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- Christie, Agatha Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976) - Saint Christopher, St. Christopher, Christopher
Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) - Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
British statesman and leader during World War II - Churchill, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) - Ciardi, John Ciardi, John Anthony Ciardi
United States poet and critic (1916-1986) - Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) - Cimabue, Giovanni Cimabue
painter of the Florentine school - Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue - Clark, Joe Clark, Charles Joseph Clark
Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-) - Clark, Kenneth Clark, Kenneth Bancroft Clark
United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005) - Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark
United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) - Clark, William Clark
United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River - Claudius, Claudius I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered - Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz
Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831) - Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) - Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) - Cleanthes
ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC) - Clemenceau, Georges Clemenceau, Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau
French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929) - Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain
United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) - Clement III, Guibert of Ravenna
Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100) - Clement VII, Giulio de' Medici
Italian pope from 1523 to 1534 who broke with Henry VIII of England after Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn (1478-1534) - Clement XI, Giovanni Francesco Albani
Italian pope from 1700 to 1721 who condemned Jansenist ideas on papal infallibility - Clement XIV, Lorenzo Ganganelli
Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774) - Cleopatra
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt - Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908) - Cline, Martin Cline
American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934) - Clinton, DeWitt Clinton
United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828) - Clinton, Bill Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, President Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1946-) - Clinton, Hilary Clinton, Hilary Rodham Clinton
wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-) - Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey
British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) - Clovis, Clovis I
king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy - Coca, Imogene Coca
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) - Cochise
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874) - Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran
United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980) - Cockcroft, Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967) - Cocteau, Jean Cocteau
French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963) - Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917) - Cohan, George M. Cohan, George Michael Cohan
United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942) - Cohn, Ferdinand Julius Cohn
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English romantic poet (1772-1834) - Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette
French writer of novels about women (1873-1954) - Collins, Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889) - Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo, Cristobal Colon
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) - Comenius, John Amos Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky
Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) - Compton, Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton
United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy - Comstock, Anthony Comstock
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) - Comte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism - Conan Doyle, A. Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930) - Condorcet, Marquis de Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat
French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794) - Confucius, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master
Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC) - Congreve, William Congreve
English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729) - Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly, Little Mo Connolly
United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969) - Connors, Jimmy Conors, James Scott Connors
outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) - Conrad, Joseph Conrad, Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924) - Constable, John Constable
English landscape painter (1776-1837) - Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire - Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) - Cooke, Jay Cooke
United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War - Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke
United States journalist (born in England in 1908) - Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge, President Coolidge
elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933) - Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper
United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851) - Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) - Cooper, Peter Cooper
United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive - Copernicus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik
Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) - Copland, Aaron Copland
United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) - Copley, John Copley, John Singleton Copley
American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815) - Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
United States filmmaker (born in 1939) - Corbett, Jim Corbett, James John Corbett, Gentleman Jim
United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933) - Corday, Charlotte Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793) - Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) - Corelli, Arcangelo Corelli
Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) - Corneille, Pierre Corneille
French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684) - Cornell, Ezra Cornell
United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) - Cornell, Katherine Cornell
United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) - Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence - Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875) - Correggio, Antonio Allegri da Correggio
Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534) - Cortes, Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) - Cosimo de Medici, Cosimo the Elder
Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464) - Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism - Couperin, Francois Couperin
French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733) - Courbet, Gustave Courbet
French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877) - Court, Margaret Court
Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) - Cousteau, Jacques Costeau, Jacques Yves Costeau
French underwater explorer (born in 1910) - Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward
English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) - Cowper, William Cowper
English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800) - Cowper, William Cowper
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709) - Craigie, William A. Craigie, Sir William Alexander Craigie
English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966) - Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane
United States poet (1899-1932) - Crane, Stephen Crane
United States writer (1871-1900) - Crawford, Joan Crawford
United States film actress (1908-1977) - Crawford, Thomas Crawford
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857) - Crazy Horse, Tashunca-Uitco
a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877) - Crichton, James Crichton, The Admirable Crichton
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582) - Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) - Crispin, Saint Crispin, St. Crispin
patron saint of shoemakers - Crockett, Davy Crockett, David Crockett
