- C. K. WilliamsPulitzer Prize for Poetry
- C. Marian Kohn1884A product of the Progressive Era and conservative Philadelphia German Jewish society, C.…
- C. Ronald Kahn1944Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
- Caco Ciocler1971Brazilian stage and screen actor known for prolific work in film and television including…
- Caio Blinder1957Brazilian journalist and longtime host of the news program 'Manhattan Connection'.
- Calvin Goldscheider1941Demographer specializing in the sociology and demography of Jewry
- Calvin GottliebComputer & information scientist
- Calvin Klein1968Fashion designer, founder of the Calvin Klein brand
- Cameron Boyce1999Beloved young Disney Channel actor of the Descendants films.
- Camille Dreyfus1878Chemist known for cellulose acetate and co-founding Celanese
- Camille Pissarro1874Founding Impressionist painter and mentor to younger Impressionists (a key figure, not…
- Caprice Bourret1996American-British model
- Carl Bamberger1902Orchestra conductor
- Carl Benda1857Cytologist who discovered and named the mitochondria.
- Carl Bender1943Mathematical physicist
- Carl Borchardt1817Analysis and the arithmetic-geometric mean
- Carl DennisPulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Carl Djerassi1923Chemist who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill…
- Carl EngelmanComputer & information scientist
- Carl Flesch1873Violinist and teacher
- Carl Foreman1952Blacklisted screenwriter of High Noon and The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Carl Friedman1952Carl Friedman was a Dutch writer who published several international bestsellers about…
- Carl Icahn1968Activist Investor
- Carl Jacobi1804Mathematician
- Carl KaysenEconomist
- Carl Koller1857Ophthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery.
- Carl Laemmle1912Founded Universal Pictures
- Carl Liebermann1842Organic chemist who helped synthesize the dye alizarin
- Carl Neuberg1877Biochemist often called the father of modern biochemistry for his work on fermentation.
- Carl Pomerance1944Number theory
- Carl Prausnitz1876Immunologist who co-described the Prausnitz-Küstner reaction, foundational to allergy…
- Carl RakosiPoet / lyricist
- Carl Reiner1961American comedian, actor, director and writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Carl Sagan1934Astronomer
- Carl SchorskePulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
- Carl Tausig1841Pianist and composer
- Carl Weigert1845Pathologist who developed key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and…
- Carl Wunsch1941Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean…
- Carla Shatz1947Neuroscientist who showed how neural activity shapes brain wiring during development.
- Carlo Di Castro1937Physicist
- Carlo LeviAuthor
- Carlos Kenig1953Harmonic analysis and nonlinear dispersive PDEs
- Carly Chaikin2015American actress
- Carly Simon1945Singer-songwriter known for You're So Vain and the Bond theme Nobody Does It Better
- Carmel Myers1900Born in San Francisco, California, actress and entertainer Carmel Myers acted in over…
- Carol Chomsky1930Linguist and Harvard educator known for research on children's language acquisition.
- Carol Gilligan1936Psychologist known for work on moral development and gender
- Carol Grace1924Actress and writer, muse to playwrights and wife of Walter Matthau.
- Carol Hall1946Chemical engineer known for biomolecular and polymer modeling
- Carol Nadelson1936Carol C. Nadelson is a ground-breaking female psychiatrist whose work has changed how…
- Carol Weiss King1895Carol Weiss King was one of the outstanding practitioners of immigration law during the…
- Carole Bayer Sager1944Songwriter
- Carole King1942Songwriter and performer whose album Tapestry became one of the best-selling records
- Caroline Aaron1952Actress known for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Deconstructing Harry
- Caroline Klein Simon1900Attorney Caroline Klein Simon’s long career included state office and judicial posts.
