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- C. Dianne MartinAmerican computer scientist
- C. E. K. Mees ObservatoryC. E. K. Mees Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Bristol, New York, owned and o
- C. Everett KoopAmerican pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013)
- C. F. PowellBritish physicist (1903–1969)
- C. H. D. Buys BallotDutch chemist and meteorologist (1817–1890)
- C. T. R. WilsonBritish meteorologist and physicist (1869–1959)
- Cait MacPheeProfessor of Biological Physics
- Caitlin KalinowskiAmerican product designer, mechanical engineer
- CalanusCalanus is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus
- Călărași CountyCălărași (Romanian pronunciation: ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulg
- Caldwell EsselstynAmerican physician (born 1933)
- Caleb BradhamAmerican pharmacist and founder of PepsiCo
- Callippus4th-century BC Greek astronomer and mathematician
- CALOCALO was an artificial intelligence project that attempted to integrate numerous AI techno
- Cambridge Biomedical CampusScience park in Cambridge, UK
- Camilla WedgwoodBritish anthropologist
- Camille JordanFrench mathematician (1838–1922)
- Camille McKayleJamaican-American mathematician
- Camillo GolgiItalian biologist and pathologist (1843–1926)
- Canada EastSubdivision of the Province of Canada (1841–67)
- Cancer researchResearch into causes and treatment of cancer
- Carathéodory functionIn mathematical analysis, a Carathéodory function (or Carathéodory integrand) is a multiva
- Carathéodory's criterionCarathéodory's criterion is a result in measure theory that was formulated by Greek mathem
- Carbohydrate metabolismBiochemical process in living organisms
- Carden WallaceAustralian scientist (born 1970)
- Caresse CrosbySocialite and inventor (1892–1970)
- Carl AkeleyAmerican taxidermist (1864–1926)
- Carl BoschGerman chemist and engineer (1874–1940)
- Carl ChunGerman marine biologist (1852–1914)
- Carl David AndersonAmerican physicist (1905–1991)
- Carl Gustaf MosanderSwedish chemist
- Carl Hellmuth HertzCarl Hellmuth Hertz (also written Carl Helmut Hertz, 15 October 1920 – 29 April 1990) was
- Carl NägeliSwiss botanist (1817–1891)
- Carl von LindeGerman engineer and scientist
- Carl WagnerGerman chemist (1901–1977)
- Carl WiemanAmerican physicist (born 1951)
- Carl Wilhelm ScheeleSwedish German chemist who discovered oxygen (1742–1786)
- Carl Wilhelm SiemensGerman-British electrical engineer (1823–1883)
- Carl WoeseAmerican microbiologist (1928–2012)
- Carla J. ShatzAmerican neuroscientist
- Carla V. RothlinArgentinian immunologist
- Carlo RubbiaItalian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner (born 1934)
- Carlos ChagasBrazilian doctor and scientist (1879–1934)
- Carlton M. CavesCarlton Morris Caves is an American theoretical physicist. He is currently professor emeri
- Carmen AraneguiSpanish archaeologist
- Carnegie Institution for ScienceAmerican non-profit research organization
- Carol Remmer AngleAmerican pediatrician/nephrologist/toxicologist
- Carol RobinsonBritish chemist and professor (born 1956)
- Carol W. GreiderAmerican molecular biologist and Nobel laureate
- Carole C. NoonAmerican primatologist
- Carolina Barillas-MuryMicrobiologist
- Caroline HerzenbergAmerican physicist
- Caroline SeriesEnglish mathematician (born 1951)
- Caroline Still AndersonAmerican physician (1848–1919)
- Caroline TiemessenVirologist and researcher
- Carolus ClusiusArtois doctor and botanist (1526–1609)
- Carolyn BertozziAmerican chemist (born 1966)
- Carolyn ParkerAmerican physicist
- Carolyn PorcoAmerican planetary scientist
- Carothers equationIn step-growth polymerization, the Carothers equation (or Carothers' equation) gives the d
