Joe C.: Joseph Calleja (diminutive rap singer who toured with Kid Rock, b1974 d2000)
K.C.: Harry Wayne Casey (disco singer/keyboardist/songwriter/arranger for the Sunshine Band)
Roy C: Roy Charles Hammond (singer, b1943) {chose NdG to avoid confusion with singers Roy Hamilton or Ray Charles}
James Caan: James Cahn (movie actor, b1938)
Bruce Cabot: Jacques Etienne Pelissier de Bujac (French-born American movie actor, 1904 d1972)
John Cabot: Giovanni Caboto (15th-century Italian navigator/explorer, b1425 d1500?)
Susan Cabot: Harriet Shapiro (movie actress, b1927 d1986)
Mother Cabrini: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (Italian humanitarian/social reformer/saint, b1913 d1963)
Jean Cacharel: Louis Henri Bousquet (French fashion designer)
Cachou: Anne-Charlotte Pontabry (French tv actress)
Michael Cacoyannis: Mikhalis Kakogiannis (Cyprus-born director/screenwriter, b1922)
Cadenus: Jonathan Swift (Italian satirist/cleric, b1667 d1745) {NdG is anagram of decanus, which means 'dean.' Swift was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.}
Julius Caesar: Gaius Julius Caesar (Roman emperor/general/statesman, b101BC? d44BC)
Caffarelli: Gaetano Majorano (Italian soprano singer, b1710 d1783)
Nicolas Cage: Nicolas Kim Coppola (movie actor/nephew of film director Francis Ford Coppola, b1964) {chose Cage from comic book character Luke Cage}
Alessandro Cagliostro: Giuseppe Balsamo (Italian count/adventurer/physician/philosopher/alchemist/necromancer/elixir salesman/charlatan, b1743 d1795)
Sammy Cahn: Samuel Cohen (musical composer/lyricist/songwriter/singer, b1913 d1992? d1993?)
Alan Caillou: Alan Lyle-Smythe (English movie & tv actor/writer/Intelligence Corps agent/policeman in Palestine/police chief in Ethiopia/district officer in Somalia/theatrical company founder in Africa, b1914) {his NdG was one of his former spy aliases}
+ Christopher Cain: Bruce Doggett (movie director/screenwriter/director/producer, b1943)
Rudy Cain: Randy Cain (soul singer with The Delfonics)
Howard Caine: Howard Cohen (German tv actor, mostly known for playing Maj. Hochstedder on 'Hogan's Heroes', b1926 d1993)
Marti Caine: Lynda Denise Crapper Stringer Ives (English comedienne/singer/tventertainer, b1945)
Michael Caine: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite (British movie & tv actor, b1933) {took name from 'The Caine Mutiny'}
Calamity Jane: Martha Jane Cannary Burke (19th-century frontier marksman/drunk/prostitute, b1852? d1903) {she threatened 'calamity' to any man who tried to court her}
Helen Caldicott: Helen Broinowski (Australian physician/nuclear activist, b1938)
Taylor Caldwell: Janet Miriam Taylor Caldwell Reback (English-born American novelist, b1900 d1985)
J.J. Cale: Jean Jacques Cale (blues singer/songwriter/guitarist, best known for playing After Midnight, b1938)
Louis Calhern: Carl Henry Vogt (movie & stage actor, b1895 d1956)
Rory Calhoun: Frances Timothy McGown Durgin (movie & tv actor, b1922 d1999)
Randy California: Randy Wolfe (rock & roll singer/guitarist with 'Spirit')
Caligula: Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus [aka Gaius] (3rd emperor of Rome (37-41)/despot, b12 d41) {NdG means "little boots"}
Calixtus: Callisen Georg (German Lutheran theologian/professor, b1586 d1656)
K Callan: Katherine Callan (movie, stage & tv actress)
+ Michael Callan: Martin Caliniff (dancer/movie & tv actor/producer, b1935)
Maria Callas: Maria Ann Sofia Cecelia Kalogeropoulos Meneghini (Greek dramatic opera soprano/movie actress, b1923 d1977)
Joseph Calleia: Joseph Alexander Herstall Vincent Spurin-Calleja (Maltese-born opera diva/movie actor, b1897 d1975? d1976?)
Cab Calloway: Cabell Calloway [aka "King of Hi De Ho"] (jazz vocalist/scat singer/bandleader, b1907 d1994)
Emma Calvé: Rosa Noémie Emma Calvet de Roquer Gaspari (French operatic soprano, b1858 d1942)
E.H. Calvert: Elisha Helm Calvert (silent-movie actor, b1863 d1941)
Phyllis Calvert: Phyllis Bickle (English movie, stage & tv actress, b1915)
Corinne Calvet: Corinne Dibos (statuesque French movie actress, b1925)
Robert Calvi: Gian Roberto Calvini (Italian banker/financier/embezzler, b1920 d1982)
Henry Calvin: Wimberly Calvin Goodman, Jr. (comic movie actor, b1918 d1975)
John Calvin: Jean Chauvin (French Protestant religious reformer; it was hymn that introduced congregational singing!)
Tutti Camarata: Salvador Camarata [nn: Toots] Big Band trumpeter/arranger/bandleader, b1913)
Marie Camargo: Marie Anne de Cupis (Belgian ballet dancer, b1710 d1770) {Camargo was her mother's maiden name}
Elizabeth Cambridge: Barbara K. Webber Hodges (British novelist, b1893 d1949)
Cambyses II: Kambujiya (King of Medes and Persians, b? d522BC)
George Cameron: Gladys Rankin [aka Mrs. Sidney Drew] (actress/author/playwrite, d1914)
John Cameron: Archibald Gordon Macdonell (Scottish author, b1895 d1941)
Rod Cameron: Nathan Roderick Cox (western movie & tv actor, b1910 d1983)
Camillus: Alexander Hamilton (Whig pamphleteer/soldier/lawyer/American statesman/U.S. Treasury Secretary/died from having a duel personality, b1755? b1757? d1804) {NdG was adopted fron name of Roman soldier & statesman who save Rome from the Gauls}
Camillus: Fisher Ames (U.S. statesman/orator/political columnist, b1758 d1808) {NdG was adopted fron name of Roman soldier & statesman who save Rome from the Gauls}
Chauncey Camp: Walter Camp [aka Father of American Football] (National Football League player & coach/author)
John Wood Campbell, Jr.: Don A. Stuart (science-fiction writer, b1910 d1971)
Judy Campbell: Judy Gamble Birkin (British movie, stage & tv actress, b1916)
Junior Campbell: William Campbell [aka Junior Wullie] (singer/guitarist/keyboardist/pianist, b1947?)
Kim Campbell: Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell (Canada's first woman Prime Minister (1993-93), b1947)
Margaret A. Campbell: Mary Howell (Harvard Medical School dean/controversial author)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell: Beatrice Stella Tanner (British actress/probably the first Second Mrs. Tanqueray, b1865 d1940)
Campo: David Ian Campese (Australian rugby player, b1962)
Cañadas: Henry Higgins [nn: El Ingles, "the Englishman"] (Columbian-born English bullfighter - the only one to qualify as a Spanish matador, b1944 d1978) {NdG means "narrow valleys"}
Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canale (Italian painter, 1697 d1768) {NdG means "little canal"}
Chan Canasta: Chananel Mifelew (Polish mentalist, b1920 d1999)
Cancer Omega: Jay Dyson [aka cOmega] (computer hacker/self-proclaimed hedonist, who probably hates me)
Conte Candoli: Secondo Candoli (jazz trumpeter)
Edward Candy: Barbara Alison Neville (British novelist, b1925)
Denis Cannan: Denis Pullein-Thompson (British stage actor/playwright, b1919)
Charles Cannell: Evelyn Charles Vivian (English writer of detective & adventure stories, b1882 d1947)
Stephen J. Cannell: Stephen James Cannell (tv writer/producer/actor)
Effie Canning: Effie Crockett Carlton (stage actress/babysitter/songwriter - Rock-A-Bye Baby, b1857 d1940)
Dyan Cannon: Samile Diane Friesen (movie & tv actress/movie director/screen & scriptwriter, b1937)
Freddy Cannon: Frederick Anthony Picariello [nn: Boom-Boom] (country singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1939? b1940? b1942?)
