Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Charlemagne
Born: c. 742 Died: January 28, 814 Aachen (now in Germany) Frankish king and ruler Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, was king of the ...
Prince of Wales Charles
Born: November 14, 1948 London, England English prince Charles, Prince of Wales, is next in line for the British throne. He was probably the most...
Ray Charles
Born: September 23, 1932 Albany, Georgia African American musician and pianist The African American musician Ray Charles was widely admired as a singer...
Ray Charles
Born Ray Charles Robinson, September 23, 1930, in Albany, GA; died of liver disease, June 10, 2004, in Beverly Hills, CA. Singer. Blind from the age of seven, Ray Charles became an influen...
Paul Charron
President and Chief Executive Officer of Liz Claiborne Born Paul Richard Charron, August 24, 1942, in Schenectady, NY; son of Richard Armand and Helen Marie (Barringer) Charron; m...
Geoffrey Chaucer
Born: c. 1345 London, England Died: October 1400 London, England English poet, author, and courtier Called the father...
Linda Chavez
Born: June 17, 1947 Albuquerque, New Mexico Hispanic American civil rights activist and author Throughout her career Hispanic American civil rights acti...
Dennis Chavez
Born: April 8, 1888 Los Chavez, United States Mexican Territory (present-day New Mexico) Died: November 18, 1962 Washington, D.C. Hi...
John Cheever
Born: May 27, 1912 Quincy, Massachusetts Died: June 18, 1982 Ossining, New York American writer and author American w...
Anton Chekhov
Born: January 17, 1860 Taganrog, Russia Died: July 2, 1904 Badenweiler, Germany Russian dramatist and author The Russ...
Dick Cheney
Born: January 30, 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska American vice president, secretary of defense, congressman, and government official Dick Cheney is the...
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Born: March 31, 1823 Statesburg, South Carolina Died: November 22, 1886 Camden, South Carolina American diarist and writer ...
Julia Child
Born: August 15, 1912 Pasadena, California American chef, author, and television host Chef, author, and television personality Julia Child has probably...
Lee Child
Author Born October 29, 1954, in Coventry, England; married Jane (an environmentalist), 1975; children: Ruth. Education: University of Sheffield, LL....
Wendell Chino
Wendell Chino (1923–1998) was a nationally recognized Native American leader. For most of his life he served as the president of the Mescalero Apache Nation. During his tenure he r...
Shirley Chisholm
Born Shirley Anita St. Hill, November 30, 1924, in New York, NY; died after a series of strokes, January 1, 2005, in Ormond Beach, FL. Politician. In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the firs...
Shirley Chisholm
Born: November 30, 1924 Brooklyn, New York African American congresswoman and politician In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman to serve...
Bruce Chizen
Chief Executive Officer of Adobe Systems Inc. Born c. 1955, in New York, NY. Education: Received degree from Brooklyn College. Addresses: ...
Jimmy Choo
Shoe designer Born c. 1957, in George Town, Penang, Malaysia; married Rebecca; children: Emily. Education: Studied at Cordwainers' Technical College,...
FrÉdÉric Chopin
Born: February 22, 1810 Zelazowa Wola, Poland Died: October 17, 1849 Paris, France Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, a...