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FrÉdÉric Chopin

FrÉdÉric Chopin

Born: February 22, 1810 Zelazowa Wola, Poland Died: October 17, 1849 Paris, France Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, a...

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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

Agatha Christie

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

Christie's

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

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

Winston Churchill

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

CÉsar ChÁvez

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

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...

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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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Citibank

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

British Embassy Guatemala City

British Embassy Guatemala City

Politics and Administration

The British Embassy Guatemala City represents the United Kingdom’s diplomatic and consular interests not only in Guatemala, but also in Honduras. It maintains and develops bilateral relations be

City

City

Financial services

City started providing corporate and fund services in 2006. At that time, such outsourced service provision was a well-established alternative to the direct employment of staff to carry out non-core a

CityFibre

CityFibre

Communication and Internet

CityFibre is a British telecommunications company, based in London, England. It owns, operates and maintains fibre-to-the-building infrastructure in at least 60 cities in

BA CityFlyer

BA CityFlyer

Auto and Transport

BA CityFlyer is a British regional airline, and a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways with its head office based in Didsbury, Manchester, England.[2] It

Lufthansa CityLine

Lufthansa CityLine

Auto and Transport

Lufthansa CityLine is a German airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and maintains hubs at Fra

Liz Claiborne

Liz Claiborne

Born: March 31, 1929 Brussels, Belgium American fashion designer and businesswoman Founder of one of the world's most successful women's apparel ...

Marie Claire

Marie Claire

Advertising and media

Marie Claire (stylized in all lowercase) is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various ed

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Kenneth B. Clark

Born Kenneth Bancroft Clark, July 14, 1914, in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama; died of cancer, May 1, 2005, in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. Psychologist. Dr. Kenneth Clark, a staunch supporter o...

Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke

1951 • Dorchester, Massachusetts Counterterrorism expert, author For thirty years Richard Clarke was a central figure in the U.S. federal government, serving seven pres...

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