Cornelius (name)

Cornelius

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin

'''Cornelius Jones, otherwise known as BlackTitan17, or just BlackTitan. It is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. It could be derived from Latin cornu "horn".

Cornelius as a surname

• Alvin Robert Cornelius, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1960 to 1968
• Andreas Cornelius, Danish footballer
• Cornelia (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
• Charles Cornelius, Indian field hockey player
• Charles Cornelius (gridiron football), American football player
• Don Cornelius (1936–2012), the creator and first host of Soul Train
• Elias Cornelius (1794–1832), American missionary
• Joe Cornelius, Sr. (born 1942), American politician
• Johanna Cornelius (1912-1974), Afrikaner activist and trade unionist
• Peter Cornelius (disambiguation), a few people with the name
• Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), American lawyer, politician and record producer
• Thomas R. Cornelius, namesake of Cornelius, Oregon

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 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

Given name

• Cornelius (Planet of the Apes), from the Planet of the Apes movie series
• Cornelius, an old elephant counsellor, from the Babar the Elephant children's books and animated TV series
• Prince Cornelius, faery prince from the movie Thumbelina
• 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.

See also

• Cornelia (name), the feminine version of the name
• Cornelis, a Dutch version of the name
• Cornelius (disambiguation), for other meanings