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C Louis C.K., comedian, actor C-3P0, fictional character James Caan, actor, director George Cadbury, manufacturer, social reformer Camila Cabello, pop musician Sid Caesar, comedian, actor John Cage, composer Nicolas Cage, actor James Cagney, actor Dean Cain, actor Herman Cain, business personality, political figure James M. Cain, writer Michael Caine, actor Alexander Calder, artist Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico, political leader Zoe Caldwell, actor California Chrome, racehorse Robert Calvi, banker, financier Caressa Cameron, beauty contestant David Cameron, member of Parliament James Cameron, filmmaker Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. senator from Colorado Billy Campbell, actor Bruce Campbell, actor Glen Campbell, country musician, actor Kim Campbell, politician Louise Campbell, actor Malcolm Campbell, auto racer Naomi Campbell, model Neve Campbell, actor Jane Campion, filmmaker John Candy, actor, comedian Milton Caniff, cartoonist Cantinflas, comedian, actor Dyan Cannon, actor Jerry Cantrell, guitarist, songwriter Al Capone, gangster Truman Capote, writer Al Capp, cartoonist Frank Capra, filmmaker Jennifer Capriati, tennis player Linda Cardellini, actor Danny Carey, drummer Drew Carey, comedian Henry Charles Carey, economist, publisher Mariah Carey, singer Peter Carey, writer Eric Carle, writer, illustrator George Carlin, comedian King Juan Carlos, King of Spain Wendy Carlos, composer, musician Magnus Carlsen, chess player Margaret Carlson, political commentator Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist Art Carney, actor Leslie Caron, dancer, actor Princess Caroline of Monaco, royalty John Carpenter, director, producer Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer, songwriter Scott Carpenter, astronaut, oceanographer Archie Carr, Biologist, conservationist, and father of turtle research Marjorie Harris Carr, Conservationist David Carradine, actor Keith Carradine, actor, singer John Le Carré, writer Tia Carrere, actor Jim Carrey, actor, comedian Willis Haviland Carrier , air conditioning pioneer Diahann Carroll, singer, actor Lewis Carroll, writer, mathematician Johnny Carson, talk show host Julia Carson, politician Rachel Carson, biologist, writer Violet Carson, actor Richard D’Oyly Carte, theatrical impresario Aaron Carter, singer Angel Carter, model Asa Earl Carter, writer, fraud Betty Carter, jazz and blues singer Chris Carter, television writer, director Helena Bonham Carter, actor Howard Carter, archaeologist Nick Carter, drummer Rosalynn Smith Carter, First Lady Rubin Carter, boxer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer Barbara Cartland, writer David Caruso, actor Carvaggio, artist Raymond Carver, writer Ted Casablanca, gossip columnist, TV personality Steve Case, business personality Adriana Caselotti, voice actor Johnny Cash, country musician, country singer, songwriter June Carter Cash, country musician, songwriter Bonnie Cashin, fashion designer Andrea Casiraghi, royalty Charlotte Casiraghi, royalty Neal Cassady, writer John Cassavetes, director, actor, screenwriter Butch Cassidy, outlaw Joanna Cassidy, actor Laetitia Casta, model Isabella of Castile, royalty Keisha Castle-Hughes, actor Fidel Castro, political Leader Phoebe Cates, actor Frederick Catherwood, English artist and explorer Peter Cattaneo, director Dick Cavett, talk-show host, entertainer Jim Caviezel, actor Benjamin J. Cayetano, governor of Hawaii Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian statesman and president