Famous People with Name Cornelis

Cornelis Simon Meijer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Simon Meijer: was a Dutch mathematician at the university of Groningen who introduced the Meijer G-function, a very general function that includes most of the elementary and higher mathematical functions as special cases, as well as generalizations of the Laplace transform which also carry his name.

Cornelis "Cees" Dekker            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis "Cees" Dekker: is a scientist known for his research on carbon nanotubes and molecular biophysics. He has more than 200 publications, including more than 20 papers in Nature and Science.[1],[2] Four of his group publications have been cited more than 1000 times, 25 papers got cited more than 100 times, and in 2001, his group work was selected as "breakthrough of the year" by the journal Science. Dekker’s research style is characterized by a strong drive and enthusiasm for science, longterm vision, and experimental research directed at exploring novel phenomena in unknown territories.

Cornelis Verdonck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Verdonck: was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish school of polyphony, and was a notable composer of madrigals in a style that blended both Italian and native Netherlandish idioms.In 1584 Verdonck returned to Spain, once again singing in the choir of Philip II, staying there until 1598 or 1599, after which he again returned to Antwerp. Also in 1599 he participated in the elaborate entry procession of the newly-married Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella into Antwerp, writing a motet (Prome, novas) for the occasion: it was performed by a six-member boys' choir mounted on the back of an elephant, which rode along with the Archduke and Archduchess (accounts differ as to whether it was a real or artificial animal). It is the only known motet composed for performance on an elephant.

Cornelis 'Kees' Dopper            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis 'Kees' Dopper: was a Dutch composer, conductor and teacher.During the years 1904-1905 he worked as a music critic for the Amsterdam newspapers De Echo (The Echo) and Het Leven (The Life). A year later, Dopper joined the Savage Opera Company and began to tour the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In that capacity, he was responsible for the American premiere of Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1906). He subsequently toured the country with that opera for two seasons ('06-'07 and '07-'08). Having grown tired of touring life

Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel: was the Dutch inventor of the first navigable submarine in 1620. Drebbel was an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry.In 1595 he married Sophia Jansdochter Goltz, sister of Hendrick. They had 4 children. In 1600, Drebbel was in Middelburg where he built a fountain at the Noorderpoort. He met there with Hans Lipperhey, spectacle maker and constructor of telescopes and his colleague Zacharias Jansen.

Pieter Adriaan Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Pieter Adriaan Cornelis: is a former Dutch politician.

Willem Johan Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Willem Johan Cornelis: was Dutch naval commander and politician. From 1861 to 1866 he was Navy Minister for the Netherlands, first in the cabinet of Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt and then in the second cabinet of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. In the latter he also served as Foreign Minister in 1864. He died as Navy Minister at the age of 50.