Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 - 1912)

Founding figure of Romanian literature, playright and short story writer. He began writing during the most important literary movement of his era, the Junimea. The Junimea was a literary society that was founded in 1863. He joined the society in 1878 and he became one of its leading members. Dating back to the 15th century, […]

Al Gerald “Al Capp” Capp (1909 - 1979)

Cartoonist.  Al Capp created the cartoon strip Li’l Abner during the early stages of the Great Depression in 1934.  It would last for 43 years  well beyond the Vietnam War until 1977 when its creator retired taking the entire hillbillyYokum family from mythical Dogpatch USA with him…Abner, Daisy Mae, Manmy, Pappy Yokum, Marryin Sam, Sadie […]

Truman Capote (1924 - 1984)

Author. He is best remembered for his novella “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1958) and for his nonfiction novel “In Cold Blood” (1966). Both stories were later made into movies of the same name. Born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana to Archulus “Arch” Persons, a salesman, and Lillie Mae Faulk, a 16-year-old beauty queen. When […]

Karel Capek (1890 - 1938)

The son of a country doctor, Čapek suffered all his life from a spinal disease, and writing seemed a compensation. He studied philosophy in Prague, Berlin, and Paris and in 1917 settled in Prague as a writer and journalist. From 1907 until well into the 1920s, much of his work was written with his brother […]

Ivan Cankar (1876 - 1918)

Writer, Poet. Among his works are “Na Klancu,” “Hlapec Jernej in Jjegova Pravica,” “Kralj na Betajnovi,” and “Pohujšanje v Dolini Šentflorijanski.” Cause of death: Pneumonia

Elias Canetti (1905 - 1994)

German novelist, essayist, sociologist and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. He was born in Russe, Bulgaria. He spoke several languages, including Bulgarian, German, Spanish and English. He worked as a translator, he was the German translator of Upton Sinclair’s works. From 1916 he studied in Zurich, and produced his first […]

Miguel Cané (1851 - 1905)

Lawyer, politician, journalist, diplomatic. He was also a writer, the most representative of the 80`s generation. He wrote: “Juvenilia”, “Ensayos”, “En viaje”. (bio by: 380W)

Walter Stanley Campbell (1887 - 1957)

Historian, Author. Born as Stanley Vestal in Kansas, he took the surname of his stepfather, Campbell. At age twelve his family removed to Oklahoma. He became a graduate of what is now Southwestern Oklahoma State University and was a Rhodes Scholar from Oklahoma earning a B.A. and M.A. in English literature at Oxford. Professor of […]

Sara Campbell (1890 - 1965)

Poet, Author, Flag Designer. She wrote the book “Idlewild, A Book Of Verse”. In 1931, she designed the Paducah, Kentucky’s official flag and gained the Nickname “The Betsy Ross of Paducah”. (bio by: Tim Crutchfield)  Family links:  Spouse:  John Pearce Campbell (1892 – 1979)* *Calculated relationship

Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987)

Mythologist, Author. He became fascinated with Native American culture as a child and this lead to a lifelong interest in mythology and religion, in particular the similar themes that were found across various cultures throughout history. A professor at Sarah Lawrence College for thirty-eight years he was the author of several books, including “The Hero […]

Bebe Moore Campbell (1950 - 2006)

Author, Journalist. She left a teaching career to pursue writing and her first novel “Two-Career Marriage” was published in 1986. Her work was based on real-life stories that explored racial and social issues in the perspective of various ethnic groups. She was best known for several best-sellers including “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine,” “Brothers and […]

Luís Vaz De Camões (1970 - 1580)

Poet. Generally considered Portugal’s greatest poet, his mastery and art is only comparable in greatness to Virgil, Dante or Shakespeare. He penned dozens of sonnets and other poems, but is best remembered for his epic work “Os Lusíadas.” He was born in Lisbon. When he was very young, legend says, he fell in love with […]

William Lorne Cameron (1943 - 2005)

Journalist, Author. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, he worked on the Canadian news programs, “Midday” in 1985, “The Journal” from 1983 to 1992, and “The National” from 1983 to 1999. He also appeared in films including, “Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off” (1973), Blue Sunshine” (1976), “Eclipse” (1995), “Street Corner Justice” (1996), and did voice work for […]

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879)

Photographer, known for her portraits of eminent people of the day, and for her romantic pictures. She was born in Calcutta to a well-to-do British family. One of seven sisters renowned in Anglo-Indian society for their intelligence and beauty, she remained a bit of an eccentric throughout her life. In 1838 she married Charles Hay […]