Cecilia, Saint, Roman martyr Cedric The Entertainer, actor, comedian John Cena, pro wrestler 50 Cent, rapper Michael Cera, actor Cerberus, mythical monster Miguel de Cervantes, writer Clyde Vernon Cessna, airplane manufacturer Michael Chabon, writer Saint Chad, saint Lincoln Chafee, political figure Alice in Chains, rock group Sarah Chalke, actor Richard Chamberlain, actor Jackie Chan , actor, director John Chancellor, journalist, television news anchor Justin Chancellor, bass player Raymond Chandler, writer J.C. Chandor, filmmaker Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist Coco Chanel, fashion designer Lon Chaney, actor Lon Chaney, Jr., actor Lan Samantha Chang, writer Ming E. Chang, business leader, rear admiral (retired) Franklin Chang-Dí¬az, astronaut, scientist Stockard Channing, actor Carol Channing, singer, actor Elaine Chao, political figure, political relative Stephen Chao, movie producer, TV executive Wu Chao, emperor Harry Chapin, singer, songwriter Saul Chaplin, composer, songwriter, arranger Sir Charles Chaplin, filmmaker, actor Mark David Chapman, assassin Tracy Chapman, folk-rock singer, songwriter Dave Chappelle, comedian, actor Emmett W. Chappelle, biochemist Cyd Charisse, dancer, actor King Charles II, royalty Charles, Prince of Wales, Heir to the Throne of Great Britain Ray Charles, pop musician Charlotte, Princess of Cambridge, royalty Chevy Chase, actor, comedian Salmon P. Chase, political figure, jurist Jessica Chastain, actor Linda Chavez-Thompson, Labor leader Kalpana Chawla, astronaut Paddy Chayefsky, writer Don Cheadle, actor Doc Cheatham, musician Checkers, dog Anton Chekhov, writer Pavel Chekov, fictional character Edison Chen, actor, singer Joan Chen, actor, director Joyce Chen, chef Tei Fu Chen, skin care entrepreneur Dick Cheney, political figure Cher, actor, singer Kenny Chesney, country singer, songwriter Joey Chestnut, speed eater Jack Chick, cartoonist Michael Chiklis, actor Destiny’s Child, pop musicians Julia Child, chef, TV personality George William Childs, publisher, philanthropist Ham the Chimp, astronaut Nim Chimpsky, sign-Language chimp Chingy, rapper Jacques Chirac, political figure Jesse Chisholm, founder of the Chisholm Trail Melanie Chisholm, singer Shirley Chisholm, political figure Margaret Cho, actor, comedian David Chokachi, actor Lisa Cholodenko, filmmaker Noam Chomsky, writer, linguist, political figure Frederic Chopin, composer, pianist Kate Chopin, writer Deepak Chopra, writer, motivational speaker Auguste Pierre Chouteau, fur trader Jean Pierre Chouteau , fur trader Pierre Chouteau, fur trader René Auguste Chouteau, trader Jean Chretien, political Leader Erika Christensen, actor Hayden Christensen, actor Helena Christensen, model Agatha Christie, writer Chris Christie, political figure Gwendoline Christie, actor Julie Christie, actor Christo, artist Matt Christopher, writer James Chu, computer entrepreneur Julie Chu, hockey player Steven Chu, physicist John Chuang, entrepreneur Chuck D, musician Alexa Chung, TV personality, model Connie Chung, TV news reporter Charlotte Church, singer Eric Church, country singer Thomas Haden Church, actor Chyna, pro wrestler Ciara, singer Cibo Matto, rock band Daniella Cicarelli, model, TV personality Funny Cide, racehorse Michael Cimino, director, screenwriter, producer Joseph Cinqué, slave leader Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Clinton Administration Sandra Cisneros, Author Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, business executive Tom Clancy, writer Gordon Clapp, actor Eric Clapton, rock