- Carrie DerickCanadian botanist and geneticist
- Carrie WolinetzAmerican biologist
- Cartan–Eilenberg resolutionIn homological algebra, the Cartan–Eilenberg resolution is in a sense, a resolution of a c
- Casimir FunkPolish-American biochemist (1884–1967)
- Caterina ScappiCaterina Scappi (died 20 June 1643) was a rich and well-respected benefactor of the Carmel
- Caterina VitaleFirst female pharmacist and chemist in Malta
- Catharine ConleyAmerican biologist and NASA official
- Catharine GarmanyAstronomer
- Catharine MacfarlaneAmerican obstetrician and gynecologist
- Catherine Anderson (scientist)Canadian scientist
- Catherine D'IgnazioAmerican academic
- Catherine E. de VriesDutch political scientist
- Catherine FeuilletFrench geneticist
- Catherine G. WolfAmerican psychologist and computer scientist
- Catherine KyobutungiUgandan epidemiologist
- Catherine MulliganEnvironmental engineer
- Catherine RaisinBritish geologist (1855–1945)
- Cathleen Synge MorawetzCanadian mathematician (1923–2017)
- Cathy H. WuAmerican computer scientist
- Cécile DeWitt-MoretteFrench mathematician and physicist (1922–2017)
- Cecile Hoover EdwardsAfrican American nutritional researcher
- Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinBritish-American astronomer (1900–1979)
- Celia Mary OakleyBritish cardiologist
- Central City, ColoradoCentral City is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Color
- ChabrisChabris (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.
- Chandrasekhar virial equationsIn astrophysics, the Chandrasekhar virial equations are a hierarchy of moment equations of
- Chandrasekhar–Kendall functionChandrasekhar–Kendall functions are the eigenfunctions of the curl operator derived by Sub
- Chandrasekhar's H-functionIn atmospheric radiation, Chandrasekhar's H-function appears as the solutions of problems
- Chandrasekhar's X- and Y-functionIn atmospheric radiation, Chandrasekhar's X- and Y-function appears as the solutions of pr
- Chang YŏngsilKorean inventor (1390–1442)
- CharakaAncient Indian physician and academic
- Charity Basaza MulengaUgandan electric engineer
- Charles BarklaBritish physicist (1877–1944)
- Charles BellScottish surgeon, anatomist, artist and theologian (1774–1842)
- Charles David KeelingAmerican scientist (1928–2005)
- Charles F. KetteringAmerican inventor, engineer and businessman (1876–1958)
- Charles H. TownesAmerican physicist (1915–2015)
- Charles M. VestCharles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest (September 9, 1941 – December 12, 2013) was an American me
- Charles Messier18th- and 19th-century French astronomer
- Charles Pence SlichterCharles Pence Slichter (January 21, 1924 – February 19, 2018) was an American physicist, b
- Charles R. DrewAmerican surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)
- Charles RichterSeismologist and physicist (1900–1985)
- Charles Royal JohnsonCharles Royal Johnson (born January 28, 1948) is an American mathematician specializing in
- Charles Thomas JacksonAmerican physician and scientist (1805–1880)
- Charles WheatstoneEnglish physicist and inventor (1802–1875)
- Charles-Augustin de CoulombFrench physicist (1736–1806)
- Charles-Édouard GuillaumeSwiss physicist (1861–1938)
- Charlotte Froese FischerCanadian-American applied mathematician and computer scientist
- Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of BuccleuchCharlotte Anne Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, VA (née Thynne
- Charlotte Moore SitterlyCharlotte Emma Moore Sitterly (September 24, 1898 – March 3, 1990) was an American astrono
- Charlotte MurchisonBritish geologist (1788–1869)
- Charlotte ScottBritish mathematician (1858–1931)
- ChaulhacChaulhac is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.
