Cornish (surname) explained

Cornish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress
• Albert J. Cornish (1856–1920), Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Audie Cornish (born 1979), American journalist
• Charles John Cornish (1858–1906), English naturalist and author
• Cyril Cornish (1891–1961), Australian politician
• D. M. Cornish (born 1972), Australian fantasy author
• Francis Evans Cornish (1831–1878), Canadian politician
• Fred Cornish (1876–1940), Wales international rugby player
• Gene Cornish (born 1944), American musician (The Young Rascals)
• Harry Cornish (1871–1918), English cricketer
• Jane Antonia Cornish, English composer
• Jessie J (born 1988) (real name Jessica Cornish), English R&B and Soul recording artist
• Joe Cornish (born 1968), British television personality
• Joe Cornish (photographer) (born 1958), British landscape photographer
• John Cornish (1837–1918), Inaugural Anglican bishop of St Germans
• Jon Cornish (born 1984), Non-Import Canadian Football League player
• Kimberley Cornish, Australian writer on Wittgenstein and Hitler
• Mitch Cornish (born 1993), Australian rugby league player
• Richard Cornish (born 1942), Australian artist and art theoretician
• Richard Cornish (shipmaster) (died 1625), shipmaster accused of forcible sodomy
• Robert E. Cornish (1903–1963), controversial American researcher
• Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 –1750), British naval commander and MP
• Samuel Cornish (1795–1858), African-American Presbyterian minister
• Sandy Cornish (1793–1869), civic leader in Key West, Florida; former slave
• Vaughan Cornish (1862–1948), English geographer.
• Virginia Cornish, American chemist
• William Cornish (disambiguation), various people