musician, guitarist Francine Clary Clark , art collector Robert Sterling Clark, art collector Dick Clark, TV personality, TV producer, game show Host Mary Higgins Clark, novelist Petula Clark, singer, actor Wesley K. Clark, soldier, political figure Arthur C. Clarke, writer Emilia Clarke, actor Melinda Clarke, actor Shirley Clarke, filmmaker Kelly Clarkson, pop musician, talent show contestant The Clash, rock band Aurelie Claudel, model Santa Claus, holiday figure, toy deliverer James Clavell, screenwriter, director, producer Henry Clay, politician Jill Clayburgh, actor Les Claypool, musician Adam Clayton, bassist Beverly Cleary, writer Eldridge Cleaver, activist, writer John Cleese, actor, writer Nick Clegg, political figure Roger Clemens, baseball player Edith Brown Clement, jurist Roberto Clemente, baseball player Clarence Clemons, musician Miss Cleo, psychic Frances Cleveland, First Lady Van Cliburn, pianist Eleanor Clift, journalist, political commentator Montgomery Clift, actor Elke Clijsters, tennis player Kim Clijsters, tennis player Patsy Cline, country singer Chelsea Clinton, political relative George Clinton, musician Hillary Rodham Clinton, political figure Amal Clooney, lawyer, human rights activist George Clooney, actor Nick Clooney, TV personality, columnist Rosemary Clooney, singer, actor Glenn Close, actor Inspector Clouseau, fictional character Daniel Clowes, cartoonist Martha Coakley, politician Ronald H. Coase, economist Kurt Cobain, rock musician, guitarist Jewel Plummer Cobb, biologist, physiologist Alan Cober, illustrator James Coburn, actor Imogene Coca, actor, comedienne Jacqueline Cochran, pilot Johnnie Cochran, Lawyer Ethan Coen, screenwriter, producer Joel Coen, screenwriter, director Amanda Coetzer, tennis player William Sloane Coffin, clergyman, activist George Michael Cohan, songwriter, producer, performer Leonard Cohen, composer, singer Sasha Cohen, figure skater Arthur Cohn, producer Claudette Colbert, actor Stephen Colbert, comedian, TV personality Coldplay, rock band Nat King Cole, singer, composer Natalie Cole, Paula Cole, singer Rebecca Cole, physician Bessie Coleman, aviator Dabney Coleman, actor Gary Coleman, actor Ornette Coleman, jazz musician, composer Zendaya Coleman, actor, singer Chris Colfer, actor Billy Collins, poet Edward Knight Collins, shipowner Eileen Collins, astronaut Gail Collins, newspaper columnist, writer Jason Collins, basketball player Joan Collins, actor, writer Michael Collins, astronaut Suzanne Collins, writer Thomas LeRoy Collins, former governor of Florida Carlo Collodi, writer Samuel Colt, inventor, entrepreneur John Coltrane, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician Chris Columbus, screenwriter, director Claudette Colvin, activist Shawn Colvin, folk singer Comanche, horse Nadia Comaneci, gymnast Ray Combs, game show host Sean Combs, pop musician, actor, business personality Alex Comfort, writer, sex advisor Common, rapper, actor Perry Como, singer The Coen Brothers, filmmakers Gary Condit, political figure Darva Conger, TV personality Jennifer Connelly, actor Sir Sean Connery, actor Harry Connick, Jr., jazz musician, actor Harry Sayles Conover, modeling agency founder Lauren Conrad, actor Robert Conrad, actor Pat Conroy, fiction and nonfiction writer Bill Conti, composer Tim Conway, comedian, actor John Conyers, politician Jackie Coogan, actor James Cook, explorer, navigator Rachael Leigh Cook, actor Robin Cook, writer, physician Alistair Cooke, journalist, broadcaster Grace Coolidge, First Lady Coolio, rap artist Alice Cooper, musician Anderson Cooper, TV