Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Chase, Salmon Portland (U.S. Supreme Court Justice / U.S. Senator)
Chase, Samuel (American politician, statesman/stateswoman & jurist)
Chatterton, Thomas (English poet)
Chayefsky, Paddy (American playwright and screenwriter)
Cheever, John (American novelist)
Chen (Chinese dynasty)
Cheops (Ruler)
Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseevich (Russian physicist)
Cherry, Donald Eugene (American jazz cornetist)
Chesterfield, Fourth Earl of (English statesman/stateswoman & writer)
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (English writer)
Chevalier, Maurice (French musician, actor & filmmaker)
Chiang Kai-shek (Military Leader / Political Figure / World War II Figure)
Chicago, Judy (American artist)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Japanese dramatist)
Child, Julia (Chef / TV Personality)
Child, Lydia Maria Francis (American writer & politician)
Chippendale, Thomas (English furniture designer)
Chirac, Jacques (President of France / Political Figure)
Chirico, Giorgio de (Italian painter)
Choate, Rufus (American jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Chomsky, Noam (Writer / Linguist / Political Figure)
Chopin, Frédéric François (Classical Artist)
Chréstien de Troyes (French poet & novelist)
Chrétien, Jean (Prime Minister of Canada / Political Figure)
Christian X (Danish-Icelandic king)
Christian, Charlie (Jazz Artist)
Christina (Swedish queen)
Christo (Bulgarian-American artist)
Christophe, Henri (Haitian politician)
Christopher, Saint (Asia Minor theologian)
Christy, Edwin Pearce (American entertainer)
Chrysler, Walter Percy (American industrialist)
Chrysostom, John, Saint (Greek theologian)
Chuang Tzu (Chinese writer)
Church, Frederick Edwin (American painter)
Churchill, Caryl (British playwright)
Churchill, John (English military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer (English statesman/stateswoman)
Churchill, Winston (American novelist)