J.D. Cannon: John Donovan Cannon (movie & tv actor - played Chief Clifford on the McCloud tv series, b1922)
Tommy Cannon: Thomas Darbyshire [of 'The Harper Brothers'] (English stage & tv comedian, b1938)
Diana Canova: Diana Rivero (tv actress/comedienne, b1953)
Judy Canova: Juliet Canova, hillbilly movie actress, b1916 d1983)
Minna Canth: Ulrika Vilhelmina Johnsson (Finnish playwright/feminist/Working-Class Wife, b1844 d1897)
Cantinflas: Mario Moreno Reyes (Mexican bullfighter/comedian/clown/movie actor - Around the World in 80 Days, b1911? b1913? d1993)
Eddie Cantor: Edward Israel Iskowitz (movie actor/comedian/vaudvillian, b1892 d1964)
Yakima Canutt: Enos Edward Canutt (actor/stuntman/director, b1896 d1986)
Robert Capa: Andrei {Endre?} Ermö Friedmann (Hungarian-born wartime photographer, b1913 d1954)
Gaston Caperton: William Gaston Caperton, III (former governor of West Virginia)
Al Capone: Alphonsus Capone [nn: Scarface] (1920's criminal/gangster/murderer/tax evader, b1899 d1947)
Truman Capote: Truman Streckfus Persons (writer/novelist, b1924 d1984) {Capote was his step-father's surname}
Al Capp: Alfred Gerald Caplin (U.S. cartoonist, created L'il Abner, b1909 d1979)
Caprice: Caprice Bourret [nn: Buttface?] (fashion model/1996 WonderBra Girl)
Kate Capshaw: Kathleen Sue Nail (movie actress, b1953)
The Captain: Daryl Dragon [of The Captain & Tenille] (singer/pianist, b1942) {NdG came from his distinctive nautical headgear}
Captain Beefheart: Don Van Vilet (rock & roll singer with 4.5-octave range/guitarist/harmonica player/keyboardist/painter/multiple sclerosis victim, b1941)
Captain Crunch: John Draper (Vietnam vet/early 70's telephone hacker)
* Captain Midnight: John R. MacDougall (frustrated satellite dish salesman that broke into national HBO movie transmissions in 1986 to broadcast messages protesting the scrambling of cable signals)
Capucine: Germaine Lefebvre (French movie & stage actress/model, b1933 d1990)
April Capwill: Ray Capwill (distance runner/bowler/transsexual)
Caracalla: Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus [aka Caracallus, Septimius Bassianus] (Roman emperor (211-217/builder, b188 d217)
Caravaggio: Michelangelo Merisi (Italian Baroque painter, b1573 d1610) {NdG is name of his birthplace in northern Italy}
Harry Caray: Harry Christopher Carabina (Holy Cow! He's a Chicago Cubs baseball announcer & restauranteur!, b1919 d1998)
Leos Carax: Alexander Dupont (French movie actor/director/writer, b1960)
Francis Carco: François Marie Alexandre Carcopino-Tussoli (French poet/writer, b1886 d1958)
Cardini: Richard Valentine Pitchford (Welsh magician, b1895 d1973)
+ Christine Carère: Christine de Borde (French movie actress/screenwiter, b1930? b1931?)
+ Carette: Victor Jullien [aka Julien Carette] (French movie actor, b1897 d1966)
Edwin Carew: Jay Fox (hobo/silent-movie actor, b1883 d1940)
Ora Carew: Ora Whytock (silent-movie actress, b1893 d1955)
+ Arthur Edmund Carewe: Jan Fox [aka Edwin Carewe] (Armenian-born hobo/silent-movie actor/screenwriter/director, b1883 d1940?)
Harry Carey Sr.: Henry DeWitt Carey II (movie actor, b1878 d1947)
Joyce Carey: Joyce Lawrence (movie actress, b1898 d19??)
Macdonald Carey: Edward Macdonald Carey (movie, stage & tv actor/poet/tv soap star for many Days, b1913 d1994)
Olive Carey: Olive Fuller Golden (movie actress, b1896 d1988)
Philip Carey: Eugene Carey (movie actor, b1925)
Karl Carl: Karl Andreas von Bernbrunn (Austrian actor/dramatist/impresario, b1789 d1854)
Richard Carle: Charles Nicholas Carleton (British silent-movie actor, b1871 d1941)
Thumbs Carlille: Kenneth Ray Carlille (country music entertainer, b1931 d1987)
Belinda Carlisle: Belinda Jo Kerzcheski Mason (pop singer, b1958)
Kitty Carlisle: Catherine Conn Holzman (opera singer/movie actress/To Tell The Truth, she was also a quiz show panelist, b1915 d19??)
Carlo-Rim: Jean-Marius Richard (French writer/movie director, b1905 d1989)
Carlos the Jackal: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (Venezuelan-born terrorist/hijacker/bomber/assassin/murder of 83 people/and I'll bet he doesn't rewind rented videotapes either, b1950?)
Bun E. Carlos: Brad Carlson (rock & roll drummer with Cheap Trick, b1951)
Wendy Carlos: Walter Carlos (engineer/composer/synthesizer pioneer, b1941)
Carlota: Marie-Charlotte-Amélie-Augustine-Victoire-Clémentine-Léopoldine (Belgian-born empress of Mexico/wife of Maximilian, b1840 d1927)
Cory Carlson: Corydon J. Carlson (American organist/choirmaster/music educator/journalist, b1965 d1998)
Richard Carlson: Albert Lea (movie actor/director, b1914 d1977)
Carlstadt: Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein [aka Karlstadt] (German religious reformer/professor, b? d1541)
Felix Carmen: Frank Dempster Sherman (poet, b1860 d1916)
Jeanne Carmen: Lavern Carmen (pin-up model)
T. Carmi: Carmi Charny (musician, b1925, d1994)
Hoagy Carmichael: Howard Hoagland Carmichael (jazz pianist/composer/songwriter - Stardust/movie actor, b1899 d1981)
Tullio Carminati: Count Tullio Carminati de Brambilla (movie actor, b1894 d1971)
Judy Carne: Joyce Botterill (British singer/movie & tv actress - Laugh-In/comedienne/author, b1939)
Dale Carnegie: Dale Carnegey {Carnegay?} (author/lecturer on the art of public speaking, b1888 d1955)
Hattie Carnegie: Henriette Kannengiser (American fashion designer)
Art Carney: William Matthew Carney (movie, radio, stage & tv actor/Honeymooner, b1918)
Sadi Carnot: Nicholas Leonard Sadi Carnot (French scientist/father of thermodynamics, b1796 d1832)
Martine Carol: Maryse Louise Mourer (often scantily-clad French movie actress, b1920? b1922? d1967)
Sue Carol: Evelyn Lederer (movie actress, b1907 d1982)
* Monte Carpenter: Mike Towle (reporter/publisher/author of books of quotes made by famous people)
Eric Carr: Paul Caravella (heavy metal drummer with Kiss, b1950 d1991)
Fatty Carr: Hilliard Karr [aka Fat Karr, H.S. Karr] (rotund 1920's movie actor)
Vikki Carr: Florencia Bisenta de Castillas Martinez Cardona (singer, b1941)
Raffaella Carrá: Raffaella Pelloni (Italian movie & tv actress, b1943)
David Carradine: John Arthur Carradine, Jr. (movie & tv actor/Kung-Fu fighter, b1936? b1937? b1940?)
John Carradine: Richmond Reed Carradine (movie & tv actor, b1906 d1988)
Asia Carrera: Jessica Bennett (pianist/Mensa member/beautiful X-rated movie actress/writer/producer/Internet entrepreneur, b1973)
Tia Carrere: Althea Janairo (tv & movie actress/rock & roll singer, b1965? b1966?)