newscaster Bradley Cooper, actor D.B. Cooper, outlaw, missing person Gary Cooper, actor Gordon Cooper, astronaut James Fenimore Cooper, writer Peter Cooper, engineer, manufacturer, philanthropist Aaron Copland, composer, pianist David Copperfield, magician Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, movie producer Sofia Coppola, filmmaker Thomas “Boston” Corbett, soldier James Corden, comedian, television personality Billy Corgan , musician Roger Corman, filmmaker Don Cornelius, TV personality Dr. Cornelius, fictional character Chief Cornstalk, Shawnee Indian chief Wrong Way Corrigan, aviator Gregory Corso, poet and social critic Hernan Cortes, explorer Bill Cosby, actor, comedian Miranda Cosgrove, actor Costa-Gavras, director Elvis Costello, singer, songwriter Lou Costello, comedian, actor Kevin Costner, actor, filmmaker Katie Couric, media personality Marion Cotillard, actor Natalie Coughlin, swimmer Margaret Smith Court, tennis player, clergywoman Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer Simon Cowell, TV personality, music producer Courteney Cox-Arquette, actor Harvey Cox, theologian Laverne Cox, actor Nikki Cox, actor Peter Coyote, actor Daniel Craig, actor Larry Craig, U.S. Senator, political scandal figure Yvonne Craig, actor Donald Cram, chemist The Cranberries, rock band Bob Crane, actor Hart Crane, poet Thomas Cranmer, religious figure Bryan Cranston, actor Judge Crater, missing person, jurist Wes Craven, filmmaker Cindy Crawford, model Joan Crawford, actor Creed, alternative rock band Richard Crenna, actor Anne Clay Crenshaw, advocate of women’s voting rights Michael Crichton, writer, filmmaker Francis Crick, scientist Peter Criss, drummer/vocalist Betty Crocker, corporate icon Davy Crockett, explorer, political figure Croesus, royalty, military leader Lara Croft, fictional adventurer James Cromwell, actor William Nelson Cromwell, lawyer Walter Cronkite, TV newscaster Hume Cronyn, actor, filmmaker, theater director Bing Crosby, singer, actor David Crosby, rock musician Mary Crosby, actor David Crosthwait, Jr., engineer, inventor Scatman Crothers, actor Lindsay Crouse, actor Sheryl Crow, singer, songwriter Cameron Crowe, director, screenwriter Russell Crowe, actor Aleister Crowley, writer Counting Crows, rock band Billy Crudup, actor Tom Cruise, actor R. Crumb, cartoonist Penelope Cruz, actor Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator Nancy Cruzan, medical patient Jon Cryer, actor Billy Crystal, actor, comedian Alfonso Cuarón, filmmaker Mark Cuban, owner of NBA’s Dallas Mavericks Ice Cube, rapper, actor, filmmaker Paul Cuffe, ship captain, merchant, and abolitionist George Cukor, director Macaulay Culkin, actor Bill Cullen, game show host Benedict Cumberbatch, actor Merce Cunningham, avant-garde dancer, choreographer Michael Cunningham, writer Kaley Cuoco, actor Marie Curie, scientist Pierre Curie, scientist Nathaniel Currier, lithographer, publisher James Ives, artist, publisher Ann Curry, TV personality, journalist Adam Curry, TV personality, internet celebrity Tim Curry, actor, singer Jane Curtin, comedienne, actor Catie Curtis, singer, songwriter Jamie Lee Curtis, actor Tony Curtis, actor Joan Cusack, comic actor John Cusack, actor John Perkins Cushing, merchant, philanthropist David Cushman, inventor George Armstrong Custer, soldier Elisha Cuthbert, actor Trace Cyrus, rock musician top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Louis C.K., comedian, actor
  • C-3P0, fictional character
  • James Caan, actor, director
  • George Cadbury, manufacturer, social reformer
