List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- Coady, Lynn, Canadian writer
- Coady, Michael, Aosdána
- Coanda, Henri, (1886-1972), aerodynamics pioneer
- Coase, Ronald, (born 1910), economist
- Coates, Albert, (1882-1953), British composer
- Coates, Dorothy Love, musician
- Coates, Eric, (1886-1957), composer
- Coates, John, (born 1945), mathematician
- Robert Coates (actor), Victorian actor
- Robert Coates (musician), US musician
- Coats, Michael, astronaut
- Cobain, Kurt, (1967-1994), US grunge rocker
- Cobb, Andrew R, and Thomas Adams - Corner Brook, Newfoundland
- Cobb, Jimmy, musician
- Cobb, John R, (1899-1952), automobile racer
- Cobb, Lee J, (1911-1976), actor
- Cobb, Sylvanus , Jr, author of The Gunmaker of Moscow
- Cobb, Ty, (1886-1961), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Cobham, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Coburn, Alvin Langdon, photographer
- Coburn, Charles, (died 1961), actor
- Coburn, James, (1928-2002), actor
- Coca, Imogene, (1908-2001), actress
- Cochet, Henri, (France)
- Cochise, (died 1874), Amerincian chief
- Cochran, Eddie, (1938-1960), singer
- Cochran, Elizabeth Jane, (1865-1922), ("Nellie Bly"), journalist, writer
- Cochran, Jacqueline, (c. 1908-1980)
- Cochran, William, statistician
- Cochran, Johnnie L., Jr, (born 1937), attorney
- Cochran, Thad, US politician
- Cochrane, Ethel M, Canadian senator
- Cochrane, Mickey, (1903-1962)
- Cochrane, Thomas, (1775-1860)
- Cochrane, Tom, (born 1953), singer/songwriter
- Cockburn, Bruce, (born 1945), singer/songwriter
- Cockerell, Christopher, (1910-1999), hovercraft
- Cocker, Joe, (born 1944), singer
- Cockrell, Kenneth, astronaut
- Cockroft, George, (born 1932), author
- Cocteau, Jean, (1889-1963), French writer
- Codd, Edgar F, (died 2003), computer pioneer
- Code, Keith, racing instructor
- Codman, Charles, (1800-1842), American painter
- Coe, Barry, (born 1934), actor
- Coe, David Allan, (born 1939), musician
- Coe, Jonathan, English author, novelist
- Coe, Tony, musician
- Coelho, Paulo, (born 1947), writer
- Coëme, Guy, Minister-President of Wallonia
- Coen, Joel and Ethan, (born 1954), director, producer, writer
- Coenwulf of Mercia, (died 821), king of Mercia
- Coe, Sebastian, (born 1956), track and field champion
- Coetzee, Gerrie, (born 1955), world champion boxer
- Coetzee, John Michael, author, winner of the Booker Prize
- Coetzer, Amanda, (RSA)
- Coffey, Brian, Irish poet
- Coffin, Howard, (died 1937), co-founder of the Hudson Motor Company
- Coffman, Virginia, author
- Coggan, Frederick, (1909-2000), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Coggan, Frederick Donald, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Coggi, Juan Martin, world champion boxer
- Cohan, George M (1878-1942) US songwriter, entertainer
- Cohen, Avishai
- Cohen, Eli, Israeli spy and hero
- Cohen, Greg
- Cohen, Jack, British biologist and science fiction adviser
- Cohen, Leonard, (born 1934), poet and singer
- Cohen, Matt, (born 1942), Canadian writer
- Cohen, Paul, mathematician
- Cohen, Sacha Baron, UK comedian "Ali G"
- Cohen, Stan, poet
- Cohen, Stanley, biologist
- Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, (born 1945), political activist
- Cohn, Joe, musician
- Cohn, Roy, (died 1986), politician, anti-Communist
- Coi, Zuanne de Tonini da (Clolla), mathematician
- Coke, Richard, (1874-1876), Texas Governor
- Colangelo, Jerry, sports magnate
- Colbert, Claudette, (1903-1996), French actor
- Colebrooke, Henry Thomas, (born 1765), English orientalist
- Cole, Buddy, (1916-1964), pianist
- Cole, Cozy, musician
- Cole, Gary, (born 1956), actor
- Cole, Holly, jazz singer
- Cole, Jack, (1918-1958), comic creator
- Cole, Jerry, musician
- Coleman, Cy, (born 1929), composer
- Coleman, Dabney, (born 1932), actor
- Coleman, Norm, US politician
