# People and Peoples (C)

C Aubrey Smith
C Aubrey Smith was an actor. He was born in 1863 and died in 1948.

C Denier Warren
C Denier Warren was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1971.

C Henry Gordon
C Henry Gordon was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1940.

C Thomas Howell
C Thomas Howell is an actor. He was born in 1967.

C. A. Bottolfsen
C A Bottolfsen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1943 until 1945.

C. A. Robins
C A Robins was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1947 until 1951.

C. Ben Ross
C Ben Ross was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Idaho from 1931 until 1937.

C. C. Moore
C C Moore was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1923 until 1927.

C. Douglass Buck
C Douglass Buck was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Delaware from 1929 until 1937.

C. Elmer Anderson
C Elmer Anderson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1951 until 1955.

C. Farris Bryant
C Farris Bryant was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1961 until 1965.

C. H. Brogden
C H Brogden was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of North Carolina from 1874 until 1877.

C. J. Rogers
C J Rogers was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wyoming from 1953 until 1955.

C. Norman Brunsdale
C Norman Brunsdale was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Dakota from 1951 until 1957.

C. William O'Neill
C William O'Neill was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1957 until 1959.

C.C.H. Pounder
C.C.H Pounder was an actress.

C.V. France
C.V. France was an actor. He was born in 1868 and died in 1949.

Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1994.

Cadwalader
Cadwalader was an ancient king of Gwynedd, succeeding his father as king in 634. He heroically defended Wales against the Saxons before his death in 664.

Cadwallader C. Washburn
Cadwallader C Washburn was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1872 until 1874.

Caedwallo
Caedwallo was king of the West Saxons in 685. He went to Rome to expiate his deeds of blood and died there.

Caesar Rodney
Caesar Rodney was an American politician. He was a governor of Delaware from 1778 until 1781.

Caewlin
Caewlin was a son of Cynric and king of the West Saxons in 560. He died in 593.

Caitlin Clarke
Caitlin Clarke is an actor.

Cal Kuniholme
Cal Kuniholme is an actor.

Caleb P. Bennett
Caleb P Bennett was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1833 until 1836.

Caleb Rodney
Caleb Rodney was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Delaware from 1822 until 1823.

Caleb Strong
Caleb Strong was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Massachusetts from 1812 until 1816.

Caligula
Caligula was a Roman Emperor, alleged to be mad he was assassinated by a guard.

Caliph
Caliph is the title of the civic and religious leader of Islam.

Calixto Garcia
Calixto Garcia was a Cuban soldier and patriot. he was born in 1836 and died in 1898. He rebelled against the Spaniards in 1880 and was captured and deported to Spain where he was improsoned for fifteen years until he escaped on the outbreak of the last rebellion in 1895.

Calottists
The Calottists were a satirical society founded in 1702 by Aymon and Torsac, of Louis XIV's bodyguard, and deriving its name from the calotte, a small cap worn by priests to conceal their tonsure. The society was transformed into a military institution around the middle of the 18th century and was finally supressed at the revolution.

Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the USA. He was born in 1872 and died in 1933. As president, Coolidge opposed tariff revision and abstention from the League of Nations. He retired in 1929.

Calvin L. Rampton
Calvin L Rampton was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Utah from 1965 until 1977.

Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart is an actor. He was born in 1934.

Cambyses
Cambyses was king of Persia. He succeeded his father Cyrus the Great in 529 BC and reigned until 521 BC. His great achievement was the conquest of Egypt in 525 BC. He treated the Egyptians and their religion with great severity, slaying the bull Apis, their god, with his own hands. He also ruled the Persians tyranically and had his brother Smerdis murdered. A magician led a revolt impersonating the dead brother and on his way to quell it, Cambyses died in Ecbatana a town in media of an accidental wound.

Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz is an actress. She was born in 1970.

Cameron Dye
Cameron Dye is an actor.

Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell was an actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1994.

Cameron Morrison
Cameron Morrison was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1921 until 1925.

Cameron Prudhomme
Cameron Prudhomme is an actress.

Cameronians
The Cameronians were a sect of Scottish Presbyterians, originating in the latter part of the 17th century and deriving their name from their chief leader, Richard Cameron, who, along with his colleagues, John Semple, Alexander Peden, and John Welwood separated themselves from the Presbyterians of Scotland on the question of the spiritual independence of the Church. They were supressed by the government, and a party were surprised at Aird's Moss by a group of dragoons who killed Richard Cameron and his brother.

Camilla Sparv
Camilla Sparv is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Camille Saint-Saens
Camille Saint-Saens was a French composer. He was born in 1835 and died in 1921. He composed Carnival of Animals (The Swan), Samson and Delilah, Danse Macabre.

Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott was an actress. She was born inM.

Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1976.

Canada Lee
Canada Lee was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1952.

Candace Hilligoss
Candace Hilligoss is an actress.

Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Candice Rialzon
Candice Rialzon is an actress.

Candy Azzara
Candy Azzara is an actress.

Candy Clark
Candy Clark is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Candy Moore
Candy Moore is an actress.

Candy Raymond
Candy Raymond is an actress.

Candy Wilson
Candy Wilson is an actress.

Cantilene
Cantilene was an actress.

Cantinflas
Cantinflas is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Canute
King Canute was a Viking King who ruled England from 1016 to 1035. He is buried at Winchester.

Canute II
see "Hardicanute"

Canute III
Canute III was a son of Hardicanute, the king of England, and king of Denmark in 1035.

Canute IV
Canute IV was king of Denmark in 1080.

Canute the Pious
see "Canute VI"

Canute V
Canute V was king of Denmark in 1147, until a civil war in 1157.

Canute VI
Canute VI (Canute the Pious) was king of Denmark in 1182.

Capetians
The Capetians were the third race of the kings of France, named from Hugo Capet, count of Paris and Orleans, who seized the throne on the death of Louis V, called the indolent, in 987.

Captain
Captain is a rank in the armed services.

Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Captain Alfred Dreyfus was a French officer falsely accused of espionage. He was born in 1859 and died in 1935.

Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook was an English sailor and explorer. In 1768 he sailed around the world. He discovered Easter island in 1772.

Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible is the stage name of Ray Burns, one time guitarist with The Mopeds and The Damned.

Capucine
Capucine was an actress. She was born in 1933 and died in 1990.

Cara Williams
Cara Williams is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Cardinal Ercole Consalvi
Cardinal Ercole Consalvi was an Italian Cardinal who conducted many negotiations between the Papacy and Revolutionary France. He was born in 1757 and died in 1824. He negotiated the Concordat with Napoleon in 1801. He was later dismissed and exiled under pressure from Napoleon, but resumed his position after the Battle of Waterloo.

Carel Fabritius
Carel Fabritius was a Dutch painter. He was born in 1614 and died in 1654 when he was killed in an explosion at Delft. He was a pupil of Rembrandt.

Caren Kaye
Caren Kaye is an actress.

Carib
The Caribs are a South American indian tribe still found in Guyana.

Carijos
The Carijos were a south Brazilian people discovered by the Portugese in the 16th century. They were a friendly and peaceful nation who were attacked by some of the Paolistas from Sao Vicente in 1585. In self-defence the Carijos wiped out the attackers. The Portugese responded with perhaps the first recorded example of genocide, waging a war with the intention of deliberately wiping out the entire Carijo people, which they did.

Carl (`Alfalfa') Switzer
Carl (`Alfalfa') Switzer was an actor. He was born in 1926 and died in 1959.

Carl Aarestrup
Carl Ludvig Emil Aarestrup was a Danish lyric poet. He was born in 1800 and died in 1856. He published 'Digte' in 1838.

Carl Benton Reid
Carl Benton Reid was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1973.

Carl Boehm
Carl Boehm is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Carl Brisson
Carl Brisson was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1958.

Carl E. Bailey
Carl E Bailey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1937 until 1941.

Carl E. Milliken
Carl E Milliken was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1917 until 1921.

Carl E. Sanders
Carl E Sanders was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1963 until 1967.

Carl Esmond
Carl Esmond is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Carl Gunderson
Carl Gunderson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1925 until 1927.

Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss scientist. He was born at Basle in 1875. He died in 1961. He is famous for developing a school of analytical psychology.

Carl Lee
Carl Lee is an actor.

Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer. He was born in 1786 and died in 1826. He composed Der Freischutz.

Carl Orff
Carl Orff was a German composer. He was born in 1895 and died in 1982. He composed Carmina Burana.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German composer. He was born in 1714 and died in 1788. He composed Cantatas, passions, numerous keyboard and instrumental works.

Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Carl Rosa
Carl August Nicholas Rosa was an operatic impresario. He was born in Hamburg in 1843 and died in 1889.

Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an American poet. He was born in 1878 at Galesburg and died in 1969.

Carl Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a Swedish chemist. He was born in 1742, dying in 1786. He discovered oxygen as did Priestly.

Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers is an actor.

Carla Del Poggio
Carla Del Poggio is an actress.

Carla Ziegfeld
Carla Ziegfeld is an actress.

Carleton Young
Carleton Young was an actor. He was born in 1906 and died in 1971.

Carlin Glynn
Carlin Glynn is an actress.

Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni was an Italian dramatist. He was born in 1707 at Venice and died in 1793 at Paris.

Carloman II
Carloman II was joint ruler of France together with Louis III in 879.

Carlos Calvo
Carlos Calvo was an Argentine historian. He was born in 1824 at Buerno Aires and died in 1893. He undertook a diplomatic mission to London and Paris, and in 1885 was appointed Argentine minister at Berlin.

Carlos Coolidge
Carlos Coolidge was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1848 until 1850.

Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1935.

Carlos Montalban
Carlos Montalban is an actor.

Carlos Thompson
Carlos Thompson was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1990.

Carmel Myers
Carmel Myers was an actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1980.

Carmelita Geraghty
Carmelita Geraghty is an actress.

Carmen Argenziano
Carmen Argenziano is an actress.

Carmen Duncan
Carmen Duncan is an actress.

Carmen Maura
Carmen Maura is an actress.

Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1955.

Carmen Sylva
Carmen Sylva was the pen name of Queen Elizabeth of Romania.

Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Carol Carr
Carol Carr is an actress.

Carol Channing
Carol Channing is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Carol Dempster
Carol Dempster is an actress. She was born in 1901.

Carol Haney
Carol Haney was an actress. She was born in 1928 and died in 1964.

Carol Irene Newell
Carol Irene Newell is an actress.

Carol Kane
Carol Kane is an actress. She was born in 1952.

Carol Laure
Carol Laure is an actress.

Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Carol Marsh
Carol Marsh is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Carol Ohmart
Carol Ohmart is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Carol Raye
Carol Raye is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Carol White
Carol White is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Carole Andre
Carole Andre is an actress.

Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet is an actress.

Carole Landis
Carole Landis was an actress. She was born in 1919 and died in 1948.

Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1942.

Caroline Munro
Caroline Munro is an actress. She was born in 1951.

Caroline `Tula' Cossey
Caroline `Tula' Cossey is an actress. She was born in 1955.

Carolyn Conwell
Carolyn Conwell is an actress.

Carolyn Courage
Carolyn Courage is an actress.

Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones was an actress. She was born in 1929 and died in 1983.

Carolyn Steller
Carolyn Steller is an actress.

Carpet-Bagger
A Carpet-Bagger is a needy political adventurer who goes about the country pandering to the prejudices of the ignorant with a view of getting into place or power. The name originates from politicians of the USA who tried to gain the votes of the Blacks and who carried no more property than might fill a carpet-bag.

Carpin
Carpin is an actress.

Carpocratians
The Carpocratians were a sect of Gnostics of the second century, so called from Carpocrates, a prominent teacher of gnosticism. They maintained that only the soul of Christ went to heaven, that his body would have no resurrection and that the world was made by angels.

Carre Otis
Carre Otis is an actress. She was born in 1969.

Carrie Ann Morrow
Carrie Ann Morrow is an actress. She was born in 1975.

Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher is an actress. She was born in 1956.

Carrie Lowell
Carrie Lowell is an actress. She was born in 1964.

Carrie Snodgrass
Carrie Snodgrass is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Carrol Baker
Carrol Baker is an actress. She was born in 1931.

Carrol OConnor
Carrol OConnor is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Carroll ODea
Carroll ODea is an actress.

Carroll S. Page
Carroll S Page was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1890 until 1892.

Carthusians
The Carthusians were a religious order instituted by Saint Bruno in 1084.

Cary A. Hardee
Cary A Hardee was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1921 until 1925.

Cary Grant
Cary Grant was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1986.

Casanova
Giovanni Giacomo de Seingalt Casanova was a Venetian adventurer. He was born in 1725 and died in 1798. He travelled Europe's capitals frequenting the most aristocratic society and living a generally rakish life.

Casey Stevens
Casey Stevens is an actor.

Cashibos
The Cashibos are a tribe of Peruvian Indians of very light complexion and reputedly beautiful women. They were formerly notorious for eating the old and infirm of their tribe.

Cassandra Harris
Cassandra Harris was an actress. She was born in 1952 and died in 1991.

Cassie Yates
Cassie Yates is an actress.

Cassivellaunus
Cassivellaunus was a British King, ruling north of the Thames, who offered a valiant defence to Julius Caesar during his second invasion of 54 BC. However, he was forced to capitulate and promised to pay tribute to Caesar.

Catauxis
The Catauxis are a tribe of cannibal Indians living in western Brazil. They go naked and wear bangles of twisted hair on their wrists and ankles, use blowpipes and poisoned arrows in war and the hunt. As well as hunting they also farm and produce pottery decorated with geometric patterns.

Catherine Allegret
Catherine Allegret is an actress.

Catherine Burns
Catherine Burns is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Catherine de Medici
Catherine de Medici was the wife of Henry II, King of France. She was born in 1519 at Florence and died in 1589.

Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Catherine Doucet
Catherine Doucet was an actress. She was born in 1875 and died in 1958.

Catherine Hicks
Catherine Hicks is an actress.

Catherine II
Catherine II was Empress of Russia. She was born in 1729 and died in 1796. In 1745 she married Peter, the nephew and successor to the Russian Empress Elizabeth on whose death in 1762 her husband succeeded as Peter III. Fearing that her husbands mistress may supplant her, Catherine won over the guards and proclaimed herself monarch. Peter abdicated and a few days later was murdered in prison.

Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1979.

Catherine Mary Stewart
Catherine Mary Stewart is an actress.

Catherine McLeod
Catherine McLeod is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara is an actress.

Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon was the first wife of Henry VIII. She was born in 1485 and died in 1536. She married Arthur, Prince of Wales when she was 16, and following his death she married his brother, Henry VIII whom she bore six children, of which only Mary I survived.

Catherine of Braganza
Catherine of Braganza was the wife of Charles II, King of England. She was born in 1638, the daughter of John IV King of Portugal, and died in 1705.

Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII of England. She was born in 1512 and died in 1548. Before marrying Henry she had been married twice before.

Catherine Schell
Catherine Schell is an actress.

Catherine Spaak
Catherine Spaak is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Catherine Talbot
Catherine Talbot was an English author. She was born in 1721 and died in 1770. She wrote 'Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week' as well as poems and essays.

Cathleen Nesbitt
Cathleen Nesbitt was an actress. She was born in 1888 and died in 1982.

Cathryn Harrison
Cathryn Harrison is an actress.

Cathy Lee Crosby
Cathy Lee Crosby is an actress.

Cathy Moriarty
Cathy Moriarty is an actress.

Cathy ODonnell
Cathy ODonnell was an actress. She was born in 1923 and died in 1970.

Catlin Adams
Catlin Adams is an actress. She was born in 1950.

Cavalier
Cavalier was a word meaning a horseman, whence a knight and a gentleman. In monarchial France the term 'chevalier' was a title of honour. The name was given to the followers of Charles I in derision in 1641 but afterwards became known in a more complimentary sense. During the Exclusion Bill of 1679 the term gave way to Tory.

Cayugas
The Cayugas were a North American Indian tribe of the Iroquois.

Cec Linder
Cec Linder is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B DeMille was an actor. He was born in 1881 and died in 1959.

Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham was an actress. She was born in 1888 and died in 1959.

Cecil D. Andrus
Cecil D Andrus was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Idaho from 1987 until 1995.

Cecil Day Lewis
Cecil Day Lewis was an English poet and critic. He was born in 1904, dying in 1972. He was professor of poetry at oxford university. He became the poet laureate in 1968.

Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil H Underwood was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of West Virginia from 1957 until 1961.

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1973.

Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker was an actor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1971.

Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was a South African statesman. He was born in 1853 at Bishop's Stortford and died in 1902.

Cecil Trouncer
Cecil Trouncer was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1953.

Cecile Aubry
Cecile Aubry is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Cecilia Parker
Cecilia Parker is an actress. She was born in 1905.