- Chern's conjecture for hypersurfaces in spheresChern's conjecture for hypersurfaces in spheres, unsolved as of 2018, is a conjecture prop
- Cherri M. PancakeEthnographer and computer scientist
- Cheryl PraegerAustralian mathematician
- Chieko AsakawaJapanese computer scientist
- Chika KurodaJapanese chemist (1884–1968)
- Chinese nameChinese names are names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Sino
- Chinese people in BelgiumChinese people in Belgium or Chinese Belgians (simplified Chinese: 比利时华侨; Traditional Chin
- Chinese surnameSurnames used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups
- Chinquapin, North CarolinaChinquapin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located adjace
- Chladni (crater)Chladni is a small lunar impact crater that lies near the northwest edge of Sinus Medii, i
- Christen WormChristen Willumsen Worm (10 June 1672 – 9 October 1737) was a Danish theologian and Bishop
- Christiaan BarnardSouth African cardiac surgeon (1922–2001)
- Christian BorgsChristian Borgs is a German-American computer scientist and mathematical physicist.
- Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardGerman developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize winner (born 1942)
- Christina Lampe-ÖnnerudSwedish chemist
- Christina RomerAmerican economist (born 1958)
- Christine DardenAmerican mathematician, aerospace engineer
- Christine Ladd-FranklinAmerican psychologist and logician (1847 - 1930)
- Christine MaggsBritish phycologist
- Christine PetersonChristine L. Peterson is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute
- Christine PetitChristine Petit (born 4 February 1948) is a French geneticist. She holds professorships at
- Christine ShoemakerChristine A. Shoemaker joined the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering & Managemen
- Christine SiddowayAmerican Antarctic researcher
- Christopher BishopChristopher Michael Bishop (born 7 April 1959) is a British computer scientist. He is a Mi
- Christopher IshamChristopher Isham (; born 28 April 1944), usually cited as Chris J. Isham, is a theoretica
- Christopher PittengerChristopher J. Pittenger (born 1972) is an American psychiatrist and translational neurosc
- Christopher VoigtChristopher Voigt is an American synthetic biologist, molecular biophysicist, and engineer
- ChronophotographyChronophotography is a photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures a numb
- Chung HeesunSouth Korean pharmacologist and forensic scientist
- Church of St John-at-HackneySt John at Hackney is a Grade II* listed Anglican Church in the heart of the London Boroug
- Cicely WilliamsJamaican physician (1893–1992)
- Cindy FarquharPhysician
- Cindy RegalCindy A. Regal is an American experimental physicist most noted for her work in quantum op
- City and Guilds of London InstituteThe City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingd
- Clair du BoulayBritish expert in pathology and medical education
- Clair PattersonAmerican geochemist (1922–1995)
- Claire AdidaFrench political scientist
- Claire E. SterkDutch scientist
- Claire Ellen MaxAstrophysicist
- Claire Kelly SchultzAmerican documentalist
- Claire M. FraserClaire M. Fraser (born 1955) is an American genome scientist and microbiologist who has wo
- Claire VoisinFrench mathematician (born 1962)
- Clara LynchAmerican biologist and cancer researcher
- Clare FellBritish archaeologist
- Clarendon, New YorkClarendon is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,648 a
- Claude Cohen-TannoudjiFrench physicist (born 1933)
- Claude Louis BertholletFrench chemist (1748–1822)
- Claude-Louis NavierFrench engineer and physicist (1785–1836)
- Claudia AlexanderAmerican geophysicist and planetary scientist
- Claudine HermannFrench physicist and academic (1945–2021)
- Claudine RinnerFrench astronomer
- Clausius (crater)Clausius is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southwest part of the Moon, in th
- Clausius–Mossotti relationIn electromagnetism, the Clausius–Mossotti relation, named for O. F. Mossotti and Rudolf C
- Clémence RoyerFrench philosopher and scholar
- Clément AderFrench inventor and engineer (1841–1925)
- Cleopatra the AlchemistGreek alchemist and writer
- Cliff Jones (computer scientist)Clifford "Cliff" B. Jones FREng (born 1 June 1944) is a British computer scientist, specia
- Clifford ShullAmerican physicist (1915–2001)
- Clifton Forge, VirginiaClifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the