  • Camila Cabello, pop musician
  • Sid Caesar, comedian, actor
  • John Cage, composer
  • Nicolas Cage, actor
  • James Cagney, actor
  • Dean Cain, actor
  • Herman Cain, business personality, political figure
  • James M. Cain, writer
  • Michael Caine, actor
  • Alexander Calder, artist
  • Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico, political leader
  • Zoe Caldwell, actor
  • California Chrome, racehorse
  • Robert Calvi, banker, financier
  • Caressa Cameron, beauty contestant
  • David Cameron, member of Parliament
  • James Cameron, filmmaker
  • Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer
  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. senator from Colorado
  • Billy Campbell, actor
  • Bruce Campbell, actor
  • Glen Campbell, country musician, actor
  • Kim Campbell, politician
  • Louise Campbell, actor
  • Malcolm Campbell, auto racer
  • Naomi Campbell, model
  • Neve Campbell, actor
  • Jane Campion, filmmaker
  • John Candy, actor, comedian
  • Milton Caniff, cartoonist
  • Cantinflas, comedian, actor
  • Dyan Cannon, actor
  • Jerry Cantrell, guitarist, songwriter
  • Al Capone, gangster
  • Truman Capote, writer
  • Al Capp, cartoonist
  • Frank Capra, filmmaker
  • Jennifer Capriati, tennis player
  • Linda Cardellini, actor
  • Danny Carey, drummer
  • Drew Carey, comedian
  • Henry Charles Carey, economist, publisher
  • Mariah Carey, singer
  • Peter Carey, writer
  • Eric Carle, writer, illustrator
  • George Carlin, comedian
  • King Juan Carlos, King of Spain
  • Wendy Carlos, composer, musician
  • Magnus Carlsen, chess player
  • Margaret Carlson, political commentator
  • Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist
  • Art Carney, actor
  • Leslie Caron, dancer, actor
  • Princess Caroline of Monaco, royalty
  • John Carpenter, director, producer
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer, songwriter
  • Scott Carpenter, astronaut, oceanographer
  • Archie Carr, Biologist, conservationist, and father of turtle research
  • Marjorie Harris Carr, Conservationist
  • David Carradine, actor
  • Keith Carradine, actor, singer
  • John Le Carré, writer
  • Tia Carrere, actor
  • Jim Carrey, actor, comedian
  • Willis Haviland Carrier , air conditioning pioneer
  • Diahann Carroll, singer, actor
  • Lewis Carroll, writer, mathematician
  • Johnny Carson, talk show host
  • Julia Carson, politician
  • Rachel Carson, biologist, writer
  • Violet Carson, actor
  • Richard D’Oyly Carte, theatrical impresario
  • Aaron Carter, singer
  • Angel Carter, model
  • Asa Earl Carter, writer, fraud
  • Betty Carter, jazz and blues singer
  • Chris Carter, television writer, director
  • Helena Bonham Carter, actor
  • Howard Carter, archaeologist
  • Nick Carter, drummer
  • Rosalynn Smith Carter, First Lady
  • Rubin Carter, boxer
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer
  • Barbara Cartland, writer
  • David Caruso, actor
  • Carvaggio, artist
  • Raymond Carver, writer
  • Ted Casablanca, gossip columnist, TV personality
  • Steve Case, business personality
  • Adriana Caselotti, voice actor
  • Johnny Cash, country musician, country singer, songwriter
  • June Carter Cash, country musician, songwriter
  • Bonnie Cashin, fashion designer
  • Andrea Casiraghi, royalty
  • Charlotte Casiraghi, royalty
  • Neal Cassady, writer
  • John Cassavetes, director, actor, screenwriter
  • Butch Cassidy, outlaw
  • Joanna Cassidy, actor
  • Laetitia Casta, model
  • Isabella of Castile, royalty
  • Keisha Castle-Hughes, actor
  • Fidel Castro, political Leader
