| Ronald de Carvalho | 1893–1935 | 1 |
| Henry Cary | 1804–1870 | 1 |
| Henry Francis Cary | 1772–1844 | 27 |
| Giacomo Casanova | 1725–1798 | 33 |
| Bartolomé de las Casas | 1484–1566 | 1 |
| Raimón Casellas | 1855–1910 | 1 |
| Roger Casement | 1864–1916 | 1 |
| John Casey | 1820–1891 | 1 |
| John Harmon Cassel | 1872–1961 | 1 |
| Walter Richard Cassels | 1826–1907 | 2 |
| Gordon Casserly | 1869–1947 | 2 |
| R. L. (Robert Lawson) Cassie | 1859–1938 | 1 |
| Herbert Newton Casson | 1869–1951 | 1 |
| J. André Castaigne | 1861–1929 | 5 |
| Horace Castelli | 1825–1889 | 1 |
| Enrico Castelnuovo | 1839–1915 | 2 |
| Camilo Castelo Branco | 1825–1890 | 24 |
| Antonio Feliciano de Castilho | 1800–1875 | 1 |
| Hippolyte Castille | 1820–1886 | 1 |
| Egerton Castle | 1858–1920 | 2 |
| Justus Collins Castleman | 1873–1949 | 1 |
| Virginia Carter Castleman | 1864–1937 | 1 |
| Harry Castlemon | 1842–1915 | 6 |
| Modesto de Castro | 1819–1864 | 1 |
| Urbano de Castro | 1850–1902 | 1 |
| Jean-Henri Castéra | 1749–1838 | 2 |
| Edward C. Caswell | 1879–1963 | 2 |
| Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell | 1834–1910 | 3 |
| Víctor Català | 1869–1966 | 1 |
| Willa Cather | 1873–1947 | 9 |
| Catherine, of Siena, Saint | 1347–1380 | 1 |
| Mary Hartwell Catherwood | 1847–1902 | 16 |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | 1859–1947 | 1 |
| James McKeen Cattell | 1860–1944 | 1 |
| Bankimacandra Cattopadhyaya | 1838–1894 | 1 |
| Frances Cavanah | 1889–1982 | 1 |
| Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins | 1864–1938 | 1 |
| Madison Julius Cawein | 1865–1914 | 2 |
| Madame de (Marthe-Marguerite) Caylus | 1673–1729 | 1 |
| Jacques Cazotte | 1719–1792 | 1 |
| Julio Cejador y Frauca | 1864–1927 | 1 |
| Enrico Celani | born 1867 | 1 |
| Benvenuto Cellini | 1500–1571 | 1 |
| Barry Cerf | 1881–1948 | 1 |
| Anatole Cerfberr | 1835–1896 | 3 |
| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1547–1616 | 52 |
| Alphonse Chabot | 1841–1921 | 2 |
| Henry Chadwick | 1824–1908 | 2 |
| Lewis Sperry Chafer | 1871–1952 | 1 |
| Manuel Pinheiro Chagas | 1842–1895 | 1 |
| Amédée Chaillot | 1803–1892 | 1 |
| Candide Chalippe | 1684–1757 | 1 |
| James Chalmers | 1841–1901 | 1 |
| Margaret Piper Chalmers | 1880–1962 | 1 |
| Alexander Francis Chamberlain | 1865–1914 | 1 |
| Basil Hall Chamberlain | 1850–1935 | 2 |
| George Agnew Chamberlain | 1879–1966 | 1 |
| Lucia Chamberlain | 1882–1978 | 2 |
| George F. (George Frederick) Chambers | 1841–1915 | 1 |
| Robert Chambers | 1802–1871 | 47 |
| Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers | 1865–1933 | 24 |
| William Chambers | 1800–1883 | 46 |
| Wilson V. (Wilson Vaughn) Chambers | 1893–1980 | 1 |
| Adelbert von Chamisso | 1781–1838 | 3 |
| Samuel de Champlain | 1574–1635 | 4 |
| Thomas Champness | 1832–1905 | 1 |
| James Wells Champney | 1843–1903 | 1 |
| Jean-François Champollion | 1790–1832 | 1 |
| A. de (Ausone) Chancel | 1808–1878 | 1 |
| Katherine Chandler | 1865–1930 | 1 |
| Edward Channing | 1856–1931 | 1 |
| W. H. (William Henry) Channing | 1810–1884 | 2 |
| Joseph Horatio Chant | 1837–1928 | 1 |
| Bellonie Chantre | 1866–1952 | 1 |
| Octave Chanute | 1832–1910 | 1 |
| Thomas Chapais | 1858–1946 | 1 |
| Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier Chapelle | 1626–1686 | 1 |
| Howard Irving Chapelle | 1901–1975 | 1 |
| Anna Alice Chapin | 1880–1920 | 1 |
| E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin | 1814–1880 | 2 |