List of People From Brighton and Hove - C

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• Simon Callow, British actor, has a house in Hove
• George Canning, British politician and Prime Minister; resident April to August, 1827
• Marie-Antoine Carême, chef to the Prince Regent, inventor of chef's toque (hat)
• Edward Carpenter, poet and philosopher
• Denis Carter, Baron Carter, agriculturalist and Labour politician, spent some of his early life in Hove
• Sam Carter, singer in British metalcore band Architects
• Dirick Carver, Protestant martyr, 1554
• Juan Francisco Casas, Spanish artist, has lived in Brighton
• Michael Cashman, MEP and former EastEnders actor
• Gwen Catley, soprano, died in Hove in 1996
• Nick Cave, Australian musician, writer, and film maker
• Gianni Celati, Italian writer, lives in Brighton
• Ian Chapman, footballer
• Shaun Charman, formerly drummer of band The Wedding Present
• Peter Chrisp, children's writer
• Sir Winston Churchill, journalist and politician; attended a school run by the "Misses Thompson" in Hove
• Dave Clarke, techno DJ
• Julian Clary, comedian, formerly the Joan Collins fan club
• Jack Clayton, film director, was born in Brighton in 1921
• Brendan Cleary, poet, lives in Brighton
• John Clements, actor
• Carol Cleveland, Monty Python actress
• Bryan Clough, author of State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair
• Charles Clover-Brown, cricketer, died in Hove in 1982
• Brian Cobby, former voice of the British Telecom speaking clock
• C. B. Cochran, impresario, showman, born in Prestonville Road, Brighton in 1872
• Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, hero of the Battle of Navarino — lived in 140 Western Road (1828–52); a blue commemorative plaque adorns the house
• Ben Cohen, author, publisher and distributor of bridge books and stationery supplies
• Jean Colin, 1930s film actress, was born in Brighton in 1905
• David Collings, actor (Crime and Punishment, Doctor Who, etc.), was born in Brighton in 1940
• Maria Colwell, born in Hove in 1965, killed in Brighton by her stepfather at age 7; a notorious case of child abuse resulting in a public enquiry
• Dainton Connell, a leading Arsenal hooligan, was born in Brighton in 1961
• Clare Connor, played for Brighton College men's cricket team and England women's cricket team, was born in Brighton in 1976
• John Constable, Romantic painter, intermittently lived in Brighton, calling it "Piccadilly by the Seaside"
• Steve Coogan, comedian well known as Alan Partridge
• Norman Cook musician formerly of band The Housemartins, and subsequently known as DJ Fatboy Slim (Portslade)
• Gaz Coombes, lead singer of band Supergrass, once lived in Brighton
• Beth Cordingly, actress (played PC Kerry Young in The Bill), was born in Brighton in 1977
• David Cordingly, authority on pirates (of the pre-modern era), father of Beth Cordingly, lives in Brighton
• Tich Cornford, cricketer for Sussex, died in Brighton
• Tom Cotcher, Scottish actor, lives in Brighton
• David Courtney, born David Cohen in Whitehawk, composer and record producer; discovered and co-wrote with Leo Sayer; also nephew of Henry Cohen who conceived and built Brighton Marina
• Robin Cousins, figure skater, won gold at 1980 Olympics, lives in Brighton
• Graham Coutts, murderer of Jane Longhurst in 2003, lived in Brighton
• Simon Cowell, Sony BMG executive, born in Brighton
• Richard Crane, playwright
• Sam Crane, actor, born Brighton
• Luke Cresswell (of musical performers Stomp)
• Henry Radcliffe Crocker, dermatologist, born in Hove in 1846
• A. J. Cronin, novelist, lived in Hove in 1945
• Aleister Crowley, author, died in a nursing home in Hastings, along the coast from Brighton, in December 1947; ashes scattered at Devil's Dyke
• James Crump, founder of St. Aubyn's School (named after the Hove street in which he lived)
• Thomas Cubitt, master builder, employed in the development of Kemp Town. Lived in 13 Lewes Crescent
• Graham Cutts, a leading British film director in the 1920s, was born in Brighton in 1885