| Suniti Kumar Chatterji | Bengali linguist | 1890–1977 |
| Thomas Chatterton | English poet, forger | 1752–1770 |
| Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay | Bengali writer | 1838–1894 |
| Bruce Chatwin | English novelist | 1940–1989 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | English poet | 1343–1400 |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | Fijian politician | 1942 |
| Amit Chaudhuri | contemporary Indian-English n… | 1962 |
| Nirad C. Chaudhuri | Indian writer | 1897–1999 |
| Hariprasad Chaurasia | Indian bansuri player | 1938 |
| Ilia Chavchavadze | Georgian poet and politician;… | 1837–1907 |
| Cesar Chavez | American farm worker, labor l… | 1927–1993 |
| Denise Chávez | American writer | 1948 |
| Hugo Chávez | 48th President of Venezuela | 1954–2013 |
| Kalpana Chawla | American astronaut | 1962–2003 |
| Paddy Chayefsky | American playwright, screenwr… | 1923–1981 |
| Malcolm de Chazal | Mauritian artist | 1902–1981 |
| Pierre Emmanuel Félix Chazal | Belgian politician (1808-1892) | 1808–1892 |
| Bernard Chazelle | French computer scientist | 1955 |
| Yevgeniy Chazov | Russian physician | 1929 |
| Antoine Chbeir | Lebanese cleric, Maronite bis… | 1961 |
| Stephen Chbosky | American writer | 1970 |
| Don Cheadle | actor, film producer, philant… | 1964 |
| Fadi Abou Chebel | | 1969 |
| Peter Checkland | British management scientist | 1930 |
| Robert Cheeke | American bodybuilder | 1980 |
| John Cheever | American novelist and short s… | 1912–1982 |
| Susan Cheever | American writer | 1943 |
| Ernesto Che Guevara | Argentine Marxist revolutiona… | 1928–1967 |
| John Cheke | English politician and scholar | 1514–1557 |
| Anton Chekhov | Russian dramatist, author and… | 1860–1904 |
| Michael Chekhov | Russian actor and director | 1891–1955 |
| Petr Chelčický | 15th century Bohemian Christi… | 1390–1460 |
| Christian Chelman | magician | 1957 |
| Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | lawyer, politician and diplom… | 1864–1958 |
| Fala Chen | Hong Kong actress | 1982 |
| John S. Chen | American businessman | 1955 |
| Justina Chen | American writer | 1968 |
| Kirstin Chen | Singaporean writer | |
| Mark Chen | | |
| Sean Chen | | |
| Kenneth Chenault | American business executive | 1951 |
| Chris Cheney | Australian rock musician | 1975 |
| Dick Cheney | American politician and busin… | 1941 |
| Elizabeth Cheney | American lawyer | 1966 |
| John Vance Cheney | American writer | 1848–1922 |
| Lynne Cheney | Second Lady of the United Sta… | 1941 |
| Sheldon Warren Cheney | American writer and art critic | 1886–1980 |
| Gu Cheng | Chinese poet | 1956–1993 |
| Peter Liu Cheng-chung | Chinese priest | 1951 |
| Wú Chéng'ēn | Chinese writer | 1500–1582 |
| Yang Cheng-wu | Taiwanese politician | 1972 |
| Lin Cheng-yi | | |
| Cher | American singer and actress | 1946 |
| Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury | Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat… | 1583–1648 |
| Shiing-Shen Chern | mathematician (1911–2004), bo… | 1911–2004 |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Soviet politician | 1911–1985 |
| Irving Chernev | Russian-American chess player | 1900–1981 |
| Wu Cherng-dean | Taiwanese politician | 1957 |
| Viktor Chernomyrdin | Russian diplomat | 1938–2010 |
| Ron Chernow | American writer, journalist, … | 1949 |
| Andrew Cherry | irish writer | 1762–1812 |
| Colin Cherry | British scientist | 1914–1979 |
| Don Cherry | ice hockey coach, television … | 1934 |
| Neneh Cherry | Swedish singer-songwriter | 1964 |
| Apsley Cherry-Garrard | British explorer | 1886–1959 |
| C. J. Cherryh | United States science fiction… | 1942 |
| Phyllis Chesler | Psychotherapist, college prof… | 1940 |
| Caryl Chessman | Convicted robber, kidnapper a… | 1921–1960 |
| Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield | British statesman and man of … | 1694–1773 |
| G. K. Chesterton | English mystery novelist and … | 1874–1936 |
| Harold Chestnut | American engineer | 1917–2001 |
| Albert Chevalier | English music hall comedian a… | 1861–1923 |
| Maurice Chevalier | French actor, singer and ente… | 1888–1972 |
| Tracy Chevalier | American writer | 1962 |
| Hsiao Chia-chi | Taiwanese politician | 1961 |
| Teng Chia-chi | Taiwanese politician | 1956 |
| Lin Chia-lung | Taiwanese politician | 1964 |
| Ann Chiang | Hong Kong politician | 1955 |
| Johnny Chiang | Taiwanese politician | 1972 |
| Ted Chiang | American science fiction writ… | 1967 |
| Leroy Chiao | American astronaut and engine… | 1960 |
| Noel Chiappa | | 1956 |
| Jennifer Chiaverini | American writer | 1969 |
| Li Chia-wei | Taiwanese professor | 1953 |
| Judy Chicago | American artist | 1939 |
| Wang Chi-chen | | 1899–2001 |
| Richard of Chichester | Bishop of Chichester, Saint | 1197–1253 |
| Jack T. Chick | Christian comics writer | 1924–2016 |
| P. Chidambaram | Indian politician | 1945 |
| Chen Chien-jen | Vice President of the Republi… | 1951 |
| Lee Chih-kung | | |
| Clarence G. Child | scholar of medieval literature | 1864–1948 |
| Julia Child | American chef | 1921–2004 |
| Lauren Child | author and illustrator especi… | 1965 |
| Lee Child | British thriller writer | 1954 |
| Lydia Maria Child | American abolitionist, author… | 1802–1880 |
| Robert Erskine Childers | Irish nationalist and author | 1870–1922 |
| Billy Childish | British musician | 1959 |
| Alice Childress | American playwright and author | 1916–1994 |
| Lawton Chiles | Chairman of the Senate Specia… | 1930–1998 |
