| Isabel C. (Isabel Coston) Byrum | 1870–1938 | 3 |
| Bysshe, Edward, active | 1702–1712 | 1 |
| Ingram Bywater | 1840–1914 | 1 |
| István Bársony | 1855–1928 | 1 |
| Théodore de Bèze | 1519–1605 | 1 |
| Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer | 1836–1870 | 2 |
| Joseph Bédier | 1864–1938 | 2 |
| Henri Béland | 1869–1935 | 1 |
| Louis Paul Bénézet | 1878–1961 | 1 |
| Arnold Böcklin | 1827–1901 | 1 |
| Erik Bögh | 1822–1899 | 1 |
| Georg Büchner | 1813–1837 | 2 |
| Ludwig Büchner | 1824–1899 | 1 |
| Georg Bühler | 1837–1898 | 1 |
| Waldemar Bülow | 1864–1934 | 1 |
| Gottfried August Bürger | 1747–1794 | 1 |
| Fernán Caballero | 1796–1877 | 2 |
| James Branch Cabell | 1879–1958 | 13 |
| Boyd Cable | 1878–1943 | 2 |
| George Washington Cable | 1844–1925 | 13 |
| Cadogan, Adelaide, Lady | 1820–1890 | 1 |
| Harrison Cady | 1877–1970 | 15 |
| Abraham Cahan | 1860–1951 | 1 |
| Caine, Hall, Sir | 1853–1931 | 11 |
| William Caine | 1873–1925 | — |
| Mona Caird | 1854–1932 | 1 |
| John Elliot Cairnes | 1823–1875 | 1 |
| John Cairns | 1857–1922 | 1 |
| Caithness, James Sinclair, 14th earl of | 1821–1881 | 1 |
| Paavo Emil Cajander | 1846–1913 | 16 |
| Calamity Jane | 1856–1903 | 1 |
| J. W. (Johan Wiktor) Calamnius | 1838–1891 | 2 |
| Randolph Caldecott | 1846–1886 | 19 |
| George Calderon | 1868–1915 | 1 |
| Pedro Calderón de la Barca | 1600–1681 | 5 |
| Sofronio G. Calderón | 1878–1954 | 3 |
| Erskine Caldwell | 1903–1987 | 1 |
| George W. (George Walter) Caldwell | 1866–1946 | 1 |
| Isabel W. (Isabel Wright) Caley | born 1892 | 1 |
| A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun | 1844–1912 | 3 |
| Frances Boyd Calhoun | 1867–1909 | 1 |
| John C. (John Caldwell) Calhoun | 1782–1850 | 1 |
| Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins | 1869–1943 | 1 |
| Annie Payson Call | 1853–1940 | 4 |
| Morgan Callaway | 1862–1936 | 1 |
| Callcott, Maria, Lady | 1785–1842 | 1 |
| Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir | 1859–1928 | 1 |
| Dion Clayton Calthrop | 1878–1937 | 2 |
| S. R. (Samuel Robert) Calthrop | 1829–1917 | 1 |
| Charles Stuart Calverley | 1831–1884 | 3 |
| George Henry Calvert | 1803–1889 | 1 |
| Jean Calvin | 1509–1564 | 1 |
| Jorge Camacho | born 1966 | 1 |
| Jules Cambon | 1845–1935 | 1 |
| Ada Cambridge | 1844–1926 | 1 |
| Agnes Deans Cameron | 1863–1912 | 1 |
| Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir | 1830–1921 | 1 |
| Hector Charles Cameron | 1878–1958 | 1 |
| Katharine Cameron | 1874–1965 | 3 |
| Verney Lovett Cameron | 1844–1894 | 2 |
| Adolfo Ferreira Caminha | 1867–1897 | 1 |
| Emile Cammaerts | 1878–1953 | 1 |
| Adelbert Cammerer | 1786–1848 | 1 |
| Wadsworth Camp | 1879–1936 | 1 |
| Walter Camp | 1859–1925 | 2 |
| Mme. (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette) Campan | 1752–1822 | 9 |
| Tommaso Campanella | 1568–1639 | 3 |
| Alexander Campbell | 1822–1892 | 1 |
| Blendon Campbell | 1872–1969 | 1 |
| Douglas Houghton Campbell | 1859–1953 | 1 |
| Dudley M. Campbell | 1836–1906 | 1 |
| Helen Campbell | 1839–1918 | 3 |
| John Campbell | 1840–1904 | 1 |
| John Logan Campbell | 1863–1952 | 1 |
| John W. (John William) Campbell | 1886–1935 | 1 |
| Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood) | 1910–1971 | 4 |
| Lang Campbell | 1882–1937 | 1 |
| Lewis Campbell | 1830–1908 | 1 |
| Oscar James Campbell | 1879–1970 | 1 |
| Robert Granville Campbell | 1879–1932 | 1 |