Famous People with Name Cornelis

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

Cornelis "Cees" Gravesteyn: was a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event.

Cornelis Wijdekop            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Wijdekop: was a Dutch aprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event with his older brother Piet at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Cornelis Ekkart            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Ekkart: was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Cornelis (Kees) Bruynzeel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis (Kees) Bruynzeel: was a Dutch businessman, timber merchant and yachtsman.Bruynzeel was the son of Cornelis Bruynzeel Sr., who founded a timber factory in 1897, and Antoinette Lels. He studied in The Hague, and took several trips to the United States and Sweden to study progress in automatization and wood manufacturing. In 1920 he became manager of the family's new door factory in Zaandam. In 1922 he married Titia Verkade, daughter of the industrialist Ericus Gerhardus Verkade.

Cornelis Nicolaas Hin            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Nicolaas Hin: was a Dutch sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Dutch boat Beatrijs III, which won the gold medal in the 12 foot dinghy.

Hans Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Hans Cornelis: is a Belgian football player who plays as a right back. He is currently playing for Cercle Brugge.Cornelis was part of a last minute transfer deal in the late evening of 31 August 2009. Cercle Brugge and RC Genk came to an extensive agreement: Cornelis was sold to Cercle Brugge, his team mate Jelle Vossen joined him on loan. Thomas Buffel made the opposite move.

Jean Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jean Cornelis: is a Belgian former football player.He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Cornelis played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. He now works for R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Joseph Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Joseph Cornelis: is a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Ulderico Sergo.

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.