Edward Carrick: Edward Anthony Craig (British movie art-director, b1905)
Diahann Carroll: Carol Diahann Johnson (singer/movie, stage & tv actress, b1935)
Joan Carroll: Joan Felt (child movie actress, b1932)
John Carroll: Julian LaFaye (singer/movie actor, b1906 d1979)
Leo G. Carroll: Leo Grattan Carroll (British movie & tv actor/Topper, b1892 d1972)
Lewis Carroll: Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (English author/mathematician/snark-hunter, b1832 d1898)
Madeleine Carroll: Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll (British/American actress, b1906 d1987)
Nancy Carroll: Ann LaHiff (singer/movie actress, b1905 d1965)
Jasper Carrot: Robert Davies (British comedian)
Carrot Top: Scott Thompson (very red-headed sight-gag comedian, b1967)
Jeannie Carson: Jean Shufflebottom (British entertainer/movie & tv actress, b1928)
Ken Carson: Hubert Ken Carson (country singer with the Sons of the Pioneers)
Kit Carson: Christopher Carson (U.S. trapper/soldier/Indian fighter/scout, b1809 d1868)
Sunset Carson: Winifred Michael {Maurice?} Harrison (western movie actor, b1920 d1990)
+ John Paddy Carson: John Keys [aka John Paddy Carstairs] (he was a British comic novelist/film director/painter, Honest Injun!, b1912? b1914? d1970)
Peter Carsten: Pieter Ransenthaler (movie actor, b1929)
Benny Carter: Bennet Lester Carter (alto saxophonist/trumpeter/clarinetist/composer/bandleader, b1907)
Betty Carter: Lillie Mae Jones (American jazz vocalist, b1929 d1998)
Carlene Carter: Rebecca Carlene Smith (country music entertainer, b1955)
Chip Carter: James Earl Carter III (son of former President Jimmy & First Lady Rosalynn Carter)
Elizabeth Eliot Carter: Cecelia Holland (writer)
Forrest Carter: Asa Earl Carter [aka Bedford Forrest Carter, Ace Carter, Gundi Usdi {Cherokee for "Little Tree"}] (novelist/politician/speech-writer/segregationist/white-supremacist, b1925 d1979)
Helen Carter: Helen Rickerts (movie actress, b1923)
Jack Carter: Jack Chakrin (comedian/movie & tv actor, b1922? b1923?)
Janis Carter: Janis Dremann (movie & radio actress, b1921 d1994)
John C. Carter: Charlton Heston (writer/actor)
Mrs. Leslie Carter: Caroline Louise Dudley (stage actress, b1862 d1937)
Lillian Carter: Bessie Lillian Carter (mother of former U.S. President)
Mother Maybelle Carter: Maybelle Addington (country music entertainer, b1909 d1978)
Rosalynn Carter: Eleanor Carter (former U.S. First Lady, b1927)
Sara Carter: Sara Dougherty (country music entertainer, b1899 d1979)
Barbara Cartland: Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (English romantic novelist, b1901? b1904?)
Peggy Cartwright: Peggy Courtwright (child actress, b1912 d1937 after slipping and falling under a San Francisco cable car)
Enrico Caruso: Errico Caruso (opera tenor)
Johnny Carver: John David carter (country music entertainer, b1940)
Louise Carver: Louise Spilger Murray (movie actress, b1898 d1956)
Lynne Carver: Virginia Reid Sampson (movie actress, b1909 d1955)
* Diana Serra Cary: Margaret Montgomery [aka Baby Peggy] (writer of Hollywood history/child film actress, b1918)
Joyce Cary: Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (Irish writer, b1888 d1957)
Carzou: Karnik Zulumyan (Armenian/French painter)
Pablo Casals: Catalan Pau Casals (cellist/conductor/composer, b1876 d1973)
Casanova: Giovanni Giacomo Girolomo de Seingalt (Italian adventurer/soldier/lover/rogue/alchemist/cabalist/spy, b1725 d1798)
Maria Casares: Maria Casares Quiroga (Spanish movie actress, b1922 d1996)
A.G. Cascone: Annette Cascone and Gina Cascone (writers)
Johnny Cash: J.R. Cash (singer/songwriter/guitarist/composer/movie actor, b1932)
June Carter Cash: Valerie June Carter (country music entertainer, b1929)
Peggy Cass: Mary Margaret Cass (movie, stage & tv actress/comedienne/talk-show panelist, b1924 d1999)
Hopalong Cassady: Howard Cassady (National Football League player)
Gustav Cassel: Karl Gustav Cassel (Swedish economist, b1866 d1945)
Jean-Pierre Cassel: Jean-Pierre Crochon (French actor, b1932)
Butch Cassidy: George Robert LeRoy Parker (western outlaw, b1866 d1909) {who also worked as a butcher's assistant in his youth}
Hopalong Cassidy: Bill Cassidy (fictional western movie/tv hero, played by actor William Lawrence Boyd in movies & tv) {in 1st movie, 1935, he was wounded and limped with a cane, hence the nickname}
Joanna Cassidy: Joanna Virginia Caskey (movie & tv actress, b1944)
Oleg Cassini: Oleg Lolewski-Cassini (French fashion designer)
Cassiodorus: Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Roman writer/monk, b490 d580?)
Cassius: Gaius Cassius Longinus (Roman soldier/politician/betrayer of Caesar, b?? d42BC)
Andrea del Castagno: Andrea di Bartolo de Simone (Italian painter (Last Supper)/draughtsman, b1421? d1457)
Cynthia Plaster Caster: Cynthia Albritton (famous rock groupie who makes plaster casts of the penises of rock stars, b1947)
Irene Castle: Irene Foote (actress/exhibition ballroom dancer, b1893 d1964? d1969?)
Jayne Castle: Jayne Ann Krentz (author of futuristic romance novels)
JoAnn Castle: Jo Ann Zerling (actress/musician - Lawrence Welk Show, b1939)
Lee Castle: Lee Castaldo (musician/bandleader, b1915)
Vernon Castle: Vernon Blythe (English dance teacher [devised the "One-Step"]/exhibition ballroom dancer/airman w/the Royal Flying Corps, b1887 d1918)
William Castle: William Schloss (film director/producer, known for using gimmicky techniques, b1914 d1977) {in German, 'schloss' means 'castle'}
Fidel Castro: Fidel Castro Ruz (lawyer, revolutionary leader, dictator of Cuba, b1926)
Peppy Castro: Emil Thielhelm (lead singer/guitarist with Blues Magoos, b1949)
Cat: Putney (feline movie actor - Breakfast At Tiffany's)
T.H.E. Cat: Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat (fictional tv aerialist who became a cat-burglar, then a bodyguard, played by actor Robert Loggia)
Gilbert Cates: Gilbert Katz (movie, stage & tv director, b1934)
Phoebe Cates: Phoebe Katz (movie actress/model, b1963)