- Cole, Natalie, (born 1950), singer
- Cole, Nat King, (1917-1965), US singer, musician
- Coleridge, Sara, (born 1802), (fille), British scholar
- Cole, Thomas, (1801-1948), US painter
- Cole, William Horace, UK prankster
- Coleman, Bessie, (1892-1926), United States pilot
- Coleman, Catherine, (born 1960), astronaut
- Coleman, David, television presenter
- Coleman, Gary, (born 1968), television personality
- Coleman, Helena, Canadian writer
- Coleman, Joseph James, chemist, Bell-Coleman refrigerator
- Coleman, Joseph James (c1924-), fugitive
- Coleman, Ornette, (born 1930), jazz musician
- Coleman, Steve, (alto)
- Coleman, Wanda, poet
- Coleridge, Hartley, (1796-1849), poet
- Coleridge, Mary Elizabeth, (1861-1907), poet
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, (1772-1834), English poet
- Coles, Cecil, (1888-1918), composer
- Colette, (1873-1954), French writer
- Colfax, Schuyler, (1823-1885), Vice President of the United States
- Coligny, Gaspard de, (born 1572), French Huguenot Leader
- Colijn, Hendrik, prime minister
- Colledge, Cecilia, (born 1920), figure skater
- Collette, Toni, (born 1972), actress
- Coll, John, sculptor
- Collett, Jonas, (1833-1836), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Colles, Abraham, (1773-1843), anatomist and surgeon
- Colley, Scott
- Collier, Eugenia W, (born 1928), professor, writer
- Collier, John, (1850-1934), painter, author
- Collignon, Robert, Minister-President of Wallonia
- Collingwood, Robin, (died 1943), philosopher
- Collins, Albert, musician
- Collins, Billy, (U.S. Poet Laureate)
- Collins, Bootsy, (born 1951), US musician
- Collins, Eileen, astronaut
- Collins, Jackie, (born 1939), US author
- Collins, Joan, (born 1933), US diva
- Collins, Judy, (born 1939), singer
- Collins, Maria Antonieta, news reporter
- Collins, Michael, (1890-1922), Irish patriot and revolutionary
- Collins, Nancy A, (born 1959), US writer
- Collins, Patrick, Saoi of Aosdána
- Collins, Phil, (born 1951), British musician
- Collins, Rudy, (born 1934), drummer for the Dizzy Gillespie quintet
- Collins, Shirley, musician
- Collins, Wilkie, (1824-1889), author (The Moonstone)
- Collins, William (poet), (1721-1759)
- Collister, Christine, musician
- Collodi, Carlo, (1826-1890), The Adventures of Pinocchio
- Collot, Marie-Anne, sculptor
- Collura, John, (born 1976), The Ataris
- Collyer, Bud, (1908-1969), television game show host
- Colman, Ronald, (1891-1958), actor
- Colmenares, Grecia, Venezuelan born Argentinian actress
- Coloma, Luis, (born 1851), Spanish Jesuit writer, theologian
- Colombe, Jean, painter
- Colombo, Joe, (died 1978), US Mafia boss
- Colombo, Realdo, (c. 1516-1559), anatomist and surgeon
- Colon, Carlitos, wrestler
- Colon, Rafael Hernandez, (born 1936), governor of Puerto Rico
- Colquhoun, Robert
- Colquitt, Oscar Branch, (1911-1915), Texas governor
- Colson, Charles, (born 1931), US Watergate scandal conspirator
- Coltrane, James, author
- Coltrane, John, (1926-1967), tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
- Coltrane, Robbie, (born 1950), British actor
- Colt, Samuel, (1814-1862), US inventor and gunsmith
- Coluche, (1944-1986)
- Saint Columba, (521-597), missionary
- Columbanus, (543-615), saint
- Columbia, Al, comic creator
- Columbo, Rus, (born 1908), singer, bandleader, composer
- Columbu, Michele
- Columbus, Chris, (born 1958), film director
- Columbus, Christopher, (1451-1506), Portuguese-born explorer
- Colvin, Shawn, (born 1956), singer
- Comaneci, Nadia, (born 1961), Romanian-born gymnastic
- Combs, Sean, (born 1969), US rap musician
- Comeau, Gerald J, Canadian senator
- Come, Matthew Coon, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Comencini, Luigi, film director
- Comenius, (1592-1670)
- Comenus, John Amos, Orbis Sesualim Pictis Picture Book
- Comfort, Alex, (died 2000), author (The Joy of Sex)
