People

Quilter Cheviot

Banks and investments

Quilter Cheviot Limited operates as an investment management firm. The Company offers pension, ethical and offshore investment, discretionary and managed portfolio, AIM strategy, muti-asset funds

Lee Child

Author Born October 29, 1954, in Coventry, England; married Jane (an environmentalist), 1975; children: Ruth. Education: University of Sheffield, LL....

Julia Child

Born: August 15, 1912 Pasadena, California American chef, author, and television host Chef, author, and television personality Julia Child has probably...

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: ...

Hotel Chocolate

Industry and Production

Hotel Chocolat is a British chocolatier and cocoa grower, with over one hundred shops in the United Kingdom. Hotel Chocolat is the only company in the United Kingdom to grow c

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...

Stephen Chow

Actor, director, and screenwriter Born Stephen Chow Sing-chi, January 22, 1962, in Hong Kong, China. Education: Studied at a professional acting school, sp...

Agatha Christie

Born: September 15, 1890 Torquay, England Died: January 12, 1976 Wallingford, England English author and playwright A...

Christie's

Consumer goods

Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in&nb

Jean ChrÉtien

Born: January 11, 1934 Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada Canadian prime minister and politician Jean Chrétien was elected ten times to Canada's House of ...

Winston Churchill

Born: November 30, 1874 Oxfordshire, England Died: January 24, 1965 Oxfordshire, England English prime minister, statesman, and auth...

CÉsar ChÁvez

Born: March 31, 1927 Yuma, Arizona Died: April 22, 1993 San Luis, Arizona Hispanic American labor leader and champion of migrant wor...

Hugo Chávez

July 28, 1954 Sabaneta, Venezuela President of Venezuela Venezuela is a South American country rich in natural resources, especially oil. In fact, outside of the Middle...

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

President of Italy Born December 9, 1920, in Livorno, Italy; married; children: one son, one daughter. Education: Earned diploma from the Scuola Norm...

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Born: January 3, 106 B.C.E. Arpinum, Latinum Died: December 7, 43 B.C.E. Formiae, Latinum ...

Citibank

Banks and investments

Citibank is the consumer division of financial services multinational Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, and later became First National City Ban