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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-Dìaz, 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
