List of authors by name: C

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with C:

Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics

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Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927, Ecuador, p)
James Branch Cabell (1879–1958, US, f)
Omar Cabezas (born 1950, Nicaragua, nf)
Marcel Cabon (1912–1972, Mauritius, f)
Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943, N Zealand, nf)
Meg Cabot (born 1967, US, f/ch)
Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973, Guinea-Bissau, nf)
António Cabral (1931–2007, Portugal, p/f/d)
Facundo Cabral (1937–2011, Argentina, nf)
Manuel del Cabral (1907–1999, Dominican Rep., p)
Vasco Cabral (1926–2005, Guinea-Bissau, p)
Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991, Cuba/US, nf)
Caroline Caddy (born 1944, Australia, p)
Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England, nf), born Florence Tompson
Rafael Cadenas (born 1930, Venezuela, p/nf)
Pat Cadigan (born 1953, US, f)
Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979, Wales, p/f)
Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690, Wales, p/nf)
Cædmon (fl. c. 657–684, England, p)
Adrian Caesar (born 1955, England/Australia, f/nf/p)
Kathleen Mannington Caffyn (c. 1855–1926, Ireland/England, f)
Andrea Cagan (living, US, nf)
Inès Cagnati (1937–2007, France, f)
Neriman Cahit (born 1937, Turkey/Turkish Cyprus, nf/p)
Cai Yan (蔡琰, c. 178 – post-206 or c. 170–215 or died c. 249, China, p)
Cai Yong (蔡邕, 132–192, China, nf)
Cai Xiang (蔡襄, 1012–1067, China, p/nf)
Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977, Colombia, f/nf)
Dominique Caillat (born 1956, US/Germany, d/nf)
Maoilios Caimbeul (born 1944, Scotland, p/nf/ch), birth name Myles Campbell
James M. Cain (1892–1977, US, f)
Susan Cain (born 1968, US, nf)
Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man, f/d/p)
Janet Caird (1913–1992, Malawi/Scotland, f/p)
Mona Caird (1854–1932, England, f/nf)
Scott Cairns (born 1954, Scotland, p/nf)
John Caius the Elder (fl. 1480, England, p)
Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950, Russian E/USSR, p/f)
Louis Calaferte (1928–1994, Italy/France, f/nf/p)
Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978, Argentina, p/f/nf)
Alison Calder (born 1969, England/Canada, p/nf)
Angus Calder (1942–2008, England/Scotland, nf/p)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681, Spain, d/p/nf)
Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987, US, f/nf)
Musa Cälil (1906–1944, USSR, p/d/nf)
George Călinescu (1899–1965, Romania, nf/f)
Matei Călinescu (1934–2009, Romania/US, nf)
Susanna Calkins (born 1971, US, f/nf)
Barry Callaghan (born 1937, Canada, f/p/nf)
Morley Callaghan (1903–1990, Canada, f/d)
Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ireland, f/p/d)
Callimachus (c. 310/305 – c. 240 BCE, Cyrene, p/nf)
Brian Callison (1934–2024, England/Scotland, f)
Philip Callow (1924–2007, England, f/p/nf)
Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia, f)
Pilar Calveiro (born 1953, Argentina/Mexico, nf)
Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, England, p)
Robert Calvert (1945–1988, S Africa, p/d/f)
César Calvo (1940–2000, Peru, p/f/nf)
Eugenio Cambaceres (1843–1888, Argentina, f)
Roland Camberton (1921–1965, England, f), real name Henry Cohen
Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, England/Australia, f/p/nf)
William Camden (1551–1623, England, nf)
Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996, Canada/US, ch/nf)
Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, US, d/f/nf)
Norman Cameron (1905–1953, India/Scotland, p)
Richard Cameron (born 1948, England, d)
Héctor Aguilar Camín (born 1946, Mexico, nf)
Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897, Brazil, f/nf)
Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953, Belgium/England, d/p)
Luís de Camões (1524 or 1525–1580, Portugal, p)
Candace Camp (born 1949, US, f)
Cordelia Camp (1884–1973, US, nf)
Kate Camp (born 1972, N Zealand, p/nf)
L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US, f/nf)
Alexander Campbell (1788–1866, Ireland/US, nf)
Alistair Campbell (1925–2009, N Zealand, p/d/f)
Angus Peter Campbell (born 1952, Scotland, p/f/nf)
Archibald Campbell (fl. 1767, Scotland, nf)
Beatrix Campbell (born 1947, England, nf)
Bruce Campbell (1912–1993, England, nf)
David Campbell (1915–1979, Australia, p/f/nf)
Elizabeth Campbell (born 1989, Australia, p)
Joanna Campbell (fl. late 20th c., US, ch)
John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson (1889–1970, Scotland, nf)
John W. Campbell Jr. (1910–1971, US, f), pseudonym, Don A. Stuart
Judy Campbell (1916–2004, England, d)
Marion May Campbell (born 1948, Australia, f/p/nf)
Mary Maxwell Campbell (1812–1886, Scotland, p)
Meg Campbell (1937–2007, N Zealand, p)
Ramsey Campbell (born 1946, England, f/nf)
Roy Campbell (1901–1957, S Africa/Portugal, p/nf)
Thomas Campbell (1777–1844, Scotland/France, p)
Rachel Campbell-Johnston (born 1963, England, nf/f)
Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818, Germany, nf/ch)
Jan Campert (1902–1943, Netherlands, p), Holocaust victim
Remco Campert (1929–2022, Netherlands, f/p)
Thomas Campion (1567–1620, England, p/nf)
Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880, Argentina, p)
José María del Campo (1826–1884, Argentina, nf)
Nellie Campobello (1900–1986, Mexico, nf/p/f)
Augusto de Campos (born 1931, Brazil, p/nf)
Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003, Brazil, p/nf)
Francis Camps (1905–1972, England, nf)
Albert Camus (1913–1960, Algeria/France, f/nf)
Matilde Camus (1919–2012, Spain, nf)
Mirel Cană (1957–2020, Romania, f), pseudonym Șerban Alexandru
Nemesio Canales (1878–1923, Puerto Rico, nf/f/d)
W. H. Canaway (1925–1988, England, f)
Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980, US, p/nf)
Hugh Candidus (c. 1095 – c. 1160, England, nf)
Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/Switzerland, f/d/nf)
Jack Canfield (born 1944, US, nf),
Ethan Canin (born 1960, US, f)
Ivan Cankar (1876–1918, Austrian E, d/p/nf)
Denis Cannan (1919–2011, England, d)
Gilbert Cannan (1884–1955, England, f/d)
Joanna Cannan (1896–1961, England, f/ch)
May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, England, p)
Dorothy Cannell (born 1943, England/US, f)
Victor Canning (1911–1986, England, f)
James Cañón (living, Colombia/US, f/nf)
Edip Cansever (1928–1986, Turkey, p)
Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716, Wallachia, nf)
Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723, Moldavia, nf)
William Canton (1845–1926, England, p/ch/nf)
Cao Cao (曹操, c. 155–220, China, p/nf)
Cao Pi (曹丕, c. 187–226, China, p/nf)
Cao Wenxuan (曹文軒, born 1954, China, f/ch)
Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹, 1715 or 1724 – 1763 or 1764, China, f)
Cao Yu (曹禺, 1910–1996, China, d)
Cao Zhi (曹植, 192–232, China, p)
Martín Caparrós (born 1957, Argentina, f/nf)
Karel Čapek (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d/nf)
Edward Capell (1713–1781, England, nf)
Martianus Capella (fl. c. 410–420, Roman E, nf)
Edward Capern (1819–1894, England, p)
John Capgrave (1393–1464, England, nf)
Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, Jamaica/England, p/nf/d)
Jacobus Capitein (c. 1717–1747, Gold Coast/Netherlands, nf)
Truman Capote (1924–1984, US, f/d)
Ivan Čapovski (born 1936, Greece/N Macedonia, p/f)
Placide Cappeau (1808–1877, France, p)
Aleš Čar (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
Caradoc of Llancarfan (12th c., Wales, nf)
Ionuț Caragea (born 1975, Romania, p)
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Wallachia/Germany, d/f/p)
Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936, Romania, p/f/nf)
Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (1902–1996, Martinique, p/f)
Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875, Italy, nf)
Ramón J. Cárcano (1860–1946, Argentina, nf)
Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne (1826–1891, France, p/d)
Francis Carco (1886–1958, New Caledonia/France, p/f/d)
Orson Scott Card (born 1951, US, f)
Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576, Italy, nf)
William Cardell (1780–1828, US, ch/nf)
Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020, Nicaragua, p/nf)
Lúcio Cardoso (1912–1968, Brazil, f/d/p)
Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955, Portugal/England, nf/f)
Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907, Italy, p/nf)
Neville Cardus (1888–1975, England, nf)
Maurice Carême (1899–1978, Belgium, p/ch)
Jan Carew (1920–2012, British Guiana/US, f/d/p)