Cecilia Rivera
Cecilia Rivera is an actress.

Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1964.

Celeste Yarnall
Celeste Yarnall is an actress.

Celia Gregory
Celia Gregory is an actress.

Celia Johnson
Celia Johnson was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1982.

Celine Dion
Celine Dion is an actress. She was born in 1969.

Celtiberi
The Celtiberi were a race of Celts who at an ear;y period invaded the Spanish peninsula and intermarried with the inhabitants - the Iberians. They became subjects of Rome in the second Punic war but frequently rebelled.

Celts
The Celts were tribes which came to Britain from central Europe in the late Bronze age and again in the Iron Age.

Cenomanni
The Cenommani (Cenomani) were a Celtic people of the Aulerei nation of Gaul who inhabited the department of Sarthe. Their capital was Vindinum (Le Mans). A branch of the Cenommani invaded Italy in the 6th century BC, and occupied the left bank of the Po between the Adda and the Adige, with verona as their capital.

Cenred
Cenred was king of Mercia in 704 until he became a monk at Rome.

Cenric
Cenric was king of Northumberland in 716.

Centurion
A centurion was an officer in the Roman army commanding 100 men.

Centwine
Centwine was king of the West Saxons in 676. He ruled jointly with Escwine when Escwine was on his death bed.

Cenulph
Cenulph was king of Mercia in 794.

Cenwal
Cenwal was king of the West Saxons in 643.

Ceolred
Ceolred was king of Mercia in 709.

Ceolric
Ceolric was a nephew of Caewlin and king of the West Saxons in 591.

Ceolwulf
Ceolwulf was king of the West Saxons in 597.
Ceolwulf was king of Northumberland in 729. He died a monk.
Ceolwulf was king of Mercia in 819.

Ceolwulph
Ceolwulph was king of Mercia in 874 until he was deposed by the Danes in 877 and the kingdom then merged into the rest of Britain.

Ceorl
Ceorl was king of Mercia in 615.

Cerdic
Cerdic was king of the West Saxons. He invaded England and established the kingdom of Wessex in 516. He died in 534.

Cesar Franck
Cesar Auguste Franck was a French composer. He was born in 1822 at Liege and died in 1890. He wrote one symphony and organ music.

Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1994.

Chad Everett
Chad Everett is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Chahtas
see "Choctaws"

Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan is an actress.

Chancellor
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a cabinet minister who looks after the nation's money. It is the oldest office in the British Government, dating back to the days of Henry I when the Chancellor sat at a table covered with a chequered cloth and received taxes collected by the sheriffs.

Channing H. Cox
Channing H Cox was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1921 until 1925.

Channing Mitchell
Channing Mitchell is an actor.

Chapman
A chapman was a petty trader, usually itinerant. During the 18th century, travelling chapmen sold chapbooks, needles, lace, linen and other household goods, and bought old brass, old clothes and human hair.

Charlemagne
Charlemagne (Charles the Great) was king of France. He was born in 742 and died in 814. He extended the French empire into Italy.

Charlene Tilton
Charlene Tilton is an actress.

Charlene Watkins
Charlene Watkins is an actress.

Charles A. Busiel
Charles A Busiel was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1895 until 1897.

Charles A. Culberson
Charles A Culberson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1895 until 1899.

Charles A. Smith
Charles A Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina during 1915.

Charles A. Sprague
Charles A Sprague was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1939 until 1943.

Charles A. Wickliffe
Charles A Wickliffe was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Kentucky from 1839 until 1840.

Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1865 until 1866.

Charles Arnt
Charles Arnt is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour was an actor. He was born in 1924 and died in 1992.

Charles B. Aycock
Charles B Aycock was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1901 until 1905.

Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was a British mathematician. He designed an analytical engine which was the forerunner of the modern computer. He was born in 1801 and died in 1871.

Charles Belcher
Charles Belcher is an actor.

Charles Best
Charles Herbert Best was a Canadian physiologist. He was born in 1899, dying in 1978. With Banting he discovered the use of insulin in treating diabetes.

Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1967.

Charles Blondin
Charles Blondin was the stage name of Jean Francois Gravelat, a French acrobat. He was born in 1824 at St Omer and died in 1897 at Ealing, London. He specialised in tight-rope walking, and in 1859 crossed Niagra Falls on a rope 160 feet above the water.

Charles Booth
Charles Booth was an English sociologist. He was born in 1840 at Liverpool and died in 1916. He wrote a number of important studies of the poor and especially aged poor living in Britain.

Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1978.

Charles Bradlaugh
Charles Bradlaugh was an English secularist and republican. He was born in 1833 and died in 1891. He published many pamphlets advocating republicanism, one of the more famous being entitled 'Fruits of Philosophy', published in 1876. Although being elected as member for Northampton, he was continually barred from sitting because he refused to swear the oath of allegiance. Eventually in 1885 he was allowed to take his seat in a new parliament without swearing the oath.

Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Charles Brooks
Charles William Shirley Brooks was an English writer. He was born in 1816 and died in 1874. He wrote for Punch under the name 'Epicurus Rotundus' and in 1870 became the editor. He initiated the articles headed 'The Essence of Parliament'.

Charles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1946.

Charles C. Gossett
Charles C Gossett was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Idaho during 1945.

Charles C. Stevenson
Charles C Stevenson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nevada from 1887 until 1890.

Charles C. Stockley
Charles C Stockley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1883 until 1887.

Charles C. Stratton
Charles C Stratton was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of New Jersey from 1845 until 1848.

Charles C. Van Zandt
Charles C Van Zandt was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1877 until 1880.

Charles Calvert
Charles Alexander Calvert was an English actor. He was born in 1828 at London and died in 1879. He first appeared at Weymouth theatre in 1852 under Sothern and three years later moved to the Surrey in London under Shepherd and Creswick. In 1859 he went to Manchester as stage manager and leading actor at the Theatre Royal.

Charles Carlson
Charles Carlson is an actor.

Charles Carson
Charles Carson was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1977.

Charles Clark
Charles Clark was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1863 until 1865.

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn was an actor. He was born in 1877 and died in 1961.

Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1951.

Charles Conder
Charles Conder was an English painter best known for his designs for fans. He was born in 1868 and died in 1909.

Charles Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis was the first marquess of Cornwallis. He was born in 1738, dying in 1805. He commanded the British forces which surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown in 1781 and ended the American war of independence.

Charles Coulomb
Charles Coulomb was a French physicist. He was born in 1736 and died in 1806. He studied the distribution of electrical charges. The unit of electrical charge, the coulomb, is named after him.

Charles D. Kimball
Charles D Kimball was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1901 until 1903.

Charles Dale
Charles Dale is an actor. He was born in 1881.

Charles Dance
Charles Dance is an actor.

Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist. He was born in Shrewsbury in 1809, dying in 1882. He published his theory of evolution in a book entitled the origin of species in 1859.

Charles De Gaulle
Charles De Gaulle was a French soldier and statesman. He was born in 1890 and died in 1969. During the Second World War he was leader of the Free French Forces. In 1944 he led the liberation forces that entered Paris, and defeating the Communists who had stayed in France and fought the Nazis, became head of the provisional government.

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
Charles de Secondat Montesquieu was a French philosopher. He was born in 1689 and died in 1755.

Charles Denner
Charles Denner is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a 19th century English novelist whose powerful imagery brought to public attention the terrible conditions endured by the poor.

Charles Dingle
Charles Dingle was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1956.

Charles Doughty
Charles Montagu Doughty was an English writer and explorer. He was born in 1843 and died in 1926. His most important travels were to Arabia, venturing from Damascus to Jeddah with Bedouins and pilgrims.

Charles Drake
Charles Drake was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1994.

Charles Durning
Charles Durning is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Charles Edison
Charles Edison was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1941 until 1944.

Charles Ellet
Charles Ellet was an American civil engineer who designed the first wire-cable suspension bridge in the USA, in 1842. He was born in 1810 at Pennsylvania and died in 1862. He also designed the world's first long-span wire-cable suspension bridge, crossing the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. He began his career as a surveyor and assistant engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1828. In 1831 and 1832 he was in Europe, enrolled at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and studied the various engineering works taking place in France, Germany, and Britain. For his first wire-cable suspension bridge, over the Schuylkill River at Fairmount, Pennsylvania, Ellet introduced a technique he had learned in France of binding small wires together to make the cables. The central span of the suspension bridge over the Ohio River was at 308 m the longest ever built when it was completed in 1849. The bridge failed under wind forces in 1854; however, Ellet's towers remained standing and the bridge was rebuilt. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Ellet produced a steam-powered ship for the Union forces to ram the Confederates on the Mississippi River and in June 1862, led a fleet of nine of these rams in the Battle of Memphis. The Union side was victorious, but in the course of the fighting Ellet was fatally wounded.

Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York from 1907 until 1910.

Charles F. Hurley
Charles F Hurley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1937 until 1939.

Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1990.

Charles Fields
Charles Fields is an actor.

Charles Foster
Charles Foster was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1880 until 1884.

Charles Fourier
Charles Fourier was a French socialist writer. He was born in 1772, dying in 1837.

Charles Fox
Charles James Fox was an English statesman. He was born in 1749 and died in 1806

Charles Frank
Charles Frank is an actor. He was born in 1910.

Charles Goldner
Charles Goldner was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1955.

Charles Goldsborough
Charles Goldsborough was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Maryland during 1819.

Charles Gounod
Charles Francois Gounod was a French composer. He was born in 1818 at Paris and died in 1893.

Charles Gray
Charles Gray is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Charles Grodin
Charles Grodin is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Charles H. Bell
Charles H Bell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1881 until 1883.

Charles H. Dietrich
Charles H Dietrich was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebraska during 1901.

Charles H. Hardin
Charles H Hardin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1875 until 1877.

Charles H. Martin
Charles H Martin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oregon from 1935 until 1939.

Charles H. Russell
Charles H Russell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nevada from 1951 until 1959.

Charles H. Sawyer
Charles H Sawyer was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1887 until 1889.

Charles H. Sheldon
Charles H Sheldon was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1893 until 1897.

Charles Haid
Charles Haid is an actor.

Charles Halton
Charles Halton was an actor. He was born in 1876 and died in 1959.

Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1988.

Charles Henderson
Charles Henderson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1915 until 1919.

Charles Hillman Brough
Charles Hillman Brough was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1917 until 1921.

Charles I
Charles I was King of England from 1625 to 1649. He was born in 1600 and died in 1649.

Charles II
Charles II was King of England from 1660 to 1685.

Charles IV
Charles IV was King of Spain. He was born in 1748 and died in 1819. He succeeded to the throne in 1788 abducating in 1808 in favour of Napoleon.

Charles Ives
Charles Ives was an American composer. He was born in 1874 and died in 1954. He composed Concord Sonata, 4 symphonies.

Charles J. Bell
Charles J Bell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1904 until 1906.

Charles J. Jenkins
Charles J Jenkins was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1865 until 1868.

Charles J. McDonald
Charles J McDonald was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1839 until 1843.

Charles Jackson
Charles Jackson was an American politician. He was a Liberation party governor of Rhode Island from 1845 until 1846.

Charles Jeanneret
see "Le Corbusie"

Charles K. Williams
Charles K Williams was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1850 until 1852.

Charles Kay
Charles Kay is an actor.

Charles King
Charles King was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1944.

Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley was an English writer. He was born in 1819 at Holme and died in 1875. He wrote Westward Ho! and The Water Babies.

Charles Korvin
Charles Korvin is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Charles L. Terry, Jr
Charles L Terry Jr was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1965 until 1969.

Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb was an English poet. He was born in 1775 at London and died in 1834. He wrote essays under the name of Elia.

Charles Lampkin
Charles Lampkin is an actor.

Charles Lane
Charles Lane is an actor. He was born in 1899.

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1962.

Charles Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie Rene Leconte de Lisle was a French poet. He was born in 1818 and died in 1894.

Charles Lloyd-Pack
Charles Lloyd-Pack is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Charles Ludlam
Charles Ludlam was an actor. He died in 1987.

Charles Lynch
Charles Lynch was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi during 1833.

Charles M. Croswell
Charles M Croswell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1877 until 1880.

Charles M. Dale
Charles M Dale was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1945 until 1949.

Charles M. Floyd
Charles M Floyd was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1907 until 1909.

Charles M. Smith
Charles M Smith was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1935 until 1937.

Charles Manly
Charles Manly was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of North Carolina from 1849 until 1851.

Charles Martin Smith
Charles Martin Smith is an actor.

Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1980.

Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton was an actor. He was born in 1874 and died in 1949.

Charles N. Haskell
Charles N Haskell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1907 until 1911.

Charles N. Herreid
Charles N Herreid was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1901 until 1905.

Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle was an actor. He was born in 1865 and died in 1940.

Charles Paine
Charles Paine was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1841 until 1843.

Charles Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish nationalist politician. He was born in 1846 at Avondale and died in 1891.

Charles Paton
Charles Paton is an actor.

Charles Peel
Charles Peel is an actor.

Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney was an American politician. He was a governor of South Carolina from 1789 until 1792.

Charles Poletti
Charles Poletti was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York during 1942.

Charles Polk
Charles Polk was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Delaware from 1827 until 1830.

Charles R. Mabey
Charles R Mabey was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Utah from 1921 until 1925.

Charles R. Miller
Charles R Miller was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Delaware from 1913 until 1917.

Charles Ray
Charles Ray was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1943.

Charles Reade
Charles Reade was a British novelist and dramatist. He was born in 1814 at Ipsden and died in 1884. He wrote The Cloister and the Hearth.

Charles Richardson
Charles Richardson was an English writer. He was born in 1775 and died in 1865. He was trained as a barrister, but devoted himself to literature. In 1815 he published Illustrations of English Philology. In 1818 he undertook the lexicographical articles in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, and afterwards published his great work, A New Dictionary of the English Language. He also wrote a work on the Study of Languages (1854), and contributed frequently to the Gentleman's and other magazines.

Charles Ridgely
Charles Ridgely was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Maryland from 1816 until 1819.

Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1861 until 1863.

Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1970.

Charles S. Deneen
Charles S Deneen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Illinois from 1905 until 1913.

Charles S. Morehead
Charles S Morehead was an American politician. He was a Know-Nothing governor of Kentucky from 1855 until 1859.

Charles S. Olden
Charles S Olden was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey from 1860 until 1863.

Charles S. Robb
Charles S Robb was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1982 until 1986.

Charles S. Thomas
Charles S Thomas was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Colorado from 1899 until 1901.

Charles S. Whitman
Charles S Whitman was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York from 1915 until 1918.

Charles Saint-Beuve
Charles Augustin Saint-Beuve was a French critic and guide to the Romantic movement. He was born in 1804 at Boulogne and died in 1869. He started a new school of criticism based upon the study of history and of all sources of information bearing on his subject.

Charles Sale
Charles Sale was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1937.

Charles Scott
Charles Scott was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Kentucky from 1808 until 1812.

Charles Smith
Charles Smith is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Charles Stanhope
Charles Stanhope was an English politician and scientist. He was born in 1753 at London and died in 1816. He made numerous experiments regarding the application of steam to ships, invented a printing press, invented a microscopic lens and constructed calculating machines. Politically he opposed the slave trade, and was a supporter of education and electoral and fiscal reforms.

Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett is an actor. He was born in 1904.

Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner was an American statesman and anti-slavery campaigner. He was born in 1811 at Boston and died in 1874. He was called to the Bar in 1834 and elected to the Senate in 1851. He devoted the next few years of his life to the abolition of slavery and was an impressive speaker on the subject. He was renowned for his integrity and advocated the impeachment of his former friend President Johnson.

Charles T. O'Ferrall
Charles T O'Ferrall was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1894 until 1898.

Charles the Great
see "Charlemagne"

Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Delaware from 1823 until 1824.

Charles Thone
Charles Thone was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1979 until 1983.

Charles Tingwell
Charles Tingwell is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Charles Towneley
Charles Towneley was an English collector of classical antiquities. He was born in 1737 near Burnley and died in 1805. In 1765, he visited Rome and became an enthusiastic collector of marbles. By way of excavations in Rome he built up an unrivalled collection of marbles which was housed in London after 1772 and purchased by the British Museum on his death, for 28,000 pounds.

Charles Trowbridge
Charles Trowbridge was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1967.

Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner is an actor.

Charles Vanel
Charles Vanel was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1989.

Charles VI
Charles VI was Emperor of Germany. He was born in 1685 and died in 1740. He was destined by the rules of inheritance to sicceed his relative Charles II on the throne of Spain, but Charles II by his will made the French Prince, the Duke of Anjour, his heir. This led to the War of the Spanish Succession in which England and Holland took the part of the Austrian claimant. He held Madrid for a while before conceeding Spain to the French claim and became Emperor of Germany in 1711.

