Cornelius (name)

Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn".^[1] In Ireland it was used as an anglicization of the name Connor.

Cornelius

Gender	Male
Language(s)	European
Other gender
Feminine	Cornelia
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Word/name	Cornēlius (Latin)
Meaning	Unknown
Region of origin	Europe
Other names
Nickname(s)	Cor, Corrie, Con, Connie
Related names	Cornelis, Cornelio, Corneliu

Cornelius Moses Butler

Cornelius as a surname

• Aaron Cornelius (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
• Ajani Cornelius (born 2002), American football player
• 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 (born 1945), Indian field hockey player
• Charles Cornelius (gridiron football) (born 1952), American football player
• Cleighton Cornelius (born 1976), New Zealand cricketer
• Dean Cornelius (born 2001), Scottish footballer
• Deborah Cornelius, British actress
• Derek Cornelius (born 1997), Canadian soccer player
• Don Cornelius (1936–2012), the creator and first host of Soul Train
• Eddie Cornelius, American gospel singer
• Elias Cornelius (1794–1832), American missionary
• Everton Cornelius (born 1955), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
• George Cornelius (Secretary), American politician
• Hans Cornelius (1863–1947), German philosopher
• Helen Cornelius (born 1941), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Ingeborg Cornelius (1930–2023), Austrian actress
• Jacob Cornelius (born 1984), American rower
• Jemalle Cornelius (born 1984), American football player
• Johanna Cornelius (1912–1974), Afrikaner activist and trade unionist
• Kathy Cornelius (born 1932), American golfer
• Keenan Cornelius (born 1992), American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA fighter
• Keithroy Cornelius (born 1968), U.S. Virgin Islands cricketer and footballer
• Laura Cornelius (born 1996), Dutch basketball player
• Lloyd Cornelius (born 1943), Guyanese cricketer
• Michael G. Cornelius, American academic and author
• Nelarine Cornelius (born 1957), British academic
• Norman Cornelius (1886–1963), English cricketer
• Patricia Cornelius (born 1952), Australian playwright
• Peter Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple people
• Reid Cornelius (born 1970), American baseball player and coach
• Robert Cornelius (1809–1893), American photographer
• Stan Cornelius (1941–2005), American lawyer, politician and record producer
• Stella Cornelius (1919–2010), Australian businesswoman and peace activist
• Taylor Cornelius (born 1995), American football player
• Thomas R. Cornelius (1827–1899), American politician
• Tiffany Cornelius (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), 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 German magician and cabalist
• Cornelius W. Armstrong (1827–after 1872), New York politician
• Cornelius Bennett, American football player
• Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Ugandan Super Featherweight boxing champion
• Cornelius M. Brosnan (1813–1867), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
• Cornelius Burger, South African serial killer
• 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
• Sir Cornelius Greenfield (born 1909), Rhodesian civil servant
• 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 L. Keedy, American pastor, physician, and academic administrator
• 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
• 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 Mwalwanda (died 2020), Malawian politician and economist
• Cornelius Nepos, 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 (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 (died 1888), British architect
• Cornelius Staley (1808–1883), American politician from Maryland
• Cornelius Van Til, Dutch-American Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist
• Cornelius Vander Starr, American founder of AIG
• Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist
• Cornelius Wiebe, Canadian physician and politician
• Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor
• Pope Cornelius, pope from AD 251 to 253
• Metropolitan Cornelius, several people
• St. Cornelius (disambiguation), several saints
• Cornelius Adam Igbudu (1914–1981), founder of the Anglican Adam Preaching Society

Fictional characters

Family name

• Abraham Cornelius, scientist in X-Men comics
• Doctor Cornelius, in C. S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian
• Jerry Cornelius, in books by Michael Moorcock
• Yukon Cornelius, in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
• Cornelius, 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 in the 1998 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