- Carolivia Herron1947Carolivia Herron is a retired professor, children’s book author, novelist, and librettist…
- Carolyn G. Heilbrun1926A leader in the American feminist movement, Carolyn G. Heilbrun wrote some of the women’s…
- Carolyn Leigh1954Lyricist of Peter Pan ('I'm Flying') and 'The Best Is Yet to Come'
- Carrie Bamberger Frank Fuld1864The daughter of German Jewish immigrant parents, Carrie Bamberger Frank Fuld was a…
- Carrie Brownstein1974Musician with Sleater-Kinney and co-creator and star of 'Portlandia'.
- Carrie Dreyfuss Davidson1879Carrie Dreyfuss Davidson became an important voice for women in the Conservative Movement…
- Carrie Fisher1956American actress and writer known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars.
- Carrie Marcus Neiman1883A born saleswoman, Carrie Marcus Neiman made her family’s department stores synonymous…
- Carrie Obendorfer Simon1872Carrie Obendorfer Simon helped shape the Reform movement as founder of the National…
- Carry Van Bruggen1881Fighting the constraints of her Orthodox upbringing and expectations of her role as a…
- Cary Grant1904Legendary Hollywood actor (born Archibald Leach) who believed himself partly Jewish and…
- Casimir Funk1912Coined the term 'vitamine' and advanced vitamin-deficiency theory
- Casper Morley Epsteen1902Helped establish maxillofacial surgery as a recognized specialty and was a founding…
- Cass Elliot1941Powerhouse vocalist of The Mamas & the Papas on classics like 'California Dreamin'.
- Cass Sunstein1954Constitutional and administrative law scholar
- Cassandra Clare2007Young-adult novelist
- Catherine Cesarsky1943Astrophysicist
- Catulle MendèsPoet / lyricist
- Cecil B. DeMille1881Founding father of Hollywood ('The Ten Commandments')
- Cecil Hart1926Coach of the Montreal Canadiens for their first Stanley Cups
- Cecila SlepakCecilia Slepak, a journalist and translator, was a member of the Oneg Shabbat group…
- Cécile Brunschvicg1877Cécile Brunschvicg was one of the grandes dames of French feminism during the first half…
- Cecilia Baram Kaptz1943Cecilia Baram Kaptz was one of the few Jewish women who became a professional dancer in…
- Cecilia KlaftenCecylia Klaften, a pedagogue and a civic activist from Lvov (Galicia/Eastern Lesser…
- Cecilia Razovsky1891Cecilia Razovsky was a remarkably active woman who spent her life striving to assist…
- Celia Adler1889Celia Adler’s popularity as a Yiddish actor made her a force in the Yiddish art theater…
- Celia Dropkin1887Celia Dropkin’s sexually explicit poetry expanded possibilities for the depiction of…
- Celia Franca1951Founded the National Ballet of Canada and directed it for twenty-three years
- Celia StrakoschCelia Strakosch spent her career in social work in New York City and was involved in…
- César Milstein1927Awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for developing the technique to produce monoclonal…
- Cesare Lombroso1835Physician and a founder of modern criminology and forensic psychiatry.
- Cesare Segre1928Italian philologist and semiotician of literature and language.
- Chad Mirkin1963Chemist known for nanotechnology and spherical nucleic acids
- Chai Feldblum1959Chai Feldblum is a distinguished lawyer and legal scholar known especially for her work…
- Chaile Raphael KaullaChaile Raphael Kaulla was the most influential Jewish woman entrepreneur and one of the…
- Chaim Nachman Bialik1873National poet of the Hebrew revival
- Chaim Pekeris1908Geophysicist known for work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth
- Chaim Potok1929American novelist ('The Chosen', 'My Name Is Asher Lev')
- Chaim Soutine1893Belarusian-French expressionist painter of the École de Paris
- Chaim Weizmann1916Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation
- Chajka KlingerChajka Klinger, a member of Ha-Shomer ha-Za’ir, was active in the resistance against the…
- Chana Orloff1925Ukrainian-born French-Israeli sculptor of the École de Paris
- Chana ShpitzerChana Shpitzer was an important figure in the field of Jewish education for girls in…
- Chantal Akerman1950Belgian avant-garde director whose Jeanne Dielman is regarded as one of the greatest…
- Charlene Barshefsky1950A determined advocate who earned the nickname “Stonewall” for her trade talks with Japan…
- Charles AbehseraFrench entrepreneur, founder of the Morgan clothing brand.
