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• 1976 CEChester BenningtonChester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was the…
• 1887 CEChiang Kai-shekChiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and…
• 1912 CEChien-Shiung WuChien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American…
• 497 CEChildebert IChildebert I (c. 496 – 13 December 558) was a Frankish King of the Merovingian dynasty; as the third of the…
• 678 CEChildebert IIIChildebert III (or IV), called the Just (French: le Juste) (c. 678/679 – 23 April 711), was the son of…
• 436 CEChilderic IChilderic I (died about 481/482 AD) was a 5th-century Frankish ruler in what is now northern France, during…
• 655 CEChilderic IIChilderic II (c. 653 – 675) was King of the Franks in the 7th century. He ruled Austrasia from 662 and…
• 714 CEChilderic IIIChilderic III (c. 718/728 – c. 755) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the…
• 599 BCEChilon of SpartaChilon of Sparta (Ancient Greek: Χείλων; fl. 6th century BC) was a Spartan politician credited with the…
• 537 CEChilperic IChilperic I (c. 539 – September 583) was the king of Neustria (or Soissons) from 561 to his death. He was one…
• 670 CEChilperic IIChilperic II or III (c. 672 – 13 February 721) was King of the Franks from 715 until his death. He was a son…
• 1977 CEChimamanda Ngozi AdichieChimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction…
• 1928 CEChinghiz AitmatovChinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in…
• 1931 CEChinmoy Kumar GhoseChinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual…
• 1930 CEChinua AchebeChinua Achebe (born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist…
• 495 CEChlodomerChlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 – 524), was the second of the four sons of Clovis I…
• 485 CEChlodoric the ParricideChlodoric (or Chloderic) the Parricide (died c. 509) was a son of Sigobert the Lame, a Frankish king.
• 1454 CEChoe BuChoe Bu (Korean: 최부, 1454–1504) was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the…
• 1325 CEChoe MuseonCh'oe Musŏn (Korean: 최무선; Hanja: 崔茂宣; 1330–1395) was a medieval Korean chemist, inventor, and military…
• 1611 CEChongzhen EmperorThe Chongzhen Emperor (6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), temple name Ming Sizong, personal name Zhu Youjian…
• 1989 CEChris BrownChristopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A pop and…
• 1962 CEChris BryantSir Chris John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a Welsh politician and former Anglican priest who has served…
• 1964 CEChris CornellChristopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, best known as the…
• 1954 CEChris EvertChristine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the…
• 1951 CEChris ReaChristopher Anton Rea ( REE-ə; 4 March 1951 – 22 December 2025) was an English-Irish rock and blues…
• 1929 CEChrista WolfChrista Wolf (German: [ˈkʁɪs.ta vɔlf]; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist…
• 1880 CEChristabel PankhurstDame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst (22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette and…
• 1922 CEChristiaan BarnardChristiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who…
• 1858 CEChristiaan EijkmanChristiaan Eijkman (UK: AYK-mən, EYEK-mən, US: -⁠mahn, Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛikmɑn]; 11 August 1858 – 5…
• 1629 CEChristiaan HuygensChristiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem (14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist…
• 1857 CEChristiaan SnouckChristiaan Snouck Hurgronje (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈsnuk ɦʏrˈɣrɔɲə]; 8 February 1857 – 26 June…
• 1693 CEChristian August HausenChristian August Hausen (1693–1743) was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity.
