Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Charles Foley
Co-Inventor of the Iconic Party Game Twister
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)
Charles K. Kao
Nobel Laureate in Physics (2009), "Father of Fiber Optics" & Electrical Engineer
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
Chittaranjan Das
Freedom Fighter, Leading Jurist, Co-founder of Swaraj Party & "Deshbandhu"
Chris Jericho
Professional Wrestling Icon, 9x WWE Intercontinental Champion & Rock Musician (Fozzy)
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
Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch Physician, Pathologist & Nobel Laureate (Discoverer of Vitamins)
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