Charles Victor
Charles Victor was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1965.

Charles VII
Charles VII was Emperor of Germany. He was born in 1697 and died in 1745. On the death of Charles VI he refused to acknowledge Maria Theresa as heiress and in support of his own claims he invaded Austria with an army, took Prague and was crowned King of Bohemia and in 1742 was elected Emperor.

Charles Voysey
Charles Voysey was the founder of the Theistic Church. He was born in 1828 at London and died in 1912. He was ordained a clergyman of the Church of England, and deprived in 1871 as a consequence of certain publications which were judged to be heterodox.

Charles W. Bryan
Charles W Bryan was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Nebrasaka from 1931 until 1935.

Charles W. Gates
Charles W Gates was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1915 until 1917.

Charles W. Lippitt
Charles W Lippitt was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1895 until 1897.

Charles W. Tobey
Charles W Tobey was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1929 until 1931.

Charles Waterton
Charles Waterton was an English naturalist and explorer. He was born in 1782 near Wakefield and died in 1865. He spent a lot of time in South America, publishing his findings in 'Wanderings in South America' in 1825.

Charles Wilkes
Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer. He was born in 1798 at New York and died in 1877. During a US expedition of 1838 to 1842 he discovered the continent of antarctica and published a narrative of five volumes in 1845. In November 1861 he captured Mason and Slidell, Confederate commissioners from the British steam-packet Trent, and afterwards commanded a squadron in the West Indies and was made a rear-admiral in 1866.

Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1969.

Charles X
Charles X was king of France. He was born in 1757 and died in 1836. He was deposed in 1830 and resided in Britain until 1832 when he moved to Hungary.

Charley E. Johns
Charley E Johns was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1953 until 1955.

Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin was an actor. He was born in 1869 and died in 1956.

Charlie Barnett
Charlie Barnett is an actor.

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1977.

Charlie Chase
Charlie Chase was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1940.

Charlie Korsmo
Charlie Korsmo is an actor.

Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy is an actor.

Charlie Murray
Charlie Murray was an actor. He was born in 1872 and died in 1941.

Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen is an actor.

Charlie Theron
Charlie Theron is an actor.

Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a French revolutionary and the assassin of Marat. She was born in 1768 and died in 1793 when she was guillotined for the murder of Marat who she stabbed in his bath in July 1793, believing him to be a tyrant.

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg is an actress.

Charlotte Greenwood
Charlotte Greenwood was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1978.

Charlotte Henry
Charlotte Henry was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1980.

Charlotte Michelle
Charlotte Michelle is an actress.

Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Charlotte Stewart
Charlotte Stewart is an actress.

Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Charon Bourke
Charon Bourke is an actress.

Charruas
The Charruas were a warlike South American tribe of Indians dominant in Uruguay and southern Brazil until they were exterminated to make way for non-indian settlers during the 19th century. They were of a dark complexion and used the bow and sling as weapons.

Chase A. Clark
Chase A Clark was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Idaho from 1941 until 1943.

Chase S. Osborn
Chase S Osborn was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1911 until 1912.

Chauncey Sparks
Chauncey Sparks was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1943 until 1947.

Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin is an actor.

Cher
Cher is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Cheri Caffaro
Cheri Caffaro is an actress.

Cherie Howell
Cherie Howell is an actress.

Cherokee
The Cherokee (more properly Tsallaki) are a north American Indian nation of the Iroquois family with two main divisions: the Ottare and the Ayrate. They originally occupied the Appomatox basin in Virginia, but around 1780 were driven south to the Carolinas and Georgia. In 1838 they were removed to Indian Territory.

Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell is an actress.

Cheryl Ladd
Cheryl Ladd is an actress. She was born in 1951.

Cheryl Tiegs
Cheryl Tiegs is an actress.

Chesney Allen
Chesney Allen was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1982.

Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the USA from 1881 to 1885.

Chester B. Jordan
Chester B Jordan was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1901 until 1903.

Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1971.

Chester H. Aldrich
Chester H Aldrich was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1911 until 1913.

Chester Lauck
Chester Lauck was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1980.

Chester Morris
Chester Morris was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1970.

Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase is an actor. He was born in 1949.

Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-Shek was a Chinese political and military leader. He served with Sun Yat-Sen during the 1911 revolution and later became leader of the nationalist government. He opposed the communists and fled to Taiwan in 1950.

Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni is an actress. She was born in 1972.

Chic Johnson
Chic Johnson was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1962.

Chick Chandler
Chick Chandler is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Chick Vennera
Chick Vennera is an actor.

Chico Marx
Chico Marx was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1961.

Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1981.

Chilcats
see "Thinklits"

Childeric
Childeric was king of France in 458.

Chill Wills
Chill Wills was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1978.

Chimmesyans
see "Tsimshians"

China Lee
China Lee is an actress.

Chippewa
Chippewa is another name for the Ojibway Indian tribe of North America.

Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1971.

Chiquitos
Chiquitos was a collective name for a large group of South American aborigines in Bolivia. They were roughly forty tribes, grouped into seven divisions: Tapacuraca, Napeca, Paunaca, Paiconeca, Quitemoca, Zuracariguia and Monococa. They were described in 1905 as a merry, light-hearted people given to singing and dancing and cultivating white and yellow cotton and indigo which they used to prepare striped clothing. They lived in a Communist society, produce from industries being sold for the benefit of the community and a fund formed for the relief of the sick and aged.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Choctaws
The Choctaws (more properly Chahtas) are a North American Indian nation of the Muskhogean family.

Chontals
The Chontals are an ancient people of Central America formerly widespread through Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica they are now found only in north-eastern Nicaragua.

Chris Connelly
Chris Connelly is an actor.

Chris Farley
Chris Farley was an actress. She was born inÿ
ep and died inÿ
ep.

Chris Makepeace
Chris Makepeace is an actress.

Chris Mitchum
Chris Mitchum is an actor.

Chris ODonnell
Chris ODonnell is an actor.

Chris Sarandon
Chris Sarandon is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Chris Stein
Chris Stein was lead guitarist with the 70's punk rock band Blondie.

ChrisPin Martin
ChrisPin Martin was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1953.

Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch scientist. He was born in 1629 and died in 1695. He invented the pendulum clock.

Christian A. Herter
Christian A Herter was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1953 until 1957.

Christian I
Christian I was king of Denmark in 1448, and elected king of Sweden in 1457.

Christian II
Christian II was a son of John and king of Denmark in 1513. He caused all the Swedish nobility to be massacred and was dethroned in 1523 for his tyranny. He died in a dungeon in 1559.

Christian III
Christian III was king of denmark and Norway in 1533.

Christian IV
Christian IV was king of Denmark and Norway in 1588.

Christian IX
Christian IX was king of Denmark in 1863.

Christian Roberts
Christian Roberts is an actor.

Christian Rub
Christian Rub was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1956.

Christian Slater
Christian Slater is an actor. He was born in 1969.

Christian Stolberg
Christian Stolberg was a German poet and critic. He was born in 1748 at Hamburg and died in 1821.

Christian the Cruel
see "Christian II"

Christian V
Christian V was king of Denmark and Norway in 1670.

Christian VI
Christian VI was king of Denmark and Norway in 1730.

Christian VII
Christian VII was king of Denmark and Norway in 1766.

Christian VIII
Christian VIII was king of Denmark in 1839.

Christiane Hoerbiger
Christiane Hoerbiger is an actress.

Christie Wagner
Christie Wagner is an actress.

Christina World
Christina World is an actress.

Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski is an actress.

Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole is an actress.

Christine Jorgenson
Christine Jorgenson was an actress. She died in 1989.

Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti is an actress.

Christine Noonan
Christine Noonan is an actress.

Christine Norden
Christine Norden was an actress. She was born in 1924 and died in 1988.

Christoph Von Gluck
Christoph Willibald Von Gluck was a German composer of operas. He was born in 1714 at Bavaria and died in 1787.

Christoph W. Gluck
Christoph W. Gluck was a German composer. He was born in 1714 and died in 1787. He composed Alceste, Iphigenie en Tauride.

Christopher Atkins
Christopher Atkins is an actor. He was born in 1961.

Christopher Cazenove
Christopher Cazenove is an actor.

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator. He was born in 1451 at Genoa and died in 1506. Inspired by the adventures of Marco Polo, Columbus sought a westerly route to the East. He discovered Cuba, the West Indies and the South American mainland.