• 1916 CEChristian B. AnfinsenChristian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr. (March 26, 1916 – May 14, 1995) was an American biochemist. He shared the 1972…
• 1803 CEChristian DopplerrChristian Andreas Doppler (German: [ˈdɔplɐ]; 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician…
• 1690 CEChristian GoldbachChristian Goldbach ( GOHLD-bahk, German: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈɡɔltbax]; 18 March 1690 – 20 November 1764) was a…
• 1795 CEChristian Gottfried EhrenbergChristian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, botanist…
• 1729 CEChristian Gottlob HeyneChristian Gottlob Heyne (German: [ˈhaɪnə]; 25 September 1729 – 14 July 1812) was a German classical scholar…
• 1813 CEChristian Heinrich Friedrich PetersChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer and…
• 1426 CEChristian I of DenmarkChristian I (Christiern; February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a German noble and Scandinavian monarch under the…
• 1481 CEChristian II of DenmarkChristian II (1 July 1481 – 25 January 1559), was a monarch under the Kalmar Union, reigning as King of…
• 1503 CEChristian III of DenmarkChristian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from…
• 1818 CEChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in…
• 1788 CEChristian Jürgensen ThomsenChristian Jürgensen Thomsen (29 December 1788 – 21 May 1865) was a Danish antiquarian who developed early…
• 1852 CEChristian KrohgChristian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author…
• 1719 CEChristian MayerChristian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest…
• 1873 CEChristian RakovskyChristian Georgiyevich Rakovsky (August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1873 – September 11, 1941), Bulgarian name Krastyo…
• 1655 CEChristian ThomasiusChristian Thomasius (German: [toˈmaːzi̯ʊs]; 1 January 1655 – 23 September 1728) was a German jurist and…
• 1646 CEChristian V of DenmarkChristian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in…
• 1699 CEChristian VI of DenmarkChristian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest…
• 1749 CEChristian VII of DenmarkChristian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and…
• 1786 CEChristian VIII of DenmarkChristian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848) was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian…
• 1679 CEChristian WolffChristian Wolff (German: [vɔlf]; less correctly Wolf; also known as Wolfius; ennobled as Christian von Wolff…
• 1959 CEChristian WulffChristian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (German: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈvaltɐ ˈvʊlf]; born 19 June 1959) is a…
• 1870 CEChristian X of DenmarkChristian X (Danish: Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was…
• 1917 CEChristian de DuveChristian René Marie Joseph, Viscount de Duve (2 October 1917 – 4 May 2013) was a Nobel Prize-winning Belgian…
• 1944 CEChristian de PortzamparcChristian de Portzamparc (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ də pɔʁtzɑ̃paʁk]; born 5 May 1944) is a French…
• 1913 CEChristiane Desroches NoblecourtChristiane Desroches Noblecourt (French pronunciation: [kʁistjan dɛʁɔʃ nɔbləkuʁ]; 17 November 1913 – 23 June…
• 1942 CEChristiane Nüsslein-VolhardChristiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈti̯anə ˈnʏslaɪ̯n ˈfɔlˌhaʁt]; born 20 October…
• 1480 CEChristiern PedersenChristiern Pedersen (c. 1480 – 16 January 1554) was a Danish canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and…
• 1980 CEChristina AguileraChristina María Aguilera ( AG-il-AIR-ə, Spanish: [kɾisˈtina maˈɾi.a aɣiˈleɾa]; born December 18, 1980) is an…
• 1979 CEChristina KochChristina Hammock Koch ( KUUK; née Hammock; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA…
• 1626 CEChristina of SwedenChristina (Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of…
• 1956 CEChristine LagardeChristine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (French: [kʁistin madlɛn ɔdɛt laɡaʁd]; née Lallouette, IPA: [lalwɛt]; born…
• 1364 CEChristine de PizanChristine de Pizan or Pisan (French: [kʁistin də pizɑ̃], Middle French: [krisˈtinə də piˈzã]; born Cristina…
• 1499 CEChristoph RudolffChristoph Rudolff (born 1499 in Jawor, Silesia, died 1545 in Vienna) was a German mathematician, the author…
