Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Fearne Cotton
English broadcaster and author
Fearne Cottonis an English broadcaster and author. She began her career in the late 1990s as a children’s television presenter for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. She went on to present various television shows,...

Antony Cotton
English actor
Antony Cotton MBEis an English actor and comedian, known for portraying the role of Sean Tully in Coronation Street, as well as portraying Alexander Perry in the original Queer as Folk series. In 2007...

Stephen Cottrell
Church of England bishop
Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell SCPis a Church of England bishop. Since 9 July 2020, he has been the Archbishop of York and Primate of England; the second-most senior bishop of the church and the most senio...

Nicola Coughlan
Irish actress
Nicola Mary Coughlanis an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2...

Andrew Edward Coulson
Downing Street Director of Communications
Andrew Edward Coulson(born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist. Coulson was the editor of the News of the World from 2003 until his resignation in 2007, following the co...

Craig Counsell
Manager for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB)
Craig John Counsellis an American former professional baseball player and current manager for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers a...

Michael Andrew Coupe
Chairman of Oak Furniture Land
Michael Andrew Coupe(born 26 September 1960), is a British businessman who was the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, parent company of the supermarket chainSainsbury's, from July 2014 until the end of May 2020....

Eliza Coupe
American actress
Eliza Coupe(/ˈkuːp/)[1] is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of th...

David Courtney
Author
David John Courtneywas an English self-proclaimed gangster who became both an author and an actor. Personal life Courtney was born in Bermondsey, London. He went to Adamsrill primary school in Sydenha...

Claire Coutinho
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Claire Coryl Julia Coutinhois a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since August 2023. She previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of St...

Simon Cowell
English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive
Simon Phillip Cowellis an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2...

Dean Cox
Retired footballer
Dean Michael Coxis a retired Australian rules footballer and the current senior coach of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). After winning the Simpson Medal with East Perth in th...

Joanne Cox
British politician
Helen Joanne Coxwas a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until her murder in June 2016. She was a member of the Labour Party. Born in Batley, ...

Geoffrey Cox
Member of Parliament (MP) for Torridge and West Devon
Sir Charles Geoffrey Coxis a British Conservative Party politician and barrister serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Torridge and West Devon since the 2005 general election. Cox worked as a barri...

Nadine Coyle
Irish singer, actress and model
Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyleis an Irish singer, actress and model. In 2002, Coyle was selected as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud, with whom she has been successful in achieving a string of 20...

Michael Craig
British musician and DJ
Michael Emile Craigis a British musician and DJ best known as the bassist of the pop/soul/new wave group Culture Club. Craig started the group Culture Club, which became one of the most successful ban...

Daniel Craig
English actor
Daniel Wroughton Craigis an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale (2006) up to No Ti...

John Craven
English journalist and television presenter
John Raymond Cravenis an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC programmes Newsround, Countryfile and Beat the Brain. Career Craven began his professional life ...

Cynthia Crawford
American model
Cynthia Ann Crawfordis an American model, actress and television personality. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was among the most popular supermodels and a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers and ru...

Rosa Crawford
TUC Policy Officer
Rosa Crawfordis a TUC policy specialist working on trade, migration and Japan.