  • Phoebe Cates, actor
  • Frederick Catherwood, English artist and explorer
  • Peter Cattaneo, director
  • Dick Cavett, talk-show host, entertainer
  • Jim Caviezel, actor
  • Benjamin J. Cayetano, governor of Hawaii
  • Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian statesman and president
  • Cecilia, Saint, Roman martyr
  • Cedric The Entertainer, actor, comedian
  • John Cena, pro wrestler
  • 50 Cent, rapper
  • Michael Cera, actor
  • Cerberus, mythical monster
  • Miguel de Cervantes, writer
  • Clyde Vernon Cessna, airplane manufacturer
  • Michael Chabon, writer
  • Saint Chad, saint
  • Lincoln Chafee, political figure
  • Alice in Chains, rock group
  • Sarah Chalke, actor
  • Richard Chamberlain, actor
  • Jackie Chan , actor, director
  • John Chancellor, journalist, television news anchor
  • Justin Chancellor, bass player
  • Raymond Chandler, writer
  • J.C. Chandor, filmmaker
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist
  • Coco Chanel, fashion designer
  • Lon Chaney, actor
  • Lon Chaney, Jr., actor
  • Lan Samantha Chang, writer
  • Ming E. Chang, business leader, rear admiral (retired)
  • Franklin Chang-Dí¬az, astronaut, scientist
  • Stockard Channing, actor
  • Carol Channing, singer, actor
  • Elaine Chao, political figure, political relative
  • Stephen Chao, movie producer, TV executive
  • Wu Chao, emperor
  • Harry Chapin, singer, songwriter
  • Saul Chaplin, composer, songwriter, arranger
  • Sir Charles Chaplin, filmmaker, actor
  • Mark David Chapman, assassin
  • Tracy Chapman, folk-rock singer, songwriter
  • Dave Chappelle, comedian, actor
  • Emmett W. Chappelle, biochemist
  • Cyd Charisse, dancer, actor
  • King Charles II, royalty
  • Charles, Prince of Wales, Heir to the Throne of Great Britain
  • Ray Charles, pop musician
  • Charlotte, Princess of Cambridge, royalty
  • Chevy Chase, actor, comedian
  • Salmon P. Chase, political figure, jurist
  • Jessica Chastain, actor
  • Linda Chavez-Thompson, Labor leader
  • Kalpana Chawla, astronaut
  • Paddy Chayefsky, writer
  • Don Cheadle, actor
  • Doc Cheatham, musician
  • Checkers, dog
  • Anton Chekhov, writer
  • Pavel Chekov, fictional character
  • Edison Chen, actor, singer
  • Joan Chen, actor, director
  • Joyce Chen, chef
  • Tei Fu Chen, skin care entrepreneur
  • Dick Cheney, political figure
  • Cher, actor, singer
  • Kenny Chesney, country singer, songwriter
  • Joey Chestnut, speed eater
  • Jack Chick, cartoonist
  • Michael Chiklis, actor
  • Destiny’s Child, pop musicians
  • Julia Child, chef, TV personality
  • George William Childs, publisher, philanthropist
  • Ham the Chimp, astronaut
  • Nim Chimpsky, sign-Language chimp
  • Chingy, rapper
  • Jacques Chirac, political figure
  • Jesse Chisholm, founder of the Chisholm Trail
  • Melanie Chisholm, singer
  • Shirley Chisholm, political figure
  • Margaret Cho, actor, comedian
  • David Chokachi, actor
  • Lisa Cholodenko, filmmaker
  • Noam Chomsky, writer, linguist, political figure
  • Frederic Chopin, composer, pianist
  • Kate Chopin, writer
  • Deepak Chopra, writer, motivational speaker
  • Auguste Pierre Chouteau, fur trader
  • Jean Pierre Chouteau , fur trader
  • Pierre Chouteau, fur trader
  • René Auguste Chouteau, trader
  • Jean Chretien, political Leader
  • Erika Christensen, actor
  • Hayden Christensen, actor
  • Helena Christensen, model
  • Agatha Christie, writer
  • Chris Christie, political figure
  • Gwendoline Christie, actor
  • Julie Christie, actor
  • Christo, artist
  • Matt Christopher, writer
  • James Chu, computer entrepreneur