- Comins, Nicholas, (binaural stethoscope)
- Comiskey, Charles, (died 1931), US baseball owner
- Commines, Philippe de, (1447-1511), French politician, author
- Commodus, (161-192), Roman emperor
- Como, Perry, (died 2001), musician
- Companys, Lluis, (died 1940), politician
- Compotista, Garlandus, scholastic philosopher
- Compton-Burnett, Ivy, author of novels about dysfunctional families
- Compton, Richmal, Just William
- Comte, Auguste, (1798 in-1857)
- Comtesse, Robert, (1847-1922), Swiss president
- Conacher, Lionel, Canadian athlete
- Conant, James Bryan, (1893-1978), chemist and politician
- Conant, Oliver, actor
- Condit, Phil, US businessman
- Condit, Philip, aerospace engineer
- Condon, Eddie, (1905-1973), jazz musician
- Condorcet, Marquis de, (1743-1794), French philosopher, mathematician
- Cone, David, (born 1963), baseball star
- Confrey, Zez, US composer, musician
- Confucius, (ca. 551 BC-479 BC), Chinese philosopher
- Congar, Yves
- Congdon, Bevan, (born 1938), New Zealand cricket player
- Congiu, Raimondo
- Congreve, William, (1670-1729), English poet
- Coninckx, Stijn, film director
- Conington, John, (1825-1869), classical scholar
- Conn, Billy, (1917-1993), world boxing champion
- Connally, John, (1963-1969), governor of Texas
- Connell, Desmond, Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland
- Connell, Charles, (1810-1873)
- Connell, Evan S., Jr, poet
- Connell, Richard, (1893-1949), author of The Most Dangerous Game
- Connellan, Leo, (Clear Blue Lobster-Water Country trilogy)
- Connelly, Jennifer, (born 1970), US actor
- Connelly, Karen, Canadian writer
- Connelly, Michael, author
- Conner, Dennis, (born 1942), boat racer
- Conner, Ralph (AKA Charles William Gordon), The Man from Glengarry, Glengarry School Days.
- Conners, Stomping Tom, Canadian Legend
- Connery, Sean, (born 1930), Scottish actor
- Connes, Alain, (born 1947), mathematician
- Connick, Harry, Jr, (born 1967), musician, entertainer
- Connick, Harry, Sr, district attorney, singer
- Conniff, Ray, (1916-2002), band leader, musician
- Connolly, Billy, (born 1942), stand-up comedian
- Connolly, James, (1868-1916), Irish nationalist
- Connolly, Maureen, (1934-1969), tennis player
- Connolly, Peter, illustrator
- Connors, Chuck, (1921-1992), actor
- Connors, Jimmy, (born 1952), US tennis player
- Connors, Mike, (born 1925), actor
- Conon, Pope, (686-687)
- Conquest, Robert, (born 1917), historian, poet
- Conrad I, king 911-918
- Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, (ca. 990-1039), king & emperor
- Conrad III, (1093-1152), king 1138-1152
- Conrad IV of Germany, (1228-1254), German ruler
- Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz (1852-1925), Austro-Hungarian military leader
- Conrad, Joseph, (1857-1924), British-Polish novelist
- Conrad of Montferrat, 1192, leader in the Third Crusade
- Conrad, Paul, political cartoonist
- Conrad, Pete, astronaut
- Conrad, Robert, (born 1935), actor
- Conrad, Tony, American artist
- Conrad, Walter Arensberg, (Dada)
- Conrad, William, (1920-1994), actor
- Conroy, Pat, (born 1945), novelist
- Constable, Henry, (1562-1613), poet
- Constable, John, (1776-1837), British painter
- Constans, (320-350), Roman emperor
- Constans II, Byzantine emperor
- Constant (situationist), (born 1920), painter
- Constant, Benjamin, (1767-1830)
- Constantijn of the Netherlands, Prince, (born 1969)
- Constantine I of Greece, (1920-1922), king
- Constantine II, Roman emperor
- Constantine III, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine II of Greece, (1964-1973), king
- Constantine II of Scotland, (874-952)
- Constantine III, (gov. 407-411), Roman Emperor
- Constantine III, of Byzantium, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine I of Scotland, (died 877), King of the Scots and Picts; succeeded by Aedh Whitefoot.
