American Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is president of Southern Real Estate and Financial Company and an executive in the American Thorough

Is president of Southern Real Estate and Financial Company and an executive in the American Thoroughbred horse racing industry and a racehorse owner. Charles J. Cella is the third generation to head the Cella family's Oaklawn Jockey Club Inc. which owns a

An American linguist, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berk

An American linguist, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1961. Professor Fillmore spent ten years at The Ohio State University before joining Berkeley's Department of Linguistics in 1971. He has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.He has been extremely influential in the areas of syntax and lexical semantics; he was one of the founders of cognitive linguistics, and developed the theories of Case Grammar (Fillmore 1968), and Frame Semantics (1976). In all of his research he has illuminated the fundamental importance of semantics,

Was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000. By career, he was a teacher. Charli

Was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000. By career, he was a teacher. Charlie Power won the St. John's West electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party during the 1997 general election. He resigned his House of Commons seat on 31 January 2000 before the end of the 36th Canadian Parliament ostensibly for personal reasons.

Was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, from 1882 through 1887. He played with moderate succe

Was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, from 1882 through 1887. He played with moderate success for several teams, but he is best known to historians for the inadvertent career boost that he gave to future Hall of Famer Old Hoss Radbourn.Sweeney began his career with the Providence Grays of the National League in 1882. By the 1884 season, Sweeney and Radbourn were the Grays' two main pitchers. The 1884 season had 50 fewer scheduled games than today, so most teams got by with just two starting pitchers and a few fill-ins here and there. In a June game, Sweeney struck out 19 Boston batters to set a major league record that would be tied a few times but not broken for 102 years, until Roger Clemens struck out 20 in a game in 1986.

Was a Belarusian-American chess master, of virtually Grandmaster strength at his peak in the 1910s,

Was a Belarusian-American chess master, of virtually Grandmaster strength at his peak in the 1910s, when he was one of the world's top players. Jaffe was also a chess writer.In 1904, he took 7th at St. Louis (7th American Congress), with 5/11, as Frank James Marshall won (CM). Jaffe defeated Jacques Mieses, ranked #17 in the world, by 2-0 in a match at New York 1907 (CM). In 1909, Jaffe took 3rd at Bath Beach, Brooklyn NY (Herbert Rosenfeld won). Also in 1909, Jaffe lost a match to Frank Marshall, ranked #7 in the world, by only 3.5-5.5 (+2 =3 -4) (CM). In 1910, Jaffe took 3rd at New York (Marshall won).

(February 12, 1903, Berkeley, California – July 2, 1973, Calistoga, California) was an American pl

(February 12, 1903, Berkeley, California – July 2, 1973, Calistoga, California) was an American player in Major League Baseball.

Was an American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman S. Go

Was an American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman S. Gosden. Correll voiced the central character of Andy Brown, along with various supporting characters. His son, Charles Correll Jr. also went on to become an

Is a Canadian businessman and former federal Minister of Agriculture. He is Chairman of the Board of

Is a Canadian businessman and former federal Minister of Agriculture. He is Chairman of the Board of agricultural chemical manufacturer Agronix and is also chair of the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation. Mayer was president of the Manitoba Beef Growers Association before entering the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament in 1979. He represented the Manitoba riding of Portage—Marquette (later Lisgar—Marquette) until his defeat in 1993. He served in the Brian Mulroney government as Minister of State for the Canadian Wheat Board until 1987 and then was Minister of State for Grains and Seedoils until 1993 also serving as Minister of Western Economic Diversification from 1989. In early 1993 he was promoted to Minister of Agriculture and was retained in that position during the short-lived government of Mulroney's successor, Kim Campbell.

Was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Georgetown County, South Carolina and later m

Was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Georgetown County, South Carolina and later moved to Georgia. He served in the Confederate Army and represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864.

Is the U.S. Representative for California's 41st congressional district, and previously the 40th, 35

Is the U.S. Representative for California's 41st congressional district, and previously the 40th, 35th and 37th, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is currently the ranking Republican member on the House Appropriations Committe

Is a retired American basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers a

Is a retired American basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets during the 1970s, and Italy the 1980s.