  • Julie Chu, hockey player
  • Steven Chu, physicist
  • John Chuang, entrepreneur
  • Chuck D, musician
  • Alexa Chung, TV personality, model
  • Connie Chung, TV news reporter
  • Charlotte Church, singer
  • Eric Church, country singer
  • Thomas Haden Church, actor
  • Chyna, pro wrestler
  • Ciara, singer
  • Cibo Matto, rock band
  • Daniella Cicarelli, model, TV personality
  • Funny Cide, racehorse
  • Michael Cimino, director, screenwriter, producer
  • Joseph Cinqué, slave leader
  • Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Clinton Administration
  • Sandra Cisneros, Author
  • Liz Claiborne, fashion designer, business executive
  • Tom Clancy, writer
  • Gordon Clapp, actor
  • Eric Clapton, rock musician, guitarist
  • Francine Clary Clark , art collector
  • Robert Sterling Clark, art collector
  • Dick Clark, TV personality, TV producer, game show Host
  • Mary Higgins Clark, novelist
  • Petula Clark, singer, actor
  • Wesley K. Clark, soldier, political figure
  • Arthur C. Clarke, writer
  • Emilia Clarke, actor
  • Melinda Clarke, actor
  • Shirley Clarke, filmmaker
  • Kelly Clarkson, pop musician, talent show contestant
  • The Clash, rock band
  • Aurelie Claudel, model
  • Santa Claus, holiday figure, toy deliverer
  • James Clavell, screenwriter, director, producer
  • Henry Clay, politician
  • Jill Clayburgh, actor
  • Les Claypool, musician
  • Adam Clayton, bassist
  • Beverly Cleary, writer
  • Eldridge Cleaver, activist, writer
  • John Cleese, actor, writer
  • Nick Clegg, political figure
  • Roger Clemens, baseball player
  • Edith Brown Clement, jurist
  • Roberto Clemente, baseball player
  • Clarence Clemons, musician
  • Miss Cleo, psychic
  • Frances Cleveland, First Lady
  • Van Cliburn, pianist
  • Eleanor Clift, journalist, political commentator
  • Montgomery Clift, actor
  • Elke Clijsters, tennis player
  • Kim Clijsters, tennis player
  • Patsy Cline, country singer
  • Chelsea Clinton, political relative
  • George Clinton, musician
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton, political figure
  • Amal Clooney, lawyer, human rights activist
  • George Clooney, actor
  • Nick Clooney, TV personality, columnist
  • Rosemary Clooney, singer, actor
  • Glenn Close, actor
  • Inspector Clouseau, fictional character
  • Daniel Clowes, cartoonist
  • Martha Coakley, politician
  • Ronald H. Coase, economist
  • Kurt Cobain, rock musician, guitarist
  • Jewel Plummer Cobb, biologist, physiologist
  • Alan Cober, illustrator
  • James Coburn, actor
  • Imogene Coca, actor, comedienne
  • Jacqueline Cochran, pilot
  • Johnnie Cochran, Lawyer
  • Ethan Coen, screenwriter, producer
  • Joel Coen, screenwriter, director
  • Amanda Coetzer, tennis player
  • William Sloane Coffin, clergyman, activist
  • George Michael Cohan, songwriter, producer, performer
  • Leonard Cohen, composer, singer
  • Sasha Cohen, figure skater
  • Arthur Cohn, producer
  • Claudette Colbert, actor
  • Stephen Colbert, comedian, TV personality
  • Coldplay, rock band
  • Nat King Cole, singer, composer
  • Natalie Cole,
  • Paula Cole, singer
  • Rebecca Cole, physician
  • Bessie Coleman, aviator
  • Dabney Coleman, actor
  • Gary Coleman, actor
  • Ornette Coleman, jazz musician, composer
  • Zendaya Coleman, actor, singer
  • Chris Colfer, actor
  • Billy Collins, poet
  • Edward Knight Collins, shipowner
  • Eileen Collins, astronaut
  • Gail Collins, newspaper columnist, writer
  • Jason Collins, basketball player
  • Joan Collins, actor, writer
  • Michael Collins, astronaut
