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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Conkling, Roscoe (American politician)
Connelly, Marcus Cook (American dramatist)
Connolly, Maureen Catherine (American tennis player)
Connors, James Scott (American tennis player)
Conrad, Joseph (English novelist)
Constable, John (English painter)
Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin (French-Swiss politician, writer & novelist)
Constantine I (Emperor)
Constantine I (king of Greece)
Constantine II (king of Greece)
Cook, Frederick Albert (American explorer & physician)
Cook, James (Explorer / Navigator)
Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair (British-American journalist)
Coolidge, (John) Calvin (30th U.S. President)
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue (U.S. First Lady)
Cooper, Gary (Actor)
Cooper, Peter (American inventor, industrialist & financier)
Copernicus, Nicolaus (Mathematician / Astronomer)
Copland, Aaron (Composer / Pianist)
Copley, John Singleton (American portrait painter)
Coppola, Francis Ford (Filmmaker / Movie Producer)
Corbett, James John (American boxer)
Corday, Charlotte (French criminal)
Corelli, Arcangelo (Italian musician)
Corey, Elias James (American chemist & educator)
Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz (American biochemist)
Cormack, Allan MacLeod (American physicist)
Corneille, Pierre (French dramatist)
Cornell, Ezra (American financier & educator)
Cornell, Katharine (American actress)
Cornforth, John Warcup (Australian chemist)
Cornwallis, Charles (English military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Corrigan, Mairead (Irish sociologist & politician)
Cortés, Hernando (Spanish explorer & military leader)
Cortona, Pietro Berrettini da (Italian painter & architect)
Cosby, William Henry Jr. (Actor / Comedian)
Cosell, Howard (American sportscaster)
Costa, Lúcio (Brazilian architect)
Costello, John Aloysius (Irish prime minister)
Costello, Lou (American comedian)
Cotton, John (English-American theologian)
Coty, René (French president)
Coué, Émile (French psychologist)
Coulomb, Charles Augustin de (French physicist)
Couperin, François (Classical Artist)