List of Famous people named Cornelis

Shortened forms: Cees. Here are some famous Cornelises:

Cornelis Lodewijk van der Bilt

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Bilt

Born on April 20, 1875

Died on December 2, 1947 (aged 72)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Zeeland

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Cornelis Lely

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Lely

Born on September 23, 1854

Died on January 22, 1929 (aged 74)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, North Holland

Cornelis Lely was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union (LU) and civil engineer. He oversaw the passage of an act of parliament authorising construction of the Zuiderzee Works, a huge project – designed to his own plans – that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake and made possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land.

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Cornelis Outshoorn

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Outshoorn

Born on August 16, 1810

Died on April 23, 1875 (aged 64)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

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Cornelis Pauw

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Pauw

Born on May 22, 1593

Died on June 22, 1668 (aged 75)

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Cornelis Brouwer

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Brouwer

Born on January 1, 1634

Died on August 24, 1681 (aged 47)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

Cornelis Brouwer, was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

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Cornelis Ketel

First Name Cornelis

Last Name Ketel

Born on March 18, 1548

Died on August 8, 1616 (aged 68)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death. Ketel, known essentially as a portrait-painter, was also a poet and orator, and from 1595 a sculptor as well.

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