Namesakes
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
1 presenter
Don Cornelius 1936-2012 
Notable Military Figures:
2 generals
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus 236-183 BC
Lucius Cornelius Sulla c. 138-78 BC
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 historian
Tacitus (a.k.a. Cornelius) c. 56-c. 117
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 statesperson
Lucius Cornelius Sulla c. 138-78 BC
Saints:
1 blessed
Blessed John Cornelius 1557-1594
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Cinna (a.k.a. Cornelius) Julius Caesar
Dolabella (a.k.a. Cornelius) Antony and Cleopatra
Gallus (a.k.a. Cornelius) Antony and Cleopatra