• 1573 CEChristoph ScheinerChristoph Scheiner (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 June 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in…
• 1945 CEChristoph SchönbornChristoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Schönborn, OP (German: [ˈkrɪstɔf ˈʃøːnbɔrn]; born 22…
• 1498 CEChristoph Weiditz the ElderChristoph Weiditz (1498, Strasbourg or Freiburg im Breisgau – 1559, Augsburg) was a German painter, medalist…
• 1714 CEChristoph Willibald von GluckChristoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was…
• 1924 CEChristopher C. KraftChristopher Columbus Kraft Jr. (February 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019) was an American aerospace and NASA…
• 1538 CEChristopher ClaviusChristopher Clavius, (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head…
• 1910 CEChristopher CockerellSir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the…
• 1949 CEChristopher HitchensChristopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author and…
• 1219 CEChristopher I of DenmarkChristopher I (Danish: Christoffer 1.; 1219 – 29 May 1259) was King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was…
• 1276 CEChristopher II of DenmarkChristopher II (Danish: Christoffer 2.; 29 September 1276 – 2 August 1332) was King of Denmark from 1320 to…
• 1922 CEChristopher LeeSir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career…
• 1564 CEChristopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe ( MAR-loh; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was an…
• 1661 CEChristopher PolhemChristopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem, which he took…
• 1632 CEChristopher WrenSir Christopher Wren (30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English…
• 1416 CEChristopher of BavariaChristopher of Bavaria (Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer; Swedish: Kristofer; 26 February 1416 – 5/6 January…
• 280 BCEChrysippus of SoliChrysippus of Soli (Ancient Greek: Χρύσιππος ὁ Σολεύς, Chrusippos ho Soleus; c. 279 – c. 206 BC) was a Greek…
• 1941 CEChrysostomos II of CyprusChrysostomos II (Greek: Χρυσόστομος Β΄; born Irodotos Dimitriou; Greek: Ηρόδοτος Δημητρίου; 10 April 1941 – 7…
• 1135 CEChrétien de TroyesChrétien de Troyes (Modern French: [kʁetjɛ̃ də tʁwa]; Old French: Crestien de Troies [kresˈtjẽn də ˈtrojəs]…
• 596 CEChu SuiliangChǔ Suìliáng (596–658), courtesy name Dengshan, formally the Duke of Henan, was a Chinese calligrapher…
• 1926 CEChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, and…
• 1946 CEChuck HagelCharles Timothy Hagel ( HAY-gəl; born October 4, 1946) is an American politician and Army veteran who served…
• 1962 CEChuck PalahniukCharles Michael Palahniuk (PAW-lə-nick; Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɐlɐɦˈnʲuk], born February 21, 1962) is an…
• 1923 CEChuck YeagerCharles Elwood Yeager ( YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer…
• 1853 CEChulalongkornChulalongkorn (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910), posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great…
• 550 CEChuluo KhanAshina Xichun, also known as Ilteber Shad (Chinese: 俟利弗設; pinyin: sìlìfú shè) or Chuluo Khagan (Turkic: Çula…
• 204 BCEChunyu YiChunyu Yi (Chinese: 淳于意) was a Chinese physician and bureaucrat active during the Western Han dynasty. A…
• 1821 CEChurchill BabingtonChurchill Babington (11 March 1821 – 12 January 1889) was an English classical scholar, archaeologist and…
• 106 BCECiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7…
• 1976 CECillian MurphyCillian Murphy ( KILL-ee-ən; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor and film producer. His works encompass both…
• 1240 CECimabueGiovanni Cimabue ( CHEE-mə-BOO-ay, Italian: [tʃimaˈbuːe]; c. 1240 – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or…
• 509 BCECimonCimon (c. 510 – 450 BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician. He was the son of…
• 550 BCECimon of CleonaeCimon of Cleonae was an early painter of ancient Greece. He was said to have introduced great improvements in…
• 518 BCECincinnatusLucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (c. 519 – c. 430 BC) was a Roman patrician, statesman, and military leader of…
• 1954 CECindy ShermanCynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of…
