Corneliu Calotescu (November 19, 1889 – October 17, 1970) was a Romanian major-general in World War II.

After Romania entered World War I in August 1916 on the side of the Allies, Calotescu, by then a captain, fought at the Battle of Mărăști in the summer of 1917, and was subsequently decorated with the Order of Michael the Brave, Third Class.

[5] At the urging of military dictator Ion Antonescu, Calotescu announced on October 10, 1941, his decision that all the Jews of Cernăuți must be deported to Transnistria.

After the coup d'état of 23 August 1944, he was named commander of the 2nd Vânători de munte Division, with which he fought in Transylvania[2] until October 12, 1944, when he went into the reserves.

In May 1945 he was tried by the Bucharest People's Tribunal; found guilty of crimes perpetrated during the 1941 Odessa massacre, he was condemned to death.