Famous People with Name Cornelis

Cornelis Van Geelkerken            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Van Geelkerken: was co-founder of the Dutch National Socialist Movement.

Cornelis Arie Verkerk            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Arie Verkerk: is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

Cornelis Corneliszoon            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Corneliszoon: was the inventor of the sawmill.

Cornelis Engelbrechtsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Engelbrechtsen: was a Dutch painter.

Cornelis Bloemaert II            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Bloemaert II: was a Dutch painter and engraver.Bloemaert studied with his father, Abraham Bloemaert and his father's pupil, Gerard van Honthorst. Though originally trained as a painter, he devoted primarily to printmaking. He went to Paris in 1630, where he made engravings from among others, Michel de Marolles's Temple des Muses, before going to Rome in 1633.

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.