Catherine II: Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst (Russian Empress [1762-1796], b1729 d1796)
Catiline: Lucius Sergius Catilina (Roman aristocrat/politician/conspirator, b108BC d62BC)
Cat-Man: Thomas Blake (Batman adversary)
Cato the Elder: Marcus Porcius Cato [aka Cato the Censor] (Roman statesman/soldier/writer, b234BC d149BC)
Cato the Younger: Marcus Porcius Cato [aka Cato Uticensis] (Roman statesman/great-grandson of the other guy, b95BC d46BC)
Catwoman: Selina Kyle (ferocious female feline foe of Batman)
Carrie Chapman Catt: Carrie Chapman Lane (reformer/pacifist/suffragette/co-founder of League or Women Voters, b1859 d1947)
Joan Caulfield: Beatrice Caulfield (movie, stage & tv actress/model, b1922 d1991)
Constantine Cavafy: Konstantine Petrou Kavafis (Egyptian-born Greek poet, b1863 d1933)
Alberto Cavalcanti: Alberto de Almeida-Cavalcanti (Brazilian film director/producer, b1897 d1982)
Pier Francesco Cavalli: Francesco Caletti-Bruni (Italian organist/composer, b1602 d1676) {assumed name of his patron}
Maggie Cavender: Mary Margaret Polk (country music performer, d1996)
Yvonne Cawley: Yvonne Fay Gollagong (Australian professional tennis player, b1951)
Alec Cawthorne: Michael Caine (this was a phoney credit used in the film Sleuth (1972) to throw off the audience)
Candis Cayne: Brendon McDanniel [aka Candy Cayne] (New York City drag queen/singer/dancer)
Cedric the Entertainer: Cedric Jackie Robinson (comedian/movie & tv actor)
Cee-Lo: Thomas Burton (hip-hop singer with the Goodie Mob, b1974)
Samurai Celestial: Eric Walker (drummer, b1955 d1997)
Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Louis Fuch {Ferdinand?} Destouches (French novelist, b1894 d1961)
Paul Celan: Paul Antschel (Romanian Holocaust-survivor/poet, b1920 d1970)
Blaise Cendrars: Frederic Louis Sauser (Swiss writer/poet, b1887 d1961)
Miguel de Cervantes: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (tax collector/poet/author/playwright known to tilt at windmills, b1547 d1616)
W.S. Cerve: Harvey Spencer Lewis (American Rosicrucian mystic, b1883 d1939)
Gino Cervi: Luigi Cervi (Italian movie actor, b1901 d1974)
Caesalpinus: Andrea Cesalpino (Italian botanist/anatomist/physician/physiologist, b1519 d1603)
Ron Cey: Ronald Charles [nn: The Penguin] (professional baseball player)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas: Jacques Delmas (French stateman/prime minister (1969-72), b1915)
Lady Chablis: Benjamin Edward Knox [aka Brenda Dale Knox] (female impersonator/drag queen/character in the book Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil)
Chad: Chad Stuart [of Chad & Jeremy] (British pop singer of the 60's, but alas, Yesterday's Gone, b1943)
Les Chadwick: John Leslie Chadwick (British rock & roll bass player with Gerry & the Pacemakers, b1943)
George Chakiris: George Kerris (movie & stage actor/singer/dancer, b1933) {changed name in 1956; had 1st acting debut in 1957}
Lindy Chamberlain: Alice Lynne Chamberlain (New Zealand mother of the baby who was supposedly taken by a dingo, b1948)
Neville Chamberlain: Arthur Neville Chamberlain (British statesman/prime minister from 1937-40, b1869 d1940)
Richard Chamberlain: George Richard Chamberlain (movie, stage & tv actor - Dr. Kildare/singer, b1935)
Wilt Chamberlain: Wilton Norman Chamberlain [nn: Wilt the Stilt] (very tall professional basketball player, b1936 d1999)
Marilyn Chambers: Marily Briggs (porn movie actress - Behind the Green Door, b1952)
Tom Chambers: Thomas Doane (professional basketball player w/the Seattle Supersonics & the Phoenix Suns, b1959)
Whittaker Chambers: Jay Vivian Chambers (journalist/writer/Soviet spy, b1910 d1961)
Adelbert von Chamisso: Louis Charles Adelaide Chamisso de Boncourt (French poet/biologist/shadow-seeker, b1781 d1838)
Marge Champion: Majorie Belcher (movie actress/dancer, b1923)
Jackie Chan: Chan Kong-Sang {Chen Gang-shen?} [aka Sing Lung {"to become a dragon"}] (popular Hong Kong martial arts stuntman/actor who is often Woo-ed by Hollywood film directors, b1954)
Kelly Chan: Chen Wai Man (Hong Kong-born movie actor, b1973)
Happy Chandler: Albert Benjamin Chandler (professional baseball player/2nd U.S. baseball commissioner 1945-51/politician, b1898 d1991)
Gene Chandler: Eugene Dixon (Duke, Duke, Duke of Early rhythm & blues singer/songwriter/music producer, b1937)
Jeff Chandler: Ira Grossel (movie & radio actor, b1918 d1961)
Joan Chandler: Joan Cheeseman (movie actress, b1923 d1979)
Spud Chandler: Spurgeon Chandler (former New York Yankees pitcher, b1907 d1990)
Coco Chanel: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (French fashion designer, b1883 d1971)
Lon Chaney, Sr.: Leonidas F. {Alonzo?} Chaney [nn: Man of a Thousand Faces] (movie actor, known for horror film roles, b1883 d1930)
Lon Chaney, Jr.: Creighton Tull Chaney (movie & tv actor, best known for horror film roles, b1906 d1973)
Carol Channing: Carol Channing Lowe (movie, stage & tv actress/singer, b1921? b1923?)
Stockard Channing: Susan Williams Antonia Stockard Channing Schmidt (movie, stage & tv actress, b1944)
Joy Chant: Eileen Joyce Rutter (writer)
Jean Chapel: Jean Amber (rockabilly singer)
Lita Grey Chaplin: Lillita Louise McMurray (silent-movie actor, b1908 d1995)
Saul Chaplin: Saul Kaplan (song-writer/arranger/movie producer, b1912)
Annie Chapman: Eliza Anne Smith [aka Dark Annie, Annie Siffey, Annie Sievey] (19th century London prostitute/2nd victim of Jack the Ripper, b1841 d1888)
Jay Charby: Harlan Ellison (writer)
Jacques Chardonne: Jacques Boutelleau (French novelist/essayist, b1884 d1968)
Cyd Charisse: Tula Ellice Finklea (dancer/movie actress, b1921? b1923?)
Charlemagne: Carolus Magnus [aka Charles I, Charles the Great] (emperor of Holy Roman Empire, b742 d814)
Charlene: Charlene D'Angelo (singer, b1950)
Eugenia Charles: Mary Eugenia Charles (1st female prime minister of Dominica (1980) in the Caribbean, b1919)
Ray Charles: Ray Charles Robinson (blind pianist/singer/songwriter, b1930? b1932?)
