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Cornelius

Meaning

Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn". In Acts in the New Tes

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Famous People Named Cornelius

Cornelius Cardew

Cornelius Cardew (7 May 193613 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing.

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Cornelius Ryan

Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history.

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Cornelius Vermuyden

Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (Sint-Maartensdijk, 1595 – London, 11 October 1677) Many sources give his dates as 1595 – 1683, but Harris found a burial record, though no birth record.

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Cornelius Brown

Cornelius Brown (5 March 1852 in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire – 4 November 1907) was an English journalist and historian.

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Cornelius Gallus

Gaius Cornelius Gallus (c.

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Cornelius in Other Languages

Ancient RomanCornelia
BiblicalCornelius
CzechNela
DutchCokkie
DutchCorrie
EnglishCornell

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