| Cinda Williams Chima | Novelist | 1952 |
| Frank Chin | American writer | 1940 |
| Wang Ching-feng | Taiwanese politician | 1952 |
| Tsai Ching-hwa | politician | |
| Soong Ching-ling | Sun Yat-Sen's wife, Honorary … | 1893–1981 |
| Chang Ching-sen | Taiwanese politician | 1959 |
| Lin Ching-yi | Taiwanese politician | 1974 |
| Trường Chinh | former General Secretary of t… | 1907–1988 |
| Sri Chinmoy | Indian writer and guru | 1931–2007 |
| Mercy chinwo | Nigerian Gospel Singer | 1990 |
| Aristo of Chios | ancient greek philosopher | -300 |
| Frank Chipasula | Malawian writer | 1949 |
| Jacques Chirac | 22nd President of France | 1932–2019 |
| Giorgio de Chirico | Italian artist | 1888–1978 |
| Mai Chisamba | | 1952 |
| Brock Chisholm | Doctor and soldier | 1896–1971 |
| Shirley Chisholm | American politician | 1924–2005 |
| Moinuddin Chishti | Sufi saint | 1142–1236 |
| Joan Chittister | Roman Catholic nun, activist,… | 1936 |
| Dominic Su Haw Chiu | Malaysian prelate | 1939 |
| Thomas Holley Chivers | 19th century American poet | 1809–1858 |
| John Chivington | former Methodist pastor and c… | 1821–1894 |
| Fukuda Chiyo-ni | Japanese writer | 1703–1775 |
| Stephen Chmilar | | 1945 |
| Arden Cho | Korean-American actress and s… | 1985 |
| Margaret Cho | American stand-up comedian | 1968 |
| Rufus Choate | American politician | 1799–1859 |
| Frank Chodorov | American libertarian thinker | 1887–1966 |
| Pema Chödron | American philosopher | 1936 |
| Dan Choi | American activist | 1981 |
| Mary H.K. Choi | American author and journalist | |
| Susan Choi | American novelist | 1969 |
| Gennifer Choldenko | American children's writer | 1957 |
| Dietrich von Choltitz | German general | 1894–1966 |
| Kamo no Chōmei | Japanese poet | 1155–1216 |
| Noam Chomsky | american linguist, philosophe… | 1928 |
| Bai Chongxi | Chinese general | 1893–1966 |
| Angel Chooi | Malaysian teacher, model, onl… | |
| Frédéric Chopin | Polish composer | 1810–1849 |
| Kate Chopin | American author | 1850–1904 |
| Deepak Chopra | Indian-American physician, pu… | 1946 |
| Henry Fothergill Chorley | English literary, art and mus… | 1808–1872 |
| Michel Chossudovsky | Canadian economist | 1946 |
| Bhanu Choudhrie | | 1978 |
| Sudhir Choudhrie | Indian businessman | 1949 |
| Akber Choudhry | | 1967 |
| Sujit Choudhry | lawyer | 1970 |
| Bikram Choudhury | Indian yogi | 1946 |
| Yvon Chouinard | American mountain climber | 1938 |
| Sebouh Chouldjian | Archbishop Sebouh Chouldjian … | 1959 |
| Sumit Chowdhury | Indian writer and businessman | 1969 |
| Jean Chrétien | 20th Prime Minister of Canada | 1934 |
| Clayton M. Christensen | Mormon academic | 1952–2020 |
| Kate Christensen | American novelist | 1962 |
| Peter F. Christensen | Catholic bishop | 1952 |
| Agatha Christie | English mystery and detective… | 1890–1976 |
| Chris Christie | 55th Governor of New Jersey, … | 1962 |
| Julie Christie | British actress and activist | 1940 |
| Greta Christina | American activist | 1961 |
| Virginia Christine | actress | 1920–1996 |
| Milbourne Christopher | American magician | 1914–1984 |
| Alexandre Christoyannopoulos | French-Greek writer and acade… | 1979 |
| Chrysippus | ancient Greek philosopher | -281–-208 BC |
| Dio Chrysostom | Greek philosopher | 40–120 |
| John Chrysostom | important Early Church Father | 349–407 |
| Chrystos | American writer, activist | 1946 |
| Eric Chu | Taiwanese politician | 1961 |
| Steven Chu | American physicist, former Un… | 1948 |
| Amy Chua | American lawyer, writer, and … | 1962 |
| Lin Chuan | Taiwanese politician | 1951 |
| Liu Chuanzhi | Chinese businessman | 1944 |
| Christine Chubbuck | American television news repo… | 1944–1974 |
| Lin Chu-chia | Taiwanese politician | 1956 |
| Lee Chu-feng | Taiwanese politician | 1953 |
| Ismat Chughtai | an Indian Urdu language writer | 1911–1991 |
| Fernando Chui | Chief Executive of Macau (200… | 1957 |
| Chiu Chui-cheng | politician | |
| Vasily Chuikov | Soviet military commander | 1900–1982 |
| Chulalongkorn | King of Siam | 1853–1910 |
| Wu Chun | Bruneian actor and singer | 1979 |
| Jamie Chung | American actress | 1983 |
| Peter Chung | Korean-American animator | 1961 |
| Park Chung-hee | Korean Army general and the l… | 1917–1979 |
| Sun Chunlan | Politburo member of the Commu… | 1950 |
| Leung Chun-ying | Hong Kong politician | 1954 |
| Francis Pharcellus Church | American publisher and editor | 1839–1906 |
| Clementine Churchill | wife of Sir Winston Churchill… | 1885–1977 |
| Jill Churchill | American writer of historical… | 1943 |
| Lord Randolph Churchill | British politician | 1849–1895 |
| Ward Churchill | Political activist | 1947 |
| Winston S. Churchill | Prime Minister of the United … | 1874–1965 |
| Patricia Churchland | philosopher | 1943 |
| Paul Churchland | Canadian philosopher | 1942 |
| C. West Churchman | American philosopher and syst… | 1913–2004 |
| Anders Chydenius | Swedish politician | 1729–1803 |
| Robert B. Cialdini | American social psychologist | 1945 |
| Suzanne Ciani | Italian American composer and… | 1946 |
| Galeazzo Ciano | Italian politician | 1903–1944 |
| John Ciardi | American poet, professor, tra… | 1916–1986 |
| Colley Cibber | British poet laureate | 1671–1757 |
