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Cha

• Chabon, Michael, (born 1964), author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Wonder Boys
• Chabrol, Claude, (born 1930), film director
• Chacon, Bobby, (born 1951), world champion boxer
• Chacon, Iris, vedette
• Chacon, Valerie, (died 1982), wife of Bobby Chacon, committed suicide
• Chads, John Cornell, British Virgin Islands president
• Chadwick, Florence, British swimmer
• Chadwick, Henry, (1824-1908), baseball writer and statistician
• Chadwick, James, (1891-1974)
• Chadwick, Paul, US cartoonist of Concrete fame
• Chadwick, Whitefield, (1854-1931), composer
• Chaffee, Gary, musician
• Chaffee, Roger, (1935-1967), US astronaut
• Chagall, Marc, (1887-1985), painter
• Chagoyan, Maria Rosa, actress
• Chaitin, Gregory, computer scientist and mathematician
• Chakerian, Gulbank Don, mathematician
• Chakiris, George, (born 1934), actor
• Chalbaud, Carlos Delgado, Venezuelan president
• Chaliapin, Feodor, (1873-1938), Russian opera singer, bass
• Chalifoux, Thelma, Canadian senator
• Chalker, Jack L, (born 1944), author
• Challemel-Lacour, Paul Amand, (1827-1896), French statesman
• Chalmers, David, philosopher
• Chamberlain, Joseph, (1836-1914), British politician
• Chamberlain, Neville, (1869-1940), British prime minister
• Chamberlain, Richard, (born 1935), US actor
• Chamberlain, Steve, BFD, Cygwin
• Chamberlain, Wilt, (1936-1999), basketball player
• Chambers, Dennis, musician
• Chambers, Dorothea, tennis player
• Chambers, Jack
• Chambers, Paul, musician
• Chambers, Robert W, (1865-1933), American novelist
• Chambers, Whittaker, (1901-1961), spy
• Chambers, William, (1723-179), architect
• Chamisso, Adelbert von, (1781-1838), botanist
• Chamorro, Violeta, (born 1929), President of Nicaragua
• Champion, Gower, (1919-1980), dancer, choreographer
• Champion, Tony, athlete
• Chancellor, John, (1927-1996), television commentator
• Chandler, Jeff, (1918-1961), actor
• Chanel, Coco, (1883-1971), fashion designer
• Chaney, Garnet R, author
• Chaney, Lon, Jr, (1906-1973), actor
• Chang-Diaz, Franklin, astronaut
• Chan, Gillian, Canadian writer
• Chan, Jackie, (born 1954), Chinese actor
• Chandler, A. Bertram, (1912-1984), US author
• Chandler, Gene, musician
• Chandler, Raymond, (1888-1959), US hardboiled writer
• Chandrakirti
• Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, (1910-1995), astronomer, astrophysicist
• Chanel, Gabrielle, (1883-1971), fashion designer
• Chaney, Lon, (1883-1930), actor
• Chang San-feng
• Chang, Jung Koo, (born 1963), world champion boxer
• Chang, Michael, American tennis player
• Chang-lin Tien, (1935-2002), first Asian-American to head a major U.S. university, (Princeton University)
• Changdong, Lee
• Changling, Wang, poet
• Chang, Min Chueh, biologist
• Chan Bahlum II, (635-702), King of Palenque
• Chanho, Park, (MLB Player)
• Channing, Carol, (born 1921), actress
• Channing, Stockard, actor
• Channing, W. E, (1780-1842)
• Chanute, Octave, (1832-1910), American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer
• Chao, Ma
• Chapelain, Jean, (1595-1674), poet
• Chapelle, Howard I, maritime history
• Chapin, Harry, (1942-1981), singer-songwriter, musician
• Chaplin, Charlie, (1889-1977), British-born comic film actor and director
• Chaplin, Charlie (reggae), musician
• Chaplin, Geraldine, (born 1944), actress
• Chapman, George, (1560-1634), poet
• Chapman, Graham, (1941-1989), British actor, composer, writer, producer (Monty Python)
• Chapman, John, (born 1774), ("Johnny Appleseed"), environmentalist
• Chapman, Mark, US assassin of John Lennon
• Chapman, Steven Curtis, musician
• Chapman, Tracy, (born 1964), singer-songwriter, musician
• Chappe, Claude, (1763-1805), telecommunications pioneer and inventor of semaphores
• Chappelle, Dave, comedian
• Chaput, Maria, Canadian senator
• Charcot, Jean-Martin, psychologist
• Chardin, Jean-Baptiste Siméon, (1699-1779), painter
• Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de, (1881-1955), French jesuit paleontologist
• Charest, Jean, Quebec politician
• Chargaff, Erwin, (1905-2002), biochemist
• Charibert I, 561-567 (Neustria)
