Cornelius
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Cornelius is a name most commonly found in Ancient Roman history.
Romans named Cornelius:
- Cornelius (fem. Cornelia) was the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia, one of the important families of Ancient Rome.
- Cornelius Antistius Labeo wrote a history of Roman/Etruscan religion, now lost.
- Cornelius Nepos was a Gaulician historian, to whom Catullus dedicated his poetry.
- The Roman centurion Cornelius is considered by Christians to be the first Gentile converted to the faith, as related in the Acts of the Apostles; he is also considered a saint.
Other persons named Cornelius:
- Pope Cornelius was Pope from AD 251 to 253.
- Peter von Cornelius German painter
- Peter Cornelius was a German composer, best-known for his opera Der Barbier von Bagdad
- Cornelius Vanderbilt American industrialist.
- Cornelius Jakhelln is a Norwegian musician in the bands Solefald and Sturmgeist and an accomplished writer and poet.
- Cornelius (musician) is the pseudonym of Japanese recording artist and producer Keigo Oyamada.
- Cornelius Castoriadis, a Greek astronomer.
- Don Cornelius, the creator and first host of Soul Train.
- Cornelius E. Washington-Meeks, the Detroit born, Vice-President of The Chene Community Citizens Council, CDC, a nonprofit community development corporation located on Detroit's eastside, just south of old Poletown.
Fictional characters:
- Prince Cornelius, prince of the fairies, was Thumbelina's suitor and eventual husband in Don Bluth's adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale.
- Cornelius Fudge is a character in the Harry Potter series of novels.
- Cornelius is a chimpanzee character from the Planet of the Apes movie series.
- Cornelius is the elderly advisor to Babar the Elephant
- Jerry Cornelius is a fictional creation of Michael Moorcock.
- Cornelius Coot is a fictional character in the Scrooge McDuck universe.
- Yukon Cornelius is a fictional character in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
- Cornelius was an alias used by the narrator of the novel Fight Club in the Remaining Men Together support group.
- Dr. Klaus Cornelius is a villain from DC Comics who opposed the Global Guardians
- Dr. Cornelius Kramm is the villainous plastic surgeon and protagonist of Gustave Le Rouge feuilleton Le Mystérieux Dr. Cornelius.
- Dr Abraham Cornelius is a scientist involved in the Weapon X project in X-Men comics
In other languages:
- Dutch: Cornelis, Kornelis, Corneel, Korneel, Cor, Nelis, Neel
- Italian: Cornelio
- Portuguese: Cornélio
- Spanish: Cornelio
- French: Cornélius, Corneille
- Hungarian: Kornél
- German: Cornelius, Kornelius
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Other uses:
- Cornelius is the name of the rooster mascot for the corn flakes breakfast cereal marketed by the Kellogg Company.
- Cornelius may refer to a type of keg.
- [[Cornelius (publisher)|Cornelius[[, a French comic book publishing company.
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