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| Witter Bynner (1881–1968) |
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| Tommaso Cannizzaro (1838–1916) |
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| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
| Leopoldo Cano y Masas (1844–1934) |
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| Nicolás de Cárdenas y Rodríguez (1814–1868) |
| Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907) |
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| Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) |
| Bartolomé de las Casas (1474–1566) |
| Henry Raymond Casgrain (1831–1904) |
| Lewis Cass (1782–1866) |
| John Cassin (1813–1869) |
| Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1500?–1559) |
| Emilio Castelar (1832–1899) |
| Matthijs de Castelein (1485–1550) |
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| Camillo Castello-Branco (1825–1890) |
| Enrico Castelnuovo (1839–1915) |
| Giovanni Battista Casti (1724–1803) |
| Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) |
| Antonio Feliciano de Castilho (1800–75) |
| Christóbal de Castillejo (1490?–1556) |
| Alonso del Castillo Solórzano (1584–1648?) |
| Egerton Castle (1858–1920) |
| Agustín Pablo de Castro (1728–1790) |
| Willa Cather (1873–1947) |
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| Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847–1902) |
| George Catlin (1796–1872) |
| Cato the Elder (234–149 B.C.) |
| John Dean Caton (1812–1895) |
| Jacob Cats (1577–1660) |
| Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84–c. 54 B.C.) |
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| Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898) |
| Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1624?–1674) |
| Count Camillo Benso di Cavour (1810–1861) |
| Madison Cawein (1865–1914) |
| William Caxton (c. 1415–1491) |
| Madame de (Marthe-Marguerite) Caylus (1673–1729) |
| Jacques Cazotte (1719–1792) |
| Giovanni Maria Cecchi (1518–1587) |
| Cecco d’Ascoli (1269–1327) |
| Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908) |
| Frantisek Ladislav Čelakovský (1799–1852) |
| Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) |
| Celsus (fl. 180) |
| Konrad Celtes (1459–1508) |
| Susanna Centlivre (1667?–1723) |
| Violante do Ceo (1601–1693) |
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