Charles XIV: Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte [aka Charles John] (French-born King of Sweden (1818-44), b1763 d1844)
Charlotte: Saucy (canine co-star in the movie The Deep)
Charo: Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Melina Baeza (actress/singer/Cucci-Cucci gal, b1942)
Leslie Charteris: Leslie Charles Bowyer Lin {Yin?} (U.S. mystery novelist/screenwriter/Saint-maker, b1907 d1993)
Borden Chase: Frank Fowler (screenwriter)
Charlie Chase: Charles Parrott (movie actor/director/scriptwriter/comedian, b1893 d1940)
Chevy Chase: Cornelius Crane Chase (comedian/movie & tv actor/SNL alumni, b1943)
Paddy Chayefsky: Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (screenwriter/playwright, b1923 d1981)
Doc Cheatham: Adolphus Anthony Cheatham (jazz trumpeter/singer, b1905 d1997)
Chubby Checker: Ernest Evans (singer/dancer/Twister, b1941) {Dick Clark's wife though Evans resembled Fats Domino, hence the cute NdP}
Cheech: Richard Marin [of Cheech & Chong] (U.S.-born, Iranian movie & tv actor/comedian/writer/singer/director/druggie, b1946)
Micheline Cheirel: Micheline Leriche (French actress, b1917) {NdG is an anagram of her real name}
Joan Chen: Chen Chong (movie & tv actress, b1961)
Pierre Chenal: Pierre Cohen (French movie director, b1903 d1990)
Cher: Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere (singer/songwriter/movie, stage & tv actress, b1946)
+ Nikolai Cherkasov: Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian acrobat/ballet, movie & stage actor/deputy of the Supreme Soviet, b1903 d1966)
* Nikolai P. Cherkasov: Nikolai Petrovich Sergeyev (Russian movie actor, b1884 d1944)
Konstantin U. Chernenko: Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (Russian head of state)
Chernushka: Blackie (canine cosmonaut launched on a one-orbit mission on Sputnik 9 on March 9, 1961)
Neneh Cherry: Neneh Mariann Karlsson (Swedish singer, b1964) {Cherry is her step-father's last name}
C.J. Cherryh: Carolyn Janice Cherry (U.S. science fiction author, b1942)
Hal E. Chester: Cy Endfield (writer)
G.K. Chesterton: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (British essayist/critic/novelist, b1874 d1936)
Walter Chiari: Walter Annichiarico (Italian comic movie actor, b1924 d1991)
* Florinda Chico: Florinda Chico Martín-Mora (Spanish movie actress, b1926)
Chief Thundercloud: Victor Daniels (stuntman/movie actor, b1899 d1955)
Chief Thundercloud: Scott T. Williams (movie & radio actor - appeared in The Lone Ranger, b1901 d1967)
Julia Child: Julia Carolyn McWilliams (master chef/author/tv host, b1912)
Simon Ian Childer: John Brosnan & LeRoy Kettle (writers)
+ Billy Childish: Stephen John Hamper (British punk rock singer/songwriter/artist/poet/guitarist/critic/magazine editor/dyslexic, b1958)
Chilli: Rozanda Thomas (singer with the all-female soul/hip-hop group TLC, b1971)
Chip: Krypto (Superboy's pet dog from the planet Krypton)
G.H. Chirgwin: George Chirgwin (British "black-face" comedian/fiddler, b1855 d1922)
F. Chisolm: Patricia Finney (novelist)
Margaret Cho: Moran Cho (San Francisco-born, pop-culture-addicted, stand-up comedienne, b1968)
David Chomachi: David Al-Chokhachy (tv actor - Baywatch, b1968)
Chong: Tommy Chong [of Cheech & Chong] (actor/druggie, b1938)
Annabel Chong: Grace Quek (Chinese-born pornographic film actress, b1972)
Ethylyn Chrisman: Ethylyn Enochs [aka Babe Chrisman] (movie actress, b1877 d1943)
Jesus Christ: Yeshua ben Joseph [aka Yoshua ben Mirriam] (savior)
Christabel: Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen (science fiction writer)
Christian-Jaque: Christian Maudet (French journalist/movie writer/director, b1904 d1994)
Linda Christian: Blanca Rosa Welter (actress)
Mady Christians: Margarethe Marie Christians (movie & stage actress, b1900 d1951)
Dame Agatha Christie: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller [aka Mary Westmacott as a romance novelist] (English writer who made a killing in mystery novels, b1890 d1976)
Jeff Christie: Rush Limbaugh (early broadcast name used during his rock & roll DJ days in Pittsburgh PA)
Lou Christie: Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco (falsetto pop singer, b1943)
Virginia Christine: Virginia Kraft (movie & tv actress/commercial spokesperson - Mrs. Olsen in the Folgers Coffee commercials, b1920 d1996)
Christo: Christo Javacheff (Bulgarian-born U.S. environmental artist, husband of Jeanne-Claude, b1935)
Dennis Christopher: Dennis Carelli (movie actor, b1955)
George Christopher: George Christopheles (former San Francisco mayor - brought Giants to town, b1908? d2000)
John Christopher: Christopher Samuel Youd (British author, b1922)
Anna Christy: Gladys Cronin (movie actress, b1905 d1987)
June Christy: Shirley Luster (Cool jazz singer, b1925 d1990)
Cheetah Chrome: Gene O'Connor (punk rocker with The Dead Boys)
Chris Chrysler: B.P. Hurding (punk rocker with X-ray Spex)
Chubb Rock: Richard Simpson (rap performer, b1968)
Chuck: Felix (feline movie actor - Heart Condition (1990))
Chyna: Joanie Laurer [aka Joanie Lee] (singer/airline attendent/belly dancer/5'10", 205-pound professional WWF championship wrestler, b1970)
Mrs. Cibber: Susannah Maria Arne (British stage actress/singer, b1714 d1766)
Cicero: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman statesman/orator/writer)
El Cid: Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [aka el Cid Campeador] (Spanish soldier/national hero, b1043 d1099)
Giovanni Cimabue: Cenni di Pepo (Italian painter/mosaicist)
Citizen X: Andrei Chikatilo (Russian serial killer, d1994)
Biff Claflin: Leander Chapin Claflin III (American organist/accompanist, d1997)
Rene Clair: René Lucien Chomette (French film director, b1898 d1981)
Ina Claire: Ina Fagan (movie actress, b1892 d1985)
King Clancy: Frank Clancy (professional hockey player/coach)
Eric Clapton: Eric Patrick Clapp (British rock/reggae singer/guitarist, b1945)
Clarabell: Bob Keeshan (his Doody was to clown around with Buffalo Bob)
Ina Clare: Ina Fagan (movie actress, b1892 d1985)
Buddy Clark: Samuel Goldberg (singer/movie actor, b1912 d1949)
Dane Clark: Bernard Zanville (movie & tv actor, b1913 d1998)
Dee Clark: Delecta Clark (rhythm & blues singer, b1938 d1990)
Dutch Clark: Earl Clark (professional football player)
Gary Clark: Danny Wilson (singer)
Gene Clark: Harold Eugene Clark (rock & roll singer/songwriter/guitarist/percussionist with The Byrds and The New Christy Minstrels, b1941? b1946? d1991)
Lillian Clark: Autilia Ventimiglia (singer, b1926 d1996)
Kit Clark: Danny Wilson (music industry figure, b1967)
Mae Clark: Violet Mary Klotz (movie actress, b1907 d1992)
Sonny Clark: Conrad Yeatis Clark (jazz pianist/composer)
Allan Clarke: Harold Allen Clarke (pop singer with The Hollies)
Arthur C. Clarke: Arthur Charles Clarke (sci-fi author/discoverer of the "Clarke Belt", which is an area surrounding the Earth where an object (e.g., satellite) will remain geosynchronous to the planet, b1917)
Mae Clarke: Mary Klotz (movie & stage actress, b1907 d1992)
Adrienne Clarkson: Adrienne Poy (Hong Kong-born journalist/tv host/Governor General of Canada, b1939)
Robert Clary: Robert Widerman (French tv actor - Hogan's Heroes, b1926)
Claudius I: Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus (4th Roman emperor [41-54], b10BC d54AD)
Claudius II: Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus (Roman emperor [214-270])
Santa Claus: Saint Nicholas [aka Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Joulupukki {Finnish for 'Yule Buck'}] (well-known portly seasonal philanthropist)
Clay Face #1: Basil Karlo (Batman adversary)
Clay Face #2: Matt Hagen (Batman adversary)
Clay Face #3: Preston Payne (Batman adversary)
Andrew Dice Clay: Andrew Clay Silverstein (foul-mouthed comic/movie actor/talkshow host, b1957? b1958?)
