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- Edward Abbey (1927-1989) American anarchist, writer, environmentalist [edit]
- 'Ali ibn Abi-Talib (602-661) Fourth Caliph [edit]
- Morris B. Abram (1918-2000) American diplomat, civil rights lawyer [edit]
- Bella Abzug (1920-1998) American politician [edit]
- Diane Ackerman (b. 1948) American poet, author, naturalist [edit]
- John Dalberg, Lord Acton (1834-1902) British historian [edit]
- Abigail Adams (1744-1818) American writer, First Lady [edit]
- Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer [edit]
- Franklin Pierce Adams (1881-1960) American journalist and humorist [edit]
- James Luther Adams (1901-1994) American theologian [edit]
- John Adams (1735-1826) US President (1797-1801) [edit]
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US President (1825-29) [edit]
- Phelps Adams (1902-1991) American journalist, executive [edit]
- Samuel Adams (1722-1803) American revolutionary, statesman [edit]
- Scott Adams (b. 1957) American cartoonist [edit]
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman [edit]
- Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) German politician [edit]
- Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychologist [edit]
- Felix Adler (1851-1933) German-American educator [edit]
- Kurt Herbert Adler (1905-1988) Austrian-American conductor, opera director [edit]
- Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001) American philosopher, educator, author [edit]
- Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Greek dramatist (Æschylus) [edit]
- Aesop (620?-560? BC) Legendary Greek storyteller [edit]
- Eden Ahbez (1909–1995), American songwriter [edit]
- Howard Aiken (1900-1973) American mathematician [edit]
- Leo Aikman (contemp.) American writer, newspaper editor [edit]
- Akhenaten (d. 1336 BC) King of Egypt (1353-36 BC), religious reformer [Akhenaton, Akhnaten, Amenhotep IV, Ikhn-aton] [edit]
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) Genoan Renaissance Man [also "Leone"] [edit]
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) American transcendentalist, teacher, writer [edit]
- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American writer [edit]
- Alan Alda (b. 1936) American actor [b. Alponso Joseph D'Abruzzo] [edit]
- Brian Aldiss (b. 1925) English author [edit]
- Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916) Russian-Jewish humorist [pseud. for Sholem Rabinowitz] [edit]
- Czar Alexander II (1818-1881) Russian Emperor (1867-81) [edit]
- Shana Alexander (1925-2005) American journalist [edit]
- Boris N. Alexayev (contemp.) Russian Major General [edit]
- Alfonso X (1221–1284) Spanish King of Castile and Leon [edit]
- William Rounseville Alger (1822-1905) American writer, minister, translator [edit]
- Nelson Algren (1909–1981) American writer [b. Nelson Ahlgren Abraham] [edit]
- Muhammad Ali (b. 1942) American boxer [b. Cassius Clay] [edit]
- Saul Alinski (1909-1972) American social organizer [edit]
- Fred Allen (1894-1956) American humorist [b. John Florence Sullivan] [edit]
- Gracie Allen (1906-1964) American comedian [edit]
- Jay Presson Allen (1922-2006) American screenwriter, playwright [edit]
- Steve Allen (1922-2000) American composer, entertainer, and wit. [edit]
- Woody Allen (b. 1935) American comedian, writer, director [b. Allan Steward Konigsberg] [edit]
- Gordon Allport (1897-1967) American psychology professor [edit]
- Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) British painter [edit]
- Joseph R. Alsop, Jr. (1910-1989) American journalist [edit]
- St. Ambrose (339-397) Roman prelate, Bishop of Milan [Aurelius Ambrosius] [edit]
- Bill Amend (b. 1962) American cartoonist [edit]
- Fisher Ames (1758-1808) American politician [edit]
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss philosopher, poet and critic [edit]
- Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) English poet, novelist, critic, lecturer [edit]
- Tori Amos (b. 1963) American singer/songwriter [b. Myra Ellen Amos] [edit]
- Anacharsis (fl. 6th C BC) Scythian prince and philosopher [edit]
- Jeffrey T. Anbinder (b. 1969) American freelance writer, fundraising specialist [edit]
- Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875) Danish author [edit]
- Margaret Anderson (1893?-1973) American editor [edit]
- Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) American playwright, author, poet, reporter, lyricist [edit]
- Poul Anderson (1926-2001) American writer [edit]
- Mark L. Andreessen (b. 1971) American Internet founder [edit]
- Mario Andretti (b. 1940) Italian-American auto racer [edit]
- Lynn V. Andrews (contemp.) American author, spiritualist, counselor [edit]
- Maya Angelou (b. 1928) American poet, memoirist [edit]
- Princess Anne (b. 1950) Princess Royal of England [edit]
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) Italian-British philosopher, theologian, cleric [edit]
- Robert Anthony (contemp.) American psychologist, author [edit]
- Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) American reformer [edit]
- Minna Thomas Antrim (1861-??) American epigrammist [edit]
