Editing List of inventors (section)

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* [[Tim Cook]]-the CEO of Apple
* [[Ve Elizabeth Cadie]] (1893–1956), U.S. – heat insulating handle for small home appliances
* [[Herminie Cadolle]] (1845–1926), France – modern brassiere
* [[Robert Cailliau]] (born 1947), Belgium – with [[Tim Berners-Lee]], the [[World Wide Web]]
* [[Edward A. Calahan]] (1838–1912), U.S. – Stock [[ticker tape]]
* [[Nicholas Callan]] (1799–1864), Ireland – [[Induction coil]]
* [[Spéranza Calo-Séailles]] (1885–1949), Greece – "Lap" decorative concrete
* [[Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton]] (1863–1930), Scotland – [[Television]]
* [[Tullio Campagnolo]] (1901–1983), Italy – [[Quick release skewer]]
* [[Charles Cantor]] (born 1942), U.S. – [[Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis]] (molecular biology)
* [[Mario Capecchi|Mario Ramberg Capecchi]] (born 1937), together with [[Martin Evans|Sir Martin John Evans]] (born 1941), and [[Oliver Smithies]] (1925–2017), U.S. – [[Gene targeting]]
* [[Roxey Ann Caplin]] (1793–1888), UK – [[Victorian fashion|Victorian]]-style corset
* [[Arturo Caprotti]] (1881–1938), Italy – [[Caprotti valve gear]]
* [[Gerolamo Cardano]] (1501–1576), Italy – [[Cardan grille]] (cryptography)
* [[Philip Cardew]] (1851–1910), UK – Hot-wire [[galvanometer]]
* [[Chester Carlson]] (1906–1968), U.S. – [[Xerography|Xerographic copier]]
* [[Wallace Carothers]] (1896–1937), U.S. – [[Nylon]] and [[Neoprene]] (together with Arnold Collins)
* [[Antonio Benedetto Carpano]] (1764–1815), Italy – [[Vermouth]]
* [[Mary P. Carpenter]] (1840–1900), U.S. – mosquito nets, mosquito traps
* [[Giovanni Caselli]] (1815–1891), Italy/France – [[Pantelegraph]]
* [[George Cayley]] (1773–1857), UK – [[Wire wheels|tension-spoke wheels]]
* [[Anders Celsius]] (1701–1744), Sweden – [[Celsius]] temperature scale
* [[Vint Cerf]] (born 1943), together with [[Bob Kahn]] (1938–), U.S. – [[Internet Protocol]] (IP)
* [[Claude Shannon]] (1916–2016), founder of [[information theory]] and [[Cryptography|modern cryptography]], invented [[Minivac 601]], and co-invented the first wearable computer (with [[Edward O. Thorp]])
* [[Ugo Cerletti]] (1877–1963), together with [[Lucio Bini]] (1908–1964), Italy – [[Electroconvulsive therapy]]
* [[Leona Chalmers]] (c. 1937), U.S. – modern [[menstrual cup]]
* [[Charles Chamberland]] (1851–1908), France – [[Chamberland filter]]
* [[Min Chueh Chang]] (1908–1991), together with [[Gregory Goodwin Pincus]] (1903–1967), U.S./China – [[Combined oral contraceptive pill]]
* [[Thomas Chang]] (born 1933), Canada/China – [[Artificial cell]]
* [[Emmett Chapman]] (1936–2021), U.S. – [[Chapman Stick]]
* [[Claude Chappe]] (1763–1805), France – [[Semaphore line]]
* [[Melanie Chartoff]] (born 1950), together with [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]] (born 1938), U.S. – a gray water recycling device for reuse of shower and sink water in the home
* [[David Chaum]] (born 1955), U.S. – [[David Chaum#New types of digital signatures|Digital signatures]], [[ecash]]
* [[Vladimir Chelomey]] (1914–1984), [[USSR]] – First [[space station]] ([[Salyut program|Salyut]])
* [[Joyce Chen (chef)|Joyce Chen]] (1917–1994), China – stir fry pan
* [[Pavel Cherenkov]] (1904–1990), [[USSR]] – [[Cherenkov detector]]
* [[Evgeniy Chertovsky]] (1902–1961), Russia – [[pressure suit]]
* [[Alicia Chong Rodriguez]] – American engineer and inventor
