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

Brendan Clarke-smith
British Conservative Party politician
Brendan Clarke-Smithis a British Conservative Party politician and former teacher serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office between September and October 2022. He served as Parliamenta...

Jeremy Clarkson
English broadcaster
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarksonis an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes Top Gear and The Grand Tour alo...

Sabrina Claudio
American singer and songwriter
Sabrina Claudiois an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, Confidently Lo...

Jonny Clayton
Welsh professional darts player
Jonny Claytonis a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 7. Nicknamed The Ferret, he won the PDC World Cup of Dar...

Adam Clayton
English-Irish musician
Adam Charles Claytonis an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1...

Christopher Cleanshaw
English television producer
Christopher Clenshawis an English television producer, known for serving as the current executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2022. Life and career Early life and television produc...

Susan Cleaver
English actress
Susan Cleaveris an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which she played from 2000 to 2025. In 2024 Cleaver became a p...

John Cleese
English actor
John Marwood Cleeseis an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a s...

Charlie Clements
English actor
Charlie Clementsis an English actor known for the role of Bradley Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from January 2006 to February 2010. He has won several soap and magazine awards for his perf...

Christopher Clenshaw
English television producer
Christopher "Chris" Clenshawis anEnglish television producer, known for serving as the executive producer of the BBC soap opera EastEnders between 2022 and 2025. EastEnders In July 2015, Clenshaw join...

James Spencer Cleverly
Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
James Spencer Cleverly(born 4 September 1969) is a British Conservative politician and Territorial Army officer who served as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 20...

James Cleverly
British politician
James Spencer Cleverlyis a British politician and Army Reserve officer serving as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2022. He has demonstrated that honest, inte...

ClientEarth
Economy
ClientEarth is an environmental law charity, with offices in London, Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin, Beijing, Madrid and Los Angeles. It was founded in 2008 by J

Kevin Clifton
English professional dancer and actor
Kevin James Cliftonis an English professional dancer and actor who was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing, having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. He has ...

Geoffrey Robert Clifton-brown
Politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for The Cotswolds
Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-BrownFRICS (born 23 March 1953) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for The Cotswolds. He also serves as Vice-President of the Alliance of Euro...

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
67th United States Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, in full Hillary Rodham Clinton, née Hillary Diane Rodham, (born October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator (2001–09) and s...

George Clooney
American actor and filmmaker
George Timothy Clooneyis an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Clooney h...

Amal Clooney
Lebanese-born British barrister
Amal Clooneyis a Lebanese-born British barrister. Notable clients of hers include former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minist...

Closer
Advertising and media
Closer is a British tabloid magazine founded in 2005 and published by Bauer Consumer Media. A French language version followed shortly afterwards, and an American edition began publication in 2013. Cl

Angus Cloud
American actor
Conor Angus Cloud Hickeywas an American actor. He was best known for his role as Fezco in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–2022), and had roles in the films North Hollywood (2021), The Line (2023),...