French stage comedian and film actor (1944–1986)
Coluche
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci, better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist.
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American diplomat and political scientist (born 1954)
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 19th U.S.
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5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
Confucius
Confucius, born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.
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Pope
Constantine
Pope Constantine was the bishop of Rome from 25 March 708 to his death on 9 April 715.
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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres.
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Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
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English writer and poet (1885–1930)
D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter.
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Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961.
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American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)
Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
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