Human beings, each considered as a single actor within society
Featured Individuals
- Cleyre, Voltairine de (1866-1912) - American anarchist writer, lecturer and activist
- Cobden, Richard (1804-1865) - Nineteenth century British politician, leading proponent of free trade
Notable Individuals
- Cantillon, Richard (1680-1734) - 18th century Irish economist
- Carter, Jimmy (1924- ) - Thirty-ninth president of the United States
- Casey, Doug (1946- ) - Investment writer, author of Crisis Investing
- Chafuen, Alejandro (1954- ) - Former president and CEO of the Atlas Network
- Chamberlain, John (1903-1995) - 20th century American journalist and author
- Chamberlin, William Henry (1897-1969) - 20th century American journalist
- Childs, Roy (1949-1992) - Editor of Libertarian Review (1977-1981) and lead book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books (1984-1992)
- Chodorov, Frank (1887-1966) - Editor of two versions of The Freeman, at the Henry George School of Social Science and the Foundation for Economic Education
- Clark, Ed (1930- ) - Lawyer, 1980 United States Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party
- Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) - Twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States
- Clinton, Bill (1946- ) - Forty-second president of the United States
- Coke, Edward (1552-1634) - 17th century English jurist, drafter of the Petition of Right
- Constant, Benjamin (1767-1830) - 18th/19th Franco-Swiss author
- Crane, Ed (1944- ) - Co-founder and former President of the Cato Institute
Other Individuals
- Cabet, Étienne (1788-1856) - French utopian socialist, author of Voyage en Icarie (1840)
- Cairnes, John Elliott (1823-1875) - Nineteenth century Irish economist
- Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850) - Politician, vice president of the United States (1825-1832)
- Caligula (GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS; 12-41) - Third Roman emperor (37-41 CE), uncle of Nero
- Cameron, Dean (1962- ) - Film and TV actor, starred in Ski School movies
- Campbell, Jessica (1982-2020) - Film and TV actress, who played Tammy Metzler in the 1999 movie Election
- Campbell, John Archibald (1811-1889) - Nineteenth century American lawyer, Supreme Court Justice until 1861
- Cannon, Clarence (1879-1964) - Politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri (1923-1964)
- Caracalla (MARCVS AVRELIVS ANTONINVS PIVS AVGVSTVS; 188-217) - Roman emperor in 198-217 CE
- Carey, Drew (1958- ) - American stand-up comedian, current host of "The Price Is Right"
- Carlier, Pierre (1794-1858) - French police administrator during the revolutions of 1830 and 1848
- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919) - Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist
- Carson, Kevin - American mutualist and anarchist writer
- Carter, Dixie (1939-2010) - Film, stage and TV actress, starred in the TV series "Designing Women"
- Carter, Graydon (1949- ) - Co-founder of Spy magazine, editor of Vanity Fair
- Casca Longus, Publius Servilius (PVBLIVS SERVILIVS CASCA LONGVS; -42 BCE) - Roman tribune, member of the group which assassinated Julius Cesar
- Cassius Longinus, Gaius (GAIVS CASSIVS LONGINVS; 86-42 BCE) - Roman politician, one of the leaders of the group which assassinated Julius Cesar
- Castro, Fidel (1926-2016) - Cuban revolutionary and political leader (1959-2008)
- Catlin, George (1896-1979) - English political scientist, author of One Anglo-American Nation (1941)
- Caton, Michael (1943- ) - Australian TV, film and stage actor
- Cato the Younger (MARCVS PORCIVS CATO; 95-46 BCE) - Roman senator, a leader of the group of Optimates who opposed Julius Caesar
- Celler, Emanuel (1888-1981) - Politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (1923-1973)
- Chalmers, John (1825-1899) - Scottish missionary and translator, compiler of An English and Cantonese Pocket-dictionary
- Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914) - British politician
- Chapman, Steve (1954- ) - Editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune and nationally syndicated columnist
- Charles II of England (1630-1685) - King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1660-1685)
- Charles I of England (1600-1649) - King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1625-1649)
- Chávez, Dennis (1888-1962) - Politician, United States senator from New Mexico (1935-1962)
- Chayefsky, Paddy (1923-1981) - American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
- Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石; 1887-1975) - Chinese politician and military leader
- Chong, Tommy (1938- ) - Comedian, partner with Cheech Marin in Cheech and Chong
- Christie, Julie (1940- ) - British Oscar-winning actress, portrayed Lara in Doctor Zhivago
- Church, Marguerite S. (1892-1990) - Politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (1951-1963)
- Cicero (MARCVS TVLLIVS CICERO; 106-43 BCE) - Roman senator and philosopher
- Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-2008) - Science fiction writer, co-author of screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey (2001)
- Clark, John Bates (1847-1938) - 19th/20th century American economist
- Claudius (TIBERIVS CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS; 10-54) - Fourth Roman emperor (41-54 CE), uncle of Nero
- Clayton, William L. (1880-1966) - Cotton trader, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1946-1947)
- Clinton, Hillary (1947- ) - U.S. First Lady (1993-2001), former Senator and Secretary of State
- Clovis I (Chlodovechus; 466-511) - King of "all the Franks" (c. 509-511)
- Cohen, Morris Raphael (1880-1947) - Russian-American professor of philosophy, author of Reason and Nature (1931)
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) - Poet and literary critic, author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798)
- Colley, Michael (1938-2013) - Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, former Pacific Fleet commander
- Collins, Anthony (1676-1729) - English deist and philosopher, author of A Discourse of Free-Thinking (1713)
- Commodus (MARCVS AVRELIVS COMMODVS ANTONINVS; 161-192) - Roman emperor during 180-192 CE
- Comte, Auguste (1798-1857) - French philosopher, founder of positivism
- Comte, Charles (1782-1837) - French lawyer, co-founder of Le Censeur
- Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de (1714-1780) - French philosopher, author of Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines (1746)
- Confucius (孔子; 551-479 BCE) - Chinese philosopher
- Considerant, Victor (1808-1893) - French socialist, follower of Charles Fourier, author of Destinée sociale
- Constantine, Thomas A. (1938-2015) - Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (1994-1999)
- Cooley, Harold D. (1897-1974) - Politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1934-1966)
- Cooley, Thomas M. (1824-1898) - Nineteenth century American lawyer and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) - Thirtieth president of the United States (1923-1929)
- Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley (1676-1729) - English philosopher and Member of Parliament for Poole (1695-1698)
- Cooper, Gary (1901-1961) - American Oscar-winning actor, star of High Noon
- Cooper, Jere (1893-1957) - Politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee (1929-1957)
- Coppola, Francis Ford (1939- ) - American director and screenwriter, winner of Best Director Oscar for The Godfather: Part II
- Costa-Gavras (1933- ) - Greek-born French film director, screenwriter and producer
- Costner, Kevin (1955- ) - Oscar-winning actor, director and producer
- Cotten, Joseph (1905-1994) - American film and stage actor, star of The Third Man
- Coulomb, Charles-Agustin de (1736-1806) - Physicist, discoverer of the electrostatic forces of attraction and repulsion
- Courtney, Kent (1918-1997) - American political activist, candidate for vice president of the United States (1960)
- Courtney, Phoebe (1918-1998) - American political activist and author
- Cox, Stephen (1948- ) - American professor of literature, editor of Liberty (1987-) magazine
- Crenna, Richard (1926-2003) - American movie actor
- Croesus (Κροῖσος; -546 BCE) - Last king of Lidia (c. 560-546 BCE), famous for his wealth
- Croly, Herbert (1869-1930) - American journalist, co-founder and editor of The New Republic (1914-1930)
- Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) - English soldier and politician, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658)
- Cuban, Mark (1958- ) - American entrepreneur, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and other businesses
- Cuppy, Will (1884-1949) - American humorist, author of The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
- Cushing, Thomas (1725-1788) - Early American politician, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1780-1788)
- Cyrus the Great (Κῦρος; -530 BCE) - Founding king of the Achaemenid Empire (559-530 BCE)