Was an American speed skater, best known for being first recipient of a gold medal at the first Wint

Was an American speed skater, best known for being first recipient of a gold medal at the first Winter Olympics.Charles Jewtraw grew up near Lake Placid, New York and became the first gold medalist of the Winter Olympics by winning the opening event of th

Was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey who became a Champion rider in the United States and who won the

Was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey who became a Champion rider in the United States and who won the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race of both countries.In May of 1922, oil baron and stable owner Joshua Cosden purchased Chick Lang's contract for a r

Was an official in the British Army and political figure in Canada East.He then served at Montreal,

Was an official in the British Army and political figure in Canada East.He then served at Montreal, during which time he purchased land near Carillon in Lower Canada, and in Jamaica. After becoming ill, he retired again in 1836 and returned to his property at Carillon. During the Lower Canada Rebellion, Forbes organized and led a group of volunteers who helped put down the rebels at Saint-Benoît in the Lac des Deux Montagnes region.

(August 28, 1898 - November 15, 1983), nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was an American first baseman and m

(August 28, 1898 - November 15, 1983), nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs; h

American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers. He was awar

American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. His Japanese first name was Yoshio (??, Yoshio?).

Is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Tony Mamaluke. He is best known f

Is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Tony Mamaluke. He is best known for his work with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 2000–2001 and World Wrestling Entertainment in 2006 and 2007. After being trained by Dean Malenko, Spe

Was an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and the Washington Bull

Was an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and the Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association. He was an alumnus of Sequoia High School and then scored 1000 points in three years at Cal Berkeley.ohnson was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors out of the University of California, Berkeley in the in the 6th round, 8th pick of the 1971 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-0, 170-pound guard played with the Warriors for five seasons and part of a sixth until he was waived in early January 1978. That misfortune changed to good tidings when he became a member of the 1977-78 NBA Championship Washington Bullets. On January 24, 1978, the Bullets signed Johnson first to a 10-day trial contract, and then a multi-year deal. In 39 games with Washington, Johnson averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

Is a former football player who starred in the NFL for eighteen seasons, virtually exclusively at th

Is a former football player who starred in the NFL for eighteen seasons, virtually exclusively at the position of wide receiver. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996

Was a political figure in Durham, Ontario. Thornton first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a

Was a political figure in Durham, Ontario. Thornton first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Patrons of Industry candidate in Durham West during the 1896 federal election but fared poorly comining in third place with less than 500 votes. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Durham West in the 1900 federal election. His election was declared void in October 1901 and his seat declared vacant. A by-election was held in January 1902 in which his Liberal opponent defeated Thornton by 28 votes. He returned to the House of Commons in the 1908 federal election, this time representing Durham, and was re-elected in the 1911 federal election. Thornton remained in parliament until the 1917 federal election in which he stepped aside so that the wartime Union Government which Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden had formed could run Liberal-Unionist Newton Wesley Rowell as a pro-Government candidate.

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from Albany State Univers

Is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from Albany State University, he played 15 seasons (1983-1998) in the NBA with five teams: the Philadelphia 76ers, the Chicago Bulls, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the Houston Rockets. Jones won an NBA Championship with the Rockets in 1995.

Was a politician from Georgia, U.S.After a state constitutional convention in 1865 re-established Ge

Was a politician from Georgia, U.S.After a state constitutional convention in 1865 re-established Georgia's state government, he ran as the only candidate for governor. He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction. In 1868

Is an astronaut who flew his first mission into space onboard the NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-114

Is an astronaut who flew his first mission into space onboard the NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-114.Camarda holds seven patents on various innovations, including NASA's Heat-Pipe-Cooled Sandwich Panel, named one of the top 100 technical innovations of 19

Is an American politician and aviation executive. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate of Virgin

Is an American politician and aviation executive. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1975. He currently is President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate, and represents the 29th district, which comprises the cities of Manassas and Mana

Is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician

Is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.He came to power in the 1979 election, defeating the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau and ending sixteen continuous years of Liberal rule. Taking office the day before his 40th birthday, Clark is the youngest person to become Prime Minister. His tenure was brief as he only won a minority government, and it was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. Clark subsequently lost the 1980 election and the leadership of the party in 1983.