Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Joaquin Phoenix
Frank Ocean
Edith Head
Charlie Daniels
All Personalities (780 listed)
César Luis Menotti
World Cup-Winning Argentine Football Manager ("El Flaco") & Tactical Ideologue
Chad Smith
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drummer, Powerhouse Rhythm Master of Red Hot Chili Peppers & Multi-Grammy Winner
Charles Atlas
Bodybuilder & Fitness Pioneer
Charles Babbage
English Mathematician, Mechanical Engineer & "Father of the Computer"
Charles Bassey
Professional Basketball Player
Charles Glover Barkla
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1917) for the Discovery of Characteristic X-Radiation of Elements
Charles Gounod
Master French Romantic Opera Composer, Renowned for Faust, Roméo et Juliette, and the Immortal Méditation (Ave Maria)
Charlie Chaplin
Comic Actor, Filmmaker & Composer (The Tramp)
Charlie Daniels
Country & Southern Rock Musician, Fiddler, Songwriter & Hall of Fame Legend
Charly García
Founding Father of Argentine Rock, Avant-Garde Maestro & Latin Rock en Español Pioneer
Chiang Kai-shek
Generalissimo & President of the Republic of China
Chris Norman
Renowned English Singer-Songwriter, Distinctive Lead Vocalist of Smokie & International Solo Hitmaker
Chrissy Amphlett
Iconic Australian Rock Frontwoman, Electrifying Singer-Songwriter of Divinyls & ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee
Christian Dior
Supreme French Haute Couture Fashion Designer & Founder of Global Luxury House Dior
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
1995 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, German Developmental Biologist & Geneticist
Christopher Columbus
Genoese Explorer & Maritime Navigator