Pee Wee Claybrook: Elbert Claybrook (musician)
Richard Clayderman: Philippe Pages (French pianist, b1954)
Buck Clayton: Wilbur Dorsey Clayton (musician, b1911 d1991)
Kimber Clayton: Kimberly Ann Easterling (country music entertainer, b1967)
Eldridge Cleaver: Leroy Cleaver (U.S. civil rights leader)
June Cleaver: June Evelyn Bronson (maiden name of fictitious tv mom on the 1960's Leave It To Beaver series)
Clement of Alexandria: Titus Flavius Clemens (Greek theologian)
Hal Clement: Harry Clement Stubbs (science fiction novelist)
Stanley Clements: Stanislaw Klimowicz (movie actor, b1926 d1981)
Cleo & Caesar: Cher & Sonny Bono (early stage name of this singing/acting duet)
Grover Cleveland: Stephen Grover Cleveland (U.S. President, twice, b1837 d1908)
Van Cliburn: Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr. (concert pianist)
Click & Clack: Tom & Ray Magliozzi [aka The Tappet Brothers] (auto mechanics/public radio show hosts)
Eric Clapton: Eric Patrick Clap (English rock & roll singer/songwriter/composer/guitarist)
Jimmy Cliff: James Chambers (Jamaican reggae singer/composer/songwriter/guitarist/movie actor)
Laddie Cliff: Clifford Albyn Perry (British comedian/composer/movie actor, b1891 d1937)
Cosmo Clifford: Douglas Clifford (rock & roll drummer with Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Montgomery Clift: Edward Montgomery Clift (movie & stage actor/twin, b1920 d1966)
Patsy Cline: Virginia Patterson Hensley (country western singer, b1932 d1963)
William Jefferson Clinton: William Jefferson Blythe, IV (AR Attorney General/AR Governor/US President/internist?, b1946)
Colin Clive: C.C. Greig (writer)
Colin Clive: Clive Clive Greig (British movie actor with a monster career - Frankly, he coined the phrase "It's alive!", b1898? b1900? d1937)
E.B. Clucher: Enzo Barboni (western film director - They Call Me Trinity, Trinity Is Still My Name)
Clyde: Clyde Barrow [of Bonnie & Clyde] (bank robber/murderer/Public Enemy, b1909 d1934)
J.R. Cobb: James R. Cobb (guitarist/songwriter)
Lee J. Cobb: Leo Jacoby (movie, stage & tv actor, b1911 d1976)
Ty Cobb: Tyrus Raymond Cobb [nn: The Georgia Peach] (professional baseball player/movie actor, b1886 d1961)
Eddie Cochran: Ray Edward Cochrane (rock & rool singer/songwriter/guitarist)
Hank Cochran: Garland Perry Cochran (country music entertainer, b1935)
Steve Cochran: Robert Alexander Cochran (movie actor, b1917 d1965)
Mickey Cochrane: Gordon Stanley Cochrane (professional baseball player & manager)
Joe Cocker: John Robert Cocker [aka Vance Arnold] (gruff-voiced English singer/songwriter/composer/drummer/bandleader, who gets along with a little help from his friends, b1944)
Commander Cody: George Frayne IV (country singer/pianist/bandleader/Airman/painter, b1944)
Iron Eyes Cody: Espera DeCorti (Italian-born movie actor that posed as a Native American in tv Keep America Beautiful commercials, b1904 d1999) {Espera was his baptismal name}
Lew Cody: Louis Coté (movie actor, b1884 d1934)
Brian Coffey: Dean Ray Koontz (writer)
Junior Coghlan: Frank Coghlan (movie actor, b1916)
George M. Cohan: George Michael Cohen (musical composer/dramatist/playwright/stage actor/producer who gave his regards to Broadway, b1878 d1942)
Claudette Colbert: Lily Claudette Chauchoin (French movie & stage actress, b1903 d1996)
Anita Colby: Anita Katherine Counihan (model/actress/Paramount executive/Today Show co-host, b1914 d1992)
Cozy Cole: William Randolph Cole (jazz musician/drummer)
Nat King Cole: Nathaniel Adams Coles (jazz singer/pianist/songwriter/movie actor, b1919 d1965)
Alex Coleman: W. Stephen Coleman (movie actor/stage director)
Cy Coleman: Seymour Kaufman (singer/songwriter/composer/pianist/bandleader, b1929)
Colette: Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette (French novelist, b1873 d1954)
Mad Dog Coll: Vicenç Coll (Spanish-born gangster)
Bonar Colleano: Bonar Sullivan (circus acrobat/movie actor, b1924 d1958)
Buddy Collette: William Marcell Collette (jazz saxophonist/clarinetist/flutist/composer)
Constance Collier: Laura Constance Hardie (movie actress, b1878 d1955)
Lois Collier: Madelyn Jones (movie actress, b1919)
William Collier: William Senior (comic movie actor, b1866 d1944)
Bootsy Collins: William Collins (rhythm & blues bassist/singer/bandleader/Pacesetter, b1951)
Dorothy Collins: Marjorie Chandler (Canadian singer, b1926 d1994)
Tommy Collins: Leonard Raymond Sipes (country music entertainer, b1930)
Carlo Collodi: Carlo Lorenzini (Italian author who created the Pinocchio character, b1826 d1890)
Bud Collyer: Clayton Johnson Heermanse, Jr. (lawyer/radio actor - original voice of Superman/tv game show host/ordained minister/author, b1908 d1969)
June Collyer: Dorothy Heermanse (movie actress, b1907? d1968?)
Colon: Joseph Dennie (essayist/satirist, b1768 d1812)
Jessi Colter: Miriam Johnson Jennings (country western singer, b1947)
Coluche: Michel Gérard Josèphe Colucci (French comedian/movie, radio & stage actor, b1944 d1986)
Christopher Columbus: Cristoforo Colombo (Italian navigator/explorer that sailed for Spain, b1451 d1506)
Christopher Columbus: Joseph C. Morris (Afro-American jazz drummer/bandleader, b1903)
Betty Comden: Betty Cohen (actress/songwriter/lyricist/dramatist/playwrite)
Dorothy Comingore: Kay {Linda?} Winters (movie actress, b1913 d1971)
Cuthbert Comment: Abraham Tucker [aka Edward Search] (British philosopher/commentator on morality, b1705 d1774)
Perry Como: Pierino Roland Como [aka Nick Perido] (Italian singer/tv variety show host, b1912 d2001)
Fay Compton: Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton (silent-movie actress, b1894 d1978)
Joyce Compton: Eleanor Hunt (movie actress, b1907)
Dave Concepcion: David Ismael Benitez (Venezuelan-born professional baseball shortstop with the Cincinnatti Reds, b1948)
Condor: Kevin Mitnick (1st computer hacker to make the FBI's Most Wanted list)
Confucius: K'ung Fu-tze (Chinese sage/moral leader, b551BC d477BC)
Chester Conklin: Jules Cowles (silent-movie actor, b1886? b1888? d1971)
Heinie Conklin: Charles Conklin (comedian/Keystone Kop, b1880 d1959)
Frank Conlan: Peter Murphy (Irish movie actor, b1874 d1955)
Didi Conn: Didi Bernstein (movie & tv actress/cartoon voicist, b1951)
Jeff Connaway: Jeffrey Charles William Michael (movie actor, b1950)
Norreys Connell: Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (Irish dramatist/novelist, b1874 d1948)
Marc Connelly: Marcus Cook (playwright/movie screenwriter, b1890 d1980)
Sean Connery: Thomas Sean Connery (actor, Bonded actor, b1930 in Scotland)
Harry Connick, Jr.: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (singer/composer/musician, b1967)
Mo Connolly: Maureen Brinker [nn: Little Mo] (professional tennis player, b1934 d1969)
Kenneth Connor: Kenneth Connolly (British movie actor, b1918)
Ralph Connor: Charles William Gordon (Canadian Presbyterian clergyman/novelist, b1860 d1937)
Chuck Connors: Kevin Joseph Connors (professional baseball and basketball player/movie & tv actor - The Rifleman, Branded, b1921 d1992)
Mike Connors: Krekor Ohanian [aka Touch Connors] (movie & tv actor, known for his portrayal of Mannix, b1925)
* Owen Conquest: Charles Hamilton [aka Frank Richards, Martin Clifford] (British novelist)
Joseph Conrad: Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski (Polish-born sailor/novelist - Lord Jim, Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, b1857 d1924 Pete Conrad: Charles Peter Conrad, Jr. (naval aviator/U.S. astronaut [Gemini V & XI, Apollo XII, Skylab I]/honorary Panamanian Choco Indian, b1930 d1999)
Robert Conrad: Conrad Robert Falk (Wild, Wild tv and movie actor, b1935)
William Conrad: William Cann (heavy-set movie, radio & tv actor - Cannon, b1920 d1994)
Hans Conried: Frank Foster Conried (movie, stage & tv actor/comedian/cartoon voice/quiz-show panelist, b1917 d1982)
Constantine I: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus [aka Constantine the Great] (Roman emperor, 306-337)
Eddie Constantine: Edward Constantinowsky (movie actor, b1917 d1993)
Michael Constantine: Constantine Joanides (movie & tv actor, b1927)
Murray Constantine: Katharine Burdekin (writer)
Richard Conte: Nicholas Peter Conte ('heavy' movie & stage actor, b1910? b1914? d1975)
Albert Conti: Albert de Conti Cedassamare (movie actor, b1887 d1967)
Peggy Converse: Peggy Randall (character actress, b1906? d2001)
Bert Convy: Bernard Whalen Convy (professional baseball player/musician/entertainment personality, b1932 d1991)
Gary Conway: Gareth Carmody (movie actor, b1938)
Tim Conway: Thomas Daniel Conway (comedic movie & tv actor, b1933)