• 399 BCECineasCineas (Greek: Κινέας; c. 350–277 BC) was a Thessalian diplomat and historian who served as an important…
• 1391 CECiriaco de' PizzicolliCyriacus of Ancona or Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (31 July 1391 – 1452) was a humanist and antiquarian who came…
• 1870 CEClara ImmerwahrClara Helene Immerwahr (German pronunciation: [ˈklaːʁa heˈleːnə ˈʔɪmɐvaːɐ̯]; 21 June 1870 – 2 May 1915) was a…
• 1819 CEClara SchumannClara Josephine Schumann (German: [ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German…
• 1440 CEClara TottClara Tott, in other sources Clara Dett, Clara of Dettingen, Tettingen, or Clare Dettin (c. 1440 – 1520), was…
• 1857 CEClara ZetkinClara Zetkin (German: [ˈtsɛtkiːn]; née Eißner [ˈaɪsnɐ]; 5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist…
• 1194 CEClare of AssisiChiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair…
• 1924 CEClaribel AlegríaClara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría…
• 1920 CEClarice LispectorClarice Lispector ([klaˈɾisi lisˈpɛktoʁ]; born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector; December 10, 1920 – December 9…
• 1901 CEClark GableWilliam Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the…
• 1780 CEClarke AbelClarke Abel (5 September 1780 – 24 November 1826) was a British surgeon and naturalist. The standard author…
• 1715 CEClaude Adrien HelvétiusClaude Adrien Helvétius (French: [klod adʁijɛ̃ ɛlvesjys]; 26 January 1715 – 26 December 1771) was a French…
• 1813 CEClaude BernardClaude Bernard (French: [klod bɛʁnaʁ]; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. I. Bernard…
• 1894 CEClaude CahunClaude Cahun (French: [klod kaœ̃]; born Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a…
• 1763 CEClaude ChappeClaude Chappe (French: [klod ʃap]; 25 December 1763 – 23 January 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792…
• 1933 CEClaude Cohen-TannoudjiClaude Cohen-Tannoudji (French pronunciation: [klod kɔɛn tanudʒi]; born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist…
• 1862 CEClaude DebussyAchille Claude Debussy (French: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer…
• 1760 CEClaude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonClaude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (French: [klod ɑ̃ʁi də ʁuvʁwa kɔ̃t də sɛ̃ simɔ̃]; 17 October…
• 1600 CEClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain (French: [klod lɔ.ʁɛ̃]; born Claude Gellée [ʒəle], called le Lorrain in French; traditionally…
• 1748 CEClaude Louis BertholletClaude Louis Berthollet (French pronunciation: [klod lwi bɛʁtɔlɛ], 9 December 1748 – 6 November 1822) was a…
• 1908 CEClaude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-Strauss ( klawd LAY-vee STROWSS; French: [klod levi stʁos]; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009)…
• 1840 CEClaude MonetOscar-Claude Monet (UK:, US:; French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter…
• 1613 CEClaude PerraultClaude Perrault (French pronunciation: [klod pɛʁo]; 25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French…
• 1916 CEClaude ShannonClaude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician…
• 1913 CEClaude SimonClaude Eugène Henri Simon (French: [klod simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist and…
• 1496 CEClaude of Lorraine, duke of GuiseClaude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He…
• 1785 CEClaude-Louis NavierClaude-Louis Navier (born Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier; French: [klod lwi maʁi ɑ̃ʁi navje]; 10 February…
• 1962 CEClaudia SheinbaumClaudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and…
• 370 CEClaudianClaudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; c. 370 – c. 404 AD), was a Latin poet…
• 420 CEClaudianus MamertusClaudianus Ecdidius Mamertus (died c. 473 AD) was a Gallo-Roman theologian and the younger brother of Saint…
• 1490 CEClaudin de SermisyClaudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – 13 October 1562) was a French composer of the Renaissance. Along with Clément…
• 1933 CEClaudio AbbadoClaudio Abbado (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo abˈbaːdo]; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian…
• 1567 CEClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer…
• 1492 CEClaudio TolomeiAngelo Claudio Tolomei (1492–1556) was an Italian philologist. His name in Italian is identical to that of…
