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Chris van Wyk

Chris van Wyk, born Christopher van Wyk (1957–2014), was a South African poet, editor, and children's writer from Soweto, best known for the poem "In Detention" and the memoir Shirley, Goodness and Mercy.

Chris Vance (actor)

Chris Vance (George Christopher Vance, born 1971, Paddington, London) is an English actor, former civil engineer, known for James Whistler in Prison Break, Jack Gallagher in Mental, and Frank Martin in Transporter: The Series.

Chris Wedge

Chris Wedge is an American animator and director who co-founded Blue Sky Studios, won an Oscar for Bunny, directed Ice Age, Robots, and Epic, and voices Scrat.

Chris Weitz

Chris Weitz (born 1969, New York) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter: co-director of American Pie and About a Boy (Oscar-nominated screenplay), director of The Golden Compass, New Moon, and A Better Life, co-writer of Rogue One and The Creator, creator of Murderbot (2025).

Chris Wolstenholme

Chris Wolstenholme (born 1978, Rotherham) is the English bassist and backing vocalist of Muse, known for distorted, melodic basslines like Hysteria, his 2009 sobriety, the songs Save Me and Liquid State, and his Chromes side project.

Chris Wood (actor)

Chris Wood (Christopher Charles Wood, born 1988, Dublin, Ohio) is the American actor known as Kai Parker on The Vampire Diaries, Mon-El on Supergirl, Jake in Containment, He-Man's voice, and Melissa Benoist's husband; distinct from the Canadian actor Chris Wood born 1984.

Chris Zylka

Chris Zylka (born 1985, Chris Settlemire) is an American actor from Warren, Ohio, known for Jake Armstrong in The Secret Circle, Flash Thompson in The Amazing Spider-Man, and Tom Garvey in HBO's The Leftovers.

Chrisann Brennan

Chrisann Brennan, American artist and writer, Steve Jobs's first long-time girlfriend and mother of Lisa Brennan-Jobs; author of the 2013 memoir The Bite in the Apple.

Chrisean Rock

Chrisean Rock, born Chrisean Eugenia Malone (2000, West Baltimore), is an American rapper and reality TV personality known for Blue Girls Club, Zeus Network's Baddies, Blueface & Chrisean: Crazy in Love, and the Lil Mabu chart single Mr. Take Ya Bitch.

Chrisette Michele

Chrisette Michele, born Chrisette Michele Payne in 1982, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter from Long Island, New York, known for the Grammy-winning "Be OK," the number-one album Epiphany (2009), and the career damage after her 2017 Trump inauguration performance.

Chrishell Stause

Chrishell Stause (Terrina Chrishell Stause, born 1981, Draffenville, Kentucky) is an American actress and real estate agent known for Amanda Dillon on All My Children, Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives, and Netflix's Selling Sunset (2019–2025).

Chrisley Knows Best

Chrisley Knows Best: USA Network reality series (2014-2023, 10 seasons, 204 episodes) following wealthy Georgia real estate developer Todd Chrisley's family; ended after the stars' 2022 fraud convictions and 2025 pardons.

ChrisMD

ChrisMD is Christopher Michael Dixon (born 1996), a Jersey-born YouTuber known for football challenges, FIFA pack openings, and the Ultimate Sunday League Footballer series; over 6 million subscribers, most-subscribed Jersey YouTuber.

Chrissie Fit

Chrissie Fit (born 1984, Miami) is a Cuban-American actress, writer, and singer known as Flo in Pitch Perfect 2 & 3, CheeChee in Teen Beach Movie, Melanie on Nora From Queens, and voice roles on Milo Murphy's Law and Elena of Avalor.

Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde (born 1951, Akron, Ohio) is the American singer-songwriter and guitarist who founded the Pretenders, their only continuous member, inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005, known for Brass in Pocket and Duets Special (2025).

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett (Christina Joy Amphlett, 1959-2013), Australian rock singer, lead singer of the Divinyls, known for "I Touch Myself" (1991, No. 1 Australia, No. 4 US), her school uniform stage persona, ARIA Hall of Fame induction in 2006, and the posthumous 2026 EP Some Times.

Chrissy Costanza

Chrissy Costanza, born Christina Nicola Roberts, is an American singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of the pop-rock band Against The Current, formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 2011.

Chrissy Metz

Chrissy Metz (Christine Michelle Metz), American actress born 1980 in Homestead, Florida; known for Kate Pearson on This Is Us, Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations, Broadway debut as Angélique in & Juliet (2026), and The Hunting Wives.

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy Teigen (Christine Diane Teigen), American model, TV personality, and cookbook author born 1985 in Delta, Utah; SI Swimsuit Rookie of the Year 2010, 2014 and 2024 cover model, wife of John Legend, author of Cravings.

Christ and Saint Thomas (Verrocchio)

Christ and St. Thomas, also known as the Incredulità di San Tommaso, is a bronze group by Andrea del Verrocchio, made between 1467 and 1483 for Orsanmichele in Florence.

Christ Illusion

Christ Illusion is Slayer's ninth studio album (2006, American Recordings/Warner), the first since 2001 and the first with the original King, Araya, Hanneman, Lombardo lineup since 1990, peaking at No. 5 on Billboard and winning a Best Metal Performance Grammy.

Christ of Esquipulas

The Christ of Esquipulas, also called the Cristo Negro or Black Christ, is a dark wooden crucifix carved by Quirio Cataño in 1594, venerated in eastern Guatemala.

Christ of Saint John of the Cross

Christ of Saint John of the Cross is Salvador Dalí's 1951 oil painting of an unmarked Christ seen from above over Port Lligat, based on a drawing by the Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross; it hangs in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, bought in 1952 for £8,200.

Christ Pantocrator (Χριστὸς Παντοκράτωρ) (Sinai)

The Sinai Christ Pantocrator (Χριστὸς Παντοκράτωρ) is a 6th-century encaustic icon, 84 x 45.5 cm, at St Catherine's Monastery, the oldest known example of the type, revealed by 1962 cleaning after overpainting, famous for its asymmetric face.

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) is Carlo Levi's 1945 memoir of his 1935 Fascist-era confino in Lucania, southern Italy; adapted by Francesco Rosi into a 1979 film in 150-minute theatrical and four-part television versions.

Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) is the 30-meter Art Deco statue of Jesus on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, inaugurated 12 October 1931, designed by Heitor da Silva Costa with Paul Landowski, clad in soapstone mosaic, funded by Brazilian donations, and named a New Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf, née Ihlenfeld, was a German novelist and essayist, one of the most important authors of East Germany, known for Divided Heaven, Christa T., and Cassandra.

Christabel (poem)

Christabel is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's unfinished Gothic narrative poem about the maiden Christabel and the mysterious Geraldine; begun 1797-1800, excluded from Lyrical Ballads, published by John Murray in 1816, influential on Scott's verse form.

Christel Khalil

Christel Khalil (born 1987) is an American actress, since July 2002 Lily Winters on CBS's The Young and the Restless; Daytime Emmy winner 2012, NAACP Image Award 2008, voice of Cornelia Hale in W.I.T.C.H., married to Sam Restagno since 2024.

Christer Kihlman

Christer Kihlman (1930–2021) was a Finland-Swedish author and cultural writer who drew wide attention in the 1960s and 1970s with novels treating alcoholism, bisexuality, and family breakdown.