Thomas Carew (1595–1640, England, p)
Henry Carey (1687–1743, England, p/d)
Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609 – c. 1680, England, p/nf)
Peter Carey (born 1943, Australia, f)
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England, ch/f)
Eric Carle (1929–2021, US, ch)
Philip Carr-Gomm (born 1955, England, nf)
Eric Carle (1929–2021, US, ch)
Erwin Carlé (1876–1923, Germany, f)
William Carleton (1794–1869, Ireland, nf/f)
Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, England, p)
Richard Carlile (1790–1843, England, nf)
George Carlin (1937–2008, US, nf)
Finn Carling (1925–2004, Norway, f/d/p)
Patricia Carlon (1927–2002, Australia, f)
Camilla Carlson (1930–1990, Norway, p/f/nf)
Natalie Savage Carlson (1906–1997, US, ch)
Alexander Carlyle (1722–1805, Scotland, nf)
Joseph Dacre Carlyle (1758–1804, England, nf)
Liz Carlyle (born 1958, US, f)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881, Scotland/England, nf)
Bliss Carman (1861–1929, Canada/US, p)
Amy Carmichael (1867–1951, Ireland/India, nf)
Jennings Carmichael (1867–1904, Australia/England, p/nf)
Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998, Trinidad/Guinea, nf)
Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987, Netherlands, nf/p)
Isobelle Carmody (born 1958, Australia, f/ch)
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez (born 1972, Chile/Norway, f/p)
John Carne (1789–1844, England, nf)
Robert Caro (born 1935, US, nf)
Hans Carossa (1878–1956, Germany, f/p)
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978, Austria/Brazil, nf)
Bo Carpelan (1926–2011, Finland, p/f)
David Carpenter (born 1947, England, nf)
Edmund Snow Carpenter (1922–2011, US, nf)
Edward Carpenter (1844–1929, England, nf/p)
Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005, England, nf)
Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980, Cuba, f/nf)
Luzmila Carpio (born 1949, Bolivia, p)
Clyde Carr (1886–1962, N Zealand, nf/p)
E. H. Carr (1892–1982, England, nf)
Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956, Canada, p/nf)
J. L. Carr (1912–1994, England, f/ch)
John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US, f)
Margaret Carr (born 1935, England, f)
Philippa Carr (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Raymond Carr (1919–2015, England, nf)
Robyn Carr (living, US, f)
Terry Carr (1937–1987, US, f)
Virginia Spencer Carr (1929–2012, US, nf)
Salaan Carrabey (1864–1943, Isaaq Sultanate/Somaliland, p)
Tomás Carrasquilla (1858–1940, Colombia, f/nf)
John le Carré (1931–2020, England, f), pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell
Julio Carreras (born 1949, Argentina, f)
Evaristo Carriego (1883–1912, Argentina, p)
Leonora Carrington (1917–2011, England/Mexico, f)
Alejandro Carrión (1915–1992, Ecuador, p/f/nf)
Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979, Ecuador, nf)
Jim Carroll (1949–2009, US, nf/p)
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, England, p/ch), pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US, p/nf)
A. J. Carruthers (living, Australia, p/nf)
Anne Carson (born 1950, Canada, p/nf)
Ann Elizabeth Carson (1929–2023, Canada, p/f)
Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009, US, nf)
Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland, f/nf)
Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956, Romania, f/p/nf)
Thomas Carte (1686–1754, England, nf)
Ally Carter (born 1974, US, f/ch)
Angela Carter (1940–1992, England, f/nf/p)
Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953, Canada, ch)
Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England, p/nf)
George Stuart Carter (1893–1969, England, nf)
Jared Carter (born 1939, US, p)
Lin Carter (1930–1988, US, f/p)
Martin Carter (1927–1997, British Guiana/Guyana, p/nf)
Peter Carter (1929–1999, England/Germany, ch)
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000, England, f)
Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013, Argentina/France, nf/f/p)
George Cartwright (1739/1740–1819, England, nf)
Justin Cartwright (1943–2018, S Africa/England, f)
Thomas Cartwright (c. 1535–1603, England, nf)
William Cartwright (1611–1643, England, p/d)
Jeffrey Carver (born 1949, US, f)
Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US, f/p)
Alice Cary (1820–1871, US, p)
Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (1585–1639, England, p/d/nf)
Henry Francis Cary (1772–1844, England, nf)
Kate Cary (born 1967, England, f)
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c. 1610–1643, England, nf/p)
Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US, p)
Patrick Cary (c. 1623–1657, England, p)
John Caryll (1625–1711, England, d/p)
Julián del Casal (1863–1893, Cuba, p)
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999, Argentina, f/nf)
Matilde Casazola (born 1942, Bolivia, p)
Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, US, p)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960, Sierra Leone/England, f/nf)
Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950, Gold Coast/Sierra Leone, p)
Gus Casely-Hayford (born 1964, England, nf)
J. E. Casely Hayford (1866–1930, Gold Coast, nf/f)
Juanita Casey (1925–2012, England, p/d/f), original name Joy Barlow
Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983, Australia, p/nf)
Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Australia, f), pseudonym Criena Rohan
Johnny Cash (1932–2003, US, p)
John Carter Cash (born 1970, US, p)
June Carter Cash (1929–2003, US, p)
Kristin Cashore (born 1976, US, ch/f)
Linda Ty Casper (born 1931, Philippines, f)
Zoë Cass (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US/Mexico, p/nf)
Cyrus Cassells (born 1957, US, p)
Lorna Casselton (1938–2014, England, nf)
Cathy Cassidy (born 1962, England, f/ch)
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998, Peru/US, nf)
Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (c. 1500–1559, Portugal, nf)
Lisa Castel (born 1955, Angola, nf/p)
Leonardo Castellani (1899–1981, Argentina, nf/f/p)
Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974, Mexico, p/nf)
Ignaz Franz Castelli (1780–1862, Austria, d/p)
Blanca Castellón (born 1958, Nicaragua, p)
Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre-1184, France, p)
António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875, Portugal, p/nf)
Abelardo Castillo (1935–2017, Argentina, f/nf)
Ana Castillo (born 1953, US, f/p/d)
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (born 1932, Ecuador, p)
Julio Valle Castillo (born 1952, Nicaragua, p/nf)
Roberto Castillo (1950–2008, Honduras, f/nf)
Sergio Badilla Castillo (born 1947, Chile, p)
Egerton Castle (1858–1920, England, f/nf)
Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany/England, ch/nf)
Helen Castor (born 1968, England, nf)
Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944, Portugal, p)
Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974, Portugal, f/nf)
Nelson Castro (born 1955, Argentina, nf)
Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal, nf)
Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885, Spain, f/p)
Kole Čašule (1921–2009, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, d/nf/f)
Nick Catalano (born 1939, US, nf)
Lee Cataldi (born 1942, Australia, p)
Dušan Čater (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch)
Willa Cather (1873–1947, US, f)
Christopher Catherwood (born 1955, England/US, nf)
Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011, N Zealand, nf)
Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia, f/nf/p)
Ken Catran (born 1944, N Zealand, ch/d)
Jacob Cats (1577–1660, Netherlands, p)
Eleanor Catton (born 1985, N Zealand, f/d)
Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BCE, Rome, p)
Sarah Caudwell (1939–2000, England, f), pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn
Charles Causley (1917–2003, England, p/nf/ch)
David Caute (born 1936, Egypt/England, f/d/nf)
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933, Ottoman E/Egypt, p)
Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250/1259–1300, Italy, p)
Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647, Italy, nf)
Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809, Italy/England, nf)
Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992, Ivory Coast, ch)
Nick Cave (born 1957, Australia, p/d)
Clare Cavendish (fl. 20th c., England, f)
George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562, England, nf)
Jane Cavendish (1621–1669, England, p/d)
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, England, p/nf/f)
William Cavendish (1593–1676, England, nf)
Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill (1834–1897, N Zealand, nf)
William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491, England, nf)
Germán Castro Caycedo (1940–2021, Colombia, nf)
Jean Cayrol (1911–2005, France, p), Holocaust survivor
Henri Cazalis (1840–1909, France/Switzerland, p/nf), pseudonym Jean Lahor
Denys Cazet (born 1938, US, ch)

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Chin Ce (born 1966, Nigeria, p/f/nf)
Lord David Cecil (1902–1986, England, nf)
Camilla Ceder (born 1976, Sweden, f)
Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/US, p/f)
Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832, Sweden, p/f)
Hassoum Ceesay (born 1971, Gambia, nf)
Camilo José Cela (1916–2002, Spain, f/p/nf)
Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey, f)
Paul Celan (1920–1970, Romania/France, p)
Dorothea Celesia (1738–1790, England/Italy, d/p)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961, France, f/nf)
Conrad Celtes (1459–1508, Germany/Austria, nf/p)
Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961, Switzerland/France, f/p), pseudonym of Frédéric-Louis Sauser
Susanna Centlivre (1669–1723, England, p/d)
Thomas Centolella (living, US, p)
Avanti Centrae (living, US, f)
Hitesh Ceon (born 1974, Iceland, p)
C. W. Ceram (1915–1972, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Karl Wilhelm Marek
Anica Černej (1900–1944, Slovenia, nf/p), Holocaust victim
Luis Cernuda (1902–1963, Spain/Mexico, nf/p)
Elio Lampridio Cerva (1463–1520, Ragusa, p)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain, f)
Juraj Červenák (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
Aimé Césaire (1913–2008, Martinique, p/nf)
Ana Cristina Cesar (1952–1983, Brazil, p/nf)
Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006, Portugal, p)
Gilbert Cesbron (1913–1979, France, f)
Roderich Cescotti (1919–2015, Germany, nf)
Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1974, Cuba, p)
Steph Cha (born 1986, US, f)
Michael Chabon (born 1963, US, f/nf)
Angie Chabram-Dernersesian (born 1952, US, nf)
Mark Chadbourn (born 1960, England, f/nf)
Laurence Chaderton (c. 1536–1640, England, nf)
David Chadwick (1926–2020, US, nf)
Henry Chadwick (1920–2008, England, nf)
Ezra Chadza (1823–1885, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf)
Mohamed Chafik (born 1926, Morocco, nf)
Nadia Chafik (born 1962, Morocco, f)
Aïcha Chaibi (Tunisia, nf)
Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1932–2003, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe)
Chakhrukhadze (fl. late 12th/early 13th c, Georgia, p)
Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951, India, d/ch/p)
Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005, US, f)
John Chalkhill (fl. c. 1600, England, p)
Gordon Challis (1932–2018, N Zealand, p)
John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935, US, nf/p/d)
Thomas Chaloner (1521–1565, England, p)
Ján Chalupka (1791–1871, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/nf)
Samo Chalupka (1812–1883, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p)
Roja Chamankar (born 1981, Iran, p)
Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales, p/f)
Edward Chamberlayne (1616–1703, England, nf)
William Chamberlayne (1619–1679 or 1689, England, p)
Shaun Chamberlin (living, England, nf)
Aidan Chambers (born 1934, England, ch)
Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680–1740, England, nf)
Frederick Chamier (1796–1870, England, f/nf)
Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838, France/Germany, p/f/nf)
Patrick Chamoiseau (born 1953, Martinique, f/d/ch)
Meira Chand (born 1942, England, f)
A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984, England/Australia, f)
Catherine Chandler (born 1950, US/Canada, p)
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, US, p/nf)
Jessie Chandler (born 1968, US, f)
Mary Chandler (1687–1745, England, p)
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959, US/England, f)
Samuel Chandler (1693–1766, England, nf)
Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969, India, ch/p)
Chang Ch'ung-ho (張充和, 1914–2015, China/US, p)
Diana Chang (張粲芳, 1924–2009, US, f/p)
Eileen Chang (张爱玲, 1920–1995, China/US, nf/f)
Chang Hsin-hai (張歆海, 1898–1972, China, nf)
Iris Chang (张纯如, 1968–2004, Taiwan/US, nf)
Jung Chang (張戎, born 1952, China/England, nf)
Colin Channer (born 1963, Jamaica, f)
William Ellery Channing (1880–1942, US, nf)
William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, p)
Henry Channon (1897–1958, US/England, nf/f)
Scott Chantler (born 1972, Canada, ch)
Lynda Chanwai-Earle (born 1965, N Zealand, d/p)
Jean Chapelain (1595–1674, France, p/nf)
Jean de la Chapelle (1651–1723, France, d/f)
Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US, p/nf)
George Chapman (c. 1559–1634, England, d/p)
Guy Chapman (1889–1972, England, nf)
James Chapman (born 1955, US, f)
Pat Chapman (born 1940, England, nf)
Hester Chapone (1827–1901, England, nf)
Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954, Switzerland, nf)
Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009, Switzerland, p/nf)
Eric Chappell (1933–2022, England, d)
Fred Chappell (1936–2024, US, p/f/nf)
Eustace Chapuys (c. 1490/1492–1556, Savoy/Brabant, nf)
René Char (1907–1988, France, p)
Mehdi Charef (born 1952, France, d)
Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986, Morocco, f), pseudonym of Larbi Layachi
Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England, d/f/nf)
Irakli Charkviani (1961–2006, USSR/Georgia, p)
Charles III (born 1948, England, ch)
Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465, France, p)
Craig Charles (born 1964, England, f/p)
David Charles (1762–1834, Wales, p)
Elizabeth Charles (1828–1896, England, p/nf)
Gerda Charles (1915–1996, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lipson
Thomas Charles (1755–1814, Wales, nf)
Maria Louisa Charlesworth (1819–1880, England, ch/nf)
James Charlton (born 1947, Australia, p/nf)
Janet Charman (born 1954, N Zealand, p)
Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/Prussia, nf/p), synonym Belle van Zuylen
Leslie Charteris (1907–1993, England, f/d)
Alain Chartier (c. 1385–1430, France, p/nf)
James Hadley Chase (1906–1985, England/Switzerland, f)
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, nf)
Debjani Chatterjee (born 1952, India/England, p/nf)
Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, nf)
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770, England, p/nf)
Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England, nf)
William Andrew Chatto (1799–1864, England, nf)
Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989, England, nf/f)
Leung Long Chau (梁朗秋, 1911–1998, China, p)
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, England, p/nf)
Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999, India, nf/f)
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948, India, p)
Bernice Chauly (born 1968, Malaysia, nf/p)
Nan Chauncy (1900–1970, England/Australia, ch)
Christine Chaundler (1887–1972, England, ch), also as Peter Martin
Alexander Chavchavadze (1786–1846, Russian E, p)
Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907, Russian E, p/f/nf)
Angelico Chavez (1910–1996, US, nf/p)
Susana Chávez (1974–2011, Mexico, p)
Daína Chaviano (born 1957, Cuba/US, f)
Brenda Chawner (living, N Zealand, nf)
Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981, Mauritius, nf)
Andrée Chedid (1920–2011, Egypt/France, p/f)
Cris Cheek (born 1955, England, p/nf)
Mavis Cheek (born 1948, England, f)
John Cheever (1912–1982, US, f)
John Cheke (1514–1557, England, nf)
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia, d/f)
Saveria Chemotti (born 1947, Italy, nf/f)
Chen Danyan (陈丹燕, born 1958, China, nf/f)
Chen Hongmou (陳宏謀, 1696–1771, China, nf)
Chen Jingrong (陳敬容, 1917–1989, China, p)
Chen Maiping (陳邁平, born 1952, China, nf/p)
Chen Qiufan (陈楸帆, born 1981, China, f)
Chen Ran (陈染, born 1962, China, f)
Chen Shou (陳壽, 233–297, China, nf)
Chen Xuezhao (陈学昭, 1906–1991, China, f/nf)
Chen Zi'ang (陳子昂, 661 or 656–702, China, p)
Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833, France, p)
Adolphe Chenevière (1855–1917, Switzerland/France, f/nf)
Brainard Cheney (1900–1990, US, f/d/nf)
Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945, Sierra Leone, p/f/nf)
Andrea Cheng (1957–2015, US, f/ch/p)
Cheng Changwen (程長文, fl. 6th – 9th c. CE, China, p)
François Cheng (程抱一, born 1929, China/France, p/f/nf)
Cheng Yi (程頤, 1033–1107, China, nf)
André Chénier (1762–1794, Ottoman E/France, p)
