American Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is an American actor who started his career at nine years of age with many minor roles. He is best k

Is an American actor who started his career at nine years of age with many minor roles. He is best known for playing Jake Sisko on the successful TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which was his first major role on a TV series. During the series, he reached his full adult height of 6' 3" (1.91 m).He also had a regular role in the Showtime series The Hoop Life.Various media reports in June 2005 indicated Lofton was finishing up production on a rap music CD, which was scheduled to be available in September 2005. However, as of 2007 this planned disc has yet to materialize.

Is a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 16th District since 1997. Earlier

Is a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 16th District since 1997. Earlier he was a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1984 through 1996. He is currently chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Is an American musician and former frontman for the band Whitestarr. While the band is primarily kno

Is an American musician and former frontman for the band Whitestarr. While the band is primarily known for their participation in the VH1 series The Rock Life,[1] Adler has gained notoriety for his romantic relationships with actresses and models, including Mischa Barton, Kimberly Stewart, Lauren Conrad and Paris Hilton.[2][3][4][5] While they were dating, Stewart got a tattoo which read "Daddy's Little Girl Loves Cisco," which she later had altered following their breakup.[6] In January 2007 a nude photo of Adler appeared on the internet,[7][8] which effectively ended his relationship with Barton.

Is an American-born singer and dancer best known as a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show t

Is an American-born singer and dancer best known as a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show television program.

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1920 Summ

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1969-1977. He played

Is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1969-1977. He played for the Chicago White Sox.In 1980 he went back to work for the White Sox, scouting for them through 1997[1].

Was a geochemist born in Mitchellville, Iowa, United States. He graduated from Grinnell College in G

Was a geochemist born in Mitchellville, Iowa, United States. He graduated from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method into lead-lead dating, and by using lead isotopic data from the Canyon Diablo meteorite, he calculated an age for the Earth of 4.55 billion years; a figure far more accurate than those that existed at the time and one that has remained unchanged for over 50 years.Patterson had first encountered lead contamination in the late 1940s as a graduate student at the University of Chicago. His work on this led to a total re-evaluation of the growth in lead concentrations in the atmosphere and the human body from industrial causes and his subsequent campaigning was seminal in the banning of lead additives to gasoline and lead solder in food cans.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and World Hocke

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association in the 1970s.

Also known as Claire Kovarik, is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bik

Also known as Claire Kovarik, is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain biking. Buchar races on the UCI World Cup circuit and is a multiple Canadian national champion in her profession and is a multiple World Cup medalist. Buchar

Is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actr

Is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress most known for the television series, My So-Called Life, and the films, Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Stardust.

The state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. She defeated Republican Senator Jim Tale

The state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. She defeated Republican Senator Jim Talent in 2006 by a margin of 50% to 47%. Along with Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, she is one of two female senators in the 110th United States Congress freshman class. She is the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri in her own right. She was cited by the New York Times to be among th

Is the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil.

Is the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil.

Is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.

Is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Cir

Is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Jamaica playing with Emily Day.

Is one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music.She was the best-selling female art

Is one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music.She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s,[3] selling over 100 million records to date.[4] Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their first successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess." In 1950, she had her first million-selling single with "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965. Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz," recorded in 1950, was one of of the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of the two official state songs of Tennessee. "Tennessee Waltz" spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard magazine's Best-Sellers List in 1950. Page had three additional #1 hit singles between 1950 and 1953, with "All My Love (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding," and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window."

Was an American illustrator and painter known for her illustrations of women and children in the ear

Was an American illustrator and painter known for her illustrations of women and children in the early 20th century. Peck received her arts education from the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts and was employed as a magazine illustrator from 1906-1940. Peck'

Was an American actress and sex symbol, who rose to fame in the silent film era of the 1920s. Bow wa

Was an American actress and sex symbol, who rose to fame in the silent film era of the 1920s. Bow was renowned for her sexual magnetism and became known around the world as the It girl, where "It" was commonly understood to mean sex appeal. She was regard

Is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. That mak

Is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. That makes her one of the few athletes to medal at both the Summer and Winter Games of the Olympics. She is involved with Right To Play, an athlete-driven internat

Was an American character actress who, at the age of 81, starred in the 1984 "Where's the beef?" adv

Was an American character actress who, at the age of 81, starred in the 1984 "Where's the beef?" advertising campaign for the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain. Peller's "Where's the beef" line became an instant catch phrase, with even presidential candidate Walter Mondale using it. Despite the immense popularity of the advertising campaign, Peller was fired by Wendy's in 1985 after declaring that she had "found the beef" in an advertisement for Prego Plus Spaghetti Sauce.

Was a popular blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually ha

Was a popular blues singer. She was billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although Smith actually had a lighter and sweeter voice than her contemporaries and main competitors.[1]Smith was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In her youth she worked

Was a gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s

Was a gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. A gifted singer and arranger, Ward took the lead-switching style used by male gospel quartets to new heights, leavin

Was an American–Swiss chess patron.She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Her great-grandmother was

Was an American–Swiss chess patron.She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Her great-grandmother was a sister of James Fenimore Cooper, the well-known American writer and novelist. She was also niece of Constance Fenimore Woolson, an American expatriate Vic

Was an American editor, playwright, social activist, congresswoman, journalist, and ambassador. Witt

Was an American editor, playwright, social activist, congresswoman, journalist, and ambassador. Witty, perceptive, and determined, she was also a prominent figure in New York society circles.

Is an American retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Charles Fishpaw, she has competed three

Is an American retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Charles Fishpaw, she has competed three times on the senior level at the United States Figure Skating Championships and won the gold medal at the 2008 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championshi

Is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist.His parents were of German, French, Irish-Sc

Is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist.His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds. In grade school he started his general music study with violin and tuba as his first instruments. At the age of 7 he began to