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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.

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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.

Christopher Sydney Cockerell

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

Clarence Seward Darrow

(1857-1938), an American attorney. He was an opponent of capital punishment.

Christopher Marlowe

(1564 - 93), English dramatist and poet. He wrote a number of plays including "Tamburlaine" and "Doctor Faustus".

Charles Robert Darwin

(1809 - 82), English naturalist. He sailed on HMS Beagle as a naturalist to South America and the Pacific (1831-36) where his studies among the rich animal and plant life of the area formed the basis for his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection 'The Origin of Species'.