Mohamed Cherak (born 1977, Algeria, nf)
Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899, Switzerland/France, f/nf)
Paulette Cherici-Porello (1924–2018, Monaco, f/p)
Voydan Chernodrinski (1875–1951, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, d)
Ron Chernow (born 1949, US, nf)
Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889, Russian E, nf/f)
Kelly Cherry (born 1940, US, f/p/nf)
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942, US, f)
Ciarunji Chesaina (born 1947, Kenya, nf)
Simon Cheshire (born 1954, England, ch)
George Tomkyns Chesney (1830–1895, England, f)
Marion Chesney (1936–2019, Scotland/England, f)
Jacques Chessex (1934–2009, Switzerland, p/f)
Denise Chesterton (1897–1985, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Denise Robins
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, England, nf/f)
Henry Chettle (c. 1564 – c. 1606, England, d/nf)
Penelope Chetwode (1910–1986, England/India, nf)
William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, Ireland/England, d/f/nf)
Angelica Cheung (born 1966, China/Hong Kong, nf), birth name Zhang Yu (张宇)
Tracy Chevalier (born 1962, US/England, f)
Corinne Chevallier (born 1935, Algeria, nf/f)
Ruth Chew (1920–2010, US, ch)
Peter Cheyney (1896–1951, England, f)
Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856, Germany, p/d)
Chi Li (池莉, born 1957, China, f)
Chi Zijian (迟子建, born 1964, China, f)
Grace Chia (born 1973, Singapore, p/f/nf)
Gabriello Chiabrera (1552–1638, Italy, p)
Ted Chiang (born 1967, US, f)
Dan Chiasson (born 1971, US, p/nf)
Marjorie Chibnall (1915–2012, England, nf)
Catherine Chidgey (born 1970, N Zealand, f)
Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/nf)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門, 1653–1725, Japan, d)
Shadreck Chikoti (born 1979, Malawi, f/nf)
Simon Chikovani (1902–1966, Russian E/USSR, p)
Otar Chiladze (1933–2009, USSR/Georgia, f/p)
Tamaz Chiladze (1931–2018, USSR/Georgia, f/d/p)
Josiah Child (1630/1631–1699, England, nf)
Lauren Child (born 1965, England, ch), born Helen Child
Lee Child (born 1954, England, f)
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, US, f/nf)
Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890–1952, England, p/nf)
Erskine Childers (1870–1922, England/Ireland, f/nf)
William Chillingworth (1602–1644, England, nf)
Edmund Chilmead (1610–1654, England, nf)
Charles Chilton (1917–2013, England, nf)
Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales, ch)
Rocha Chimera (living, Kenya, nf/d)
Steve Chimombo (1945–2015, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/d/f)
Samuel Chimsoro (1949–2016, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f)
Marilyn Chin (陈美玲, born 1955, Hong Kong/US, p/nf)
Chin Shunshin (陳舜臣, 1924–2015, Taiwan/Japan, f/nf)
Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
Chinweizu (born 1943, Nigeria, nf/p), pseudonym of Chinweizu Ibekwe
Chionides (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, p)
Edmund Chipamaunga (1938–2019, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
Frank Chipasula (born 1949, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf)
Yukie Chiri (知里幸恵, 1903–1922, Japan, f/nf)
Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991, Romania, ch/f)
Khin Myo Chit (1915–1999, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)
Herbert Chitepo (1923–1975, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn (최치원, 857–10th c., Korea/China, nf/p)
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775, Japan, p)
Paulina Chiziane (born 1955, Mozambique, f)
Nagasubramanian Chokkanathan (born 1977, India, f/nf), pseudonym N. Chokkan
Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England, f)
Noam Chomsky (born 1928, US, nf)
Eileen Chong (born 1980, Singapore/Australia, p)
Daniel Chonkadze (1830–1860, Russian E, f)
Deepak Chopra (born 1946, India/US, nf)
Henri Chopin (1922–2008, France, p)
Kate Chopin (1850–1904, US, f)
Charles Chorley (c. 1810–1874, England, nf)
Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003, Morocco, f/nf)
Wei-Liang Chow (周煒良, 1911–1995, China/US, nf)
Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (1935–2016, India/UK, nf)
Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996, India/Bangladesh, f/nf/p)
Munier Choudhury (1925–1971, India/Bangladesh, d/nf)
Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003, Morocco, nf/f)
Asad Chowdhury (born 1943, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)
Kabir Chowdhury (1923–2011, India/Bangladesh, nf)
Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007, Morocco/France, f)
Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1135 – c. 1185, France/Flanders, p)
Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany, ch)
Hjalmar Christensen (1869–1925, Norway, f/nf)
Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark, p/f/nf)
Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953, Norway, p/d/f)
Jill Christian (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Noreen Ford Dilcock
Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England, f)
Erling Christie (1928–1996, Norway, p/nf)
Neil Christie (living, England, nf)
Annie Christitch (1885–1977, Serbia/England, nf)
Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/England, nf/p)
John Christopher (1922–2012, England, f), pseudonym of Samuel Youd
Matt Christopher (1917–1997, US, ch)
Solveig Christov (1918–1984, Norway, f/d)
Stoyan Christowe (1898–1985, Ottoman E/US, f)
Dobroslav Chrobák (1907–1951, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f)
Chrysippus (c. 279 – c. 206 BCE, Greece, nf)
Chrystos (born 1946, US, nf/p), born Christina Smith
Chu Anping (储安平, 1909 – c. 1966, China, nf)
Chu Suiliang (褚遂良, 596–658, China, nf)
Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998, Iran/US, f/d)
Daria Chubata (born 1940, Ukraine, f/nf/p)
Thomas Chubb (1679–1747, England, nf)
Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, England, p)
Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, England, p/nf)
Chudomir (1890–1967, Bulgaria, f), pseudonym of Dimitar Hristov Chorbadjiev
Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969, Russian E/USSR, ch)
Alí Chumacero (1918–2010, Mexico, p/nf)
Alfred John Church (1829–1912, England, nf)
Hubert Church (1857–1932, England/Australia, poet)
James Church (living, US, f), unidentified pseudonym
Richard Church (1893–1972, England, p)
Richard William Church (1815–1890, England, nf)
Caryl Churchill (born 1938, England, d)
Charles Churchill (1732–1764, p/nf)
Winston Churchill (1874–1965, England, nf)
Winston Churchill (1871–1947, US, f)
Sarah Churchwell (born 1970, US/England, f)
Thomas Churchyard (c. 1523–1604, England, p)
Kee Thuan Chye (born 1954, Malaya/Malaysia, nf/d)

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John Ciardi (1916–1986, US, p/nf)
Colley Cibber (1671–1757, England, d/p)
Hanns Cibulka (1920–2004, Czechoslovakia/Germany, p/nf)
Scott Ciencin (1962–2014, US, f/cs)
Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896–1960, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d/ch)
Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018, S Africa, nf/ch)
Živko Čingo (1935–1987, Yugoslavia, f)
Melko Čingrija (1873–1949, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
Ivo Ćipiko (1869–1923, Dalmatia/Yugoslavia, f)
Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf)
George Ciprian (1883–1968, Romania, d)
Zoran Ćirić (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
Jovan Ćirilov (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
Dejan Ćirjaković (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
Dragan Ćirjanić (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf)
Olivera Ćirković (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Greece, f)
Antonio Cisneros (1942–2012, Peru, p/nf)
Renato Cisneros (born 1976, Peru, p/f)
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US/Mexico, f)
Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US, p/nf)
Robert Citino (born 1958, US, nf)
Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Hungary/France, nf)
Oscar Walter Cisek (1897–1966, Romania, f/p/nf)
Hélène Cixous (born 1939, Algeria/France, p/d/nf)
James Clackson (born 1966, England, nf)
Sarah Clackson (1965–2003, England, nf)
Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Cycla
Ernest Claes (1885–1968, Belgium, f)
Stig Claesson (1928–2008, Sweden, nf)
Andrée Clair (1916–1982, France/Niger, nf/ch), born Renée Jung
Daphne Clair (born 1939, N Zealand, f)
Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995, US, f)
Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US, p/nf)