- Constantine I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine IV, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine IV, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine IX Monomachos, (died 1055), emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
- Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine VI, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine VIII, (lived 960-1028), Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine VI, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine V, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine XI, (1409-1453), Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine the Great, (272-337), Roman Emperor
- Constantine, Pope, (708-715)
- Constantius Chlorus, (circa 250-306), Roman Emperor
- Constantius II, (died 361), Roman Emperor
- Constantius III, Roman Emperor
- Constantius II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Constantius I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Contarini, Gasparo
- Conteh, John, world champion boxer
- Conti, Bill (born 1943), film musical director
- Conti, Tom, (born 1941), actor
- Contreras, Eleazar López, Venezuelan president
- Conway, Anne, (died 1679)
- Conway, John Horton, (born 1937), mathematician
- Conway, Thomas, (1734-1800), American General in the Revolutionary War
- Conway, Tim, (born 1933), actor, comedian
- Conway, William Martin (1856-1937), British art critic and mountaineer
- Cooder, Ry, (born 1947), blind in one eye
- Coogan, Jackie, (1914-1984), US actor
- Coogan, Steve, as Alan Partridge and Paul Calf
- Cook, Alastair, (died 1976), journalist, television host
- Cook, Barbara, (born 1927), singer, actress
- Cooke, Alastair, (born 1908), television host
- Cooke, Jack Kent, owner of the Washington Redskins
- Cooke, Jay, (1821-1905), financier
- Cooke, John Esten, author of The Youth of Jefferson
- Cook, Elisha, Jr, (1903-1995), actor
- Cook, Glen, author
- Cook, Hugh, Canadian writer
- Cook, James, (1728-1779), British explorer
- Cook, Joan, Canadian senator
- Cook, Judith, author
- Cookman, Nathaniel George, (1896-1903)
- Cook, Michael, Canadian writer
- Cook, Peter, (1937-1995), comedian
- Cook, Rachael Leigh (born 1979), actress
- Cook, Rick, author
- Cook, Roger, and Roger Greenaway
- Cooke, Alistair, (born 1908), television personality
- Cooke, Sam, (1931-1964), musician
- Cooksey, Mark, composer
- Cookson, Catherine, (1906-1998), author
- Cook, Thomas, (1808-1892), entrepreneur
- Cool, Phil, British comedian
- Cooley, Dennis, Canadian writer
- Cooley, Spade, musician
- Coolidge, C. M, (1844 - 1935)
- Coolidge, Calvin, (1872-1933), US president
- Coolidge, Clark, poet
- Coolidge, Grace, (born 1879), First Lady of the United States
- Coolidge, Rita, (born 1944), singer
- Coolidge, William, X-rays
- Coolio, (born 1963), rapper
- Coolman, Todd
- Cools, Anne C, Canadian senator
- Cool, Tre, (born 1972), musician (Green Day)
- Coombs, D.D, US painter
- Coon, Carleton S, (died 1981), anthropologist
- Cooney, Caroline B, (born 1947), author
- Cooney, Gerry, boxer
- Cooney, Ray, British playwright (comedies and farces)
- Cooper, Alice, (born 1948), US rock and roll singer
- Cooper, Charlotte, (1871-1967), tennis player
- Cooper, D. B
- Cooper, Dave, comic creator
- Cooper, Doug, Canadian writer
- Cooper, Gary, (1901-1961), US cowboy actor
- Cooper, Gladys, (1888-1971), actress
- Cooper, Gordon, astronaut
- Cooper, Henry, boxer
- Cooper, Jackie, (born 1922), actor, director
- Cooper, James Fenimore, (1789-1851), US author
- Cooper, John Sherman, (1901-1991), Senator from Kentucky
- Cooper, Louise, author
- Cooper, Mudbone, (born 1953), singer (P Funk)
