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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.
On this page: Caballé, Montserrat to Cannon, Joseph Gurney.
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Caballé, Montserrat (Spanish musician)
Cabell, James Branch (American novelist)
Cable, George Washington (American writer)
Cabot, John (Explorer)
Cabot, Sebastian (English-Spanish explorer)
Cabral, Pedro Alvares (World Artist, '90s)
Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez (Spanish explorer & military leader)
Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint (American religious leader)
Cade, Jack (English politician)
Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur (American statesman/stateswoman)
Caedmon (English poet)
Caesar, Julius (Emperor / Military Leader)
Caesar, Sidney (American entertainer)
Caiaphas, Joseph (New Testament)
Cain (in the Old Testament)
Calder, Alexander (American sculptor)
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (Spanish dramatist)
Caldwell, Erskine Preston (American writer)
Caldwell, Sarah (American conductor)
Calhoun, John Caldwell (U.S. Vice President / U.S. Secretary of State)
Caligula (Emperor)
Calixtus III (Spanish pope)
Callaghan, (Leonard) James (British politician)
Callas, Maria (Greek-American musician)
Callimachus (fl. 2d half of 5th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor from Athens)
Callimachus (Hellenistic Greek poet and critic)
Calloway, Cabell (Jazz Artist, '30s-'90s)
Calvert (American statesman/stateswoman)
Calvin, John (Theologian)
Calvin, Melvin (American chemist & educator)
Calvino, Italo (Italian novelist)
Cambyses (Persian king)
Camões, Luiz Vaz de (Portuguese poet)
Camp, Walter Chauncey (American football player)
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry, Sir (English statesman/stateswoman)
Campbell, Avril Phaedra (Prime Minister of Canada / Political Figure)
Campbell, Joseph (American mythologist)
Campbell, Patrick, Mrs. (Rock Artist, '70s)
Campion, Thomas (English poet & musician)
Camus, Albert (Writer)
Canaletto (Italian painter)
Canetti, Elias (English-Bulgarian novelist & writer)
Canning, Charles John, Earl (English statesman/stateswoman)
Canning, George (English statesman/stateswoman)
Cannon, Annie Jump (American astronomer)
Cannon, Joseph Gurney (American statesman/stateswoman)