Famous People with Name Cornelius

Cornelius Johannes Sanders            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Cornelius Johannes Sanders: a South African boxer.

Cornelius Johannes Du Preez De Villiers            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Cornelius Johannes Du Preez De Villiers: is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who plays for Free State and Eagles cricket teams. de Villiers made his first-class debut in 2006, scoring a total of 49 runs and taking one wicket for Free Sta

Cornelius Francoius Kruger Van Wyk            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Cornelius Francoius Kruger Van Wyk: is a South African cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards . Kruger is a Wicket Keeper Batsman. He has been a professional cricket player over the last 10 years in South Africa, New Zealand and Scotland as well. Kruger also lead the Canterbury Wiza

Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus Van Zyl            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus Van Zyl: is a former South African cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1992. He is also a former national assistant coach. He has been appointed coach of South Africa National cricket team following the resignation of Mickey Arthur.

Bernard William Cornelius            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Bernard William Cornelius: was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Northampton and died in Towcester. Cornelius made a single first-class appearance, during the 1947 season, against Leicestershire. Coming in at number 3, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and 9 runs in the second innings.

Carl August Peter Cornelius            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl August Peter Cornelius: was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. He was born and died in Mainz where his grave in the Hauptfriedhof survives. Cornelius played violin and composed lieder from an early age, studying with Tekla Griebel-Wandall and composition with Heinrich Esser in 1841. Cornelius lived with his painter uncle Peter von Cornelius in Berlin from 1844 to 1852, during which time he met prominent figures such as Alexander von Humboldt, the Brothers Grimm, Friedrich Rückert and Felix Mendelssohn. During his last few years in Berlin, Cornelius wrote music criticism for several major Berlin journals and entered into friendships with Joseph von Eichendorff, Paul Heyse and Hans von Bülow.

Johannes Wilhelm Cornelius            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johannes Wilhelm Cornelius: was a German neo-Kantian philosopher. he originally studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry, graduating with a Ph.D. in 1886, before turning to philosophy. In 1894, he habilitated in philosophy and subsequently held a post in philosophy at the Univers

Benjamin Peyton Cornelius            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Peyton Cornelius: was an American politician and judge in Oregon. A Republican, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives and as the mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. The son of Thomas R. Cornelius, he was also the sheriff of Washington County and a judge in that county.

Thomas R. Cornelius            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas R. Cornelius: was a prominent American politician and soldier in the early history of Oregon. A native of Missouri, he moved to the Oregon Country with his family as a young man where he fought in the Cayuse War and Yakima Indian War against the Native Americans. He se