- Charles AngoffLiterary & drama critic
- Charles BernsteinPoet / lyricist
- Charles Bronfman1999Co-founded Birthright Israel (1999), which has brought hundreds of thousands of young…
- Charles Fefferman1949Harmonic analysis and PDEs (Fields Medal)
- Charles Fox1940Composer and songwriter
- Charles Fried1935Legal philosopher and former US Solicitor General
- Charles Kelman1930Invented phacoemulsification, transforming cataract surgery
- Charles Lazarus1948Founded Toys "R" Us and invented the toy supermarket, which reshaped how toys are sold
- Charles LedererTony Award — Best Musical
- Charles Lieber1959Chemist known for nanowires and nanoscale materials
- Charles Loewner1893Complex analysis
- Charles ManskiEconomist
- Charles Myers1873Founder of British industrial psychology who coined 'shell shock'
- Charles Newman1946Probability theory and mathematical statistical physics
- Charles P. Ginsburg1920Led the team that invented the first practical videotape recorder (Ampex)
- Charles Peskin1946Mathematical biology
- Charles Previn1937Universal music director
- Charles Rackoff1993Co-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs, a pillar of modern cryptography
- Charles Reich1928Legal scholar
- Charles Revson1932Co-founded Revlon (1932) and pioneered opaque, fashion-coordinated nail polish and…
- Charles ReznikoffPoet / lyricist
- Charles Schnee1952Screenwriter of The Bad and the Beautiful (Academy Award 1952)
- Charles Seligman1873British ethnologist known for studies of the peoples of Sudan and Melanesia
- Charles Strouse1928Broadway composer (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie)
- Charles Tobias1938Co-writer of Hellzapoppin'
- Charles Weissmann1931Molecular biologist who cloned interferon and advanced prion research.
- Charles Yanofsky1925Geneticist who demonstrated the colinearity of a gene and the protein it encodes.
- Charles-Valentin Alkan1813French Romantic composer and virtuoso pianist of formidable technical works
- Charlie Kaufman2004Screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless…
- Charlie Puth1991American singer-songwriter known for See You Again and Attention.
- Charlie WachtelAcademy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
- Charlotte Auerbach1899Geneticist who discovered chemical mutagenesis, showing that chemicals can cause genetic…
- Charlotte Buhler1893Developmental and humanistic psychologist studying the life course
- Charlotte Charlaque1892Charlotte Charlaque was a transgender trailblazer, actress, and translator in Weimer…
- Charlotte EpsteinCharlotte “Eppy” Epstein helped popularize women’s swimming and coached Olympic athletes…
- Charlotte Friend1921Microbiologist who advanced viral oncology through her discovery of the Friend leukemia…
- Charlotte LipskyCharlotte Schacht Lipsky found an unusual balance between activism and pragmatism: on one…
- Charlotte SalomonCharlotte Salomon was an artist who created work depicting her family narrative before…
- Charlotte Wardi1928Charlotte Wardi (1928-2018) was one of the first significant scholars of the…
- Charlotte WolffA pioneering German-Jewish lesbian and feminist physician, Charlotte Wolff became…
- Charlotte ZaltzbergTony Award — Best Musical
- Charlotte Zolotow1915Writer and editor Charlotte Zolotow wrote over 70 children’s books.
- Chaske Blacker (Blacher)During her brief life, Yiddish writer Chaske Blacker worked in radio, tobacco and dress…
- Chava Alberstein1946Chava Alberstein is a singer-songwriter who by the end of 2020 had recorded over 60…
- Chava RosenfarbChava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist of the second half of the twentieth century, is…
- Chava Slucka-Kesten1900Chava Slucka-Kesten started teaching in Warsaw before World War II and continued her…
- Chava Turniansky1927Chava Turniansky is a leading scholar of Old Yiddish, which she views not just as the…
- Chaya Arbel1921Raised as a kibbutznik and taught that music was frivolous, Chaya Arbel only began…
- Chayela Rosenthal1924Chayela Rosenthal (1924-1979) was a Yiddish actress and comedian who survived the Vilna…
- Chella ManDeaf transgender artist, actor, and activist.