• 9 BCEClaudiusTiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( KLAW-dee-əs; Classical Latin: [tɪˈbɛri.ʊs ˈkɫau̯di.ʊs ˈkae̯sar…
• 214 CEClaudius GothicusMarcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – August/September 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman…
• 1907 CEClaus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergClaus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (German: [ˈklaʊs fɔn ˈʃtaʊfn̩bɛʁk]; 15 November…
• 1964 CEClay ShirkyClay Shirky (born 1964) is an American pundit, writer, and consultant on the social and economic effects of…
• 1952 CEClayton ChristensenClayton Magleby Christensen (April 6, 1952 – January 23, 2020) was an American academic and business…
• 330 BCECleanthesCleanthes (Ancient Greek: Κλεάνθης; c. 330 BC – c. 230 BC), of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer…
• 400 BCEClearchus of SoliClearchus of Soli (Greek: Kλέαρχoς ὁ Σολεύς, Klearkhos ho Soleus) was a Greek philosopher of the 4th–3rd…
• 401 BCEClearchus of SpartaClearchus or Clearch (Ancient Greek: Κλέαρχος; 450 BC – 401 BC), also known as Clearchus the Lacedaemonian or…
• 374 BCECleitus the BlackCleitus the Black (Ancient Greek: Κλεῖτος ὁ μέλας; c. 375 BC – 328 BC) was an officer of the Macedonian army…
• 1883 CEClement AttleeClement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman who was…
• 1005 CEClement IIPope Clement II (Latin: Clemens II; born Suidger von Morsleben-Horneburg; died 9 October 1047) was head of…
• 1124 CEClement IIIPope Clement III (Latin: Clemens III; 1130 – 20 March 1191), born Paolo Scolari, was the head of the Catholic…
• 1190 CEClement IVPope Clement IV (Latin: Clemens IV; c. 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois (Latin: Guido…
• 1600 CEClement IXPope Clement IX (Latin: Clemens IX; Italian: Clemente IX; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio…
• 1291 CEClement VIPope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic…
• 1536 CEClement VIIIPope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; Italian: Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born…
• 1590 CEClement XPope Clement X (Latin: Clemens X; Italian: Clemente X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura…
• 150 CEClement of AlexandriaTitus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. 147 – c.…
• 629 BCECleobulus of LindosCleobulus (Greek: Κλεόβουλος ὁ Λίνδιος, Kleoboulos ho Lindios; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek poet and a…
• 1 CECleomedesCleomedes (Greek: Κλεομήδης) was a Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book On the Circular Motions…
• 500 BCECleonCleon (Ancient Greek: Κλέων Kleon [kléɔːn]; died 422 BC) was an Athenian politician and general (strategos)…
• 39 BCECleopatra Selene IICleopatra Selene II, also known as Cleopatra VIII (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – c. 5 BC; the…
• 163 BCECleopatra TheaCleopatra I or Cleopatra Thea (Koine Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά, which means "Cleopatra the Goddess"; c. 164 – 121…
• 519 BCECleostratusCleostratus (Greek: Κλεόστρατος; b. c. 520 BC; d. possibly 432 BC) was an astronomer of ancient Greece. He…
• 1930 CEClint EastwoodClinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. After achieving success…
• 1881 CEClinton DavissonClinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958) was an American experimental physicist who…
• 186 BCEClitomachusClitomachus or Cleitomachus (Ancient Greek: Κλειτόμαχος, Kleitómakhos; 187/6–110/9 BC) was a Greek…
• 1952 CEClive BarkerClive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence…
• 1931 CEClive CusslerClive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater…
• 1920 CEClive DunnClive Robert Bertram Dunn (born Robert Bertram Dunn; 9 January 1920 – 6 November 2012) was an English actor.…
• 1934 CEClive GrangerSir Clive William John Granger (4 September 1934 – 27 May 2009) was a British econometrician known for his…
• 1940 CEClive SinclairSir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best…
• 150 CEClodius AlbinusDecimus Clodius Albinus (c. 150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman imperial pretender between 193 and 197. He was…
• 524 CEClodoaldClodoald (Latin: C(h)lodoaldus, Cloudus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdōwald; 522 – c. 560 AD), better known…