- Joyce Appleby (b. 1929) American historian [edit]
- Terri Apter (contemp.) British psychologist, author [edit]
- Corazon Aquino (b. 1933) Filipino political leader [María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino] [edit]
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982) French poet, novelist, publisher [edit]
- John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) English physician [edit]
- Glenn L. Archer, Jr. (b. 1929) American jurist [edit]
- Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist [edit]
- Aristophanes (c.450-c.388 BC) Athenian comedic playwright [edit]
- Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher [edit]
- Raul Armesto (contemp.) [edit]
- Dick Armey (b. 1940) US Representative (R-TX), educator, politician [edit]
- Robert Armin (c.1568-1615) English comic actor, playwright [edit]
- Arthur James Armstrong (contemp.) American Methodist bishop, educator, author [edit]
- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong (1900-1971) American musician [edit]
- Neil Armstrong (b. 1930) American astronaut, aviator, educator [edit]
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) English poet and critic [edit]
- Roger Ascham (1515-1568) English author and scholar [edit]
- Mary Kaye Ash (1915-2001) American entrepreneur [edit]
- Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) American athlete [edit]
- Colonel G. O. Ashley (d. 1997) American military pilot, instructor, journalist [edit]
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American writer [edit]
- Asoka (c. 269-232 BC) Indian Buddhist emperor [edit]
- Lady Nancy Astor (1879-1964) English politician [Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor] [edit]
- Saint Athanasius (293-373) Bishop of Alexandria, theologian [edit]
- Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) American drama critic and journalist [Justin Brooks Atkinson] [edit]
- Gil Atkinson (contemp.) [edit]
- Gordon Atkinson (contemp.) American minister, writer [a.k.a. Real Live Preacher] [edit]
- A. A. Attanasio (b. 1951) American writer [Alfred Angelo Attanasio, a.k.a Adam Lee] [edit]
- Clement Attlee (1883-1967) English politician and Prime Minister (1945-51) [edit]
- W. H. Auden (1907-1973) American poet [Wynston Hugh Auden] [edit]
- Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882) German author [edit]
- St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Christian church father and philosopher [b. Aurelius Augustinus] [edit]
- Chief Hendrick Aupaumut (1757-1830) Mohican leader [edit]
- Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist [edit]
- Bernard Avishai (b. 1911) American writer, consultant, writer [edit]
- Dan Aykroyd (b. 1952) Canadian comedian [edit]
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- Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher [edit]
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) German composer [edit]
- Richard Bach (b. 1936) American writer [edit]
- Burt Bacharach (b. 1929) American songwriter [edit]
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician [1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans] [edit]
- Roger Bacon (c.1220-1292) English philosopher and scientist [edit]
- Joan Baez (b. 1941) American singer, political activist [edit]
- Enid Bagnold (1889-1981) English writer [edit]
- Rabbi Joseph Bahya ibn Pakuda (fl. early 11th Century) Spanish Jewish jurist and writer [edit]
- Frederick Bailes (1889-1970) American author, lecturer [edit]
- F. Lee Bailey (b. 1933) American lawyer, writer [Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.] [edit]
- Jim Bailey (contemp.) American songwriter [edit]
- Phillip James Bailey (1816-1902) English poet [edit]
- Russell Baker (b. 1925) American journalist, author, humorist [edit]
- Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) Russian anarchist, political theorist [edit]
- James Baldwin (1924-1987) American author [James Arthur Baldwin] [edit]
- Ivern Ball (contemp.) [edit]
- Lucille Ball (1911-1989) American comic actress [edit]
- Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French novelist, playwright [edit]
- Malcolm Bane (contemp.) American Baptist minister [edit]
- Russell Banks (b. 1940) American writer [edit]
- Clive Barnes (b. 1927) English journalist, critic, writer [edit]
- P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) American showman [Phineas Taylor Barnum] [edit]
- Sir James Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [edit]
- Clarence Barron (1855-1928) American editor and publisher [edit]
- Frank X. Barron (b. 1922) American psychologist and researcher [edit]
- Sydney Biddle Barrows (b. 1952) American prostitute, writer [The Mayflower Madam, alias Sheila Devin] [edit]
- Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist [edit]
- Lynda Barry (b. 1956) American cartoonist [edit]
- Marion S. Barry, Jr. (b. 1936) American politician [edit]
- John Barrymore (1882-1942) American actor [edit]
- Alan Barth (1906-1979) American journalist [edit]
- Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) American businessman and statesman [edit]
