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Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil (1940-2023), American Brill Building lyricist and wife/partner of Barry Mann; wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "On Broadway", "Somewhere Out There"; Songwriters and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Cynthy Wu

Cynthy Wu (born 1998) is an American actress of Vietnamese and Chinese descent known as Kelly Baldwin on For All Mankind and for roles in Before I Fall, Kong: Skull Island, The Happytime Murders, and Holidate.

Cypher (Marvel Comics)

Cypher (Douglas Aaron Ramsey) is a Marvel Comics mutant, a New Mutants member created in 1984 whose omnilingualism lets him understand any language; killed in New Mutants #60, resurrected, and now the villain Revelation in Age of Revelation.

Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 by B-Real, Sen Dog, and DJ Muggs. They were the first Latino-American group to achieve platinum success.

Cypress Trees

Cypress Trees (檜図屏風, Hinoki-zu byōbu) is a pair of four-fold folding screens painted by the Japanese artist Kanō Eitoku around 1590, designated a National Treasure of Japan.

Cypria

The Cypria (Greek Κύπρια) was a lost ancient Greek epic poem telling the causes of the Trojan War and the war's first nine years, ending where the Iliad begins.

Cyprian Ekwensi

Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007) was a Nigerian novelist, pharmacist, and broadcaster who wrote about urban life, best known for People of the City (1954) and Jagua Nana (1961).

Cyprian Kamil Norwid

Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821–1883) was a Polish poet, playwright, and visual artist often regarded as the last great Polish Romantic poet; ignored in his lifetime, he was rediscovered during the Young Poland period.

Cyrano (film)

Cyrano is a 2021 musical romance film directed by Joe Wright, adapted by Erica Schmidt from her stage musical based on Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), French free-thinking writer and soldier, author of L'Autre monde (Moon 1657, Sun 1662), early science fiction; subject of Rostand's 1897 play.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) is Jean-Paul Rappeneau's French film adaptation of Rostand's 1897 verse play, starring Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez, and Jacques Weber; it won 10 Césars and an Oscar for costume design.

Cyrano de Bergerac (play)

Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's five-act verse comédie héroïque premiered 28 December 1897 at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, adapts the 1619–1655 libertine writer into the nose-proud hero who ghost-writes Christian's love letters to Roxane.

Cyrene (Honkai: Star Rail)

Cyrene is a 5-star Ice, Path of Remembrance support character in Honkai: Star Rail, released November 5, 2025 in Version 3.7. Known for Recollection-point Ultimate (24 then 12), memosprite Demiurge, and unique buffs for each of the 12 Chrysos Heirs.

Cyriel Buysse

Cyriel Buysse (1859–1932) was a Flemish novelist and playwright who introduced French naturalism into Dutch-language literature, writing starkly realistic novels like Het gezin Van Paemel about the poor Flemish countryside.

Cyril (DJ)

Cyril (Cyril Riley, born 1997), Australian DJ and producer; breakthrough 2023 deep house remake "Stumblin' In"; known for house remixes of pop classics, Spinnin' Records signing, and ARIA awards.

Cyril Connolly

Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), English critic and editor of Horizon (1939–1949), author of Enemies of Promise (1938), The Rock Pool (1936), and The Unquiet Grave (1944).

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack, full name Cyril James Cusack, was an Irish actor born in South Africa in 1910 who ran his own touring company and appeared in about ninety films.

Cyril M. Kornbluth

Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923-1958), American science fiction author and Futurian; wrote "The Little Black Bag," "The Marching Morons," and The Space Merchants with Frederik Pohl; 1973 Hugo for "The Meeting."

Cyril Tourneur

Cyril Tourneur (c. 1575 – 1626) was an English Jacobean poet and dramatist known for The Atheist's Tragedy (1611); The Revenger's Tragedy is now usually credited to Thomas Middleton.

Cyrinda Foxe

Cyrinda Foxe (Kathleen Victoria Hetzekian, 1952–2002) was an American actress, model, Warhol superstar in Pork and Bad, wife of David Johansen then Steven Tyler, and author of Dream On.

Cyrus Broacha

Cyrus Broacha, Indian TV anchor, comedian, and podcaster known for MTV Bakra, The Week That Wasn't, and the long-running Cyrus Says podcast; MTV VJ, author, Bigg Boss OTT 2 contestant.

Cytherea (actress)

Cytherea (born 1981) is an American pornographic actress and model known for squirting on camera, the Elegant Angel Squirtwoman series, and winning the 2005 AVN Best New Starlet Award over Teagan Presley.

Cyttorak

Cyttorak, a Marvel Comics extradimensional dark god ruling the timeless Crimson Cosmos, empowers the Juggernaut via the Crimson Gem and fuels Doctor Strange's Crimson Bands spell; one of the eight Octessence entities.

CZ12

CZ12 (Chinese Zodiac, 十二生肖) is Jackie Chan's 2012 action comedy, his 101st film, about recovering bronze zodiac heads looted from the Old Summer Palace; it won Hong Kong Film and Golden Horse Best Action Choreography and set two Guinness records.

Czech absurd drama

Czech absurd drama (české absurdní drama) is the Czech branch of the theater of the absurd, in which Václav Havel's plays ground absurdity in bureaucratic language and totalitarian power.

Czech Cubism

Czech Cubism (český kubismus) was the distinctive adaptation of cubism in Bohemia between roughly 1910 and 1925, the only place where cubism produced architecture, led by Pavel Janák and Josef Gočár.

Czech cuisine

Czech cuisine (česká kuchyně): Central European cooking built on pork, flour, root vegetables, cabbage and cream, known for svíčková with bread dumplings (knedlíky), thick sauces, sweet main dishes, regional specialties like Wallachian frgál and Třeboň carp, and a first national Michelin Guide in 2025.

Czech Decadence

Czech Decadence was the Czech literary and artistic current of the 1890s and early 1900s, centered on the Prague monthly Moderní revue and embracing artifice and beauty over morality.

Czech surrealism

Czech surrealism is the branch of the international surrealist movement that developed in Czechoslovakia from 1934, when poet Vítězslav Nezval founded the Surrealist Group in Prague, active to this day.

Czesław Miłosz

Czesław Miłosz, a Polish poet, essayist, and 1980 Nobel laureate, fled communist Poland after World War II and lived until his death in Kraków in 2004.