| Famed English admiral | 21 |
| Famed English actor-manager | 27 |
| Famed Eleonora | 14 |
| Famed elegist | 13 |
| Famed electrician-inventor | 26 |
| Famed electrical engineer | 25 |
| Famed eighth-century Chinese poet | 33 |
| Famed Egyptian stone | 20 |
| Famed editor-publisher | 22 |
| Famed Edison employee | 21 |
| Famed Edison Co. employee | 25 |
| Famed dweller in Nazareth | 25 |
| Famed dwarf | 11 |
| Famed Dutch admiral | 19 |
| Famed dukedom in Spain | 22 |
| Famed duelist | 13 |
| Famed Dublin theater | 20 |
| Famed dog of the 30's | 25 |
| Famed Dodgers third baseman | 27 |
| Famed doctor-turned-wordsmith | 29 |
| Famed diva | 10 |
| Famed dissertator | 17 |
| Famed director | 14 |
| Famed diarist | 13 |
| Famed diamond | 13 |
| Famed despot | 12 |
| Famed Derby jockey and family | 29 |
| Famed deluge survivor | 21 |
| Famed defendant of 1921 | 23 |
| Famed dancing duo | 17 |
| Famed dancer of yore | 21 |
| Famed dancer | 12 |
| Famed Dakota resident | 21 |
| Famed Dadaist | 13 |
| Famed da Vinci | 14 |
| Famed D.C. residence | 20 |
| Famed D.C. office | 17 |
| Famed Cunard liner, for short | 29 |
| Famed Cunard liner, familiarly | 30 |
| Famed cube creator | 18 |
| Famed crooner | 13 |
| Famed crime fighter | 19 |
| Famed Cremona violins | 21 |
| Famed cowboy singer | 19 |
| Famed cow owner | 15 |
| Famed cow | 9 |
| Famed couturier | 15 |
| Famed country singer | 20 |
| Famed cordon bleu | 17 |
| Famed cop-slapper | 17 |
| Famed cop slapper | 17 |
| Famed contralto: 1803–77 | 31 |
| Famed contractor? | 17 |
| Famed consumerist | 17 |
| Famed conspirator | 17 |
| Famed conductor | 15 |
| Famed Concord family: 19th century | 34 |
| Famed composer of church music | 30 |
| Famed composer | 14 |
| Famed compiler of almanacs: 1708–64 | 42 |
| Famed comic strip | 17 |
| Famed comedienne | 16 |
| Famed comedian | 14 |
| Famed columnist | 15 |
| Famed coloratura | 16 |
| Famed colonial family | 21 |
| Famed collie | 12 |
| Famed coach, born in Norway | 27 |
| Famed coach Stagg | 17 |
| Famed coach Parseghian | 22 |
| Famed clown | 11 |
| Famed clinic | 12 |
| Famed Cleveland surgeon | 23 |
| Famed Civil War photographer | 28 |
| Famed circus performer | 22 |
| Famed circus clown Kelly | 24 |
| Famed circus "General" | 32 |
| Famed circumnavigator | 21 |
| Famed chorus | 12 |
| Famed choreographer: 1880–1942 | 37 |
| Famed choreographer | 19 |
| Famed children's magazine: 1873–1940 | 47 |
| Famed Chief Justice: 1864–73 | 35 |
| Famed Chicago livestock owner | 29 |
| Famed Chicago hotel | 19 |
| Famed Chicago cow-owner | 23 |
| Famed Chicago cow owner | 23 |
| Famed Chicago boat? | 19 |
| Famed chemist | 13 |
| Famed chef | 10 |
| Famed chapel | 12 |
| Famed chanteuse | 15 |
| Famed chalice | 13 |
| Famed chairmaker | 16 |
| Famed chair designer | 20 |
| Famed cellist | 13 |
| Famed castle in Vienna | 22 |
| Famed castle at Vienna | 22 |
| Famed cartoonist: 1840–1902 | 34 |
| Famed cartoonist | 16 |