founder of the Herring Bank. He built hotels in Vernon, Texas, Vernon and ...

(1849–1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier *

Cornelius Holland (regicide) Cornelius Holland (1599 – 1671) Born London, England; died possibly at Lausanne, Switzerland about 1671, after he was wanted for his part in the regicide of Charles I of England. Holland is alleged to have been the chief hand in drawing up ...

, regicide of Charles I of England *

Cornelius Holland (politician) Cornelius Holland (July 9, 1783 – June 2, 1870) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on July 9, 1783. He attended the common schools, studied medicine and commenced practice in Livermore, Maine in ...

, United States Representative from Maine * Cornelius Jakhelln, Norwegian musician *

Cornelius Johnson (athlete) Cornelius Cooper "Corny" Johnson (August 28, 1913 – February 15, 1946) was an American athlete in the high jump. Born in Los Angeles in 1913, Johnson first competed in organized track and field events at Berendo Junior High School. He achieve ...

, African-American high jump athlete *

Cornelius L. Keedy Cornelius Luther Keedy (March 28, 1834 – March 25, 1911) was an American pastor, physician, and academic administrator. He served as owner and president of Kee Mar College for 25 years. Life Keedy was born March 28, 1834, in Rohrersville, M ...

, American pastor, physician, and academic administrator *

Cornelius Lanczos __NOTOC__ Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos ( hu, Lánczos Kornél, ; born as Kornél Lőwy, until 1906: ''Löwy (Lőwy) Kornél''; February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian-American and later Hungarian-Irish mathematician and physicist. Accor ...

, Hungarian mathematician and physicist * Cornelius Lysaght, horse racing correspondent * Cornelius McGillicuddy Sr., better known as

Connie Mack Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds untoucha ...

, baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager * Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy III, better known as

Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...

, senator from Florida * Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV, better known as

Connie Mack IV Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy (born August 12, 1967), popularly known as Connie Mack IV, is an American politician and lobbyist. He is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2005 to 2013. A Republican, he ran for the U.S. Senate in ...

, congressman from Florida * Cornelius Mwalwanda (died 2020), Malawian politician and economist *

Cornelius Nepos Cornelius Nepos (; c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC) was a Roman biographer. He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. Biography Nepos's Cisalpine birth is attested by Ausonius, and Pliny the Elder calls him ''Pad ...

, Roman historian of Gaul * Cornelius Pot, Dutch football coach * Cornelius Roosevelt (1794–1871), American businessman * Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt (1951–1991), American veteran *

Cornelius Ryan Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: '' The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D- ...

(1920–1974), author of ''The Longest Day'' and ''A Bridge Too Far'' *

Cornelio Saavedra Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez (September 15, 1759 in Otuyo – March 29, 1829 in Buenos Aires) was a military officer and statesman from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He was instrumental in the May Revolution, the firs ...

, first President of Argentina 1810 * Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., birth name of

Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...

, senator and congressman from West Virginia * Cornelius "Corrie" Sanders, South African boxer * Cornelius Sherlock (died 1888), British architect *

Cornelius Van Til Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American reformed philosopher and theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics. A graduate of Calvin College, Van Til later receive ...

, Dutch-American Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist *

Cornelius Vander Starr Cornelius Vander Starr (October 15, 1892 – December 20, 1968), sometimes known as Neil Starr, was an American businessman and founder of C.V. Starr & Co. (later known as Starr Companies) in Shanghai, China, which became AIG. AIG grew from an ...

, American founder of AIG *

Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into lead ...

, American industrialist * Cornelius Wiebe, Canadian physician and politician * Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor *

Pope Cornelius Pope Cornelius was the bishop of Rome from 6th or 13th March 251 until his martyrdom in June 253. He was pope during and following a period of persecution of the church, while a schism occurred over how repentant church members who had practiced ...

, pope from AD 251 to 253 * Metropolitan Cornelius, several people * St. Cornelius (disambiguation), several saints

Fictional characters

Family name

* Abraham Cornelius, scientist in X-Men comics *

Doctor Cornelius This is a list of characters in the series of fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis called ''The Chronicles of Narnia''. See also a list of portrayals. A *Ahoshta: a 60-year-old Tarkaan of Calormen who later becomes the Grand Vizier, chief adviser to ...

, in C. S. Lewis's novel ''Prince Caspian'' *

Jerry Cornelius Jerry Cornelius is a fictional character created by English author Michael Moorcock. The character is an urban adventurer and an incarnation of the author's Eternal Champion concept. Cornelius is a hipster of ambiguous and occasionally polymorphous ...

, in books by Michael Moorcock * Yukon Cornelius, in ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (TV special) * Cornelius, play by

John Boynton Priestley John Boynton Priestley (; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in ''The Good Compa ...

* Father Vito Cornelius, a priest in

The Fifth Element ''The Fifth Element'' is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, and Milla ...

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 Babar the Elephant (, ; ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book ''Histoire de Babar'' by Jean de Brunhoff. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. ...

children's books and animated TV series * Prince Cornelius, faery prince from the 1994 film ''

Thumbelina Thumbelina (; da, Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in ...

'' * Cornelius, an alias used by The Narrator in ''Fight Club'' *

Cornelius Coot The Duck family is a fictional family of cartoon ducks related to Disney character Donald Duck. The family is also related to the Coot, Goose, and Gander families, as well as the Scottish Clan McDuck. Besides Donald, the best-known members of th ...

, in the Scrooge McDuck universe * Cornelius Fillmore, in the animated series ''Fillmore!'' *

Cornelius Fudge The Ministry of Magic is the government of the Magical community of Britain in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, headed by an official entitled the Minister for Magic. The magical government in Britain is first mentioned in '' Harry Potter and ...

, 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 ''Meet the Robinsons'' is a 2007 American computer-animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 47th animated film produced by the studio, it is loosely based on t ...

'' * Cornelius Stirk, in the DC Universe * Cornelius Austerlin, the stepdad in

Lene Kaaberbøl Lene Kaaberbøl (born in 1960) is a Danish writer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series and crime fiction for adults. She received the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2004. In 2009 Kaaberbøl with ...

's books about Katriona * Cornelius, an elderly ant in the 1998 film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stant ...

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