- Chelsea Handler1975American comedian and talk show host.
- Chico Marx1887Comedian and actor of the Marx Brothers
- Chloe Fineman1988'Saturday Night Live' cast member celebrated for her impressions.
- Chris Claremont1975Wrote Uncanny X-Men for sixteen years and created Rogue, Mystique, Gambit, Kitty Pryde…
- Chris Kattan1970Comedic actor and Saturday Night Live cast member known for A Night at the Roxbury.
- Chris Pine2009American actor
- Chris Stein1950Guitarist and co-founder of Blondie.
- Christian Anfinsen1972Ribonuclease
- Christopher Columbus1451Genoese-born explorer who reached the Americas in 1492
- Christopher Guest1948Creator of the mockumentary ('This Is Spinal Tap', 'Best in Show')
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse2007American actor
- Chuck Schumer1950Long-serving U.S. Senator from New York and Senate Majority Leader.
- Cilli WangFrom childhood, Cilli Wang was known as the “Pavlova of Parody” for her experimentation…
- Cindy Margolis1998American model and actress
- Claire Bloom1931From her first film role in Charlie Chaplin’s 1952 film Limelight to her performance in…
- Claire BodnerFashion designer, publicist, entrepreneur, and sales representative, Claire Bodner, with…
- Claire BrookClaire Brook was a writer, editor, and composer whose career was most distinguished by…
- Claire EpsteinClaire Epstein is an outstanding example of a spirited woman archaeologist who worked…
- Claire Fagin1926Claire Fagin was a distinguished nursing educator, scholar, and dean, as well as the…
- Claire Goll1890Claire Goll’s poetry and prose were fueled by the tragedies and scandals that shaped her…
- Clara Asscher PinkhofClara Asscher Pinkhof dedicated her life and work to helping and advocating for Jewish…
- Clara Haskil1895Romanian pianist celebrated for her Mozart and Schumann interpretations
- Clara Heyn1924Botanist Clara Heyn’s most significant achievement was her work with the plant family…
- Clara Immerwahr1900First woman to earn a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Breslau
- Clara Lemlich1909Led the 1909 'Uprising of the 20,000' garment workers' strike that launched the modern…
- Clara Lemlich ShavelsonClara Lemlich Shavelson pushed union leaders to recognize the importance of women in the…
- Clara Lipman1869Clara Lipman based her long and successful career as an actress and playwright on her…
- Clara MalrauxJournalist, essayist, novelist, and translator Clara Malraux spent her early life…
- Clara Sereni1946Clara Sereni was an Italian writer of Jewish descent.
- Clarence Greene1959Co-writer of Pillow Talk (Academy Award 1959)
- Claribel Cone1864Claribel Cone was well known in her time for being a dignified and highly independent…
- Clarice BarightClarice Baright was one of the first women admitted to the American Bar Association and…
- Clarice Lispector1920Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer regarded as one of the most important modernist authors…
- Clarisse Doris Hellman1910C. Doris Hellman was a pioneering science historian and expert on Renaissance-era science…
- Claude Berri1986Leading French director/producer, born Claude Langmann to Jewish immigrant parents (Jean…
- Claude Cahun1894Surrealist photographer Claude Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and…
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji1997Methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
- Claude Frank1925Classical pianist
- Claude Hagège1936French linguist and champion of linguistic diversity and endangered languages.
- Claude Itzykson1938Physicist
- Claude Lanzmann1925French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary Shoah.