  • Suzanne Collins, writer
  • Thomas LeRoy Collins, former governor of Florida
  • Carlo Collodi, writer
  • Samuel Colt, inventor, entrepreneur
  • John Coltrane, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
  • Chris Columbus, screenwriter, director
  • Claudette Colvin, activist
  • Shawn Colvin, folk singer
  • Comanche, horse
  • Nadia Comaneci, gymnast
  • Ray Combs, game show host
  • Sean Combs, pop musician, actor, business personality
  • Alex Comfort, writer, sex advisor
  • Common, rapper, actor
  • Perry Como, singer
  • The Coen Brothers, filmmakers
  • Gary Condit, political figure
  • Darva Conger, TV personality
  • Jennifer Connelly, actor
  • Sir Sean Connery, actor
  • Harry Connick, Jr., jazz musician, actor
  • Harry Sayles Conover, modeling agency founder
  • Lauren Conrad, actor
  • Robert Conrad, actor
  • Pat Conroy, fiction and nonfiction writer
  • Bill Conti, composer
  • Tim Conway, comedian, actor
  • John Conyers, politician
  • Jackie Coogan, actor
  • James Cook, explorer, navigator
  • Rachael Leigh Cook, actor
  • Robin Cook, writer, physician
  • Alistair Cooke, journalist, broadcaster
  • Grace Coolidge, First Lady
  • Coolio, rap artist
  • Alice Cooper, musician
  • Anderson Cooper, TV newscaster
  • Bradley Cooper, actor
  • D.B. Cooper, outlaw, missing person
  • Gary Cooper, actor
  • Gordon Cooper, astronaut
  • James Fenimore Cooper, writer
  • Peter Cooper, engineer, manufacturer, philanthropist
  • Aaron Copland, composer, pianist
  • David Copperfield, magician
  • Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, movie producer
  • Sofia Coppola, filmmaker
  • Thomas “Boston” Corbett, soldier
  • James Corden, comedian, television personality
  • Billy Corgan , musician
  • Roger Corman, filmmaker
  • Don Cornelius, TV personality
  • Dr. Cornelius, fictional character
  • Chief Cornstalk, Shawnee Indian chief
  • Wrong Way Corrigan, aviator
  • Gregory Corso, poet and social critic
  • Hernan Cortes, explorer
  • Bill Cosby, actor, comedian
  • Miranda Cosgrove, actor
  • Costa-Gavras, director
  • Elvis Costello, singer, songwriter
  • Lou Costello, comedian, actor
  • Kevin Costner, actor, filmmaker
  • Katie Couric, media personality
  • Marion Cotillard, actor
  • Natalie Coughlin, swimmer
  • Margaret Smith Court, tennis player, clergywoman
  • Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer
  • Simon Cowell, TV personality, music producer
  • Courteney Cox-Arquette, actor
  • Harvey Cox, theologian
  • Laverne Cox, actor
  • Nikki Cox, actor
  • Peter Coyote, actor
  • Daniel Craig, actor
  • Larry Craig, U.S. Senator, political scandal figure
  • Yvonne Craig, actor
  • Donald Cram, chemist
  • The Cranberries, rock band
  • Bob Crane, actor
  • Hart Crane, poet
  • Thomas Cranmer, religious figure
  • Bryan Cranston, actor
  • Judge Crater, missing person, jurist
  • Wes Craven, filmmaker
  • Cindy Crawford, model
  • Joan Crawford, actor
  • Creed, alternative rock band
  • Richard Crenna, actor
  • Anne Clay Crenshaw, advocate of women’s voting rights
  • Michael Crichton, writer, filmmaker
  • Francis Crick, scientist
  • Peter Criss, drummer/vocalist
  • Betty Crocker, corporate icon
  • Davy Crockett, explorer, political figure
  • Croesus, royalty, military leader
  • Lara Croft, fictional adventurer
  • James Cromwell, actor
  • William Nelson Cromwell, lawyer
  • Walter Cronkite, TV newscaster
  • Hume Cronyn, actor, filmmaker, theater director
  • Bing Crosby, singer, actor
  • David Crosby, rock musician
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