Cornell is an
English name derived from a shortened form of Cornwall, Cornwell or Cornhill,[1] and a
Dutch Surname, which derives from the
Latin Cornelius. Sometimes the name is an Americanized form of the Czech Kornel, or the German and Swedish Kornell. The name could also
derive from the latin gens Cornelia, one of the most famous tribe in ancient republican Roma, to whom Publio Cornelio Scipio (the winner of Annibale - Hannibal) and other belonged. The gens Cornelia gave the highest number of consolates during the ancient Roman republci . The name survives in Italy as Corneli or Cornelli .
Alonzo B. Cornell (1832–1904), American businessman and Governor of New York
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Cornell is an
English name derived from a shortened form of Cornwall, Cornwell or Cornhill,[1] and a
Dutch Surname, which derives from the
Latin Cornelius. Sometimes the name is an Americanized form of the Czech Kornel, or the German and Swedish Kornell. The name could also
derive from the latin gens Cornelia, one of the most famous tribe in ancient republican Roma, to whom Publio Cornelio Scipio (the winner of Annibale - Hannibal) and other belonged. The gens Cornelia gave the highest number of consolates during the ancient Roman republci . The name survives in Italy as Corneli or Cornelli .
Alonzo B. Cornell (1832–1904), American businessman and Governor of New York
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
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