- Cooper, Susan, (born 1935), British-born fantasy author
- Cooper, Tommy, (1922-1984), Welsh magician, comedian
- Cope, Julian, musician
- Copeland, John Paul, Canadian writer
- Cope, Wendy, poet
- Copeland, Royal, Canadian athlete
- Copernicus, Nicolaus, (1473-1543), Pole
- Copland, Aaron, (1900-1990), US composer
- Copleston, Frederick C, (1907-1994), philosopher
- Copley, John Singleton, (1737-1815), painter
- Copperfield, David (illusionist), (born 1956), magician
- Coppola, Carmine, (died 1991), composer, conductor
- Coppola, Francis Ford, (born 1939), US filmmaker
- Corbeil, William de, (died 1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Corbett, Glenn, (1930-1933), actor
- Corbett, James J, (died 1933), world champion boxer
- Corbett, Ronnie, British comedian
- Corbiere, Tristan, (1845-1875), poet
- Corbin, Barry, (born 1940), actor
- Corbin, Eymard G, Canadian senator
- Corbusier, Le, (1887-1965), architect
- Corcoran, Frank, member of Aosdána
- Corda, Alberto, Cuban photographer
- Corda, Mario
- Corday, Charlotte, (1768-1793), French killer of Jean-Paul Marat
- Cord, Errett, (born 1894), automobile entrepreneur
- Cordoba, Hernandez Gonzalo de, (died 1515), "El Gran Capitan", Spanish General.
- Cordobes, El, (born 1936), bullfighter
- Cordus, Aulus Cremutius, 25 AD
- Cordus, Valerius, (died 1544)
- Cordy, Jane, Canadian senator
- Corea, Chick, (born 1941), musician
- Corelli, Arcangelo, (1653-1713), Baroque composer
- Corelli, Marie, (1855-1924), best-selling novelist
- Corigliano, John, (born 1938), composer
- Corinth, Lovis, (1858-1925), painter and graphic artist
- Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave, (born 1792), French engineer, scientist
- Corley, Demarcus, (born 1974), world champion boxer
- Corley, Eric
- Corman, Roger, US movie producer
- Cormeau, Yvonne, (1909-1998), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Cormier, Rheal
- Corneille , artist, (born 1922
- Corneille, Pierre, (1606-1684), classicist playwright
- Cornelius, Don, (born 1936), television host
- Cornelius, Pope, (251-253)
- Cornell, Alonzo B, Republican, 1880-1882
- Cornell, Joseph, (1903-1972), painter
- Cornell, Thomas, (born 1937), American painter
- Corner, Alexis, musician
- Cornish, Joe, (born 1968), comedian
- Cornu, Marie Alfred, (1841-1902), French physicist
- Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, (1738-1805)
- Cornwallis, Frederick, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Cornwell, Bernard, author of the Sharpe novels
- Cornwell, Patricia, (born 1956), US pathologist and thriller author
- Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille, (1796-1879), French painter
- Corr, Andrea, musician
- Correggio, (1489-1534), painter
- Correggio, Antonio da, (1488-1534), (Correggio)
- Corretja, Alex, (Spain), Tennis player
- Corretjer, Millie, singer, Puerto Rico
- Corrie, Rachel, (1979-2003), victim of Israel Defence Forces bulldozer
- Corrolla, Adam, comedian
- Corrothers, James D, poet
- Corso, Gregory, (1930-2001), (Gasoline - Beat poet)
- Cort, Bud, (born 1950), actor
- Corte-Real, Gaspar
- Cortes, Alberto, singer
- Cortés, Hernán, Conquistador
- Cortes, Nestor, comedian
- Cortez, Jayne, poet
- Cortona, Pietro da, (1596-1669), architect, painter
- Coryell, Larry, musician
- Cosby, Bill, (born 1937), US entertainer
- Cosell, Howard, (1918-1995), sports journalist
- Cosgrave, Liam, (1973-1977), Irish politician
- Cosgrave, W.T, (1922-1932), Irish politician
- Cosimo, Pierodi, (1462-1521), painter
- Cosmas I, patriarch of Constantinople
- Cosmas III, patriarch of Constantinople
