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Christopher G. Cavoli

Christopher G. Cavoli, also known as Chris Cavoli, is a retired US Army four-star general who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2022 to 2025.

Christopher G. Kennedy

Christopher G. Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, is a Chicago businessman, chairman of Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, former University of Illinois trustees chair (2009-2015), and 2018 Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Christopher G. Musa

Christopher G. Musa, born Christopher Gwabin Musa in 1967 in Kaduna State, is a Nigerian retired army general who served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 to 2025 before becoming Minister of Defence.

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011), British-American journalist, essayist and literary critic; Vanity Fair columnist and author of God Is Not Great; wrote for The Nation until 2002, then broke with the left over the Iraq war and became a leading public atheist debater.

Christopher Hohn

Sir Christopher Hohn is a British hedge fund manager who founded TCI Fund Management in London in 2003, known for concentrated value investing and shareholder activism.

Christopher Jencks

Christopher "Sandy" Jencks (1936–2025) was an American sociologist and social policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School known for research on inequality, education, poverty, and homelessness.

Christopher Jett

Christopher Jett, also known as Christopher C. Jett, is an American mathematics education researcher and professor at the University of West Georgia who studies Black male success in mathematics.

Christopher John Boyce

Christopher John Boyce, American convicted spy nicknamed the Falcon, sold TRW satellite secrets (RHYOLITE, Pyramider) to the USSR via courier Andrew Daulton Lee for about $70,000, escaped Lompoc prison in 1980, was recaptured in 1981, and paroled in 2002.

Christopher Kaczor

Christopher Kaczor (born 1969) is a philosopher and professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, known for work in ethics, bioethics, and the philosophy of religion, especially The Ethics of Abortion.

Christopher LaNeve

General Christopher C. LaNeve, 40th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (since February 2026) and acting Chief of Staff (since April 2026), University of Arizona ROTC 1990, former commander of Eighth Army and the 82nd Airborne Division.

Christopher Lazarus Gust

Christopher Lazarus Gust, known as Chris Gust, is a Chicago-based trader and executive who co-manages the proprietary trading firm Wolverine Trading and founded its hedge fund manager, Wolverine Asset Management.

Christopher Lemons

Christopher J. Lemons is an American special education researcher and Professor of Education at Stanford who studies reading outcomes for children with disabilities, including Down syndrome.

Christopher Luxon

Christopher Luxon is New Zealand's prime minister and National Party leader since November 2023, heading a coalition with ACT and New Zealand First; a former businessman known for tax-cut promises and declining approval polls.

Christopher M. Carr

Christopher M. "Chris" Carr is an American Republican politician who has served as Attorney General of Georgia since 2016, after leading the state's economic development agency.

Christopher Maccabe

Christopher George Maccabe is a retired British civil servant, political director of the Northern Ireland Office from about 2000 to 2008, who worked secretly with paramilitaries on ceasefires.

Christopher Manickam

Christopher Manickam, also known as M. Christopher Tilak, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha since 2026.

Christopher Masto

Christopher Masto is a private equity investor who co-founded FFL Partners, a San Francisco middle-market firm, in 1997, after working at Morgan Stanley and Bain & Company.

Christopher Mellon

Christopher Mellon, also known as Chris Mellon, spent nearly 20 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community before becoming a leading public advocate for government transparency on UAP.

Christopher Merrill

Christopher Merrill (born 1971) is an American investment manager, co-founder and Global CEO of Harrison Street Asset Management, a Chicago firm managing more than $109 billion in real assets.

Christopher Miller

Christopher J. Miller is an American clinical psychologist and implementation scientist at VA CHOIR in Boston, co-director of VA Behavioral Health QUERI, honored with a 2025 PECASE award.

Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport (1561–1617), English privateer and sea captain, commanded the 1607 Jamestown fleet, resupplied the colony, was wrecked on Bermuda in the Sea Venture, and later sailed for the East India Company.

Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University (CNU), public liberal arts university in Newport News, Virginia; founded 1960 as a William & Mary branch, university since 1992; about 4,500 students, sixth president William G. Kelly, NCAA Division III Captains.

Christopher Nixon Cox

Christopher Nixon Cox (born 1979) is an American investor and lawyer, the grandson of President Richard Nixon and chief executive of the private equity firm Lightswitch Capital since 2021.

Christopher O'Neill

Christopher Paul O'Neill, born 1974 in London, is an American-British financier who co-founded the hedge fund Noster Capital and married Princess Madeleine of Sweden in 2013, declining a royal title to keep his business career.

Christopher Paul Neil

Christopher Paul Neil, known as Mr Swirl, is a Canadian former English teacher identified through INTERPOL's first global public appeal and arrested in Thailand in 2007.

Christopher Phelan

Christopher Phelan, born 1963, is an American macroeconomic theorist and Econometric Society Fellow, professor at the University of Minnesota since 2007 and confirmed Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Christopher R. Cooper

Christopher R. Cooper, also known as Christopher Reid Cooper, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia since 2014.

Christopher R. Wolfe

Christopher R. Wolfe, born 1972 in Lubbock, Texas, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas, appointed by President Trump in 2026.

Christopher Ruddy

Christopher Ruddy is the American conservative journalist who founded Newsmax Media in 1998 and holds about 81.5% of its voting stock; formerly a Vincent Foster investigator at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and a Trump confidant.

Christopher Rufo

Christopher F. Rufo, American conservative activist, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, City Journal contributing editor, and filmmaker; architect of the anti-critical race theory campaign behind Executive Order 13950 and a New College of Florida trustee appointed by DeSantis.