Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn". In Ireland it was used as an anglicization of the name Connor.
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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
Cleighten 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 (1941–2025), 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
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