- Cosmas III, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Cosmas I, of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Cosmas II, of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Cosmas III, of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Cosmas II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Cosmas I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Cossette-Trudel, Jacques, FLQ Terrorist
- Cossette-Trudel, Louise, FLQ Terrorist
- Cossiga, Francesco, (born 1928), Italian, Sardinian president
- Cossu, Gavino
- Costa, Albert, (Spain)
- Costa, Beatriz, (actress)
- Costa, Enrico
- Costain, Thomas B, (1885-1965), author
- Costas, Bob, (born 1952), US sports commentator, broadcaster, talk show host
- Costello, Billy, world champion boxer
- Costello, Elvis, (born 1954), US singer-songwriter, musician
- Costello, Frank, (1891-1973), US Mafioso
- Costello, John A, (1948-1951), Irish politician
- Costello, Lou, (1906-1959), actor, comedian
- Coster, Laurens Janszoon, printer
- Costner, Kevin, (born 1955), US actor and film director
- Cotes, Roger, (1682-1716), mathematician
- Cotrubas, Ilena, (born 1939), operatic soprano
- Cottage, Ian, British film director
- Cotten, Joseph, (1905-1994), actor
- Cotti, Flavio, (born 1939), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Cotto, Jose Miguel (born 1977), boxer
- Cotto, Miguel, (born 1980), boxer, brother of Jose Miguel
- Cotton, Charles, American novelist
- Cotton, James, musician
- Cotton, John, Milk for Babes
- Coubertin, Pierre de, (1863-1937), French initiator of the modern Olympic Games
- Couchepin, Pascal, (born 1942), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Coughlan, Eamon, runner
- Coughlin, Charles, (1891-1979), televangelist
- Coughlin, John, (born 1860), Chicago alderman
- Coulber, Dunstan, musician
- Coulibaly, Ouezzin
- Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de, (1736-1806), French physicist
- Coulter, Ann, lawyer
- Coulter, Phil, composer
- Coulthard, David, (born 1971), Formula-1 driver
- Couperin, Louis (c1626 - 1661), composer
- Couperin, François, (1668-1733), French composer
- Coupland, Douglas, (born 1961), US author of Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma
- Courbet, Gustave, (1819-1877), French painter
- Couric, Katie, (born 1957), US television host
- Courier, Jim, (USA)
- Court, Alyson, television presenter
- Courteline, Georges, (1858-1929), dramatist
- Court, Margaret, tennis player
- Courtenay, Tom, (born 1937), actor
- Courtenay, William, (c. 1342-1396), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Cousin, Victor, (1792-1867), philosopher
- Cousteau, Jacques-Yves, (died 1997), French marine biologist and explorer
- Cousteau, Simone, first woman scuba diver, wife of Jacques
- Cousy, Bob, (born 1928), professional basketball player
- Coutinho, Gago, (1869-1959), aviator
- Couture, Thomas, (1815-1879), French painter and teacher
- Couzyn, Jeni, poet
- Covay, Don, musician
- Coverdale, David, (born 1951), singer
- Covey, Richard, astronaut
- Cowan, Bill (born approx. 1950) former Marine, hostage rescuer
- Cowen, Joshua Lionel, (born 1880), inventor of the toy electric train
- Cow, Henry, musician
- Cowley, Abraham, (1618-1667), poet
- Cowley, Malcolm, (1898-1989), (Dada)
- Cowper, Steve Camberling, (Dem.) 1986-1990
- Cowper, William, (1731-1800), poet
- Cox, Alan, a developer of the Linux kernel
- Cox, Alex, film director
- Cox, Archibald, (born 1912), U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor
- Cox, Brad, Objective-C
- Cox, Brian, (born 1946), actor
- Cox, Courteney, (born 1964), US actress
- Cox, Ida, musician
- Cox, Pat, President of the European Parliament
- Cox, Richard, bishop
- Cox, Richard Threlkeld, physicist
- Coxeter, H.S.M, (1907-2003), mathematician
- Coysevox, Antoine, sculptor