Kate Clanchy (born 1965, Scotland, p/d)
Tom Clancy (1947–2013, US, f)
John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, Wales, p)
Michael Clapp (born 1932, England, nf)
Fanny Clar (1875–1944, France, ch/d/f/p)
Cassandra Clare (born 1973, US, f/cs)
Horatio Clare (born 1973, England, f/nf/ch)
John Clare (1793–1864, England, p)
Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia, f)
Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956, US, f)
Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, England, f/p)
Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, Scotland, p/d), pseudonym of Joan Ure
George Kitson Clark (1900–1975, England, nf)
Gillian Clarke (living, UK, nf)
Grahame Clark (1907–1995, England, nf)
J. P. Clark (1935–2020, Nigeria, p/d)
Kate Clark (1847–1926, N Zealand, ch/p)
Margaret Clark (born 1941, N Zealand, nf)
Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020, US, f)
Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999, Australia, f/ch)
Miles Clark (1960–1993, N Ireland/England, nf)
Ross Clark (born 1953, Australia, p)
Thomas D. Clark (1903–2005, US, nf)
Tom Clark (1941–2018, US, p/nf)
William George Clark (1821–1878, England, nf)
Amy Clarke (1892–1980, England, p/nf)
Anna Clarke (1919–2004, S Africa/England, f)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008, England/Sri Lanka, f/nf)
Austin Clarke (1896–1974, Ireland, p/d/f)
Bob Clarke (born 1964, England, nf)
Charles Cowden Clarke (1787–1877, England, nf)
George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, Canada, p/d/nf)
Gillian Clarke (born 1937, Wales, p/d)
Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England, f/ch)
Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893, England, d/nf)
Jane Clarke (born 1950, England, nf)
Jane E. Clarke (born 1954, England, ch/p)
Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860–1924, US, nf)
Lindsay Clarke (born 1939, England, f/p/d)
Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, England/Australia, f/p/d)
Mary Cowden Clarke (1809–1898, England, nf)
Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia, f/nf/p)
Pauline Clarke (1921–2013, England, ch)
Richard Clarke (died 1634, England, nf)
Roy Clarke (born 1930, England, d)
Samuel Clarke (1675–1729, England, nf)
Susanna Clarke (born 1959, England, f)
T. E. B. Clarke (1907–1989, England, d/f/nf)
Victoria Clarke (living, England, nf)
William Clarke (1696–1771, England, nf)
Laurence Clarkson (1615–1667, England, nf)
George Samuel Clason (1874–1957, US, nf)
Francis Clater (1756–1823, England, nf)
Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France, p/d)
Claudian (c. 370 – c. 404 CE, Alexandria/Italy, p)
Matthias Claudius (1740–1815, Germany, p/nf)
Hugo Claus (1929–2008, Belgium, d/f/p)
John Clavell (1601–1643, England, p/d)
Jo Clayton (1939–1988, US, f)
Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959, US, f)
Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, US, ch)
Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US, ch/p)
Jon Cleary (1917–2010, Australia, f/d)
Chris Cleave (born 1973, England, f/nf)
Paul Cleave (born 1974, N Zealand, f)
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England/Ireland, f/nf)
Lucas Cleeve (1862–1908, England, f), pseudonym of Adeline Georgiana Isabel Kingscote
John Cleland (1709–1789, England, f)
William Cleland (c. 1661–1689, Scotland, p)
Justin Clemens (born 1969, Australia, nf/p/f)
Samuel Clemens (1835–1910, US, f/nf), pseudonym Mark Twain
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–215 CE, Egypt, nf)
Dick Clement (born 1937, England, d)
Hal Clement (1922–2003, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs
Pope Clement I (died 99 CE, Roman E, nf)
Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf)
Andrew Clements (1949–2019, US, ch)
Jack Clemo (1916–1994, England, p/f/nf)
Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia, nf)
Maurice Clenock (c. 1525–1581, Wales, nf), also known as Morys Clynnog
Cleobulina (fl. 6th c. BCE, Ancient Greece, p)
Nicholas T. Clerk (1930–2012, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
John Cleveland (1613–1658, England, p)
Josse van Clichtove (1472/1473–1543, Flanders/France, nf)
Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, Jamaica/US, f/p/nf)
William Cliff (born 1940, Belgium, p), pseudonym of André Imberechts
Lady Anne Clifford (1590–1676, England, nf)
Lucy Clifford (1846–1929, England, f/d/ch)
William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879, England, nf)
Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia, f/nf)
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US, p/ch/f)
Mark Clifton (1906–1963, US, f)
Emma Cline (born c. 1989, US, f)
Ernest Cline (born 1972, US, f/p)
Bill Clinton (born 1946, US, nf)
Henry Fynes Clinton (1781–1852, England, nf)
Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882, England, nf)
Caroline Clive (1801–1873, England, p/nf)
John Clive (1933–2012, England, f)
Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England, nf)
Felicity Cloake (born 1980s, England, nf)
Stuart Cloete (1897–1976, France/S Africa, f/nf)
Amal Clooney (born 1978, Lebanon/England, nf), born Amal Alamuddin
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, England, p/nf)
Brenda Clough (born 1955, US, f)
Bryan Clough (born 1932, England, nf)
Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales, nf)
Constance Clyde (1872–1951, N Zealand/Australia, nf), pseudonym of Constance Jane McAdam
Eleanor Clymer (1906–2001, US, ch)
Susan Clymer (born 1951, US, ch)

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Nellie Coad (1883–1974, N Zealand/England, nf)
Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966, US, f)
Florence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850–1927, US, p)
Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976, US, f/p/nf)
Sheila Coates (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f)
Richard Cobb (1917–1996, England, nf)
Helena Cobban (born 1952, England/US, nf)
William Cobbett (1763–1835, England, nf)
Jojo Cobbinah (born 1948, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, England, p)
Richard Cobbold (1797–1877, England, nf)
Richard Cobden (1804–1865, England, nf)
Harlan Coben (born 1962, US, f)
Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982, US, f/nf/p)
Mario Rodríguez Cobos (1938–2010, Argentina, f/nf), pseudonym Silo
Robbie Coburn (born 1994, Australia, p)
Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865–1944, US, f/nf)
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951, Romania, f/nf)
Aston Cockayne (1608–1684, England, d/p)
Alison Cockburn (1712–1794, Scotland, p/nf)
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749, England, f/d/nf)
Claud Cockburn (1904–1981, China/Ireland, nf)
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn (1779–1954, Scotland, nf)
Edward Cocker (1631–1676, England, nf)
Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1963, England, nf)
Richard Cocks (1566–1624, England, nf)
Henry Cockton (1807–1853, England, f)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France, p/d/f)
Grace Coddington (born 1941, Wales/US, nf)
Andrei Codrescu (born 1946, Romania/US, p/f/nf)
Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, Canada/US, p)
Jonathan Coe (born 1961, England, f/nf/ch)
Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US, p/nf)
Paulo Coelho (born 1947, Brazil, f/p)
Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990, São Tomé and Príncipe, f/d/ch)
Augusto Coello (1884–1941, Guatemala/Honduras, nf/p)
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940, S Africa/Australia, f/nf)
Judith Ortiz Cofer, (1952–2016, Puerto Rica, p/f/ch)
Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ireland, p)
John Coffey (living, England, nf)
Josh Cohen ( born 1970, England, nf)
Leonard Cohen, (1934–2016, Canada, p/f)
Raphael H. Cohen (born 1953, Switzerland, nf)
Shaughnessy Cohen (1948–1998, Canada, nf)
Yolande Cohen (born 1950, Morocco/Canada, nf)
Gabrielle de Coignard (c. 1550–1586, France, p)
Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US, p/nf)
Lady Mary Coke (1727–1811, England, nf)
Rita Akoto Coker (born 1953, Ghana/US, f)
Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866, Ottoman E, nf)
Emily Colas (living, US, nf)
Marie Colban (1814–1884, Norway, f/nf)
Zerah Colburn (1832–1870, US, nf)
Barry Cole (1936–2014, England, p)
G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959, England, nf/f)
Joanna Cole (1944–2020, US, ch)
Margaret Cole (1893–1980, England, nf/f/p)
Martina Cole (born 1959, England, f)