United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) - Croesus
last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC) - Crohn, Burrill Bernard Crohn
United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines - Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) - Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn
Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003) - Crookes, William Crookes, Sir William Crookes
English chemist and physicist - Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby
United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) - Crouse, Russel Crouse
United States playwright (1893-1966) - Culbertson, Ely Culbertson
United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955) - Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland
English general - cummings, e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings
United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962) - Cunningham, Merce Cunningham
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922) - Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska
French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes - Curie, Pierre Curie
French physicist - Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) - Currier, Nathaniel Currier
United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888) - Curtis, William Curtis
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799) - Curtiss, Glenn Curtiss, Glenn Hammond Curtiss
United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930) - Cushing, Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939) - Custer, George Armstrong Custer, General Custer
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) - Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832) - Cynewulf, Cynwulf
Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century) - Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose) - Cyrus, Cyrus the Younger
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC) - Cyrus II, Cyrus the Elder, Cyrus the Great
king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC) - Czerny, Karl Czerny
Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano - da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma
Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 - Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851) - Daimler, Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900) - Dali, Salvador Dali
surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) - Dalton, John Dalton
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures - Damocles
the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) - Damon
the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC) - Daniel
(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC) - Dante, Dante Alighieri
an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) - Danton, Georges Jacques Danton
French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) - Darius I, Darius the Great
king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC) - Darius III
king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great - Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow
United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938) - Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) - Daumier, Honore Daumier
French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879) - David
(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites - David, Jacques Louis David
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) - David, Saint David, St. David
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) - Davis, Bette Davis
United States film actress (1908-1989) - Davis, Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) - Davis, Jefferson Davis
American statesman - Davis, Miles Davis, Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
United States jazz musician - Davis, Stuart Davis
United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964) - Davy, Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829) - Davis, Davys, John Davys, John Davis
English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) - Dawes, William Dawes
American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) - Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) - Dayan, Moshe Dayan
Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) - Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) - De Bakey, Michael Ellis De Bakey
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908) - Debs, Eugene V. Debs, Eugene Victor Debs
United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926) - Debussy, Claude Debussey, Claude Achille Debussy
French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918) - Decatur, Stephen Decatur
United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820) - Decius
Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will - Deere, John Deere
United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886) - Defoe, Daniel Defoe
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731) - De Forest, Lee De Forest, Father of Radio
United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961) - Degas, Edgar Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French impressionist painter (1834-1917) - de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) - Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) - de Kooning, Willem de Kooning
United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997) - Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
French romantic painter (1798-1863) - de la Mare, Walter de la Mare, Walter John de la Mare
English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956) - Delbruck, Max Delbruck
United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981) - Delibes, Leo Delibes, Clement Philibert Leo Delibes
French composer of operas (1836-1891) - Delilah
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength - Delius, Frederick Delius
English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934) - Delorme, Philibert Delorme, de l'Orme, Philibert de l'Orme
French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570) - Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia - de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille
United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993) - DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil Blount DeMille
United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) - Democritus
Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC) - Demosthenes
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC) - Dempsey, Jack Dempsey, William Harrison Dempsey, Manassa Mauler
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983) - Deng Xiaoping, Teng Hsiao-ping, Teng Hsiaoping
Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997) - De Niro, Robert De Niro
United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) - Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu
French film actor (born in 1948) - De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey
English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859) - Derain, Andre Derain
French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954) - Derrida, Jacques Derrida
French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria) - de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913) - Descartes, Rene Descartes
French philosopher and mathematician - De Sica, Vittorio De Sica
Italian film maker (1901-1974) - de Valera, Eamon de Valera
Irish statesman (born in the United States) - deVries, De Vries, Hugo deVries, Hugo De Vries
Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935) - Dewar, Sir James Dewar
Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923) - Dewey, John Dewey
United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952) - Dewey, George Dewey, Admiral Dewey
a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War - Dewey, Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) - Diaghilev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929) - Diana, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Frances Spencer
English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles - Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois
French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II - Dias, Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) - Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870) - Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886) - Diderot, Denis Diderot
French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France - Didion, Joan Didion
United States writer (born in 1934) - Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)