Cordonnier is a French-language occupational surname literally meaning "shoemaker" (or, less accurately, "cobbler"). From Old Fr. cordouanier (cordonnier), a cordwainer, a worker in Cuir de Cordoue ("Cordovan leather"),The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Romance of Names, by Ernest Weekley literally meaning "leather from Córdoba"
The surname may refer to: Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier (1848–1930), French sculptor Antoine Cordonnier (1892–1918), French fighter pilot Eugène Cordonnier (1892–1967), French gymnast Julien Cordonnier (born 1980), French footballer Louis Marie Cordonnier (1854–1940), French architect Victor Cordonnier (1858–1936), French Army general
See also Mount Cordonnier
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