Christopher Del Sesto
Christopher Del Sesto was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1959 until 1961.

Christopher Fry
Christopher Fry is an English dramatist. He was born in 1907.

Christopher George
Christopher George was an actor. He was born in 1929 and died in 1983.

Christopher Gore
Christopher Gore was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Massachusetts from 1809 until 1810.

Christopher Greenup
Christopher Greenup was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Kentucky from 1804 until 1808.

Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest is an actor.

Christopher Hewett
Christopher Hewett is an actor.

Christopher I
Christopher I was king of Denmark in 1252. He was poisoned.

Christopher II
Christopher II was king of Denmark in 1320.

Christopher III
Christopher III was king of Denmark and Sweden in 1440.

Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood is an Anglo-American novelist and playwright. He was born in 1904.

Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Christopher Lambert
Christopher Lambert is an actor.

Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd is an actor.

Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist. He was born in 1564 at Canterbury and died in 1593. He wrote 'Doctor Faustus'; 'The Jew of Malta'; 'Tamburlaine'.

Christopher Norris
Christopher Norris is an actor.

Christopher Pate
Christopher Pate is an actor.

Christopher Penn
Christopher Penn is an actor.

Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve is an actor. He was born in 1952.

Christopher S. Bond
Christopher S Bond was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Missouri from 1981 until 1985.

Christopher Serrone
Christopher Serrone was an actor. He was born in 1976 and died in RU:.

Christopher StJohn
Christopher StJohn was an actor.

Christopher Stone
Christopher Stone is an actor.

Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken is an actor. He was born in 1943.

Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Chuck Aspegren
Chuck Aspegren is an actor.

Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry is an actor.

Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors was an actor. He was born in 1937 and died in 1992.

Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Chunchos
The Chunchos are an aboriginal tribe of Indians living in the wooded parts of eastern Peru where they raise crops of maize, yucas, plantains and pineapples. They live in large huts containing three or four family groups and are ruled by hereditary chiefs.

Cicely Courtneige
Cicely Courtneige is an actress.

Cicely Oates
Cicely Oates is an actress.

Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Cimabue
Cimabue was an Italian painter. He was born in 1240 and died in 1302.

Cimbri
The Cimbri were a Teutonic race who first emerged in 113 BC when they defeated the Romans in Carinthia. They migrated to Gaul where they defeated the Roman consul in 109 BC and again in 105 BC at Orange. They invaded Spain and then with the assistance of other Teutonic tribes overran Gaul and attempted to invade Italy. They were defeated by the Romans at Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC and at Vercellae in 101 BC.

Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus was a Roman dictator. He was born in 520 BC and died in 440 BC. He held power on two occasions. Once for 14 days and then again for 12 days. During his periods in power he freed Rome from her enemies, and then returned to his farm refusing all rewards.

Cindy Fisher
Cindy Fisher is an actress.

Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan is an actress.

Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Cino da Pistoia
Cino da Pistoia was an Italian poet and jurist. He was born in 1270 and died in 1336.

Cinque Lee
Cinque Lee is an actress.

Ciro Ale'Gria
Ciro Ale'Gria was a Peruvian novelist. He was born in 1900 and died in 1967. He was imprisoned and fled to Chile where he lived in exile.

Claiborne F. Jackson
Claiborne F Jackson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri during 1861.

Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom is an actress. She was born in 1931.

Claire Dodd
Claire Dodd was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1973.

Claire Griswold
Claire Griswold is an actress.

Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor is an actress. She was born in 1909.

Claire Windsor
Claire Windsor was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1972.

Clan-na-Gael
Clan-na-Gael was an Irish-American secret society based in Chicago which played a prominent part in the home rule agitation of the 1880s.

Clapham Sect
The Clapham Sect was a name given to the evangelical party in the Church of England by Sydney Smith in the latter part of the 18th century after the fact that several eminent members of the party lived in Clapham.

Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick was an actress. She was born in 1880 and died in 1962.

Clara Bow
Clara Bow was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1965.

Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1960.

Clare Greet
Clare Greet is an actress.

Clarence D. Martin
Clarence D Martin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Washington from 1933 until 1941.

Clarence J. Morley
Clarence J Morley was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Colorado from 1925 until 1927.

Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb was an actor. He was born in 1874 and died in 1964.

Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1979.

Clarence Nash
Clarence Nash was an actor. He died in 1985.

Clarence W. Meadows
Clarence W Meadows was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1945 until 1949.

Clark Gable
Clark Gable was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1960.

Clarkson Stanfield
Clarkson Stanfield was an English marine painter. He was born in 1793 at Sunderland and died in 1867. He served in the navy, but was subsequently disabled and became a scene-painter first in Edinburgh and then in London.

Claud Allister
Claud Allister was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1970.

Claude A. Swanson
Claude A Swanson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910.

Claude Akins
Claude Akins was an actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1994.

Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Claude Dampier
Claude Dampier was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1955.

Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1978.

Claude Debussy
Claude Achille Debussy was a French composer. He was born in 1862, dying in 1918. He was leader of the French impressionist school in music.

Claude Gelee
see "Claude Lorraine"

Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater was an actor. He was born in 1870 and died in 1939.

Claude Graham-White
Claude Graham-White was a British aviator and aeronautical engineer. He was born in 1879. He was the first Englishman to be granted an aviator's certificate. In 1909 he started a school of aviation at Pau and in 1910 won the international race in America.

Claude Hulbert
Claude Hulbert was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1963.

Claude Jarman Jr
Claude Jarman Jr is an actor. He was born in 1934.

Claude Lorraine
Claude Lorraine was a French landscape painter. He was born in 1600 at Lorraine and died in 1682. His real name was Claude Gelee. He lived most of his life in Rome.

Claude Matthews
Claude Matthews was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1893 until 1897.

Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a French impressionist painter. He was born in 1840 and died in 1926.

Claude R. Kirk, Jr
Claude R Kirk Jr was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Florida from 1967 until 1971.

Claude Rains
Claude Rains was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1967.

Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1996.

Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Claudia Jennings
Claudia Jennings is an actress.

Claudia McNeil
Claudia McNeil is an actress.

Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Claudine Longet
Claudine Longet is an actress.

Claudine Melgrave
Claudine Melgrave is an actress.

Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer. He was born in 1567 at Cremona and died in 1643. He wrote a lot of church music.

Claudius Galen
Claudius Galen was an ancient medical writer. He was one of the founders of anatomy and the founder of vivisection.

Claudius I
Claudius I was born in 10 BC at Lyons and died in 54. He became emperor following the assassination of Caligula. He was murdered by his wife Agrippina so that her son, Nero could be emperor.

Clayton Day
Clayton Day is an actor.

Clearchus
Clearchus was a Spartan general in the 5th century BC. His tyrannical rule of Byzantium resulted in his overthrow. He joined Cyrus' Persian army and assisted him against his brother. When Cyrus was killed at the battle of Cunaxa in 401 BC, Clearchus assumed command but was captured and killed by Artaxerxes.

Cleavant Derricks
Cleavant Derricks is an actress.

Cleavon Little
Cleavon Little was an actor. He was born in 1939 and died in 1992.

Clelia Mantania
Clelia Mantania is an actress.

Clelia Matania
Clelia Matania is an actress.

Clement Burke
Clement Burke was premier drummer with the 70's punk band Blondie. He also provided backing vocals for many tracks.

Clement C. Young
Clement C Young was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of California from 1927 until 1931.

Clement Comer Clay
Clement Comer Clay was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1835 until 1837.

Cleombrotus
Cleombrotus was king of Sparta from 380 to 371 BC. He carried on a war against the Thebans which in 371 BC the Thebans won a decisive victory at Leuctra and Cleombrotus was killed.

Cleopatra
Cleopatra was a name of Egyptian queens. Cleopatra VI was the last Queen of Egypt. She was born in 69 BC of Macedonian descent and became joint ruler with her brother, Ptolemy XIV in 52 BC. Exiled by her brother she retired to Syria and secured the aid of Julius Caesar. Ptolemy XIV was killed and Cleopatra was made Queen whereupon she returned to Rome with Caesar as his mistress. On Caesar's death in 44 BC Cleopatra returned to Egypt and declared Caesarion, her son by Caesar, joint ruler. Mark Anthony now became her lover and put Caesarion to death. Cleopatra killed herself with the bite of an asp after failing to win favour with the new Roman Emperor Octavius and fearing capture.

Clerk of the Peace
A Clerk of the Peace is a county lawyer who gives advice to the Justices of the Peace and keeps records of his county.

