| Sean Covey | author; business executive | 1964 |
| Stephen R. Covey | American educator, author, bu… | 1932–2012 |
| Bruce Coville | American writer | 1950 |
| W. Maxwell Cowan | South African-American neurob… | 1931–2002 |
| Noel Coward | English playwright, composer,… | 1899–1973 |
| Oliver Cowdery | American Mormon leader | 1806–1850 |
| Cressida Cowell | British writer | 1966 |
| Simon Cowell | English reality television ju… | 1959 |
| Brian Cowen | Irish politician | 1960 |
| Abraham Cowley | British writer | 1618–1667 |
| Maurice Cowling | historian | 1926–2005 |
| William Cowper | (1731–1800) English poet and … | 1731–1800 |
| William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper | English politician and first … | 1665–1723 |
| John James Cowperthwaite | British colonial administrator | 1915–2006 |
| Alan Cox | British computer programmer | 1968 |
| Archibald Cox | American prosecutor | 1912–2004 |
| Courteney Cox | television and film actress f… | 1964 |
| Jo Cox | UK politician | 1974–2016 |
| Nagin Cox | NASA scientist | 1965 |
| Tench Coxe | American economist | 1755–1824 |
| Christopher J. Coyne | Roman Catholic auxiliary bish… | 1958 |
| Jerry Coyne | American biologist | 1949 |
| James Gould Cozzens | American novelist | 1903–1978 |
| Larry Crabb | American writer | 1944 |
| George Crabbe | English poet, surgeon, and cl… | 1754–1832 |
| Jim Crace | English novelist, short story… | 1946 |
| Robert Craft | American conductor and writer | 1923–2015 |
| Shawn Crahan | American musician | 1969 |
| Edward Gordon Craig | Modernist stage designer and … | 1872–1966 |
| Larry Craig | American politician | 1945 |
| William Lane Craig | American Christian apologist … | 1949 |
| James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon | British politician | 1871–1940 |
| Dinah Craik | English novelist and poet | 1826–1887 |
| Robert Crais | Novelist, screenwriter | 1953 |
| James Cramer | stockbroker, television perso… | 1955 |
| William Cranch | United States federal judge (… | 1769–1855 |
| Caprice Crane | American writer | 1970 |
| Frank Crane | American Presbyterian minister | 1861–1928 |
| Hart Crane | American writer | 1899–1932 |
| Megan Crane | American novelist | 1973 |
| Nathalia Crane | American writer | 1913–1998 |
| Stephen Crane | American novelist, short stor… | 1871–1900 |
| Thomas Cranmer | leader of the English Reforma… | 1489–1556 |
| Adelaide Crapsey | American writer | 1878–1914 |
| Richard Crashaw | British writer | 1612–1649 |
| Cratinus | Old Athenian Comic poet | -500–-422 BC |
| Danie Craven | South African rugby union pla… | 1910–1993 |
| Greg Craven | American teacher and writer | |
| Bryce Crawford | American chemist (1914-2011) | 1914–2011 |
| Francis Marion Crawford | Novelist, short story writer,… | 1854–1909 |
| Joan Crawford | American actress | 1904–1977 |
| Seymour Cray | Applied mathematician, comput… | 1925–1996 |
| Tyler, The Creator | American rapper, record produ… | 1991 |
| Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon | French writer | 1707–1777 |
| Sharon Creech | American writer of children's… | 1945 |
| Thomas Creech | English translator | 1659–1700 |
| Robert Creeley | American poet | 1926–2005 |
| Lucinda Creighton | Irish politician | 1980 |
| Mandell Creighton | English historian and ecclesi… | 1843–1901 |
| Johannes Crellius | German theologian | 1590–1633 |
| Benjamin Creme | artist, author, esotericist | 1922–2016 |
| Paul Cremona | Catholic archbishop | 1946 |
| Dan Crenshaw | U.S. Representative from Texas | 1984 |
| Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw | American legal scholar | 1959 |
| Michael Cretu | musician | 1957 |
| Linda Crew | American writer | 1951 |
| Harry Crews | Novelist, short story writer,… | 1935–2012 |
| Kambri Crews | American storyteller | 1971 |
| Caroline Criado-Perez | British journalist and author | 1984 |
| Michael Crichton | American author, screenwriter… | 1942–2008 |
| Bernard Crick | British political theorist an… | 1929–2008 |
| Francis Crick | British molecular biologist, … | 1916–2004 |
| Mark Crilley | Comic artist | 1966 |
| Robert X. Cringely | American technology journalis… | 1953 |
| Stafford Cripps | British politician | 1889–1952 |
| Quentin Crisp | writer, Actor | 1908–1999 |
| A.C. Crispin | | |
| Edmund Crispin | British composer | 1921–1978 |
| Darren Criss | American actor and singer | 1987 |
| Morgan Murphy (food critic) | Southern writer | 1972 |
| Carmine Crocco | Italian revolutionary | 1830–1905 |
| Benedetto Croce | Italian writer, philosopher, … | 1866–1952 |
| Lee Daniel Crocker | American software programmer | 1963 |
| Davy Crockett | American politician | 1786–1836 |
| Ingram Crockett | American writer | 1856–1936 |
| Douglas Crockford | American computer programmer | 1955 |
| Croesus | King of Lydia | -596–-546 BC |
| Alison Croggon | contemporary Australian poet,… | 1962 |
| William H. Crogman | American classical philologist | 1841–1931 |
| Burrill Bernard Crohn | American gastroenterologist | 1884–1983 |
| George Croly | Irish poet, novelist, histori… | 1780–1860 |
| Alistair Cameron Crombie | Australian zoologist, histor… | 1915–1996 |
| Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer | British diplomat | 1841–1917 |
| James Cromwell | American actor and producer | 1940 |
| Oliver Cromwell | English military and politica… | 1599–1658 |
| David Cronenberg | Canadian film director, scree… | 1943 |
| A. J. Cronin | Scottish novelist and physici… | 1896–1981 |
| Doreen Cronin | American children's writer | 1966 |
| Justin Cronin | American writer | 1962 |
| Shane J. Cronin | researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0… | |