• Chariot-Dayez, Caroline, painter
• Charisse, Cyd, (born 1921), actress, dancer
• Chariton, patriarch of Constantinople
• Chariton, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Charitopoulos, Manuel, patriarch of Constantinople
• Charlemagne, (742-814), king of the Franks and emperor
• Charles, Archduke of Austria, (born 1771), third son of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany, general and statesman
• Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, 1675, (1634-1675)
• Charles Emmanuel IV, (died 1802), king of Sardinia
• Charles I of England, (1625-1649), also King of Scotland
• Charles II of England, (1660-1685), also King of Scotland
• Charles VIII of France, (1470-1498), King of France
• Charles X of France, (born 1757)
• Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, (1318-1378), king 1347, emperor 1355-1378
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, (1500-1558), emperor-elect 1519-1530, emperor 1530-1558
• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, (1685-1740), emperor 1711-1740
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, (born 1697), German ruler
• Charles of Portugal, (1889-1908), Portuguese monarch
• Charles II of Spain, (died 1700), last of the Spanish Habsburgs
• Charles III of Spain, (died 1788)
• Charles VIII of Sweden, Karl Knutsson Bonde, (1409-1470), also Norwegian monarch
• Charles IX of Sweden, (1550-1611)
• Charles X of Sweden, (1622-1660)
• Charles XI of Sweden, (1655-1697)
• Charles XII of Sweden, (1682-1718)
• Charles XIII of Sweden, (1748-1818), also Norwegian monarch
• Charles XIV of Sweden, (1763-1844), also Norwegian monarch
• Charles XV of Sweden, (1857-1857), also Norwegian monarch
• Charles of Württemberg, (1823-1891), King of Württemberg (1823-1891)
• Charles the Bald, (823-877), 843-877 Emp. 875
• Charles the Fat, 876-887 (South, then all) Emp. 881
• Charles the Simple, (879-929), Frankish king
• Charles, Jennifer, (born 1968), singer
• Charles, John, Welsh international footballer
• Charles, Craig, (born 1964), British comedian
• Charles, Denis, musician
• Charles, Prince, (born 1948), Heir to the throne of United Kingdom
• Charles, Ray, (born 1930), US blind pop musician
• Charlet, Nicolas, (1792-1845), painter
• Charlie, St, (1918-1963), Church worker, Catholic saint
• Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, (1844-1818), Queen-Consort of King George III of Great Britain
• Charlton, Bobby, (born 1937), footballer
• Charlton, Jack, footballer
• Charo, (born 1942), US singer
• Charpak, Georges, physicist, Nobel price winner
• Charpentier, Gustave, (1860-1956), composer
• Charpentier, Marc Antoine, (c. 1636-1704), French opera composer
• Charteris, Leslie, (died 1993), British author
• Charytin, singer
• Chase, Chevy, (born 1943), comedian, television personality
• Chase, Daveigh, (born 1990), actress
• Chase, James Hadley, US mystery writer
• Chase, Salmon P, (1808-1873)
• Chasez, J.C, (born 1976), NSYNC singer
• Chasez, J.C, (born 1976), singer
• Chastain, Brandi, (born 1968), soccer player
• Chateaubriand, François-René de, (1768-1848), French writer and diplomat
• Chatelet, Emilie du, (1706-1749), 18th century mathematician
• Chatman, John (Memphis Slim), (1915-1988), musician
• Chatten, Klaus, dramatist, author
• Chatton, Walter, scholastic philosopher
• Chatzeres, Samuel, patriarch of Constantinople
• Chaucer, Geoffrey, (ca.1343-1400), early English author of the Canterbury Tales)
• Chaudet, Paul, (1904-1977), Swiss Federal Councilor
• Chaumette, Pierre Gaspard, (1763-1794), botanist
• Chauncy, Charles, (1592-1672), President of Harvard 1654-72
• Chauncy, Charles, (1705-1787), pastor of First Church, Boston 1727-87
• Chausson, Ernest, (1855-1899), composer
• Chavannes, Pierre Puvis de, (1824-1898), painter
• Chavez, Carlos, (1899-1978), composer
• Chavez, Cesar, (1927-1993), founder of United Farm Workers of America
• Chavez, Hugo, (born 1954), President of Venezuela
• Chavez, Julio Cesar, world champion boxer
• Chavis, Boozoo, musician
• Chawla, Kalpana, (1961-2003), astronaut
• Chayanne, (born 1968), singer
• Chayefsky, Paddy, (1923-1981), writer, producer