- Jacques Barzun (b. 1907) French-American historian and educator [edit]
- Saint Basil the Great (c. 330-379) Cappadocian Orthodox Bishop, Church Father [Basil of Caesarea] [edit]
- Tom Batiuk (b. 1947) American cartoonist [edit]
- Orlando A. Battista (b. 1917) Canadian-American chemist, author [edit]
- Richard Baxter (1615-1691) English Puritan clergyman and writer [edit]
- Elias Root Beadle (1812-1879) American cleric, philosopher [edit]
- Charles Beard (1874-1948) American historian [edit]
- Henry N. Beard (contemp.) American writer and humorist [edit]
- James Beard (1903-1985) American gastronome and writer [edit]
- Warren Beatty (b. 1937) American actor [edit]
- Charlotte Joko Beck (b. 1917) American Zen teacher [edit]
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) American playwright [edit]
- Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) British conductor [edit]
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American clergyman and orator [edit]
- Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) English parodist, caricaturist, wit, writer [Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm] [edit]
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- Saul Bellow (b. 1915) American writer [edit]
- Edmund Beloin (1910-1992) American screenwriter, producer [edit]
- Robert Benchley (1889-1945) American humorist [edit]
- Betty Bender (contemp.) [edit]
- Texas Bix Bender (contemp.) American cowboy philosopher, announcer [edit]
- Ruth Benedict (1887-1947) American anthropologist [edit]
- James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) American editor, newspaper publisher [edit]
- William J. Bennett (b. 1943) American politician, moralist [edit]
- Jack Benny (1894-1974) American comedian [b. Benjamin Kubelsky] [edit]
- A. C. Benson (1862-1925) English writer [edit]
- Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (1829-1896) English cleric [edit]
- Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English jurist and philosopher [edit]
- Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) Lithuanian-American art critic and historian [edit]
- Candice Bergen (b. 1946) American actress [edit]
- Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) French philosopher [edit]
- Bishop George Berkeley (1685-1753) Irish philosopher, Anglican cleric [edit]
- Milton Berle (b. 1908) American comic [edit]
- Irving Berlin (1888-1989) American songwriter [edit]
- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) French composer [edit]
- Rick Berman (b. 1945) American screenwriter, producer [edit]
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) French religious, Doctor of the Church [edit]
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French actress [edit]
- Yogi Berra (b. 1925) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra] [edit]
- Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist [edit]
- Annie Besant (1847-1933) English theosophist, Indian political leader [pseud. Ajax] [edit]
- Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) English engineer and inventor [edit]
- Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990) Austrian-American child psychologist, writer. [edit]
- Bias of Priene (fl. c. 650) Greek philosopher [edit]
- Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Rumanian-English writer [edit]
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist [edit]
- Steven Biko (1956-1977) South African civil rights activist [edit]
- Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw] [edit]
- Bion (c. 325-c225 BC) [edit]
- Otto von Bismark (1815-1898) Prussian statesman [edit]
- Justice Hugo Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice (1937-71) [edit]
- William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, mystic, artist [edit]
- Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of Sourozh (b. 1914) English writer, Orthodox cleric [edit]
- Robert Bly (b. 1926) American poet, story teller, lecturer [edit]
- Ivan Boesky (b. 1937) American investment banker, inside trader [edit]
- Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist [edit]
- Derek Bok (b. 1930) American lawyer, educator [edit]
- Laurence G. Boldt (contemp.) American writer, philospher [edit]
- Robert Bolt (1924-1935) English dramatist [edit]
- Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) American humorist [edit]
- Margaret Wander Bonnano (contemp.) American writer [edit]
- Bono (b. 1960) Irish musician, philanthropist [b. Paul David Hewson] [edit]
- Daniel Boone (c.1734-1820) American pioneer [edit]
- Louis E. Boone (b. 1941) American business writer [edit]
- Andrew Boorde (c.1490-1549) English physician and writer [edit]
- John Boorman (b. 1933) English film director, writer [edit]
- Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914) American historian, educator, writer [edit]
- William Booth (1829–1912), British evangelist, founder of the Salvation Army [edit]
- Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) German writer [edit]
- James H. Boren (b. 1925) American bureaucrat [edit]
- Nathaniel S. Borenstein (b. 1958) American research scientist, programmer, writer [edit]
