What is "corneille"

Corneille may refer to:

• Corneille de Lyon (1534-1574), French portrait painter
• Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French dramatist
• Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), French dramatist
• Corneille Jean François Heymans (1892–1968), Belgian physiologist. Won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938
• Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922-2010), Dutch painter
• Corneille (singer) (born 1977), German-born Canadian rhythm and blues singer

Cornelius Nyungura (born 24 March 1977) is a singer who performs under the name Corneille. He was born in Germany to Rwandan parents, spent most of his childhood in Rwanda, and eventually emigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1997. He sings in French and English. His work is greatly influenced by American funk and soul music; among those he admires are Prince, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.