Cornelius

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Cornelius
Gender	Male
Origin	Latin
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Cornelius"

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Cornelius is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. It could be derived from Latin cornu "horn".^[1] People, places and things named Cornelius include:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Surname 1.2 Given name 1.3 Middle name 1.4 Fictional people 2 Music 3 Place names 4 Other uses 5 References 6 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Surname

• Cornelius (gens) (fem. Cornelia), the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia, one of the important families of Ancient Rome
• Carter Cornelius, musician who was a member of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
• Catherine Cornelius, American educator
• Don Cornelius, the creator and first host of Soul Train
• Peter Cornelius, German composer
• Peter Cornelius (photographer), German photographer
• Peter von Cornelius, German painter
• Thomas R. Cornelius, namesake of Cornelius, Oregon

[edit] Given name

• Corneille (singer), stage name of Cornelius Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer
• Cornelius (musician), the pseudonym of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada
• Cornelius Boza Edwards, junior lightweight boxing champion
• Cornelius Burges, English minister
• Cornelius the Centurion, considered by Christians to be the first Gentile converted
• Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek-French astronomer, philosopher
• Cornelius P. Comegys, American farmer and politician
• Cornelius Fuscus, prefect of the Praetorian Guard
• Cornelius Hardy, Australian convict
• Cornelius Henry, Canadian cricket player
• Cornelius Jakhelln, Norwegian musician
• Cornelius Cooper Johnson, African-American high jump athlete
• Cornelius Lysaght, horse racing correspondent
• Cornelius Nepos, Gaulician historian
• Cornelius Pot, Dutch football coach; currently assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist
• Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish troubadour, composer and poet
• Cornelius Wiebe, Canadian physician and politician
• Pope Cornelius, Pope from AD 251 to 253
• St. Cornelius (disambiguation)

[edit] Middle name

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist

[edit] Fictional people

• Abraham Cornelius, a scientist involved in the Weapon X project in X-Men comics
• Doctor Cornelius, a tutor to Caspian in C.S. Lewis novel Prince Caspian
• Jerry Cornelius, a fictional creation of Michael Moorcock
• John Cornelius, a fictional character in the short-lived BBC TV series Virtual Murder
• Yukon Cornelius (voiced by Larry D. Mann) - a prospector who leads the audience to believe that he's searching for either gold or silver in Rudolph the "Red Nosed Reindeer" seasonal cartoon.
• Cornelius (Planet of the Apes), a character from the Planet of the Apes movie series
• Cornelius Coot, a fictional character in the Scrooge McDuck universe
• Cornelius Fudge, character from the Harry Potter series
• Cornelius "Cory" Matthews, the main character of Boy Meets World
• Cornelius "Neeley" Nolan, a fictional character from the Betty Smith novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Cornelius Stirk, a character in the DC Universe
• Cornelius Rooster, mascot for Kellogg's Corn Flakes cereal
• Cornelius Filmore, character on Filmore
• Cornelius Fudge, character on Harry Potter
• Cornelius, a character on Babar
• Cornelius, a character on A Bug's Life
• Father Vito Cornelius, character in The_Fifth_Element motion picture.

[edit] Music

• Cornelius, Keigo Oyamada of Flipper's Guitar
• Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, a soul music group whose members included Billie Jo Cornelius, Carter Cornelius, Eddie Cornelius and Rose Cornelius

[edit] Place names

In the United States:

• Cornelius, Indiana
• Cornelius, North Carolina
• Cornelius, Oregon

[edit] Other uses

• Cornelius kegs
• Cornelius Low House, a Georgian manor in New Jersey

[edit] References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cornelius

[edit] See also

• Cornelia
• Corneliu

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