People

Jacques Cousteau

Born: June 11, 1910 Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France Died: June 25, 1997 Paris, France French oceanographer, inventor, photographer, ex...

Jean Michel Cousteau

Jean Michel Cousteau (born 1938), the son of famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, has followed in his father's footsteps to become a well-known marine biologist himself. He has t...

Noel Coward

Born: December 16, 1899 Teddingham, Middlesex, England Died: March 26, 1973 Kingston, Jamaica English playwright, composer, and acto...

Robert Crais

Author Born c. 1954, in Louisiana; married Pat (a child therapist); children: one daughter. Education: Attended Louisiana State University. ...

Paula Creamer

Professional golfer Born August 5, 1986, in Mountain View, CA; daughter of Paul (an airline pilot) and Karen Creamer. Addresses: Contact ...

Richard Crenna

Born November 30, 1926, in Los Angeles, CA; died of heart failure, January 17, 2003, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. Richard Crenna's career spanned more than 60 years from the heyday of radio ...

Michael Crichton

Born: October 23, 1942 Chicago, Illinois American novelist and screenwriter Michael Crichton has been a physician, a teacher, a movie director, and a ...

Francis Crick

Born June 8, 1916, in Northampton, England; died of colon cancer, July 28, 2004, in San Diego, California. Scientist. Called "one of the most brilliant and influential scientists of all ti...

NSW Premier Cricket

Other

NSW Premier Cricket, formerly known as Sydney Grade Cricket. is a cricket competition played in Sydney, Australia. The competition began in 1893 when a number of clubs that had bee

Crisis

Insurance

Crisis is the UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness. The charity offers year-round education, employment, housing and well-being services from centres in East Lo

Davy Crockett

Born: August 17, 1786 Hawkings County, Tennessee Died: March 6, 1836 San Antonio, Texas American frontiersman and politician ...

Oliver Cromwell

Born: April 25, 1599 Huntingdon, England Died: September 3, 1658 London, England English statesman and general The En...

Walter Cronkite

Born: November 4, 1916 St. Joseph, Missouri American broadcaster and journalist Walter Cronkite is an American journalist and radio and television news...

Hume Cronyn

Born July 18, 1911, in London, Ontario, Canada; died of prostate cancer, Fairfield, CT, on June 15, 2003. Actor, writer, and director. Hume Cronyn's long and varied career spanned seven de...

Sidney Crosby

Professional hockey player Born August 7, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; son of Troy (a law firm facilities manager) and Trina (Forbes) Crosby. Addresses: ...

British Red Cross

Healthcare

The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The

Paul J. Crutzen

Paul J. Crutzen (born 1933) has led fellow scientists in the attempt to map out the chemicals that affect the ozone layer. He has been instrumental in learning how the ozone layer ...

Nilo Cruz

Playwright Born c. 1961, in Matanzas, Cuba; son of Nilo and Tina Cruz; married (divorced); children: Chloe Garcia–Cruz. Education: Attended Miami Dad...

Celia Cruz

Born October 21, 1925, in Havana, Cuba; died of brain cancer, July 16, 2003, in Fort Lee, NJ. Singer. Cuban–born singing star Celia Cruz has been hailed as the queen of salsa, rumba, and L...

E. E. Cummings

Born: October 14, 1894 Cambridge, Massachusetts Died: September 3, 1962 North Conway, New Hampshire American poet The...