Cornelis instance of male given name
Cornelis is a  Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thought to derive from the term Jan-Kees for the Dutch settlers in New Netherland.Among the notable persons named Cornelis are:Cornelis Engebrechtsz (c. 1462–1527), painter from Leiden
Cornelis Massijs (c. 1508–1556), painter from Flanders, Belgium
Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1513/14-1575), architect and sculptor
Cornelis Cort (c. 1533–1578), engraver and draughtsman
Cornelis Corneliszoon (c. 1550–1607), inventor of the wind powered sawmill
Cor Dillen (c. 1920–2009), director of Philips and their CEO in South America
Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638), leading Northern Mannerist painter
Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), explorer who started the Dutch spice trade
Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633), builder of the first navigable submarine
Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651), Flemish Baroque painter
Cornelis de Graeff (1599–1664), Golden Age politician
Cornelis Evertsen (disambiguation) (1610–1666, 1628–1679, 1642–1706), three admirals in the Anglo-Dutch Wars
Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), politician of the Dutch Republic
Cornelis Tromp (1629–1691), admiral in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and in the Scanian War
Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1631/32-1664), painter and engraver
Cornelis de Bruijn (1652–1726/27), artist and traveler
Cornelis Cruys (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Cornelis Dusart (1660–1704), genre painter, draftsman, and printmaker
Cornelis (born 1953), former governor of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Cornelis de Pauw (1739–1849), philosopher, geographer and diplomat
Cornelis Tiele (1830–1902), theologian and scholar
Cornelis Lely (1854–1929), civil engineer and statesman
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932), South African writer and poet
Cornelis Bernardus van Niel (1897–1985), microbiologist
Cornelis Berkhouwer (1919–1992), President of the European Parliament 1973–75
Cornelis van Beverloo (1922–2010), artist better known under his pseudonym "Corneille"
Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937–1987), Dutch-Swedish singer, poet and actor
Cornelis Bodenstein (born 1992), South African-born cricketer
Cornelis Schuuring (born 1942), Dutch racing cyclist
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