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- Forrest Carter; writer
- Matt Cain; baseball player, San Francisco Giants (Dothan)
- Antoine Caldwell, NFL player- Houston Texans (Montgomery)
- Sonny Callahan, representative from Alabama's 1st congressional district (1985-2003) (Mobile)
- Julia Campbell, actress (Huntsville)
- Robert Daniel Carmichael, prominent mathematician (born in Goodwater)
- Edward Earl Carnes, judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Albertville)
- DeMarre Carroll, NBA player- Utah Jazz (Birmingham)
- Clarence Carter; soul singer and musician (Montgomery)
- Nell Carter; actress, singer (Birmingham)
- George Washington Carver; scientist, botanist (Tuskegee) born Diamond, Missouri
- Truman Capote, writer (Monroeville) born New Orleans, Louisiana
- Herman Frank Cash, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)
- Tim Castille, NFL player- Kansas City Chiefs (Birmingham)
- Reg E. Cathey, actor (Huntsville)
- Hosea Chanchez, actor (Montgomery)
- Robert Edward Chambliss, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)
- Bobby Frank Cherry, white supremacist and co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (Birmingham)
- Fred Child, host of American Public Media's Performance Today (Huntsville)
- Mark Childress, writer (Monroeville)
- Stewart Cink, professional golfer (Huntsville)
- Jeremy Clark, NFL player- Dallas Cowboys (Daphne)
- Mattie Moss Clark; Award winning gospel artist, mother of the award winning gospel group The Clark Sisters (Selma)
- Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery)
- Ronnie Coleman, American Football player- Alabama A&M, NFL player- Houston Oilers former professional football player (Jasper)
- Marva Collins, educator (Monroeville)
- Fred Cone, American football player- Clemson University, NFL player- Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys (Pine Apple)
- Jeff Cook, country music guitarist- Alabama (Fort Payne)
- Timothy Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. (Robertsdale)
- Charles J. Cooper, former Assistant United States Attorney General (Birmingham)
- Miles Copeland, Jr., musician/CIA officer (Birmingham)
- Jerricho Cotchery, NFL player- New York Jets (Birmingham)
- DeMarcus Cousins, basketball player Sacramento Kings (Mobile)
- Courteney Cox, actress (Mountain Brook)
- Tony Cox, actor (Uniontown)
- Clayne Crawford, actor (Clay)
- Rick Crawford, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver (Mobile)
- Howard Cross; college football player- University of Alabama football, NFL player- New York Giants (Owens Cross Roads)
- Ashley Crow, actress, (Birmingham)
- Brodie Croyle, NFL player- Kansas City Chiefs (Rainbow City)
- Michael Curry, NBA coach- Philadelphia 76ers (Anniston)
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