Tom Conway: Thomas Charles Sanders (movie actor/writer, b1904 d1967)
Ry Cooder: Ryland Peter Cooder (folk singer/guitarist/banjo player/songwriter/arranger)
Coo-ee: William Sylvester Walker (Australian novelist, b1846) {NdG is actually a traditional Australian bush call}
Jackie Coogan: John Leslie Coogan, Jr. (movie & tv actor, b1914 d1984)
Dale Cook: Sam Cooke (singer, who used the alias to record the song Lovable)
Joe Cook: Joseph Lopez (comedian/revue artist/Broadway musical actor/multi-instrumentalist/knife-thrower/juggler/acrobat/expert shot/slack-wire walker, b1890 d1959)
Alistair Cooke: Alfred Alistair Cooke (tv narrator/journalist, b1908)
Sam Cooke: Sam Cook [aka Dale Cook] (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter, b1937)
Dame Catherine Cookson: Catherine Ann McMullen (British writer, b1906 d1998)
M.T. Cool: Brad Auble (rap singer)
Ina Donna Coolbrith: Josephine D. Smith (poet & literary associate of Bret Harte, b1842 d1928) {Coolbrith was her mother's maiden name}
Spade Cooley: Donnell Clyde Cooley (country music entertainer, b1910 d1969)
Calvin Coolidge: John Calvin Coolidge [nn: Silent Cal] (U.S. Vice-President, then President (1923-29), b1872 d1933)
Coolio: Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. (rap singer/songwriter/actor/felon, b1963)
Coolio: Dennis F. Moran (New Hampshire high school dropout/Dare-ing Internet web site hacker, b1983)
Alice Cooper: Vincent Damon Furnier (rock singer/musician/bandleader, b1948)
Gary Cooper: Frank James Cooper [nn: 'Coop'] (movie actor, b1901 d1961)
Gordon Cooper: Leroy Gordon Cooper (one of the original 7 Mercury U.S. astronauts, b1927)
Jackie Cooper: John Cooper, Jr. (movie & tv actor, b1921)
Stoney Cooper: Dale Troy Cooper (country music entertainer, b1918 d1977)
Wilma Lee Cooper: Wilma Leary (Grand Ole Opry singer, b1921)
Cowboy Copas: Lloyd Estel Copas (country music singer, b1913 d1963)
Copernicus: Mikolaj Kopernik (16th-century Polish astronomer, b1473 d1543)
Copetillo: Jose Copote (Spanish bullfighter) {"Little Copote"}
David Copperfield: David Seth Kotkin [aka Davino in his youth] (ventriloquist/magician & illusionist/supermodel magnet, b1956)
Glenn Corbett: Glenn Rothenburg (movie & tv actor - Route 66 tv show, b1929? b1934? d1993)
Ellen Corby: Ellen Hansen (movie & tv actress - Grandma on the Waltons/author of children's books, b1911? b1913? d1999)
Alex Cord: Alexander Viespi (Italian-American movie & tv actor, b1931)
Maria Corda: Maria Farcas (dancer/movie actress, b@1902 d1965)
Mara Corday: Marilyn Joan Watts (1950's pin-up/Playboy centerfold (10/58)/"B"-movie actress - Tarantula, The Giant Claw/married to actor Richard Long, b1930)
Rita Corday: Paula Corday [aka Paula Croset] (movie actress, b1924 d1992)
Alexander Cordell: George Alexander Grabar (Welsh novelist, b1914 d1997)
El Cordobes: Manuel Benitez Perez (Spanish bullfighter, b1936)
Alex Cord: Alex Viespi (movie & tv actor, b1933)
Rita Corday: Jeanne Paul Teipotemarga (Swiss movie actress, b1924 d1992)
Raymond Cordy: Raymond Cordiaux (French comedy movie actor, b1898 d1956)
Chick Corea: Armando Anthony Corea (jazz pianist/composer/bandleader, b1941)
Helen Cornelius: Helen Lorene Johnson (country music entertainer, b1941)
Correggio: Antonio Allegri (16th-century Italian painter)
Charles J. Correll: Andy Charles Correll [half of Amos & Andy comedy team] (radio-tv actor/comedian/cartoon voice)
Adrienne Corri: Adrienne Riccobonii (British movie actress, b1930)
Crash Corrigan: Ray Benard (cowboy movie actor)
Ray Corrigan: Raymond Benard (actor/ape/stuntman/physical culturist)
Wrong-Way Corrigan: Douglas Corrigan (aviator, b1907 d1995) {who flew in fog from NY to LA in 1938, but landed in Dublin, Ireland!}
Bud Cort: Walter Edward Cox (movie & tv actor, b1950)
Ricardo Cortez: Jake Kranz {Kranze?} (silent movie actor, b1899 d1977)
Stanley Cortez: Stanislaus Kranz (cinematographer, b1908 d1997)
Anthony Corvais: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920) {used this NdG in Futuria Fantasia in Fall, 1939}
Matthias Corvinus: Matyas Hollos (King of Hungary, 1458-1490, and King of Bohemia, 1478-1490)
Baron Corvo: Frederick Rolfe (British novelist, b1860 d1913)
Howard Cosell: Howard William Kosell Cohen (sportscaster/attorney/commentator on life, b1920 d1995)
Henri Costa-Gavras: Konstantinos Gavras (film director)
Elvis Costello: Declan Patrick McManus (British singer/musician/songwriter, b1954? b1955?)
Frank Costello: Francesco Castiglia (mobster, b1891 d1973 of natural causes)
Lou Costello: Louis Francis Cristillo (comic movie & tv actor/vaudevillian, b1906 d1959)
Peter Cotes: Sydney Arthur Rembrandt Boulting (English stage producer, d1998)
Libba Cotten: Elizabeth Cotten (folksinger/guitarist)
John Cougar: John Cougar Mellencamp (singer)
Country Joe: Joe McDonald (rock & roll musician/bandleader of Country Joe & the Fish, b1942)
Jayne County: Wayne County (punk singer/female impersonator/drag queen)
J.J. Coupling: John R. Pierce (science fiction writer)
Nicole Coureel: Nicole Andrieux (movie actress, b1930)
Joanne Court: Joan Scott (Hollywood-blacklisted scriptwriter)
Cousin Jody: James Clell Summey (country music entertainer, b1914 d1976)
Susan Cowan: Susan Elaine Ronson [aka Susan Silver] (country music entertainer)
Ida Cox: Ida Prather [aka, Julia Powers, Jane Smith, Velma Bradley, Kate Lewis] (blues singer)
Ronny Cox: Daniel Ronald Cox (movie & tv actor, b1938)
Wally Cox: Wallace Maynard Cox (tv actor/comedian/cartoon voicist - Underdog, b1924 d1973)
Peter Coyote: Peter Cohon (movie & tv actor, b1941)
CP/M: Control Program/Monitor (1st popular personal computer operating system, written by Gary Kildall, which lost out to Bill Gate's MS-DOS, b1981 d1985)
Buster Crabb: Lionel KP Crabb (British swimmer & diver/movie actor, b1908 d1983)
Buster Crabbe: Clarence Linden Crabbe (Olympic body-builder/movie & tv actor/7th Tarzan/young Buck, b1908 d1983)
'Cracker Jack' box dog: Bingo (whose likeness graces each and every box of the caramel popcorn & peanut treat)
Edward Gordon Craig: Henry Edward Wardell (British stage designer, b1872 d1966)
James Craig: John Meador (movie actor, b1912 d1985)
Michael Craig: Michael Gregson (British movie actor, b1929)
Webster Craig: Eric Frank Russell (sci-fi author)
Seàn Crampton: Arthur Edward Seàn Crampton (British sculptor, b1918 d1999)
Lucas Cranach: Lucas Mueller (16th-century German painter/engraver)
Hart Crane: Harold Hart Crane (poet)
Vincent Crane: Vincent Rodney Chessman (organist/singer/songwriter of Atomic Rooster, b1943)
Wes Craven: Wesley Earl Craven (actor/director/producer/writer)
Anne Crawford: Imelda Crawford (British movie actress, b1920 d1956)
Broderick Crawford: William Broderick Crawford (he was a movie & tv actor, 10-4?, b1911 d1986)
Cindy Crawford: Cynthia Ann Crawford (super-model, b1966)
Joan Crawford: Lucille Fay LeSueur (movie actress/mommie, b1904? b1908? d1977)
Kathryn Crawford: Kathryn Crawford Moran (singer/movie & movie actress, b1908 d1980)
Michael Crawford: Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith (singer/movie, stage & tv actor/cartoon voicist, b1942)
Wahoo Sam Crawford: Samuel Earl Crawford (professional baseball pitcher/right fielder)
Geoffrey Crayon: Washington Irving (writer)
Pee Wee Crayton: Connie Curtis Crayton (blues performer/guitarist)
Crazy Horse: Tashunca-Uitco (Sioux Indian leader, b1849 d1877)
Crazy Otto: Fritz Schultz-Reichel (rinky-tink pianist, popular in the 1950's)
Laird Cregar: Samuel Laird Cregar (movie actor, b1916 d1944)
Joseph Crehan: Charles Wilson (movie actor, b1884 d1966)
Dormer Creston: Dorothy Julie Colston-Baynes (British biographer, b1900)
Paul Creston: Giuseppe Guttoveggio (composer, b1906 d1985)
Alive Crews: Tonya Crews (Playboy Playmate of the Month [March, 1961], b1938 d1966)
Paul Creyton: John Townsend Trowbridge (poet/novelist/author of books for boys, b1827 d1916)
Michael Crichton: John Michael Crichton (novelist - Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park/screenwriter/director/producer, b1942)
Tory Crimes: Terry Chimes (punk rocker with The Clash)
+ Robert X. Cringely: Mark C. Stephens [aka Robert Xavier Cringely] (professor/INFOworld computer gossip columnist from 9/87-12/95/author/tv host/agnostic/non-PH.D., b@1956)
Robert X. Cringely: Christine Shipley (INFOworld columnist from 1/96-12/98)
Quentin Crisp: Denis Pratt (British writer, b1908 d1999)
Peter Criss: Peter Criscuolo (musician with Kiss, b1947)
Judith Crist: Judith Klein (movie critic, b1922)
Linda Cristal: Marta Victoria Maya {Moya?} Burges (Argentine-born tv actress, b1934? b1936?)
