Cornelius (name)

Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn".

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
 * 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

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