Historical Figures by Letter - C

Guess these historical figures that start with the letter C.

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Hint	Figure
The last pharaoh	Cleopatra
Stabbed on the Ides of March	Julius Caesar
He was looking for India but but found America instead	Christopher Columbus
"Great Sage" of Chinese philosophy	Confucius
Polish-French discoverer of Polonium	Marie Curie
King of the Franks from 768; founder of the Carolingian Empire	Charlemagne
"The Great Dictator" comic actor	Charlie Chaplin
Lord Protector of England, 1653-58	Oliver Cromwell
British explorer who died in Hawaii	James Cook
Fashion designer who liberated women from "corseted silhouette"	Coco Chanel
British PM, 1940-1945	Winston Churchill
Allowed Rome to become a Christian empire	Constantine
"Great" empress of Russia	Catherine
First "Great" Persian king	Cyrus
Founder of modern Taiwan	Chiang Kai-shek
Conquered the Aztecs	Hernán Cortés
Discovered heliocentrism	Nicolaus Copernicus
Cuban leader of died in 2016	Fidel Castro
Prohibition-era crime boss	Al Capone
French theologian for whom a branch of Christianity is named	John Calvin

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Level 84

Apr 8, 2025

Nice! The Cuban leader clue needs fixing though