* [[Ward Christensen]] (1945-2024), U.S. – [[Bulletin board system]]
* [[Ole Kirk Christiansen]] (1891–1958), Denmark – Creator of [[Lego]]
* [[Samuel Hunter Christie]] (1784–1865), UK – [[Wheatstone bridge]]
* [[Juan de la Cierva]] (1895–1936), Spain – the [[autogyro]]
* [[Charles Clagget]] (1740–1795), UK – Improvements for musical instruments
* [[Leland Clark]] (1918–2005), U.S. – [[Clark electrode]] (medicine)
* [[Georges Claude]] (1870–1960), France – [[neon lamp]]
* [[Adelaide Claxton]] (fl 1860s–1890s), UK – ear caps
* [[Madame Clicquot Ponsardin]] (1777–1866), France – Champagne riddling
* [[Henri Marie Coandă]] (1886–1972), Romania – [[Coandă effect]]
* [[Josephine Cochrane]] (1839–1913), U.S. – [[dishwasher]]
* [[Christopher Cockerell]] (1910–1999), UK – [[Hovercraft]]
* [[Aeneas Coffey]] (1780–1852), Ireland – [[Coffey still]]
* [[Sir Henry Cole]] (1808–1882), UK – [[Christmas card]]
* [[Samuel Colt]] (1814–1862), U.S. – [[Revolver]] development
* [[Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Congreve]] (1772–1828), UK – [[Congreve rocket]]
* [[George Constantinescu]] (1881–1965), [[Romania]] – creator of the [[theory of sonics]], a new branch of [[continuum mechanics]]
* [[Albert Coons]] (1912–1978), U.S. – [[Immunofluorescence]] (microscopy)
* [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]] (born 1928), U.S. – [[Mobile phone]]
* [[Harry Coover]] (1917–2011), U.S. – [[Cyanoacrylate|Super Glue]]
* [[Lloyd Groff Copeman]] (1865–1956), U.S. – [[Electric stove]]
* [[Cornelis Corneliszoon]] (1550–1607), The Netherlands – wind powered [[sawmill]]
* [[Alexander Coucoulas]] (born 1933), U.S. – [[Thermosonic bonding]]
* [[Wallace H. Coulter]] (1913–1998), U.S. – [[Coulter counter|Coulter principle]]
* [[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]] (1910–1997), France – co-inventor of the [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]] and the [[Nikonos]] underwater camera
* [[Jack Cover|John "Jack" Higson Cover Jr.]] (1920–2009), U.S. – [[Taser]]
* [[Minnie Crabb]] (1885–1974), Australia – Crabb-Hulme Braille Printing Press
* [[William Crookes]] (1832–1919), UK – [[Crookes radiometer]], [[Crookes tube]]
* [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]] (1655–1731), Italy – [[piano]]
* [[Caresse Crosby]] (1891–1970), U.S. – Modern [[bra]] 
* [[S. Scott Crump]] (inv. c. 1989), U.S. – [[fused deposition modeling]]
* [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] (1725–1804), France – first [[steam-engine|steam-powered]] road vehicle
* [[William Cullen]] (1710–1790), UK – first artificial [[refrigerator]]
* [[Rose Cumming]] (1887–1968), U.S. – metallic wallpaper
* [[Emily Cummins]] (born 1987), UK – sustainable refrigerator, water carrier, toothpaste dispenser
* [[Marie Curie]] (1867–1934), Poland –  portable X-ray units ("Little Curies"),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Marie Curie |url=https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/marie-curie |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=History |language=en}}</ref> radium-emanation needles<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity |url=https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=history.aip.org}}</ref>
* [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] (born 1958), U.S. – diapers
* [[Jan Czochralski]] (1885–1953), Poland / Germany – [[Czochralski process]] (crystal growth)