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| William Combe | 1742–1823 | 2 |
| Will Levington Comfort | 1878–1932 | 3 |
| William Wistar Comfort | 1874–1955 | 1 |
| Comminges, Aimery de, comte de | 1862–1925 | 1 |
| Thomas Common | 1850–1919 | 1 |
| Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock | 1860–1943 | 7 |
| Laure Conan | 1845–1924 | 2 |
| Carlos Everett Conant | 1870–1925 | 1 |
| James Bryant Conant | 1893–1978 | 1 |
| Levi L. (Levi Leonard) Conant | 1857–1916 | 1 |
| Alexandre da Conceição | 1842–1889 | 1 |
| Helen Gray Cone | 1859–1934 | 1 |
| J. E. (James Edmund) Congleton | 1901–1993 | 1 |
| William Congreve | 1670–1729 | 6 |
| John Conington | 1825–1869 | 2 |
| Conklin, Nathaniel, Mrs. | 1841–1900 | 1 |
| Hilda Conkling | 1910–1986 | 1 |
| H. W. (Herbert William) Conn | 1859–1917 | 2 |
| James B. (James Brendan) Connolly | 1868–1957 | 4 |
| Ralph Connor | 1860–1937 | 14 |
| Joan Conquest | 1883–1941 | 3 |
| Joseph Conrad | 1857–1924 | 37 |
| Hendrik Conscience | 1812–1883 | 17 |
| Henry Constable | 1562–1613 | 1 |
| Thomas Constable | 1812–1881 | 1 |
| Benjamin Constant | 1767–1830 | 1 |
| Florence Converse | 1871–1967 | 1 |
| Agnes Ethel Conway | 1885–1950 | 1 |
| Moncure Daniel Conway | 1832–1907 | 4 |
| Conway, William Martin, Sir | 1856–1937 | 1 |
| Russell H. Conwell | 1843–1925 | 2 |
| John William Edward Conybeare | 1843–1931 | 1 |
| Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough) Cook | 1853–1927 | 2 |
| David C. (David Caleb) Cook | 1850–1927 | 1 |
| Dutton Cook | 1829–1883 | 2 |
| Herbert Frederick Cook | 1868–1939 | 1 |
| James Cook | 1728–1779 | 4 |
| Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth) Cook | 1836–1920 | 1 |
| Martha Walker Cook | 1806–1874 | 1 |
| Richard B. (Richard Briscoe) Cook | 1838–1916 | 1 |
| Theodore Andrea Cook | 1867–1928 | 1 |
| Arthur O. (Arthur Owens) Cooke | 1867–1930 | 1 |
| Edna Cooke | 1889–1975 | 1 |
| George Willis Cooke | 1848–1923 | 3 |
| Grace MacGowan Cooke | 1863–1944 | 2 |
| John Esten Cooke | 1830–1886 | 4 |
| Marjorie Benton Cooke | 1876–1920 | 3 |
| Thomas (Thomas Herman Anthonius Maria) Cool | born 1954 | 1 |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1872–1933 | 3 |
| Dane Coolidge | 1873–1940 | 1 |
| Susan Coolidge | 1835–1905 | 6 |
| Norman Coombs | born 1932 | 1 |
| A. Heaton (Alfred Heaton) Cooper | 1863–1929 | 1 |
| Courtney Ryley Cooper | 1886–1940 | 2 |
| Elizabeth Cooper | 1877–1945 | 2 |
| F. G. Cooper | 1883–1961 | 1 |
| Frederic Taber Cooper | 1864–1937 | 1 |
| Henry St. John Cooper | 1869–1926 | 1 |
| Jacob Calvin Cooper | 1845–1937 | 1 |
| James A. Cooper | 1862–1930 | 2 |
| James Fenimore Cooper | 1789–1851 | 37 |
| John Gilbert Cooper | 1723–1769 | 1 |
| Lane Cooper | 1875–1959 | 1 |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper | 1813–1894 | 4 |
| William Cooper | 1810–1877 | 1 |
| F. Graham (Frank Graham) Cootes | 1879–1960 | 2 |
| Henry Frederick Cope | 1870–1923 | 2 |
| Charles Copeland | 1858–1929 | 7 |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | 1473–1543 | — |
| A. E. (Alfred Edgar) Coppard | 1878–1957 | — |
| Alfred Coppel | 1921–2004 | 1 |
| Charles Coppens | 1835–1920 | 1 |
| Harold Copping | 1863–1932 | 2 |
| Bennet Copplestone | 1867–1932 | 1 |
| François Coppée | 1842–1908 | 14 |
| Henry Coppée | 1821–1895 | 1 |
| Julian Stafford Corbett | 1854–1922 | 2 |
| Edouard Corbière | 1793–1875 | 9 |
| Tristan Corbière | 1845–1875 | 1 |
| Walton Corbould | 1859–1919 | 1 |
| Luciano Cordeiro | 1844–1900 | 1 |
| Manoel Caldas Cordeiro | 1869–1914 | 1 |
| Henri Cordier | 1849–1925 | 2 |
| Mary Kennedy Core | 1863–1951 | 1 |
| Marie Corelli | 1855–1924 | 13 |
| Hubert C. (Hubert Christian) Corlette | 1869–1956 | 1 |
| W. E. (William Eppes) Cormack | 1796–1868 | 1 |
| Pierre Corneille | 1606–1684 | 2 |
| Fred C. (Frederick Carruthers) Cornell | 1867–1921 | 1 |
| Miss (Julia) Corner | 1798–1875 | 1 |
| C. J. (Charles John) Cornish | 1858–1906 | 1 |
| Barry Cornwall | 1787–1874 | 1 |
| Dean Cornwell | 1892–1960 | 2 |
| Gilles Corrozet | 1510–1568 | 1 |
| Alexandre Corréard | 1788–1857 | 1 |
| C. S. (Charles Schell) Corson | 1882–1921 | 2 |
| Hiram Corson | 1828–1911 | 1 |
| Armando César Cortes-Rodrigues | 1891–1971 | 1 |
| Edward Samuel Corwin | 1878–1963 | 2 |
| David Cory | 1872–1966 | 4 |
| Fanny Y. Cory | 1877–1972 | 1 |
| William Johnson Cory | 1823–1892 | 1 |
| Abner Cosens | 1861–1942 | 1 |
| Fernandes Costa | 1848–1920 | 1 |
| Floriano Alves da Costa | born 1825 | 1 |
| Louisa Stuart Costello | 1799–1870 | 1 |
| Charles de Coster | 1827–1879 | 1 |
| Malakias Costiander | 1815–1870 | 1 |
| Edmond Cotteau | 1833–1896 | 1 |
| Frank J. Cotter | 1878–1948 | 1 |
| John L. (John Lambert) Cotter | 1911–1999 | 1 |
| H. B. (Henry Bernard) Cotterill | 1846–1924 | 1 |
| Paul Cottin | 1856–1932 | 1 |
| Joseph Cottle | 1770–1853 | 1 |
| Charles Cotton | 1630–1687 | 20 |
| Robert Christie Cotton | 1885–1952 | 1 |
| Stéphen Coubé | 1857–1938 | 1 |
| Elliott Coues | 1842–1899 | 1 |
| Charles A. (Charles Augustin) Coulomb | 1872–1935 | 1 |