Charles Augustus Briggs, American Presbyterian scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian. He was excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church for heresy due to his liberal theology regarding the Bible.
C.A. Kincaid CVO (1870–1954) co-authored with Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, the History of the Maratha People in three volumes. Higher in command requested that the book not be published because of its favorable portrayal of some Indian figures. He was a high court judge in colonial India and a prolific author. He was educated at Sherborne.
Charles Aznavour was a French singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.
Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Charles Barzillai Spahr was an American political economist. Author, newspaper publisher and editor, he was also prominently identified with University Settlement work. He numbered among his intimate friends such people as Carl Schurz, Ernest Howard Crosby, and Henry George.
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who also worked as an essayist, art critic and translator. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhyme and rhythm, containing an exoticism inherited from Romantics, and are based on observations of real life.