Cliff Clark
Cliff Clark was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1953.

Cliff DeYoung
Cliff DeYoung is an actor. He was born in 1945.

Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1971.

Cliff Finch
Cliff Finch was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1976 until 1980.

Cliff Gorman
Cliff Gorman is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond was an actor.

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts was an actor.

Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Clifford Evans
Clifford Evans is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Clifford P. Hansen
Clifford P Hansen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wyoming from 1963 until 1967.

Clifford R. Powell
Clifford R Powell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey during 1935.

Clifford Walker
Clifford Walker was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1923 until 1927.

Clifton Davis
Clifton Davis is an actor.

Clifton James
Clifton James is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1966.

Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Clint Howard
Clint Howard is an actor.

Clint Walker
Clint Walker is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Clinton Clauson
Clinton Clauson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine during 1959.

Clinton Sundberg
Clinton Sundberg is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Clio Goldsmith
Clio Goldsmith is an actress.

Clive Brook
Clive Brook was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1974.

Clive Morton
Clive Morton was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1975.

Clive Revill
Clive Revill is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Clodion the Hairy
Clodion the Hairy was king of the Salic Franks in 428.

Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Clotaire II
Clotaire II was king of the Franks. He was born in 584 and died in 628. He succeeded his father, Chilperic I, as king when he was four months old under the guardianship of his mother Fredegonda, and became sole king in 613. He overran Austrasia and Burgundy, captured and put to death Brunhild, siezed her dominions, and reunited under his sway the empire of Clovis.

Clovis
Clovis was King of the Franks. He was born in 465 and died in 511. He defeated the Gallo-Romans near Soissons and the Alemanni near Cologne in 496.

Clovis the Great
Clovis the Great was king of France in 481, and the founder of the French monarchy.

Clu Gulager
Clu Gulager is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Clyde Cook
Clyde Cook is an actor. He was born in 1891.

Clyde L. Herring
Clyde L Herring was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Iowa from 1933 until 1937.

Clyde M. Reed
Clyde M Reed was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1929 until 1931.

Clyde R. Hoey
Clyde R Hoey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1937 until 1941.

Clyde Tingley
Clyde Tingley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Mexico from 1935 until 1939.

Cocamas
see "Cocomas"

Coccelians
The Coccelians were a small sect founded by John Cocceius of Bremen in the 17th century. They held the opinion that a visible reign of Christ in the world would occur after a general conversion of the Jews and all other people to the Christian faith.

Cockney
Cockney is a term which was originally applied to the inhabitants of any town, and implied their ignorance of farming and agriculture. During the 17th century its use became limited to the inhabitants of London, and more recently to those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow (Bow bells) in London. The cockney dialect is chiefly characterised by the substitution of f or v for th (eg brover for brother), of ah for ou (eg rahnd for round) and ou for o (nou for no) and also a tendency to nasalise many vowels. Other peculiarities are substituting a long i for a long a (eg lidy for lady) and oi for i (foin for fine) and the dropping or misplacement of the letter h ('e for he).

Cocomas
The Cocomas (or Cocamas) are a tribe of South American aboriginal indians living around the Maranon and Lower Huallaga. They were first discovered by missionaries around 1680, who reported that the Cocomas were cannibals. Their language is closely related to Tupi, leading to the suggestion that they are a remnant of the Tupinambas.

Coe I. Crawford
Coe I Crawford was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1907 until 1909.

Cognate
In Roman law, a cognate was a person related through male or female antecedents. In English and Scottish law, persons related on the mother's side only.

Coke R. Stevenson
Coke R Stevenson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1941 until 1947.

Cola di Rienzi
Cola di Rienzi was an Italian patriot. He was born in Rome in 1313. He led a popular uprising in 1347, reigned for seven months and then had to flee. He was eventually murdered in 1354.

Coleen Camp
Coleen Camp is an actress.

Coleman L. Blease
Coleman L Blease was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1911 until 1915.

Coles Bashford
Coles Bashford was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1856 until 1858.

Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Colgate W Darden Jr was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1942 until 1946.

Colin
Colin was King of Scotland from 967 to 971.

Colin Blakely
Colin Blakely was an actor. He was born in 1930 and died in 1987.

Colin Blythe
Colin Blythe was an English cricketer. He was born in 1879 and died in 1917. He played for Kent and England as a slow left-arm bowler, taking 2506 wickets in 16 seasons, 100 of them in test matches including 15 in the test match against South Africa at Headingley in 1907. He was killed in action during the Great War, in France in 1917.

Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1966.

Colin Clive
Colin Clive was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1937.

Colin Gibson
Colin Gibson is an actor.

Colin Gordin
Colin Gordin is an actor.

Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1972.

Colin Tapley
Colin Tapley is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst was an actress. She was born in 1926 and died in 1991.

Colleen Gray
Colleen Gray is an actress. She was born in 1922.

Colleen Moore
Colleen Moore was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1988.

Colleen ONeil
Colleen ONeil is an actress.

Collin Wilcox
Collin Wilcox was an actress.

Collyridians
The Collyridians were Arab heretics of the 4th century who offered collyrides (small cakes) to the Virgin Mary as a goddess.

Colonel
In the British Army, a Colonel is the commanding officer of a regiment, or an officer of similar rank on the general staff.

Commissar
A Commissar is an administrative official in Russia. There are various ranks, the highest being in charge of a State department and corresponding to a British cabinet minister.

Common Serjeant
The Common Serjeant is an ancient law officer of the City of London next in rank to the recorder. He aids the recorder at the Central Criminal Court, acts as judge at the Mayor's Court and legal adviser and counsel to the City Corporation, and performs certain functions at the election of city officers. The post is a Crown nomination.

Compere
A compere is a host or master of ceremonies at a stage revue or television programme.

Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Ferrell is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Conductor
In music, a conductor is a musician who directs the performance of a piece of music.

Conelius Tacitus
Conelius Tacitus was a Roman historian. He was born in 55 and died in 120.

Confucius
Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu) was an ancient Chinese philosopher. He was born around 551 BC and died around 479 BC.

Connie Booth
Connie Booth is an actress.

Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Connie Gilchrist
Connie Gilchrist is an actress. She was born in 1901.

Connie Marshall
Connie Marshall is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Conny VanDyke
Conny VanDyke is an actress.

Conon
Conon was an Athenian general. He commanded the fleet of 413 BC which was intended to prevent the Corinthians from relieving Syracuse during their war with Athens.

Conquistadores
Conquistadores was the name given to the Spanish conquerors of South America, and in particular to their more important leaders.

Conrad Baker
Conrad Baker was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1867 until 1873.

Conrad I
Conrad I was King of Germany in 911. He was killed in 918 while fighting the Hungarians.

Conrad II
Conrad II was King of Germany from 1024 until 1039. He tried to reform the country, repressing some of the more unpleasant aspects of the feudal system.

Conrad III
Conrad III was King of Germany from 1138 to 1152. He adopted the double headed eagle symbol which is still in use in Austria today.

Conrad IV
Conrad IV was a German King. He was born in 1228 and died in 1254. He was King of the Romans in 1237 and Emperor in 1250. He opposed the Pope and opened war on the Archbishop of Mainz. After a campaign of dubious success he marched into Italy, where he died.

Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1970.

Conrad Philips
Conrad Philips is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1943.

Consort
Consort is the term applied to the spouse of a reigning sovereign.

Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1965.

Constance Collier
Constance Collier was an actress. She was born in 1878 and died in 1955.

Constance Cummings
Constance Cummings is an actor. He was born in 1910.

Constance Forslund
Constance Forslund is an actress.

Constance Moore
Constance Moore is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Constance Smith
Constance Smith is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Constance Talmadge
Constance Talmadge was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1973.

Constans I
Constans I was ruler of Italy, Africa and West Illyricum. He was born in 320 BC, the son of Constantine the Great (Constantine I), and died in 350.

Constans II
Constans II was a Roman Emperor or the East. He was born in 630 and died in 668. His reign was disturbed by frequent and disastrous Arab and Lombard invasions, by which Africa and large parts of Italy and Greece were lost.

Constant Lambert
Leonard Constant Lambert was a composer, conductor and author who founded the English ballet. He was born in 1905 and died in 1951.

Constant Troyon
Constant Troyon was a French animal painter. He was born in 1810 at Sevres and died in 1865. He started his art career as a painter on china and was influenced by Diaz, Dupre and Huet.