Eduardo Calvo (1896 - 1959)

Famed writer. He wrote many tangos such as “Arrabalero” and “Bésame an la Boca.” (bio by: 380W)

Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)

Author. Born in Cuba and raised in Italy, his career as a writer spanned nearly four decades. Two of his first fictional works were inspired by his participation in the Italian Resistance: “The Path to the Nest of Spiders,” and the collection of stories entitled “Adam, One Afternoon, and Other Stories.” Calvino’s whimsical and imaginative […]

George Henry Calvert (1803 - 1889)

Author. A direct descendant of the Calvert family who were the proprietors of what became the state of Maryland. A Harvard-educated educator and editor he was the author of many books including “Illustrations of Phrenology”, “A Volume from the Life of Herbert Barclay”, “Count Julian”, “Cabiro”, “Scenes and Thoughts in Europe”, “The Battle of Lake […]

James Thomson Callender (1970 - 1803)

Journalist,  Political Pamphleteer. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries he was known as a political pamphleteer and newspaper writer. He acquired no formal education during his years in Scotland, but by the age of 30 he had developed a talent for political protest and the writing of incendiary articles and pamphlets against the […]

Michael Callen (1955 - 1993)

Composer,singer,writer and AIDS activist. Played a major role in shaping the United States response to the AIDS epidemic.  Callen was an AIDS activist before there was an AIDS movement, involved in virtually all of the positive responses to the epidemic, including the self-empowerment of People with AIDS; the invention of safer sex; the community-based research […]

Robert Elmer Callahan (1892 - 1981)

Author, Motion Picture Writer/Producer. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Morley Callaghan (1903 - 1970)

Author. Interred in an unmarked grave within his family plot.

Erskine Caldwell (1903 - 1987)

Author. Novelist known for the works “Tobacco Road” and “God’s Little Acre”. (bio by: Ron Moody)  Family links:  Parents:  Ira Sylvester Caldwell (1872 – 1944)  Caroline Preston Bell Caldwell (1872 – 1968)Cause of death: Unknown

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 - 1681)

Author. One of the most important dramatists in the Golden Age of the Spanish Stage. He is best remembered for his works “La vida es sueño”, “El Alcalde de Zalamea”, “El médico de su honra”, “La dama duende”, “El gran teatro del mundo”, “El mayor monstruo, los celos” and “Los cabellos de Absalón”. (bio by: […]

(1892 - 1977)

Novelist. His books was often adapted to the cinema such as “Double Indemnity,” “The Postman Always Ring Twice” and “Mildred Pierce.” He also was journalist and screenwriter. Others books are “Past All Dishonour,” “Jealous Woman,” “Rainbow’s End” and “The Butterfly.”  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouses:  Aileen Pringle (1895 – 1989)  Florence […]

Roger Caillois (1913 - 1978)

Writer. Born in Reims, France  but moved to Paris, France as a child.  He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, a school where students took courses after graduating from secondary school in order to prepare for entry examinations for France’s most prestigious university, the École Normale Supérieure. His efforts paid off and he graduated as a […]

Abraham Cahan (1860 - 1951)

Journalist, Author. He published and edited newspapers and periodicals, mainly in Yiddish, and was a major force in American socialism in the early 20th century.

Carol Bundy (1942 - 2003)

Carol Bundy had a troubled childhood. Her mother died when she was young and her father sexually abused her. Then, when her father remarried, he put her in various foster homes. When Bundy was 17 years old, she married a 56-year-old man. By the time she met Clark at the age of 37, she had […]

Jerry Brudos (1939 - 2006)

Jerry Brudos was born in Webster, South Dakota, and was the younger of two sons. His mother had wanted a girl and was very displeased that she had another son instead. She would also constantly belittle him and treat him with disdain, as well as abuse him. As a child, Brudos and his family would […]

Richard Biegenwald (1940 - 2008)

Richard Biegenwald stole another car and went to Bayonne, New Jersey. There, on December 18, 1958, Biegenwald robbed a grocery store with accomplice Frank Spardoff (possibly “Sparnroft”), shooting and killing the proprietor, Stephen Sladowski, an attorney & prosecutor. Biegenwald fled the state after the murder, but was captured two days later in Salisbury, Maryland, after […]

Robert Berdella (1949 - 1992)

Robert Berdella was apprehended on April 2, 1988. By that time, he had abducted and tortured at least six young men, and the Kansas City Police Department suspected him in two other disappearances. Berdella had detailed torture logs and large numbers of Polaroid pictures he had taken of his victims. Volumes of pictures were recovered […]