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Coningsby

Coningsby, or, The New Generation, is an 1844 political novel by Benjamin Disraeli, traditionally seen as the first political novel in English and the first of his Young England trilogy.

Conjunction Junction

Conjunction Junction is a 1973 Schoolhouse Rock! Grammar Rock song by Bob Dorough, sung by Jack Sheldon, teaching the conjunctions and, but, and or through a railroad metaphor; first aired November 17, 1973 on ABC.

Conjurer

Conjurer is an English sludge, doom, and post-metal band from Rugby, Warwickshire, formed in 2014, whose acclaimed 2018 debut album Mire was followed by Unself in 2025.

Conjuring Kannappan

Conjuring Kannappan (கான்ஜூரிங் கண்ணப்பன்), 2023 Tamil horror comedy directed by debutant Selvin Raj Xavier, AGS Entertainment, starring Sathish and Regina Cassandra; cursed dreamcatcher traps a family in a deadly dream world, released 8 December 2023, streams on Netflix.

Cönk

A cönk is an Ottoman and Turkish manuscript notebook, oblong and bound along its narrow edge, holding chiefly minstrel folk poetry. The oldest date to the 15th century.

Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill (Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill, born 1964, Ballycastle, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish stage and screen actor, Olivier Award winner and two-time Tony nominee, best known as Lord Varys in Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and for Stones in His Pockets.

Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden (born 1971) is a British historical novelist, author of the Emperor series on Julius Caesar, the Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, the Wars of the Roses and Nero trilogies, and The Dangerous Book for Boys with brother Hal.

Connect (커넥트)

Connect (커넥트, Keonekteu) is a 2022 Disney+ Korean sci-fi horror series directed by Takashi Miike, adapted from Shin Dae-sung's webtoon, starring Jung Hae-in as an immortal whose stolen eye links him to a serial killer.

Connected (保持通话)

Connected (保持通话) is a 2008 Hong Kong action thriller by Benny Chan, the first officially Hollywood-licensed Chinese-language remake, adapting Cellular; Louis Koo and Barbie Hsu star, with Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Award editing wins.

Connection (커넥션) (TV series)

Connection (커넥션) is a 2024 SBS Friday-Saturday Korean crime thriller starring Ji Sung as narcotics detective Jang Jae-kyung, forcibly addicted to a drug while investigating a friend's death; written by Lee Hyun, it rose from 5.7% to a 14.2% Nielsen Korea series high.

Conner O'Malley

Conner O'Malley, American comedian and YouTuber born 1986 in Des Plaines, Illinois, known for Vine-era character videos, the Stand Up Solutions special, Joe Pera Talks with You, and I Think You Should Leave roles.

Connie Booth

Connie Booth (Constance Booth) is an American actress and writer, born in 1940, who co-wrote the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers with John Cleese, her husband from 1968 to 1978, and played Polly.

Connie Britton

Connie Britton (born Constance Elaine Womack, 1967) is an American actress, five-time Emmy nominee, known for Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights, Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story, Rayna Jaymes in Nashville, and Nicole Mossbacher in The White Lotus, plus UNDP advocacy work.

Connie Converse

Connie Converse (Elizabeth Eaton Converse, 1924–disappeared 1974), American singer-songwriter of 1950s New York, an early pioneer of the singer-songwriter genre who vanished in 1974 and was rediscovered via a 2004 WNYC broadcast.

Connie Corleone

Connie Corleone (Constanzia Corleone) is Vito Corleone's only daughter in Puzo's The Godfather and its films, played by Talia Shire; she marries the abusive Carlo Rizzi and becomes a ruthless Corleone figure in Part III.

Connie Ferguson

Connie Ferguson (Constance Masilo, born 1970) is a South African actress and producer, famous as Karabo Moroka on Generations (1994–2010), founder of Ferguson Films, and star of The Queen and Kings of Jo'burg.

Connie Francis

Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, 1937–2025), American pop singer, first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"; hits "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Pretty Little Baby".

Connie Nielsen

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen, Danish actress born 1965 in Elling, Frederikshavn; breakthrough as Lucilla in Gladiator (2000), Bodil winner for Brødre, later Gladiator II, Boss, and Hippolyta in DC films.

Connie Palmen

Connie Palmen, born 1955 in Sint Odilienberg, is a Dutch writer and philosopher whose 1991 debut De wetten sold more than 400,000 copies within a year.

Connie Smith

Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador, 1941) is an American country singer and Grand Ole Opry member since 1965 whose 1964 debut single "Once a Day" spent eight weeks at number one; she joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia, 1938), American actress and singer, star of Hawaiian Eye as Cricket Blake, first Warner Bros. Records artist, hit "Sixteen Reasons", Forever Spring cosmetics founder, mother of Joely Fisher.

Connie Talbot

Connie Talbot, British singer born 2000 in the West Midlands, was the six-year-old finalist on Britain's Got Talent 2007 whose debut album Over the Rainbow went gold in the UK and platinum in Asia.

Connoisseur

Connoisseur: an expert judge of quality in art, food, or drink, from French conoistre 'to know' (English 1714). In art history, connoisseurship is stylistic attribution, now combined with provenance and technical analysis.

Connor (Angel)

Connor (Angel) is the son of Angel and Darla in the TV series Angel, also called Connor Reilly, Steven Franklin, and The Destroyer; played by Vincent Kartheiser, raised by Holtz in Quor'toth, sank Angel in the ocean, and had his memories rewritten by Wolfram & Hart.

Connor Finch

Connor Finch (born 1996) is an English actor from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, a Guildhall School graduate known for Street in Everything I Know About Love (2022) and Jack Blunt in Mark Gatiss's Bookish (2025–), plus voice roles in Lies of P.

Connor Franta

Connor Franta (born 1992) is an American YouTuber, author, and entrepreneur from La Crescent, Minnesota; founder of Common Culture and Heard Well, and author of A Work in Progress, Note to Self, and House Fires.

Connor Jessup

Connor Jessup (born 1994) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for Tyler Locke in Netflix's Locke & Key, Ben Mason in Falling Skies, Closet Monster, and American Crime.

Connor MacLeod

Connor MacLeod is the immortal Scottish protagonist of the 1986 film Highlander, played by Christopher Lambert; born in 1518, trained by Ramírez, he won the Prize in 1985 with 262 immortal kills and is being rebooted with Henry Cavill.

Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (born 1990, New York City) is an American actor known as Eric van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl and Declan Porter on Revenge, with film roles in Mystic River, Alexander, and Stake Land.

Connor Ratliff

Connor Ratliff (born 1975, Jefferson City, Missouri) is an American actor-comedian, creator of the Headgum podcast Dead Eyes about his Tom Hanks "dead eyes" Band of Brothers firing, and star of The George Lucas Talk Show.