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Claude Rains
Claude Rains (William Claude Rains, 1889-1967), London-born stage and screen character actor; Hollywood debut as The Invisible Man (1933); Captain Renault in Casablanca; four Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations, no wins.
Claude Simon
Claude Simon (1913–2005) was a French novelist who won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature, associated with the Nouveau Roman and known for La Route des Flandres.
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944, Vannes) is a French musical theatre composer, not the Viennese modernist Arnold Schoenberg. With Alain Boublil he wrote Les Misérables (1980) and Miss Saigon (1989), winning two Tonys and a Grammy.
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (Emilie Claudette Chauchoin, 1903–1996), French-born American actress of Saint-Mandé and New York, Oscar-winning star of It Happened One Night, Midnight, The Palm Beach Story, and Three Came Home.
Claudette Ortiz
Claudette Ortiz (born 1981, Willingboro, NJ) is an American R&B singer, female vocalist of City High ('What Would You Do?', 2001) and a season-one cast member of TV One's R&B Divas: LA.
Claudette Rogers Robinson
Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson, "First Lady of Motown," was an original member and female vocalist of the Miracles, the first group signed to Motown; "Shop Around" was the label's first million-seller, and she was Smokey Robinson's wife.
Claudia Andujar
Claudia Andujar, born in 1931 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and activist known for five decades documenting the Yanomami people of the Amazon.
Claudia Black
Claudia Black (born 1972) is an Australian actress known as Aeryn Sun in Farscape and Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1, and voice of Chloe Frazer and Morrigan; a separate Claudia Black, PhD, is an addiction clinician and author.
Claudia Brücken
Claudia Brücken is a German singer, born in 1963, best known as lead vocalist of the Düsseldorf synth-pop band Propaganda and later the duo Act.
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale (Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale, 1938–2025), Italian actress born in Tunis to Sicilian parents, star of The Leopard, 8½, The Pink Panther and Once Upon a Time in the West; discovered via a 1957 Tunisian beauty contest, died at 87 in Nemours, France.
Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian (born 1965, Glendale, California) is an American actress best known as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, also a video game voice actor, memoirist, and advocate for naltrexone-based addiction treatment.
Claudia Ciesla
Claudia Ciesla is a Polish-German model and actress who established her career in Bollywood, appearing in films like Khiladi 786, while also working as a nutritionist and wellness entrepreneur.
Claudia Gerini
Claudia Gerini (born 1971, Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, and director, star of Viaggi di nozze, Non ti muovere, The Passion of the Christ, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Suburra; David di Donatello winner who debuted as director with Tapirulàn (2022).
Claudia Haro
Claudia Martha Haro, born 1967, is an American former actress known for Casino (1995), New Nightmare (1994), and Gone Fishin' (1997), and ex-wife of Joe Pesci; she was sentenced in 2012 for the attempted murder of Garrett Warren.
Claudia Jennings
Claudia Jennings, stage name of Mary Eileen Chesterton (1949-1979), was an American model and actress, Playboy Playmate of the Month November 1969 and Playmate of the Year 1970, who starred in 1970s drive-in films like The Unholy Rollers and 'Gator Bait before dying in a 1979 Malibu car crash. Not the Mississippi obituary subject of the same name.
Claudia Jessie
Claudia Jessie (Claudia Jessie Peyton), English actress born 1989 in Moseley, Birmingham; plays Eloise Bridgerton in Netflix's Bridgerton since 2020; earlier WPC 56, Vanity Fair, Line of Duty; Buddhist, vegan, no social media.
Claudia Jordan
Claudia Angela Jordan (born 1973) is an American model, actress, and radio/TV host from Providence, Rhode Island, known as a Price Is Right Barker's Beauty, Deal or No Deal's case #1 model, a Celebrity Apprentice and Real Housewives of Atlanta contestant, and host of Fox Soul's Side Dish.
Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan (born 1972, Sydney) is an Australian actress, producer, and co-creator of Love My Way, Spirited, and Bump; AFI and Logie winner, OAM 2023, Chauvel Award 2016.
Claudia Kim
Claudia Kim, born Kim Soo-hyun in Seoul in 1985, is a South Korean actress and model known for roles in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marco Polo, and Fantastic Beasts.
Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty (born 1983, Sydney) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian, daughter of Reg Mombassa. Known for Bertie in Netflix's Love, Mary in Our Flag Means Death, Jillian in Killing It, and her Edinburgh show The Telescope.
Claudia Previn
Claudia Previn (Claudia Previn Stasny), American singer, editor, and writer; elder daughter of André Previn and jazz singer Betty Bennett, based in Julian, California.
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer (born 1970, Rheinberg, West Germany) is a German supermodel discovered in a Düsseldorf disco in 1987, famous for the 1989 Guess campaign, as Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel muse, the 1992 Revlon contract, and 1990s supermodel-era fame.
Claudia Sulewski
Claudia Sulewski (Claudia Sulewski O'Connell), American YouTuber, host, and actress; BeyondBeautyStar creator, first Teen Vogue YouTube host, star of I Love My Dad and Shrinking, founder of Cyklar.
Claudia Wells
Claudia Wells is an American actress who played Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future (1985), replacing Melora Hardin and later replaced by Elisabeth Shue; she left acting for her ill mother, runs Armani Wells, and returned via Still Waters Burn.
Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman, British TV presenter and former travel writer, co-hosted Strictly Come Dancing 2010–2025 and hosts The Traitors UK since 2022, winning a 2023 BAFTA; her 2026 BBC One chat show ran seven episodes before she quit.
Claudian
Claudian (Claudius Claudianus, c. 370 – c. 404) was a Latin poet from Greek-speaking Egypt who served as court poet to the emperor Honorius and his minister Stilicho from 395.
Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger (Claudine Oger, 1941-2019), French actress, first French leading Bond girl as Domino in Thunderball (1965) opposite Sean Connery; later French, Italian, and Spanish films, giallo thrillers, and stage work.
Claudine Barretto
Claudine Barretto (born 1979) is a Filipino film and television actress, "The Optimum Star," known for Mula sa Puso, Marina, Anak, and Milan; a two-time FAMAS Best Actress who moved from ABS-CBN to GMA in 2009 and back in 2015.
Claudine Longet
Claudine Longet (Claudine Georgette Longet, 1942–2026), French-born singer and actress, Andy Williams's first wife; gold-selling 1967 debut Claudine, The Party (1968); convicted of negligent homicide in the 1976 shooting of skier Spider Sabich.
Claudinho & Buchecha
Claudinho & Buchecha were a Brazilian funk carioca duo from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, credited with popularizing funk melody in Brazil in the 1990s.