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine writer [edit]
- Max Born (1882-1970) German physicist [edit]
- Bishop Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704) French cleric, preacher [edit]
- Thomas Boston (1676-1732) Scottish clergyman [edit]
- Dion Boucicault (1822-1890) Anglo-Irish dramatist, actor [Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot] [edit]
- Kenneth Ewart Boulding (1910-1993) [edit]
- Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921) English poet [edit]
- Paul Bourget (1852-1935) French critic, poet, novelist [edit]
- Christian Bovee (1820-1904) American author [edit]
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) Irish author [edit]
- Claude G. Bowers (1878-1958) American journalist, historian, diplomat [edit]
- George E. P. Box (b. 1919) Anglo-American statistician, quality scientist [edit]
- Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) American writer [edit]
- Ray Bradbury (b. 1920) American writer, futurist, fabulist [edit]
- Omar Bradley (1893-1981) American general [edit]
- Pat Brady (b. 1947) American cartoonist [edit]
- Harriet B. Braiker (1948-2004) American psychologist, management consultant, author [edit]
- Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme Court (1916-39) [edit]
- Dick Brandon (contemp.) American computer scientist and writer [edit]
- Jacob M. Braude (b. 1896) American humorist, writer [edit]
- Robert B. Brault [edit]
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- Robert "Bobbo" Bredt (contemp.) American physician [edit]
- Fanny Brice (1891-1951) American singer, comedian [edit]
- Leslie Bricusse (b. 1931) English songwriter [edit]
- Susie Bright (b. 1958) American writer, performer, feminist [aka Susie Sexpert, Sue Daniels] [edit]
- Ashleigh Brilliant (b. 1933) Anglo-American writer, epigramist, cartoonist [edit]
- David Brinkley (b. 1920) American broadcast journalist [edit]
- Crane Brinton (1898-1968) [edit]
- Paul Broca (1824-1880) French pathologist, neurosurgeon, anthropologist [edit]
- Oscar Brodney (b. 1905) American screenwriter [edit]
- Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) Polish-English humanist and mathematician [edit]
- Anne Brontë (1820-1849) English novelist, poet [edit]
- Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) English novelist, poet [edit]
- Emily Brontë (1818-1848) English novelist [edit]
- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (b. 1931) American computer scientist, academician [edit]
- Mel Brooks (b. 1926) American comedic actor, writer, producer [b. Melvyn Kaminsky] [edit]
- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American clergyman, hymnist [edit]
- Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) English Puritan divine, writer [edit]
- Brigid Brophy (b. 1929) Anglo-Irish writer, novelist, playwright [edit]
- Heywood Broun (1888-1939) American journalist, author [edit]
- A. Whitney Brown (b. 1952) American comic actor, writer [edit]
- H. Jackson "Jack" Brown, Jr. (contemp.) American writer [edit]
- Pam Brown (contemp.) [edit]
- Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944) American author, playwright [edit]
- Sam W. Brown, Jr. (b. 1943) American activist, academic, diplomat [edit]
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English physician and author [edit]
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet [edit]
- Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet [edit]
- Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) American comic [edit]
- Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) Italian philosopher [edit]
- Stephanie Brush (b. 1954) American humorist, columnist [edit]
- Steven Brust (b. 1955) American writer, systems programmer [edit]
- William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) American lawyer, statesman, politician, orator [edit]
- William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) American poet and editor [edit]
- Lyman L. Bryson (1888-1959) American academic, educator [edit]
- Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American writer [edit]
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) American writer, editor [edit]
- Ronald L. Buckwalter (b. 1936) US District Court Judge [edit]
- Buddha (c.563-483 BC) Indian mystic, philosopher [b. Siddharta Gautama] [edit]
- Frederick Buechner (b. 1926) American minister, author [edit]
- Lois McMaster Bujold (b. 1949) American author [edit]
- Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) German-American author, poet [edit]
- Emma Bull (b. 1954) American writer [edit]
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English novelist and politician [edit]
- John Bumbry (contemp.) systems analyst [edit]
- Luther Burbank (1849-1926) American horticulturist [edit]
- Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818-1897) Swiss historian [edit]
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist [edit]
- Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) American humorist and illustrator [edit]
- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British statesman and orator [edit]
