Famous People with Name Cornelis

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.

Cornelis Van Staveren            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Van Staveren: was a Dutch sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was a crew member of the Dutch boat Hollandia which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class.

Cornelis Van Aarsens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Van Aarsens: was a statesman in Holland. He was born in Antwerp, and was father of Frans van Aarsens.

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

Cornelis (Kees) Boertien: was a Dutch politician.

Cornelis Musch            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Musch: was Griffier (Chief Clerk) of the States-General of the Netherlands, the governing body of the Dutch Republic, from 1628 till the start of the First Stadtholderless Period. He was a byword for corruption in his lifetime.Cornelis Musch was the son of Jan Jacobsz. Musch, a rich Rotterdam herring merchant, and Maritge Cornelisd. Matelieff, a merchant of fishing tackle, and so rich in her own right that she was able to buy the Heerlijkheid of Waalsdorp. Lord of Waalsdorp was therefore the first aristocratic title Musch was able to use (1635). He later also acquired other lordships: Nieuwveen (1648), Carnisse (1649) and Opvelt and Muylstede (1650).

Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis: Dutch landscape artist and father of Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek.Barend Cornelis Koekkoek came to be known during his lifetime as the “Prince of Landscape Painting” and was by far the most applauded landscapist of his time and regarded as the founding father of Dutch romantic landscape painting.

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.