Founder of the Persian empire.

Knighted and made Baronet in 1660 for his financial support of the Restoration, Sir John Cutler was a grocer, financier, and Member of Parliament.

Late-eighteenth century publisher of a number of guides and grammars to the Italian language.

Ruler of a large area of southeastern Britain prior to the Roman occupation. Cunobelinus became a popular figure in British legend, most famously immortalized by William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, though the play is not an accurate reflection of the events in Cunobelinus' life or career.

Son of George II, called "Butcher" Cumberland for his brutal suppression of Highland Jacobites after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

Though far more known as a playwright, Cumberland did author an occasional novel, including Arundel (1789) and Henry (1795). Two of his early plays are among his best: The Brothers, which debuted in 1769, and The West Indian, first staged in 1771. Other plays of his include The Jew (1794), First Love (1795), and The Wheel of Fortune (1795). Cumberland’s Memoirs were published in 1806 and 1807.

A satirical political cartoonist, Cruikshank was also known for his book illustrations, including for some of Charles Dickens's novels.

English soldier, general, and statesman who led the parliamentary armies against Charles I in the English Civil War and served as the Lord Protector of England, Ireland, and Scotland in the period of the republican commonwealth. While many prominent figures have denounced Cromwell as a dictator, he was a champion of liberty in the eyes of poet John Milton, his private secretary for the Council of State.

Legendary Christian patron saint of shoemakers, glovemakers, lace workers, and leather workers, beheaded on the 25th of October by Roman Emperor Diocletian.

Noted for his dramas on classical subjects rather than the lascivious novels that constitute his son's claim to fame.