Che

• Cheadle, Don, (born 1964), actor
• Chebyshev, Pafnuty Lvovich, (1821-1894), Russian
• Checker, Chubby, (born 1941), American popular musician
• Cheever, John, (1912-1982), author
• Chekhov, Anton, (1860-1904), Russian playwright
• Cheli, Maurizio, astronaut
• Chelmonski, Jozef, Polish painter
• Chemnitz, Martin, (1522-1586), theologian
• Chen Duxiu, (1879-1942)
• Ch'eng Mao-yün, (1900-1957), violinist and composer
• Cheney, Dick, (born 1941), politician
• Cheney, James, (died 1964), US civil rights activist
• Cheng, Sammi, (born 1972)
• Chenier, Marie-Joseph de, (1764-1811), French poet
• Chen Shui-bian, (born 1950), President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Chen, Jing-Run, (1933-1933), mathematician
• Chen, Zhu, chess player
• Cheney, Eric, (1924-2001)
• Cheng Man-ch'ing, (1901-1975)
• Chenier, Clifton, musician
• Chen, Joan, (born 1960), actress
• Chennault, Claire, (1890-1958), US commander of the Flying Tigers
• Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich, (1904-1990), physicist
• Cherkasov, Nikolai, (1903-1966), actor
• Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich, (1911-1985), Soviet general secretary
• Chernov, Victor, Socialist Revolutionary Leader
• Chern, Shiing-Shen, mathematician
• Cherry, Don, (1936-1995), jazz musician
• Cherryh, C. J, (born 1942), US science fiction author
• Cherry, Don, (born 1924), pop singer, professional golfer
• Cherry, Neneh, (born 1963), musician
• Cherubini, Luigi, (1760-1842), Italian composer, opera composer
• Chervonenkis, Alexey, Russian statistician
• Chesney, Kenny, musician
• Chesnutt, Charles, (1858-1932), author
• Chespirito, (born 1929), comedian
• Chessman, Caryl, (1921-1960), convicted sex offender (executed)
• Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, (1874-1936), British writer
• Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, (1874-1936), author
• Cheung, Leslie, (1956-2003), actor and singer, one of the superstars in Hong Kong during late 1980s, committed suicide
• Cheung, Maggie, (born 1964)
• Chevalier, Maurice, (1888-1972), French entertainer
• Chevallaz, Georges-André, (1915-2002), Swiss Federal Councilor
• Chevolet, Arthur, (died 1946), pioneer automobile racer and designer
• Chevreul, Michel-Eugene, (died 1889), French chemist, dies at 102
• Chevrolet, Gaston, (died 1920), automobile pioneer
• Chevrolet, Louis, (1878-1941), automobile engineer
• Chew, Benjamin, (1722-1810), Pensylvania Supreme Court Justice
• Chew, Jack, athlete
• Chew, Samuel, (1699-1744), Chief Justice of colonial Delaware

Chi

• Chiang Ching-Kuo
• Chiang Kai-shek, (1887-1975), Generalissimo of Chinese armies, President of the Republic of China
• Chiang, Ted, author
• Chiao, Leroy, astronaut
• Chiburdanidze, Maya, chess player
• Chicheley, Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Chico, Lynette, model and actress
• Ch'ien Mu
• Chifley, Ben, (1885-1951), Australian Prime Minister
• Chikatilo, Andrei, (1936-1994), Russian serial killer
• Chiklis, Michael, (born 1963), actor
• Chilavert, Jose Luis (born 1965) Paraguayan soccer player
• Childebert II of Austrasia, (570-595), 575-595 (Austrasia)
• Childers, Erskine Hamilton, (1905-1974), Irish president
• Childe, Vere Gordon, (1892-1957), British-Scottish archeologist
• Child, Julia, (born 1912), cook, writer
• Child, Lydia, (born 1802), American author
• Child, Lydia Maria, US novelist
• Childress, Alice, (1912-1994), novelist
• Chilperic I of Neustria, 567-584 (Neustria)
• Chilton, Charles, (born 1917), author
• Chilton, Kevin, astronaut
• Chin, Unsuk, (born 1961), Korean-German female composer
• Chincarini, Ludwig, (born 1969), renaissance man
• Ching Shih
• Chippendale, Thomas, (1718-1779), furniture maker
• Chirac, Jacques, (born 1932), French president
• Chirico, Giorgio, (1888-1978), painter
• Chiron, Louis, Racing Driver
• Chisholm, Jesse, (died 1868), Old West pioneer
• Chisholm, Shirley, (born 1924), American politician
• Chisum, John, (died 1884), cattle baron
• Chiu, Alex, (born 1971), discoverer of immortality rings
• Chiu-Shao, Ch'in, mathematician

Chl

• Chladni, Ernst, (1756-1827), physicist
• Chlebnikov, Velimir, (1885-1922), writer
• Chliarenus, Constantine, patriarch of Constantinople
• Chlumsky, Anna (born 1980), American actress

