Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Cornelis de Graeff

b. 1599

Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam (1599–1664)

Cornelis de Houtman

Dutch explorer (1565–1599)

Cornelis de Man

Dutch painter (1621–1706)

Cornelis de Witt

b. 1623

Dutch States Navy officer and statesman (1623–1672)

Cornelis Drebbel

Dutch engineer and inventor (1572–1633)

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven

South African poet who wrote Die Stem (1873–1932)

Cornelis Jol

Dutch admiral (1597–1641)

Cornelis Ketel

Dutch painter (1548–1616)

Cornelis Saftleven

Dutch painter (c. 1607–1681)

Cornelis Tromp

Dutch naval officer

Cornelis van der Aa

b. 1749

Dutch writer and bookseller (1749–1816)

Cornelis van Haarlem

Dutch painter (1562–1638)

Cornelis Vreeswijk

b. 1937

Dutch singer-songwriter and poet active in Sweden (1937–1987)

Corneliu Vadim Tudor

Romanian politician, poet and writer (1949–2015)

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

b. 1899

Romanian fascist politician (1899–1938)

Cornelius Bennett

b. 1965

American football player (born 1965)

Cornelius Harnett

b. 1723

American Founding Father and politician

Cornelius Jansen

Dutch Bishop (1585-1638)

Cornelius Krieghoff

b. 1815

Dutch painter (1815–1872)

Cornelius Lanczos

Hungarian-American mathematician (1893–1974)

Cornelius Ryan

b. 1920

Irish journalist and author (1920–1974)

Cornelius Sim

Bruneian cardinal (1951–2021)

Cornelius Van Til

b. 1895

Dutch-American philosopher and theologian (1895–1987)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b. 1794

American business tycoon (1794–1877)