Cornelius
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
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:
People
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
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)
Middle name
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist
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
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
Place names
In the United States:
Other uses
- Cornelius kegs
- Cornelius Low House, a Georgian manor in New Jersey
References
See also
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cornelius.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.