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Famous People in History whose Surname begins with 'C' - 2

This category is for famous people in history whose surname begins with the letter 'C'. The names shown on this page are - Geoffrey Chaucer - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - G. K. Chesterton - Thomas Chippendale - Frederic Chopin - Dame Agatha Christie - Arthur C. Clarke - James Clavell - Sir John Douglas Cockcroft - Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

(c.1340-70) Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet. His most famous work is "The Canterbury Tales".

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

(1860-1904) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian dramatist and short-story writer. He became one of the greatest writers of his age. He wrote the plays 'Uncle Vanya' and 'Three Sisters' and the short story 'The Lady with the Little Dog'.

G. K. Chesterton

(1874-1936) Gilbert Keith Chesterton the English novelist and poet was born in Kensington, London. He wrote "The Napoleon 0f Notting Hill", "The Man Who Was Thursday" and "Father Brown".

Thomas Chippendale

(c. 1717-79) Thomas Chippendale was a famous furniture designer.

Frederic Chopin

(1810-49) Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer and pianist.

Dame Agatha Christie

(1890-1976) Christie, Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa) the English detective novel writer was born in Torquay, Devon. She wrote "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile".

Arthur C. Clarke

(1917-2008 ) Sir Arthur Charles Clarke the English science fiction writer and inventor was born Minehead, Somerset. He wrote "Childhood's End", "The Fountains of Paradise" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".

James Clavell

(1922-1994) James Clavell (James Edmund Du Maresq Clavell) the American novelist and playwright was born in Sydney, Australia. He wrote "King Rat", "Shogun" and "Noble House".

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

(1897-1967) Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was an English physicist. In 1951 along with Ernest Walton he was awarded the Nobel prize in Physics for his work in the use of accelerated particles for studying the atomic nucleus.

Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell

(1910-1999) Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer. He invented the hovercraft, the prototype of which first crossed the English Channel in 1959.