Jon Cornish (born November 5, 1984 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a football running back who currently plays for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.

Cornish attended high school at the highly sports oriented St. Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby, where he participated actively in basketball, track & field and football. During his first two years at Kansas, Cornish saw very limited playing time as he only got 3 carries for 8 yards. However, his junior year was his breakout season as he rushed for 780 yards. Following his junior season, Cornish was drafted in the Canadian Football League draft. In his senior year he rushed for 1,457 yards, making him the all-time single season rusher at the University of Kansas. He averaged 5.8 yards per carry, scored 8 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing touchdown, and had 8 games of 100 yards of rushing or more. Cornish finished the season as the 9th leading rusher in NCAA Division I-A football and the 1st in rushing in the Big 12 Conference. Jon's career high rushing in a single game came on November 18, 2006, when he rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas State.

John Chick (born November 20, 1982 in Gillette, Wyoming) is a gridiron football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Utah State. He spent 2008-2009 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Chick was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2009, earning him a contract with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts in January 2010. On September 5, 2010, the Colts delegated Chick to the practice squad. He was waived a year later during final cuts and was signed to the Jaguars' practice squad. One day after signing with the Jaguars, Chick was promoted to the active roster when David Garrard was released. He had his first sack against Andy Dalton and the Bengals on October 9, 2011.

Dwight Anthony Anderson (born December 28, 1960 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player.

Anderson graduated from Roth High School in Dayton. He played for the University of Kentucky 1978-1980, scoring 13 PPG on 50FG%. From 1981-1982 he played for University of Southern California scoring 20 PPG on 40FG%.

Anderson was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 2nd round of the 1982 NBA Draft. He played one season for Denver Nuggets during 1982-83.

John Rundle Cornish (7 October 1837 – 20 April 1918) was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of St Germans from 1905 to 1918.

Born on 7 October 1837 he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was 14th Wrangler in 1859. He was a Lecturer then Fellow at the College before studying for ordination. His subsequent appointments included a period as Vicar of Kenwyn, the post of Principal of Truro Training College and Archdeacon of Cornwall before a 15 year stint as a Suffragan Bishop as the inaugural Bishop of St Germans. He died on 20 April 1918 and a school (the Bishop Cornish C of E VA Primary School) in the locality is named after him. After Cornish's death the bishopric of St Germans remained dormant for 56 years.