- Claude Lelouch1966French director from an Algerian Jewish family
- Claude Lévi-Strauss1955Founder of structural anthropology
- Claude Sarraute1980French journalist and writer (Le Monde columnist)
- Claude VigéePoet / lyricist
- Claude-Michel Schönberg1944French composer of the musicals Les Misérables and Miss Saigon
- Claudia Goldin2023Nobel laureate (2023) who chronicled women's place in the labor market
- Claudia Ohana1963Brazilian actress and singer of Sephardic Jewish descent, internationally known for…
- Claudia RodenFood writer and cookbook author Claudia Roden single-handedly opened up the world of…
- Claudia Weill1946Director ('Girlfriends', 1978), landmark of American independent women's cinema
- Clementine Bern-ZernikA lawyer by training, Vienna-born Clementine Bern-Zernik produced broadcasts for the US…
- Cliff Asness1966Co-founder of AQR Capital Management, a pioneer of quantitative and factor-based ('smart…
- Clifford Geertz1926Founder of interpretive anthropology and 'thick description', author of 'The…
- Clifford Odets1906American playwright ('Waiting for Lefty', 'Awake and Sing!')
- Clifford Tabin1954Developmental geneticist who elucidated the genetic control of limb formation
- Clifford Taubes1954Gauge theory and differential geometry
- Clifton FadimanLiterary & drama critic
- Clive Davis1974Founded Arista and J Records
- Colette Roberts1910Colette Roberts devoted her life to increasing people’s understanding and appreciation of…
- Con Conrad1934Won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Song, 'The Continental' (1934)
- Constance Amberg Sporborg1879Constance Amberg Sporborg was a career clubwoman who dedicated her life to the…
- Constance Rothschild, Lady Battersea1843Constance Rothschild Lady Battersea was a link between English and Jewish feminism, as…
- Cora Baird1912In a reverse of the usual sequence of events, Cora Eisenberg Baird started playing with…
- Cora BerlinerCora Berliner was an economist and social scientist who held leadership positions in…
- Cora Diamond1937American philosopher, work on Wittgenstein and moral philosophy
- Cora Wilburn1824Cora Wilburn was one of the most prolific American Jewish women writers of her time.
- Corey Feldman1971Actor known for The Goonies, Stand by Me and The Lost Boys
- Corey Goodman1951Neuroscientist known for discoveries on axon guidance and nervous system wiring
- Corey Haim1971Canadian actor known for The Lost Boys and Lucas.
- Corinne ChochemBest remembered for her contribution to Jewish cultural life and for her unique ability…
- Corinne Lepage1995Environment Minister, lawyer
- Cornelius Lanczos1893Devised Krylov-subspace methods and early Fast Fourier Transform work.
- Corrado BohmComputer & information scientist
- Corrado Segre1863Founder of the Italian school of algebraic geometry
- Courtney Love1989Musician (frontwoman of Hole) and actress
- Craig David2000British R&B and UK garage singer-songwriter (matrilineal Jewish
- Craig Mazin2019Creator and writer of Chernobyl (2019) and co-creator of The Last of Us
- Curly Howard1903Comedian and actor of the Three Stooges
- Curt Bondy1894Social psychologist and pioneer of youth and correctional psychology
- Curt Siodmak1902Wrote 'The Wolf Man'
- Curt Stern1902Geneticist who demonstrated genetic crossing over and advanced human and radiation…
- Curtis Bernhardt1899German-born director ('A Stolen Life', 'Possessed') who fled the Nazis to Hollywood
- Cy Coleman1929Broadway composer (Sweet Charity)
- Cynthia Dwork2006Co-inventor of differential privacy, the standard for protecting personal data
- Cynthia FreemanCynthia Freeman is remembered as a best-selling author of popular romances during the…
- Cynthia Ozick1928American novelist and essayist ('The Shawl')
- Cynthia Weil1940Songwriter
- Cyril Domb1920Physicist
- Cyril Hanouna2010French TV and radio host and comedian of Tunisian Jewish descent.
- Cyril M. Kornbluth1953Science-fiction writer
- Cyrus Derman2002Developer of Markov decision processes for sequential decisions
- Cyrus Levinthal1922Molecular biologist known for Levinthal's paradox on the speed of protein folding.