Norma Cole (born 1945, Canada, p/nf)
Olivia Cole (born 1981, England, p)
Teju Cole (born 1975, Nigeria/US, f/nf)
Hal Colebatch (1945–2019, Australia, p/nf)
Aidan Coleman (born 1976, Wales/Australia, p/nf)
Alice Blanchard Coleman (1858–1936, United States, nf)
Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US, p)
Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (1821–1904, N Zealand, nf)
John Colenso (1814–1883, England, nf)
Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England, f/nf)
Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883, England, nf)
Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846–1920, England, nf/p)
Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, England, p/nf)
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, England, f/nf/p)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, England, p/nf)
Sara Coleridge (1802–1852, England, nf/ch)
Stephen Coleridge (1854–1936, England, nf)
Louise Colet (1810–1876, France, p/nf)
Colette (1873–1954, France, f/nf)
Edward Coletti, (born 1944, Italy/US, p)
Chris Colfer (born 1990, US, d/ch)
Eoin Colfer (born 1965, Ireland, ch)
Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959, US, nf/ch)
Lindsey Collen (born 1948, S Africa/Mauritius, f)
Camilla Collett (1813–1895, Norway, f/nf)
Jane Collier (1714–1755, England, f)
Jeremy Collier (1650–1726, England, nf)
John Collier (1708–1786, England, p)
John Collier (1901–1980, England, f/d/nf)
John Payne Collier (1789–1883, England, nf)
Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, England, p)
Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811, Austrian E, d/p)
Matthäus Casimir von Collin (1779–1824, Austrian E, p/d)
Philippe Collin (writer) (born 1975, French, d/f/nf)
R. G. Collingwood (1889–1943, England, nf)
W. G. Collingwood (1854–1932, England, nf)
An Collins (fl. 1653, England, p)
Anthony Collins (1676–1729, England, nf)
Billy Collins (born 1941, US, p)
Charles James Collins (1820–1864, England, f/nf)
Jackie Collins (1937–2015, England/US, f)
Joan Collins (born 1933, England, f/nf)
John Collins (1625–1683, England, nf)
John Collins (1742–1808, England, p)
John Churton Collins (1848–1908, England, nf)
Larry Collins (1929–2005, US, f/nf)
Max Allan Collins (born 1948, US, f)
Merle Collins (born 1950, Aruba/Grenada, p/f)
Suzanne Collins (born 1962, US, nf)
Michael Collins (1924–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
Mortimer Collins (1827–1876, England, p/f)
Norman Collins (1907–1982, England, nf)
Warwick Collins (1948–2013, England, f/nf)
Suzanne Collins (born 1962, US, d/f/nf)
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889, England, f)
William Collins (1721–1759, England, p)
Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, England/Australia, d/p/nf)
John Stewart Collis (1900–1984, Ireland, nf)
Maurice Collis (1889–1973, Ireland, nf)
Danielle Collobert (1940–1978, France, nf/p)
Carlo Collodi (1826–1890, Italy, f/nf)
Mary Collyer (c. 1716–1763, England, nf/f)
George Colman the Elder (1732–1794, England, d/nf)
George Colman the Younger (1762–1836, England, d/nf)
Francisco Coloane (1910–2002, Chile, f)
Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547, Italy, p)
Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, N Zealand, p)
Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland, p/f/d)
Jock Colville (1915–1987, England, nf)
Howard Colvin (1919–2007, England, nf)
George Combe (1788–1858, Scotland, nf)
William Combe (1742–1823, England, p/nf)
John Amos Comenius (1592–1670, Bohemia/Netherlands, nf), in Czech Jan Amos Komenský
Alex Comfort (1920–2000, England, nf)
Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931, US, f/nf)
Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US, p/f/nf)
Jack Common (1903–1968, England, nf/f)
Ying Chang Compestine (張瀛, born 1963, China/US, nf/f)
Anne Compton (born 1947, Canada, p/nf)
Jennifer Compton (born 1949, N Zealand/Australia, p/d)
Jennifer Compton (born 1949, N Zealand, p/d)
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969, England, f)
Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925, US, f/ch)
Auguste Comte (1798–1857, France, nf)
Barbara Comyns (1907–1992, England, f)
Maryse Condé (1937–2024, Guadeloupe, f/nf/d)
Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794, France, nf)
Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US, p/f/nf)
Sandra Coney (born 1944, N Zealand, nf)
Raphaël Confiant (born 1951, Martinique, f/nf)
William Congreve (1670–1729, England, d/p)
Thomas Coningsby (1550–1625, England, nf)
Groff Conklin (1904–1968, US, nf)
Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948, US, f/ch)
Stewart Conn (born 1936, Scotland, p/d)
Paul Conneally, (born 1959, England, p)
Jim Connell (1852–1929, Ireland/England, p)
Charlie Connelly (born 1970, England, nf)
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974, England, nf)
Joseph Connolly (born 1950, f/nf)
Sally Connolly (born 1976, England/US, nf)
Tony Connor (born 1930, England, p/d)
Conon de Béthune (born pre-1160, France, p)
Benoît Conort (born 1956, France, p/nf)
Robert Conquest (1917–2015, England/US, nf/p)
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924, Poland/UK, f/nf)
Lauren Conrad (born 1986, US, f/nf)
Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883, French E/Belgium, f)
Consort Ban (班婕妤, c. 48–2 BCE), China, p/nf), in Chinese Pan Chieh-yü
Henry Constable (1562–1613, England/Low Countries, p)
Benjamin Constant (1767–1830, Switzerland/France, nf)
Constantine of Kostenets (c. 1380 – post-1431, Bulgaria/Serbia, nf)
Constantine of Preslav (fl. 9th–10th c., Moravia/Bulgaria, nf)
David Constantine (born 1944, England, p/f)
Susannah Constantine (born 1962, England, nf)
Haroldo Conti (1925 – c. 1976, Argentina, f)
William Farquhar Conton (1925–2003, Gambia/Sierra Leone, nf/f)
Hilma Contreras (1913–2006, Dominican Rep., f)
Damian Conway (born 1964, Australia, nf)
Elsie Conway (1902–1992, England, nf)
Hugh Conway (1847–1885, England/France, f), pseudonym of Frederick John Fargus
Robert Seymour Conway (1864–1933, England, nf)
Catherine Conybeare (born 1966, England/US, nf)
John Conybeare (1692–1755, England, nf)
John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824, England, nf)
William Conybeare (1787–1857, England, nf)
William Conybeare (1815–1857, England, nf/f)
David Cook (1940–2015, England, d/f)
Edward Dutton Cook (1829–1883, England, nf/d/f)
Eliza Cook (1818–1889, England, nf)
Glen Cook (born 1944, US, f)
Hugh Cook (1956–2008, N Zealand, f)
James Cook (1728–1779, England, nf)
Judith Cook (1933–2004, England, nf/f)
Pam Cook (born 1943, England, nf)
Robin Cook (1946–2005, Scotland/England, nf)
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930–2023, US, nf/p/f)
Dorian Cooke (1916–2005, England, p)
James Francis Cooke (1875–1960, US, nf)
Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953, N Zealand, p)
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914, England, nf)
Thomas Cooke (1703–1756, England, nf)
Catherine Cookson (1906–1998, England, f)
William Cookson (1939–2003, England, p/nf)
Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928, US, p/nf)
Antoon Coolen (1897–1961, Netherlands, f)
Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US, p/nf)
Susan Coolidge (1835–1905, US, ch), pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
William Henry Coombes (1767–1850, England, nf)
Barbara Cooney (1917–2000, US, ch)
Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947, US, f)
Artemis Cooper (born 1953, England, nf)
Carolyn Cooper (born 1950, Jamaica, nf)
Dennis Cooper (born 1953, US, f/nf/p)
Duff Cooper (1890–1954, England, nf)
Glenn Cooper (born 1953, US, f)
Helen Cooper (born 1947, England, nf)
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851, US, f)
Jilly Cooper (born 1937, England, nf/f)
Lettice Cooper (1897–1994, England, f/nf)
Susan Cooper (born 1935, England, f/nf/d)
Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, England, p/f/nf)
William Cooper (1910–2002, England, f), pseudonym of H. S. Hof
Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1854–1914, England, nf)
Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873, England, nf)
Wendy Cope (born 1945, England, p/ch)
Lori Copeland (living, US, nf)
Lorraine Copeland (1921–2013, Scotland/France, nf)
Copi (1939–1987, Argentina/France, f/d), pseudonym of Raúl Damonte Botana
Branko Ćopić (1915–1984, Yugoslavia, ch/f)
Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547, England, p/nf)
Frederick Copleston (1907–1994, England, nf)
Esther Copley (1786–1851, England, nf/ch)