- Clinton DavissonAmerican physicist (1881–1958)
- Clyde TombaughAmerican astronomer (1906–1997)
- CNRS Gold MedalThe CNRS Gold Medal is the highest scientific research award in France. It is presented an
- Coalition for Networked InformationThe Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization whose mission is to promo
- Cobble Hill, British ColumbiaCobble Hill is a small community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is loca
- Cohen–Daubechies–Feauveau waveletCohen–Daubechies–Feauveau wavelets are a family of biorthogonal wavelets that was made pop
- Cohen–Sutherland algorithmIn computer graphics, the Cohen–Sutherland algorithm is an algorithm used for line clippin
- Cold Atom LaboratoryThe Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is an experimental instrument on board the ISS, which launc
- Colleen CavanaughAmerican microbiologist
- Colleen KraftAmerican medical researcher
- Collège de FranceHigher education and research establishment in Paris, France
- Columbia Gardens CemeteryThe Columbia Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Ashton Heights Historic Distric
- Commemorations of Benjamin BannekerA United States postage stamp and the names of a number of recreational and cultural facil
- Commentary (philology)In philology, a commentary is a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication usually atta
- Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace IndustryThe Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry (CFUSAI) was formed j
- Compton generatorA Compton generator or Compton tube is an apparatus for experiment to demonstrate the Eart
- Computer (occupation)Person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic calculators
- Computer History MuseumMuseum in Mountain View, California
- Comstock Prize in PhysicsThe Comstock Prize in Physics is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for rec
- Concepción AleixandreSpanish teacher, doctor, inventor, scientist, and writer
- Concord, MassachusettsTown in Massachusetts, United States
- Congressional Gold MedalJoint-highest civilian award in the United States
- Connie Walker (astronomer)American astronomer
- Conrad GessnerSwiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
- Conservator-restorerA conservator-restorer is a professional responsible for the preservation of artistic and
- Constance TipperBritish metallurgist and crystallographer (1894–1995)
- Constance WoodBritish radiotherapist
- Constantin CarathéodoryGreek mathematician (1873–1950)
- Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-DinThe Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din, founded in Constantinople (today Istanbul)
- Consulting firmFirm of experts providing professional assistance
- Copley MedalAward given by the Royal Society of London
- Corey–Nicolaou macrolactonizationCorey–Nicolaou macrolactonization is a named reaction of organic chemistry, for the synthe
- Cornelia BargmannAmerican neurobiologist
- Cornelis DrebbelDutch engineer and inventor (1572–1633)
- Corrado SegreItalian mathematician (1863–1924)
- Council for a Livable WorldCouncil for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit advocacy organization d
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – GhanaThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established by NLC Decree 29
- Coxeter notationIn geometry, Coxeter notation (also Coxeter symbol) is a system of classifying symmetry gr
- Crank of a partitionIn number theory, the crank of an integer partition is a certain number associated with th
- Crawford LongAmerican physician (1815–1878)
- CrevalcoreCrevalcore (Western Bolognese: Crevalcôr) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of
- Criticality (status)State in the operation of a nuclear reactor
- Crystal detectorEarly radio receiver component
- Crystal MackallAmerican physician and immunologist
- Cully, SwitzerlandCully (French pronunciation: ) is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It wa
- CyanometerA cyanometer (from cyan and -meter) is an instrument for measuring "blueness", specificall
- Cynthia A. MaryanoffAmerican chemist
- Cynthia BeallAmerican anthropologist
- Cynthia E. DunbarAmerican hematologist
- Cynthia KenyonUS molecular biologist
- Cynthia WolbergerAmerican structural biologist
- CyperusCyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all contin
- Cyrus McCormickAmerican inventor and businessman (1809–1884)