- Frances Burnett (1849-1924) American writer [nee Hodgson] [edit]
- David M. Burns (contemp.) American medical professor, researcher [edit]
- George Burns (1896-1996) American comedian [edit]
- Ken Burns (b. 1953) American filmmaker [edit]
- Robert Burns (1759-1796) Scottish national poet [edit]
- John Burroughs (1837-1921) American naturalist [edit]
- Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) British explorer and orientalist [edit]
- Leo Buscaglia (1925-1998) American psychologist, writer [edit]
- George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93) [edit]
- George W. Bush (b. 1946) US President (2001-09) [edit]
- Dr. David Butler (b. 1930) British psephologist [edit]
- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar [edit]
- Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler] [edit]
- Sir Herbert Butterfield (1900-1979) British historian, historiographer [edit]
- Red Buttons (1919-2006) American comic [edit]
- Charles Buxton (1823-1871) English author [edit]
- Sir Thomas Buxton (1786-1845) English philanthropist [edit]
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) American aviator [edit]
- George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet [edit]
- Ludwig Börne (1786-1837) German political writer and satirist. [edit]
- Carl W. Büchner [edit]
- Georg Büchner (1813-1837) German dramatist, poet, revolutionary [edit]
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- James Branch Caball (1879-1958) American novelist and essayist [edit]
- Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) Roman general and statesman [Gaius Julius Caesar] [edit]
- Bertha Calloway (contemp.) American black historian, civil rights activist [edit]
- Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884) English poet and parodist [edit]
- John Calvin (1509-1564) French theologian and reformer [edit]
- Sherri Chasin Calvo (contemp.) American computer scientist [edit]
- James Cameron (b. 1954) American screenwriter, director [edit]
- Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) Italian philosopher and monk [edit]
- Beatrice Campbell (1865-1940) English actress [Mrs. Patrick Campbell, née Beatrice Stella Tanner] [edit]
- David H. Campbell, Jr. (contemp.) American careers expert [edit]
- John W. Campbell (1910-1971) American writer and editor [edit]
- Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) American mythological scholar [edit]
- Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright [edit]
- Elias Canetti (1905-1994) [edit]
- Alphonse Capone (1899-1957) American gangster [edit]
- Orson Scott Card (b. 1951) American author [edit]
- Drew Carey (b. 1958) American comedian [edit]
- George Carlin (b. 1937) American comedian [edit]
- I. Marc Carlson (contemp.) [edit]
- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian [edit]
- Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) American industrialist and philanthropist [edit]
- Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) American writer, lecturer [edit]
- Leslie Caron (b. 1931) French dancer and actress [edit]
- Jon Carroll (b. 1943) [edit]
- Jonathan Carroll (b. 1949) American writer [edit]
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English writer and mathematician [pseud. of Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] [edit]
- Jasper Carrott (b. 1945) English comedian [b. Bob Davies] [edit]
- Johnny Carson (b. 1925) American talk show host [edit]
- President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) US President (1977-1981), Nobel laureate [James Earl Carter, Jr.] [edit]
- Matt Cartmill (b. 1943) American biological anthropologist [edit]
- George Washington Carver (1864?-1943) American chemist, educator [edit]
- Pablo Casals (1876-1973) Spanish cellist, conductor, composer [edit]
- Giovanni Giacamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) Italian adventurer, libertine, autobiographer [edit]
- M. Kathleen Casey (contemp.) American sociologist [edit]
- Jim Cash (1940-2000) American screenwriter [edit]
- Cassius Longinus (d. 42 BC) Roman general and conspirator [Gaius Cassius Longinus] [edit]
- Sebastian Castellio (1515-1563) Savoyard teacher, theologian, preacher [Sebastien Châtaillon] [edit]
- Carlos Casteneda (b. 1931) American writer, mystic, anthropologist [edit]
- Willa Cather (1873-1947) American author [Wilella Silbert Cather] [edit]
- Catherine II (1762-1796) Russian empress [Catherine the Great] [edit]
- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC) Roman politician and orator [Marcus Portius Cato] [edit]
- Dick Cavett (b. 1936) American writer and critic [edit]
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish novelist [edit]
- Zechariah Chafee, Jr. (1855-1987) American legal scholar, libertarian [edit]
- Sébastien Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer and wit [edit]
- Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959) American novelist [edit]
- Coco Chanel (1883-1971) French dress designer [Gabrielle Chanel] [edit]
- Kenneth Chang (contemp.) American journalist [edit]
- William E. Channing (1780-1842) American moralist, author, cleric [