A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, England, p/f)
Abiezer Coppe (1619–1672, England, nf)
François Coppée (1842–1908, France, p/f)
Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931, Belgium, f/p/nf)
Sue Copsey (born 1960, N Zealand, ch)
Julia Copus (born 1969, England, nf/p/ch)
Cora Coralina (1889–1985, Brazil, p/ch), pseudonym of Anna Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas
Judy Corbalis (living, N Zealand, f)
Denys Corbet (1826–1909, Guernsey, p)
Richard Corbet (1582–1635, England, nf/p)
Jim Corbett (1875–1955, England, nf)
Julian Corbett (1854–1922, England, nf)
Susannah Corbett (born 1968, England, ch)
Tristan Corbière (1845–1875, France, p)
Michael Cordy (living, Ghana/England, f)
Marie Corelli (1855–1924, England, f), pseudonym of Mary Mackay
Alan Coren (1938–2007, England, nf)
Giles Coren (born 1969, England, nf/f)
Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958, Canada, f/nf)
Peter Corey (1946—2019, England, ch)
Corinna (unknown late BCE dates, Ancient Greece, p)
Hilary Corke (1921–2001, England, p)
William Corlett (1938–2005, England, ch)
Cid Corman (1924–2004, US, p)
Robert Cormier (1925–2000, US, f/ch)
Alfred Corn (born 1943, US, p/nf)
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France, d)
Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France, nf/d)
Adam Cornford (born 1950, England/US, p/nf)
F. M. Cornford (1874–1943, England, nf)
Frances Cornford (1886–1960, England, p)
John Cornford (1915–1936, England, p)
Cornificia (c. 85 – 40 BCE, Ancient Greece, p/nf)
Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England, nf)
Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659, England, nf)
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944, England, f)
Patricia Cornwell (born 1956, US, f)
William Cornysh (1465–1523, England, d/p)
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978, Ecuador, d/f)
Svetozar Ćorović (1875–1919, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f)
Maggy Corrêa (living, Rwanda/Switzerland, nf/f)
Hélia Correia (born 1949, Portugal, f/d/p)
Gaspar Correia (1492 – c. 1553, Portugal/Goa, nf)
Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal, p/nf)
Joe Corrie (1894–1968, Scotland, p/d)
Felicitas Corrigan (1908–2003, England, nf)
Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US, p)
Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014, Netherlands, f/nf)
Julio Cortázar (1914–1984, Argentina/France, f/nf)
Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969, Nicaragua, p)
Jayne Cortez (1934–2012, US, p)
Annie Sophie Cory (1868–1952, England, f)
William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, England, p)
Thomas Coryat (c. 1577–1617, England, nf)
George Coșbuc (1866–1918, Romania, p/nf)
Bora Ćosić (born 1932, Yugoslavia/Germany, f/nf)
Branimir Ćosić (1903–1934, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f)
Dobrica Ćosić (1921–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
John Cosin (1594–1672, England, nf)
Cosmas the Priest (fl. c. 10th c., Bulgaria, nf)
Roberto Cossa (born 1934, Argentina, d)
Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928, Ecuador, p/f/nf)
Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789, Brazil, p), pseudonym Glauceste Satúrnio
Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal, f/nf)
Orlando da Costa (1929–2006, Portugal, nf)
Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006, Ecuador, p/nf)
Dudley Costello (1803–1865, Ireland/England, f/nf)
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870, England, nf)
Charles De Coster (1827–1879, Germany/Belgium, f)
Miron Costin (1633–1691, Moldavia, nf/p)
Randle Cotgrave (died 1652, England, nf)
Charles Cotin (1604–1681, France, nf/p)
Côtis-Capel (1915–1986, France, p), pseudonym of Albert Lohier
Aleksandar Čotrić (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861–1949, US, p/d/nf)
Charles Cotterell (1615–1701, England, nf)
Joseph Cottle (1770–1853, England, p/nf)
Charles Cotton (1630–1687, England, p/nf)
John Cotton (1585-1652, England, nf)
Robert Cotton, (1570/1571–1631, England, nf)
Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957, Australia, f)
Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971, N Zealand, f/p)
Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 1959, England, cs/d)
Anna Couani (born 1948, Australia, f/nf/p)
Florent Couao-Zotti (born 1964, Benin, d/f)
Félix Couchoro (1900–1968, Benin/Togo, f)
Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958, England, p/nf)
Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003, Ivory Coast/Dubai, f/ch)
Catherine Coulter (born 1942, US, f)
Stephen Coulter (1914 – unknown date of death, England, f)
G. G. Coulton (1858–1947, England, nf)
Emily Coungeau (1860–1936, England/Australia, p)
Heather Couper (1949–2020, England, nf)
Louis Couperus (1863–1923, Netherlands, f/p)
Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada, f/nf)
James Courage (1903–1963, N Zealand, f/p)
Dilly Court (born 1940, England, f)
Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France, d/f)
Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012, S Africa/Australia, f)
William John Courthope (1842–1917, England, nf)
Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, Germany, f)
Caroline Courtney (1946–2011, England, f), pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall
Janet E. Courtney (1865–1954, England, nf)
Polly Courtney (born 1979, England, f/nf)
Henry Cousens (1853–1933, Scotland, nf)
Gaston Couté (1880–1911, France, p/nf)
Diogo do Couto (c. 1542–1616, Portugal, nf)
Mia Couto (born 1955, Mozambique, p/f/ch)
Dani Couture (born 1978, Canada, p/f)
Adolfo Couve (1940–1996, Chile, nf)
Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897, England/Australia, f), pseudonym Tasma
David Coventry (born 1969, N Zealand, f)
Francis Coventry (1725–1759, England, p/f)
Myles Coverdale (1488–1569, England, nf)
Watriquet de Couvin (fl. 1319–1329, France, p)
Bruce Coville (born 1950, US, ch)
Noël Coward (1899–1973, England, d/nf)
Winston Cowie (born 1982, N Zealand, f/nf)
Abraham Cowley (1616–1667, England, p/d)
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England, d/p)
Joy Cowley (born 1936, N Zealand, ch)
Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US, nf/p)
Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, England, f/p/nf)
E. E. Cowper (1859–1933, England, ch)
Frank Cowper (1849–1930, England, ch/f/nf)
William Cowper (1731–1800, England, p/nf)
Josephine Cox (1938–2020, England, f)
Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012, US, nf)
Sean Covey (born 1964, US, nf)
Frances Cowen (1915–1992, England, f/ch)
William Cowper (1731–1800, England, p)
Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893–1971, England, f)
Palmer Cox (1840–1924, Canada, ch)
William Coxe (1748–1828, England, nf)
Edward Coxere (1633–1694, England, nf)
John Coy (born 1958, US, ch)
Peter Coyote (born 1941, US, nf)

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Cr–Cs

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George Crabbe (1754–1832, England, p)
Jim Crace (born 1946, England, f)
Hubert Crackanthorpe (1870–1896, England, nf/f)
Fanny Cradock (1909–1994, England, nf)
Nicholas Crafts (born 1949, England, nf)
Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930, US, nf)
Albert Craig (1849–1909, England, p)
Amanda Craig (born 1959, S Africa/England, f/nf)
Barbara Craig (1915–2005, India/England, nf)
Joe Craig (born 1981, England, ch)
Dinah Craik (1826–1887, England, f/p), born Dinah Maria Mulock
Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, Scotland/England, p/f)
Robert Crais (born 1953, US, f)
Hart Crane (1899–1932, US, p)
Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US, p/f)
Edward Crankshaw (1909–1984, England, nf)
Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649, England/Italy, p)
Gheorghe Crăciun (1950–2007, Romania, f)
Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851–1902, US, nf)
José Craveirinha (1922–2003, Mozambique, f/nf/p)
Elizabeth Craven (1750–1828, England, nf), born Lady Elizabeth Berkeley
Rachael Craw (living, N Zealand, f)
Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909, US/Italy, f/nf/d)
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, Ireland/Canada, p)
Max Crawford (1938–2010, US, f)
O. G. S. Crawford (1886–1957, India/England, nf)
Robert Crawford (1868–1930, Australia, p)
Helen Crawfurd (1877–1954, Scotland, nf)
Ion Creangă (1837–1889, Moldavia/Romania, f/nf/ch)
John Creasey (1908–1973, England, f)
Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812–1878, England, nf)