Chm

• Chmielnicki, Bohdan, (died 1657)
• Chmielowski, Adam, Polish painter

Cho

• Cho, David Yonggi, (born 1936), Korean Pentecostal leader; pastor of the world's largest church.
• Cho, Margaret, (born 1968), US stand-up comedian
• Chocolate, Kid, (1910-1988), world champion boxer
• Chodowiecki, Daniel, (died 1801), German painter
• Choi Yong-kun, North Korean president
• Chokei, emperor of Japan
• Chomsky, Noam, (1973-2000), linguist, controversialist
• Chong, Tommy, (born 1938), actor/comedian
• Chopin, Frederic, (1810-1849), Pole
• Chopin, Henri, (born 1922), poet
• Chopin, Kate, (1850-1904), American author, novelist
• Chotek, Sophia
• Chou En-Lai, Chinese potentate
• Chouinard, Joseé, (born 1969), Canadian figure skater
• Chow Yun-Fat, (born 1955), Chinese actor
• Chowla, Sarvadaman, (1907-1995), mathematician
• Choy, Wayson, (born 1939), Canadian writer, novelist
• Choyce, Leslie, Canadian writer

Chr

• Chrétien, Joseph Jacques Jean (1934-)
• Chretien, Jean-Loup, astronaut
• Christensen, Erika, actress
• Christensen, Hayden, (born 1981), actor
• Christensen, Ione, Canadian senator
• Christensen, Lars Saabye, author
• Christian, Fletcher
• Christian I of Denmark, (1426-1481), Norwegian monarch
• Christian II of Denmark, (1481-1559), Norwegian monarch
• Christian III of Denmark, (1503-1559), Norwegian monarch
• Christian III of Denmark and Norway, (1503-1559)
• Christian IV of Denmark and Norway, (1577-1648), Norwegian monarch
• Christian IX of Denmark, (1818-1906), Icelandic ruler
• Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, (died 1917), husband of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, aunt of King George V
• Christian V of Denmark, (1646-1699), Norwegian monarch
• Christian VI of Denmark, (1699-1746), Norwegian monarch
• Christian VII of Denmark, (1749-1808), Norwegian monarch
• Christian VIII of Denmark, (1839-1848), Icelandic ruler
• Christian X of Denmark, (1870-1947), Icelandic ruler
• Christian, Charlie, (1918-1942), electric jazz guitar pioneer
• Christian, Emile, (1895-1973), musician
• Christian, Frank, (1887-1973), musician
• Christie, musician
• Christie, Agatha, (1890-1976), British mystery writer
• Christie, Al, (1881-1951), film director
• Christie, Charles, (1880-1955), film director
• Christie, Julie, (born 1941), actor
• Christina, Maria, (died 1929), Queen Regent of Spain
• Christina of the Netherlands, Princess, (born 1947)
• Christmas, Eric, (died 2000), actor
• Christo, (born 1935), artist
• Christodoulus of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Christoffer III af Bayern, Norwegian monarch
• Christopher I of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Christopher II of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Christopher, John, British science fiction author
• Christopher of Bayern, (1442-1448), Icelandic ruler
• Christopher, Pope, (903-904)
• Christopher, St
• Christy, James, astronomer
• Chrysanthus I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Chrysler, Walter, (1875-1940), automobile pioneer
• Chrysoberges, Nicholas, patriarch of Constantinople

Chu

• Chu Mei-feng, (born 1966)
• Chuai, emperor of Japan
• Chuai, emperor of Japan
• Chuard, Ernest, (1857-1942)
• Chuck D, (born 1960), US rapper
• Chuikov, Vasili, Soviet general and commander of Stalingrad front
• Chukyo, emperor of Japan
• Chulalongkorn, (1853-1910), (Rama V), king of Thailand
• Chung, Connie, (born 1946), journalist
• Chung-Tze Tsen, (1898-1940), mathematician
• Chunghee, Park, (1917-1979), South Korean president
• Chung Myung-Whun, (born 1953), South Korean conductor and pianist
• Chung Se Yung, (born 1928), cofounder of the Hyundai Motor Company
• Chuon-Nath
• Church, Alonzo, (USA, 1903-1995), mathematician
• Church, Charlotte, (born 1986), singer
• Church, Francis Pharcellus, (1839-1906), American editor and publisher
• Church, Frederic E, (1826-1900), American painter
• Churchill, Berton, (1876-1940), actor
• Churchill, Caryl, (born 1938), playwright
• Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, (1650-1722)
• Churchill, John Kemys Spencer, British Virgin Islands president
• Churchill, Peter, British SOE agent
• Churchill, Randolph, son of Winston Churchill
• Churchill, Winston Spencer, (1874-1965), British prime minister
• Churchyard, James, mystic
• Chuvalo, George, Canadian boxer

Chw

• Chwistek, Leon, Polish painter