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Famous First Names Beginning with the Letter - C

This category is for famous people who have first names which begin with the letter C. The names include - Charles - Christina - Christopher - Clarence - Clive.


Here is a random selection of famous first names beginning with C.

Charles Babbage

(1792 - 1871), English mathematician. His primitive 'calculating machines' are regarded as the forerunners of the modern computer.

Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

(1890 - 1970), French general and statesman. An opponent of the Vichy regime led by Petain, he fled to Britain in 1940, where he led the Free French forces. In 1958 he became the first president of the Fifth Republic.

Christopher Columbus

(1451 - 1506), Italian explorer. He discovered the New World (America) in 1492, making landfall in the West Indies and made two more voyages in 1493 and 1498, reaching South America on the third.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh

(1902 - 74), American aviator. In 1927 he was the first man to fly the Atlantic solo and nonstop with his monoplane the Spirit of St Louis.

Christopher Sydney Cockerell

[Sir], (1910 - ) English engineer. He invented the hovercraft.