People

50 Cent

July 6, 1976 • Queens, New York Rap musician The rapper known as 50 Cent is living proof that hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as it is a...

Centrica

Industry and Production

Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and&n

Miguel De Cervantes

Born: c. 1547 Alcalá de Henares, Spain Died: April 23, 1616 Madrid, Spain Spanish author and novelist Spanish author ...

Marc Chagall

Born: July 7, 1887 Vitebsk, Russia Died: March 28, 1985 Maritimes, France Russian painter and artist Russian painter ...

Wilt Chamberlain

Born: August 21, 1936 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: October 12, 1999 Los Angeles, California African American basketball player ...

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong martial arts film star Jackie Chan (born 1954) is one of the most recognizable cinematic personalities in the world. His mixture of literally death-defying stunts and gen...

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Born: October 19, 1910 Lahore, India (now part of Pakistan) Died: August 21, 1995 Chicago, Illinois Indian-born American astrophysic...

STV TV Channel

Advertising and media

STV is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the STV Group. It is made up of the Central Scotland and Northern Scotland Channel

W Channel

Advertising and media

W is a British free-to-air television channel owned by BBC Studios. It originally launched on 7 October 2008 as Watch and until 2022 was a pay television channe

Disney Channel

Advertising and media

Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment 

Elaine L. Chao

U.S. Secretary of Labor Born March 26, 1953, in Taiwan; daughter of James (owner of a shipping firm) and Ruth Chao; married Mitch McConnell (a U.S. senator), 1993; children:...

Elaine Chao

The first Asian-American woman to serve in the United States cabinet, Elaine Chao (born 1953) was named U.S. Secretary of Labor by President George W. Bush in 2001. After the 2004 ...

Charlie Chaplin

Born: April 16, 1889 London, England Died: December 25, 1977 Vevey, Switzerland English actor, director, and writer T...

Dave Chappelle

Comedian, actor, and writer Born August 24, 1973, in Washington, DC; son of William Chappelle (a voice teacher and college professor) and Yvonne Seon (a Unitarian minister and ...

StepChange Debt Charity

Audit and Consulting

StepChange Debt Charity, formerly the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), is the trading name of the Foundation for Credit Counselling, and is a debt counselling chari

The Film and TV Charity

Other

The Film and TV Charity, formerly the CTBF (Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund), is the leading UK charity for people who work in the film, cinema and television industries, who

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 ...

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...

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...

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...