Constantine I
Constantine I was King of Scotland from 863 to 877. Constantine The Great was a Roman emperor. He was born in 274, dying in 337. He was converted to Christianity and made it the state religion.

Constantine II
Constantine II was King of Scotland from 900 to 943.

Constantine III
Constantine III was King of Scotland from 995 to 997.

Constantius
Constantius was a Roman Emperor. He was born in 250 and died in 306. He was successful as a military ruler of Dalmatia, and was appointed Caesar by the Emperor Maximian in 293. He died at York during a campaign against the Picts.

Consul
A consul is an official who looks after the trading interests of his country in foreign towns.

Contras
The contras are a right wing Nicaraguan guerrilla force.

Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1938.

Cook
Captain James Cook was an English sailor and explorer. In 1768 he sailed around the world. He discovered Easter Island in 1772.

Cookie Mueller
Cookie Mueller was an actress. She was born in 1939 and died in 1989.

Cooper
A Cooper is a person whose trade is cooperage (making barrels etc.).

Cooper Huckabee
Cooper Huckabee is an actor.

Cora Sue Collins
Cora Sue Collins is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Cora Witherspoon
Cora Witherspoon was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1957.

Coral Browne
Coral Browne was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1991.

Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Corinne Alphen
Corinne Alphen is an actress.

Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Corinne Clery
Corinne Clery is an actress.

Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1979.

Corinne Luchaire
Corinne Luchaire was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1950.

Corinne Marchand
Corinne Marchand is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde was an actor. He was born in 1915 and died in 1989.

Cornelia
Cornelia was the daughter of Publius Scipio Africanus, and the wife of Sempronius Gracchus whom she married in 169 BC. She was renowned for her pride in her sons who were reformers.

Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cornelia Otis Skinner was an actress. She was born in 1901 and died in 1979.

Cornelia Sharpe
Cornelia Sharpe is an actress.

Cornelius Nepos
Cornelius Nepos was a Roman historian. He was probably the author of Vitae excellentium imperatorum, and of the lives of Atticus and Cato.

Cornelius P. Comegys
Cornelius P Comegys was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Delaware from 1837 until 1841.

Cornelius P. Van Ness
Cornelius P Van Ness was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Vermont from 1823 until 1826.

Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American capitalist. He was born in 1794 and died in 1877. The son of a small farmer he began in business at the age of sixteen by ferrying passengers and goods between New York and Staten Island. He later became a successful boatbuilder and steamship owner and in 1863 engaged in railway ventures, in 1867 becomming president of the New York Central Railway.

Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich was an actress. She was born in Cornell and died in 1903.

Cornwell
see "John Le Carre"

Coroner
A Coroner is a person who is appointed to enquire into the death of somebody who has died, or is thought to have died from unnatural causes.

Correggio
Correggio was the name taken by Antonio Allegri from his birthplace near Modena. He was an Italian painter and was born in 1494 and died in 1534. His most important productions were the frescoes that he painted on the dome of the church of San Giovanni in Parma between 1521 and 1524.

Corsair
The Corsairs were mediaeval pirates, whose particular base was the north coast of Africa, from which they plundered all Christian ships, especially the Spanish treasure ships from America.

Corybantes
The Corybantes were the Greek priests of Cybele. They celebrated her festival with wild orgies, beating upon drums and cymbals.

Cossack
Originally the name Cossack was applied to any armed adventurer, later the name was applied to a certain section of the Russian people of mixed Tartar, Polish and Russian origin. In the Middle Ages they formed a separate community and were employed because of their military prowess by the Polish and Russian kings.

Count Basie
Count Basie is an actor.

Count Maeterlinck
Count Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian writer and dramatist. He was born in 1862 at Ghent and died in 1949.

Count Von Thurn
see "Heinrich Thurn"

Covenanter
A Covenanter was a supporter of the Solemn League and Covenant, an anti-Catholic movement signed by Scottish Presbyterians and English Puritans.

Coventry Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet. He was born in 1823 and died in 1896.

Craig Russell
Craig Russell is an actor.

Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens is an actor. He was born in 1918.

Craig T. Nelson
Craig T Nelson was an actor.

Craig Wasson
Craig Wasson is an actor. He was born in 1954.

Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1965.

Creole
Creole describes persons not of an aboriginal race born in the West Indies, parts of America, South America and other Spanish or French colonies. Creole does not imply mixed blood, but rather any person born in a place where his race is not indigenous.

Cretin
A cretin is someone who suffers from the disease cretinism.

Crida
Crida was king of Mercia in 586.

Crimp
A crimp was an agent for supplying seamen by decoy or other illegal means to merchant ships. Often a crimp would be a lodging-house keeper in a seaport.

Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover is an actor.

Cristina Raines
Cristina Raines is an actress. She was born in 1954.

Cristoval de Castillejo
Cristoval de Castillejo was a Spanish poet. He was born in 1494 and died in 1556. His poetry contains fine examples of wit and satire.

Croesus
Croesus was the last King of Lydia. He reigned from 560 BC until 546 BC, conquered Ionia and became an ally of Sparta. Croesus joined with Nabonidus of Babylon to oppose Cyrus of Persia, but was overthrown by him at Sardis.

Crofter
A crofter is a peasant farmer of the Highlands of Scotland. They share certain rights of common pasture while owning arable land individually. Their rights cam be traced back to an early clan system.

Crypto-Jews
Crypto-Jews (Marranos) were Jews who outwardly accepted Christianity in the face of the Spanish Inquisition while remaining Jews at heart and observing in secret all the ritual of Judaism.

Culbert L. Olson
Culbert L Olson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of California from 1939 until 1943.

Culdees
The Culdees were a Celtic religious order known to have lived in Ireland, Scotland and Wales between the 9th and 14th centuries, but little else is known of them.

Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1975.

Curate
A curate was originally a clergyman in charge of a parish. (The term Curate means cure of souls). In England the title is given to a clergyman who assists the incumbent of a parish.

Curt Bois
Curt Bois is an actor. He was born in 1900.

Curt Jurgens
Curt Jurgens was an actor. He was born in 1912 and died in 1982.

Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong is an actor.

Curtis Guild, Jr
Curtis Guild Jr was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1906 until 1909.

Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1874 until 1876.

Custos Rotulorum
The Custos Rotulorum is the keeper of the records of an English county and is usually a person of rank, they are appointed by the Crown.

Cuthred
Cuthred was a brother of Ethelard and king of the West Saxons in 740.
Cuthred was king of the Heptarchy in 796.

Cwichelm
Cwichelm was joint king of the West Saxons in 614.

Cybil Cosack
Cybil Cosack is an actress.

Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Shepherd is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Cymri
The Cymri were the great Celtic family of people to which the Britons belonged and which came from Asia and occupied a large part of Europe about 1500 BC.

Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is an actress. She was born in 1953.

Cyndi Silver
Cyndi Silver is an actress.

Cyndi Wood
Cyndi Wood is an actress.

Cynegils
Cynegils was king of the West Saxons in 611 and joint king of the West Saxons, reigning jointly with his son Cwihelm in 614.

Cynewulf
Cynewulf was a British poet. He lived during the 8th century and wrote 'Christ' and 'Juliana'. Cynewulf was king of the west Saxons in 755. A noble youth of the line of Cerdic he was murdered.

Cynric
Cynric (Kenric) was the son of Cerdic and king of the West Saxons in 534.

Cynthia Lee
Cynthia Lee is an actress.

Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon is an actress.

Cynthia ONeil
Cynthia ONeil is an actress.

Cynthia Sikes
Cynthia Sikes is an actress.

Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack is an Irish actor. He was born in 1910.

Cyril Delevanti
Cyril Delevanti was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1975.

Cyril Fletcher
Cyril Fletcher is an actor. He was born in 1913.

Cyril Raymond
Cyril Raymond was an actor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1973.

Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Ritchard was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1977.

Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1963.

Cyrus
Cyrus was a Persian emperor. He was born in 559 BC, dying in 529 BC.

Cyrus C. Carpenter
Cyrus C Carpenter was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1872 until 1876.

Cyrus G. Luce
Cyrus G Luce was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1887 until 1890.

Cyrus O. Kendall
Cyrus O Kendall was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1953.

Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Persian Empire. Head of a Persian tribe he overthrew the Median Empire and became King of the Persians around 555 BC. He was a wise and tolerant ruler who released the Jews from Babylon and allowed them to rebuild Jerusalem.

Czechs
The Czechs are the most westerly branch of the Slavic peoples. About 480 they migrated to Bohemia and Moravia.

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