Criswell: Charles Jerome Criswell King (psychic of newspapers/movie & tv narrator, b1907 d1982)
Estil Critchie: Arthur J. Burks (fantasy fiction writer, b1898 d1974)
Davy Crockett: David Crockett (American soldier/explorer/frontiersman) [nn: King of the Wild Frontier]
Mary Jane Croft: Mary Jane Croft Lewis (comedic tv actress, loved by Lucy, b1916 d1999)
Richmal Crompton: Richmal Crompton Lamburn (teacher/polio victim/British writer of children's books about William, b1890 d1969)
Link Cromwell: Lenny Kaye (singer/guitarist/rock critic for Rolling Stone & Creem magazines)
Richard Cromwell: Roy Radebaugh (movie actor, b1910 d1960)
A.J. Cronin: Archibald John Cronin (English novelist/physician, b1896 d1981)
Hume Cronyn: Hume Blake (Canadian movie, stage & tv actor/director, b1911)
Bing Crosby: Harry Lillis Crosby (movie & tv actor/crooner, b1901? b1903? b1904? d1977) {parents gave him nickname due to his fondness of Bingville Bugle comic strip}
David Crosby: David Van Cortland (musician/composer/singer, b1941)
Kathryn Crosby: Olive Kathryn Grandstaff (movie actress/widow of Bing, b1933)
Rob Crosby: Robert Crosby Hoar (country music entertainer, b1954)
Amanda Cross: Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (U.S. mystery novelist, b1926)
Ben Cross: Bernard Cross (British movie & tv actor, b1947)
Christopher Cross: Christopher Geppert (singer/songwriter/guitarist/sailor, b1951)
Christopher Cross: Christopher St. John (British rock & roll bassist/synthesizer player with Ultravox, b1952)
Henri Edmond Cross: Henri Delacroix (French neoimpressionist painter, b1856 d1910)
Scatman Crothers: Benjamin Sherman Crothers (jazz singer/musician/radio & tv actor, b1910 d1986)
Jim Crow: Thomas Dartmouth Rice (burlesque performer noted for appearing in "black face", b1808 d1860)
Christopher Crowfield: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (novelist, b1811 d1896)
Alfred Crowquill: Alfred Henry Forrester (b1805 d1872) & Charles Robert Forrester (b1803 d1850) (English cartoonists/illustrators/brothers) {a crowquill is a special type of artist's pen}
Tom Cruise: Thomas Cruise Mapother, IV (movie actor/director/producer, b1962)
R. Crumb: Robert Crumb (cartoonist/cantankerous godfather of underground comix, b1943)
Joe Crummey: Edward Joseph Crummey III
Boss Crump: Edward Hull Crump (Tennessee Democratic political boss)
Crusader: Andrew Ross Exler (gay activist who sued Disneyland in 1984 to allow same-sex dancing in the park, b1961) {Crusader is now his legal name}
Crush: Bryan Adams (professional wrestler)
James Cruze: Jens Cruz Bosen (Danish-American movie actor, b1884 d1942)
Xavier Cugat: Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo (Spanish band leader, b1900 d1990)
Ely Culbertson: Illya Culbertson (Romanian Bridge expert - fastest trump in the East, b1891 d1955)
Bill Cullen: William Lawrence (radio disc jockey/game show host, b1920 d1990)
Guy Cullingford: Constance Lindsay Taylor (British detective novelist, b1907)
Constance Cummings: Constance Cummings Halverstadt Levy (movie, stage & tv actress, b1910) {Cummings was her mother's maiden name}
e e cummings: Edward Estlin Cummings (lower-case poet)
Robert Cummings: Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings [aka Blade Stanhope Conway in England] (movie & tv actor, b 1908? b1910? d1990)
Terry Cummings: Robert Terrell Cummings (professional basketball forward)
Grace Cunard: Harriet Jeffries (silent-movie serial actress, b1893 d1967)
Cecil C. Cunningham: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920)
E. Cunningham: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920)
E.V. Cunningham: Howard Fast (mystery writer, b1914)
Alain Cuny: Rene' Xavier Marie (French movie actor, b1908 d1994)
Mme Marie Curie: Marja Sklodowska (Polish physical chemist/physicist, b1867 d1934)
Curly: Jerry Howard (movie & tv actor/one of a trio of Stooges, nyuk, nyuk, b1906 d1952)
Finlay Currie: Finlay Jefferson (Scottish music-hall artist/movie & stage actor, b1878 d1968? d1974?)
Avon Curry: Jean Bowden (Scottish writer of romantic novels & thrillers, b1920)
Alan Curtis: Harry Neberroth {Uberroth?} (movie actor, b1909 d1953)
Ken Curtis: Curtis Wayne {Wain?} Gates (movie & tv actor/country singer, b1916? b1925? d1991)
King Curtis: Curtis Ousley (soul singer/songwriter/jazz tenor-saxist)
Peter Curtis: Norah Robinson Lofts (British novelist, b1904)
Price Curtis: Harlan Ellison (writer)
Tony Curtis: Bernard Schwartz (movie & tv actor/artist, b1925) {NdG selected by Universal Pictures}
Michael Curtiz: Mihály Kertész (Hungarian movie director)
Florence Scholl Cushman: Florence Wilhelmina Paulina Scholl (American pianist/organist/teacher, b1893 d1997)
Bob Custer: Raymond Anthony Glenn (engineer/cowboy/movie actor, b1898 d1974)
Baron Cuvier: Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert (19th-century zoologist, founder of comparative anatomy)
Cyberguy: Mark Samwick (computer network engineer and author of this list, b1949 d2034)
Cynddelw: Robert Ellis (Welsh Baptist minister/poet, b1810 d1875) {NdG translates to "chief form"}
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