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777, France, f)
Sharon Creech (born 1945, US, ch)
Thomas Creech (1659–1700, England, nf)
Robert Creeley (1926–2005, US, p)
Thomas Creevey (1768–1838, England, nf)
Jane Tapsubei Creider (born 1940s, Kenya/Canada, f/nf)
Mandell Creighton (1843–1901, England, nf)
Octave Crémazie (1827–1879, Canada/France, p)
Dave Crenshaw (born 1975, US, nf)
Jean-Paul Crespelle (1910–1994, France, nf)
Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, England, p)
Luis Cordero Crespo (1833–1912, Ecuador, p)
Douglas Cresswell (1894–1960, N Zealand, nf)
Helen Cresswell (1934–2005, England, ch)
Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941, Wales/US, f)
K. A. C. Creswell (1879–1974, England, nf)
Helen Cresswell (1934–2005, England, d/ch)
Nicholas Cresswell (1750–1804, England, nf)
Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, N Zealand, p/nf)
Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886, US, p/f)
René Crevel (1900–1935, France, f)
Isaac Crewdson (1780–1844, England, nf)
Michael Crichton (1942–2008, US, f)
Bernard Crick (1929–2008, England, nf)
Michael Crick (born 1958, England, nf)
Martin Crimp (born 1956, England, d)
Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952, England/S Rhodesia, nf/f/p)
Louise Crisp (born 1957, Australia, p)
Quentin Crisp (1908–1999, England, nf)
Samuel Crisp (1707–1783, England, d)
Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Ireland/Australia, p/f)
Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, England, p)
Millie Criswell (born 1948, US, f)
Branislav Crnčević (1933–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/ch)
Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, p/f/nf)
Herbert Croft (1603–1691, England, nf)
Herbert Croft (1751–1816, England, f/nf)
Julian Croft (born 1941, Australia, p/nf)
Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903–1979, England, f/nf)
Andrew Crofts (born 1953, England, nf)
Alison Croggon (born 1962), S Africa/Australia, p/d/f)
Bithia Mary Croker (1848 or 1849–1920, Ireland, f)
Marianne Croker (1791–1854, England, nf)
Thomas Crofton Croker (1798–1854, Ireland, nf)
Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831–2012, England, p/nf)
Richmal Crompton (1890–1969, England, ch)
Rosemary Crompton (1942–2011, England, nf)
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland/Switzerland, f)
Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, S Africa, p/nf)Patrick Cullinan
Michael Cronin (born 1942, England, ch/d)
M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, Australia, p)
Vincent Cronin (1924–2011, England, nf)
Compton N. Crook (1908–1981, US, f), pseudonym, Stephen Tall
Judy Croome (born 1958, S Africa, f/p)
Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (born 1941, Germany, nf/f)
Charles Cros (1842–1888, France, p/nf)
Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England, f/p/nf)
A. F. Cross (1863–1940, England, p/d/nf)
Elsa Cross (born 1946, Mexico, p/nf)
Gillian Cross (born 1945, England, ch)
Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia, p/f)
Sarah Crossan (living, Ireland, ch)
Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941, England, ch/p)
Blake Crouch (born 1978, US, f)
Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750, Switzerland, nf)
Catherine Crowe (1803–1876, England, f/d/ch)
William Crowe, 1745–1879, England, p/nf)
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, England, p/f)
Robert Crowley (c. 1517–1588, England/Germany, p/nf)
John Crowne (1641–1712, England, d)
Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. 1809–1891, Sierra Leone/Nigeria, nf)
Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, England, p)
Alexander Cruden (1699–1770, Scotland, nf)
Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, Scotland, p)
Andrew Crumey (born 1961, Scotland, f/nf)
Barry Crump (1935–1996, N Zealand, f)
Paul J. Crutzen (1933–2021, Netherlands, nf)
Arturo Cruz Jr. (born 1953, Nicaragua, nf)
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695, Mexico, nf/p)
Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (born 1960, Portugal, p)
Viriato da Cruz (1928–1973, Angola/China, p)
György Csanády (1895–1952, Hungary, p/nf)
Géza Csáth (1887–1919, Hungary, f/nf/d), pseudonym of József Brenner
Gergely Csiky (1842–1891, Hungary, d)
Gabriella Csire (born 1938, Romania, ch)
Mihály Csokonai (1783–1805, Austria-Hungary, p/d), full name Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
Sándor Csoóri (1930–2016, Hungary, nf/p)

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Cu–Cz

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José de la Cuadra (1903–1941, Ecuador, f)
Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002, Nicaragua, nf/p)
J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996, England, nf)
Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918, England, f)
Pender Hodge Cudlip (1835–1911, England, nf)
Alonso Cueto (born 1954, Peru, f/nf)
Tone Čufar (1905–1942, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d), Holocaust victim
Ottobah Cugoano (c. 1757 – post-1791, Gold Coast/England, nf)
Cui Hao (崔顥, c. 704 – c. 754, China, p)
Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, US, f/nf/p)
Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, US, nf)
Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991, Romania/US, nf/f)
Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
Nicholas J. Cull (born 1964, US, nf)
Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US, p/f/ch)
Jonathan Culler (born 1944, US/England, nf)
Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, S Africa, p/nf)
Majella Cullinane (living, N Zealand, p/f)
John Cullum (1733–1785, England, nf)
Ridgwell Cullum (1867–1943, England, f)
Chris Culver (living, US, f)
Nathaniel Culverwell (1619–1651, England, nf)
Necati Cumalı (1921–2001, Turkey, f/nf/p)
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England, nf)
Richard Cumberland (1631/1632–1718, England, nf)
Richard Cumberland (1731/1732–1811, England, d/f)
E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US, p/nf/d)
Nancy Cunard (1896–1965, England, p/nf)
Joseph Cundall (1818–1895, England, ch)
Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, France/Switzerland, f/d)
Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909, Brazil, nf)
Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005, Portugal, nf)
John Cunliffe (1933–2018, ch)
Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, Scotland, p/f/nf)
Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909, Scotland, nf)
J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US, p/nf)
Timothy Cunningham (died 1789, England, nf)
Maud Cunnington (1869–1951, Wales/England, nf/ch)
Will Cuppy (1884–1949, US, nf)
Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland, nf)
Milan Ćurčin (1880–1960, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Australia, f/nf)
Allen Curnow (1911–2001, N Zealand, p/nf)
Roland Curram (born 1932, England, f)
Margaret Curran (1887–1962, Australia, p/nf)
R. N. Currey (1907–2001, S Africa/England, p)
Katy Currie (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
Jane Louise Curry (born 1932, US, ch/f)
Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953, US, ch)
Lionel Curtis (1872–1955, England, nf)
William Curtis (1746–1799, England, nf)
Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, nf)
James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927, US, f/nf)
Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia, d/f/nf)
Karen Cushman (born 1941, US, f)
Clive Cussler (1931–2020, US, f)
Harry Cust (1861–1917, England, p/nf)
Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920, US, nf)
Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England, f)
James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, Scotland/Australia, p)
Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, Scotland/England, p/nf)
Judith Cutler (born 1946, England, f)
John Cutts (1661–1707, England, nf)
Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870, Ottoman E, p)
Agustín Cuzzani (1824–1887, Argentina, d)
Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Australia, p)
Józef Czechowicz (1903–1939, Poland, p/d)
Renato Cirell Czerna (1922–2005, Brazil, nf)
Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
Gergely Czuczor (1800–1866, Austrian E/Hungary, p)
Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888, Poland, nf)
Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945, Poland, nf/p/d)

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