• 498 CEClothar IChlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died c. December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire…
• 466 CEClovis IClovis I (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlodowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) was the first…
• 635 CEClovis IIClovis II (633 – 657) was King of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy, having succeeded his father Dagobert I…
• 1906 CEClyde TombaughClyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker…
• 1934 CECláudio HummesCláudio Hummes (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklawdʒu ˈʁum(i)s]; born Auri Alfonso Hummes; 8 August…
• 1830 CEClémence RoyerClémence Royer (21 April 1830 – 6 February 1902) was a self-taught French scholar who lectured and wrote on…
• 1841 CEClément AderClément Ader (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃ adɛʁ]; 2 April 1841 – 3 May 1925) was a French inventor and…
• 1485 CEClément JanequinClément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous…
• 1495 CEClément MarotClément Marot (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃ maʁo]; 23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544) was a French…
• 994 CECnut the GreatCnut ( k-NOOT; Old Norse: Knútr; c. 995 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the…
• 1991 CECoCo VandewegheCoCo Vandeweghe ( VAN-də-way; born Colleen Mullarkey, December 6, 1991) is an American former professional…
• 2004 CECoco GauffCori Dionne "Coco" Gauff ( GAWF; born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a…
• 1778 CECoenraad Jacob TemminckCoenraad Jacob Temminck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkunraː ˈtɕaːkɔp ˈtɛmɪŋk]; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858)…
• 400 BCECoenusCoenus (Greek: Koῖνος; died 326 BC), a son of Polemocrates and son-in-law of Parmenion, was one of the ablest…
• 1873 CEColetteSidonie-Gabrielle Colette (French: [sidɔni ɡabʁijɛl kɔlɛt]; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known…
• 1928 CEColin ChapmanAnthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and…
• 1698 CEColin MacLaurinColin Maclaurin (Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn; February 1698 – 14 June 1746) was a Scottish…
• 1210 CEColin MusetColin Muset (fl. c. 1210–50 or 1230–70) was an Old French trouvère and a native of Lorraine. He made his…
• 1937 CEColin PowellColin Luther Powell ( KOH-lin POW-əl; (1937-04-05)April 5, 1937 – (2021-10-18)October 18, 2021) was an…
• 1937 CEColin RenfrewAndrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (25 July 1937 – 24 November 2024) was a British…
• 1937 CEColleen McCulloughColleen McCullough (1 June 1937 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as…
• 1843 CEColmar Freiherr von der GoltzWilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (12 August 1843 – 19 April 1916), also known as Goltz Pasha…
• 1070 CEColomanColoman the Learned, also the Book-Lover or the Bookish (Hungarian: Könyves Kálmán; Croatian: Koloman…
• 319 BCEColotesColotes of Lampsacus (Greek: Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός, Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos; c. 320 – after 268 BC) was a pupil of…
• 1331 CEColuccio SalutatiColuccio Salutati (16 February 1331 – 4 May 1406) was an Italian Renaissance humanist and notary, and one of…
• 543 CEColumbanusColumbanus (Irish: Columbán; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of…
• 4 CEColumellaLucius Junius Moderatus Columella was a Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. His De re rustica…
• 161 CECommodusCommodus (Latin: [ˈkɔmmɔdʊs]; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first…
• 1140 CEComtesse de DieThe Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Die), possibly named Beatritz or Isoarda (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), was a…
• 1972 CEConchita MartínezInmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis…
• 1954 CECondoleezza RiceCondoleezza "Condi" Rice ( KON-də-LEE-zə; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political…
• 450 CEConlethSaint Conleth was an Irish hermit and metalworker, also said to have been a copyist and skilled illuminator…
• 401 BCECononConon (Greek: Κόνων) (before 443 BC – c. 389 BC) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War…