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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Chris Duvall

1991–

Chris Duvall (born September 10, 1991) is an American former professional soccer player and soccer coach who serves as head coach and Director of Coaching & Recruitment for Forest Park Rangers FC ahead of the club's planned 2027 inaugural campaign in the…

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Literature

Chris Gardner

1954–

Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr. (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker. He became a stockbroker in the mid-1970s and eventually founded his own brokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, in 1987.

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Chris Geary posing for photo, Capital Art Studio in Stone Town, Photograph by Doran Ross, Zanzibar

1994 August 6

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Cataloged as “Chris Geary posing for photo, Capital Art Studio in Stone Town, Photograph by Doran Ross, Zanzibar” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0350
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Biography & Culture

Chris Goldfinger

Biography

Christopher Clarke, known professionally as Chris Goldfinger, is a former BBC Radio 1 disc jockey who presented the station's reggae dancehall show from 1996 to September 2009. His programme was produced by Tim Westwood's production company Justice…

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Literature

Chris James

1974–

Chris James is an American musician and audio engineer who has worked as a recording engineer and/or mixing engineer for several musical acts. He most frequently collaborates with Prince, with whom he has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, and performs…

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Arts & Performance

Chris Jarman

Biography

Chris Jarman is a British stage and television actor. He is the voice-over for E4's Tattoo Fixers. He is also known for providing the voice of The Mechanic in Thunderbirds Are Go.

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Music

Chris Jasper

1951–2025

Christopher Howard Jasper (December 30, 1951 – February 23, 2025) was an American singer, composer and producer. Jasper was a member of the Isley Brothers from 1973 to 1983, and Isley-Jasper-Isley from 1984 to 1987. He was also a successful solo musician…

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Film & Television

Chris Knowings

1980–

Christopher Lawrence Knowings (born February 25, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Lamar Carlos Johnson in the short-lived Nickelodeon series Taina and Chris Robinson on Sesame Street.

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Business & Enterprise

Chris Lighty

1968–2012

Darrel Steven "Chris" Lighty (May 8, 1968 – August 30, 2012) was an American music manager and record producer. He co-founded Violator, a record label, management and marketing company, which represented hip hop and R&B artists such as Busta Rhymes, A…

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Chris McKonikie training oxen at Musaia Stockfarm

1980

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Donor notes read: "Workers at Musaia Stockfarm training oxen. Sept.-Nov., 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1959
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Arts & Performance

Chris O'Neal

1994–

Christopher Richard O'Neal (born April 4, 1994) is an American actor. He is known for his role in the 2012 Nickelodeon television series How to Rock.

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Arts & Performance

Chris Obi

1967–

Christopher Obi Ogugua (born September 24, 1970) is an English actor and filmmaker who trained at Drama Centre London and graduated in 2001. He has done a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he was directed by Sir Antony Sher in the four-hander,…

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Arts & Performance

Chris Ofili

1968–

Christopher Ofili (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who won the Turner Prize in 1998. He has used resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and cut-outs from pornographic magazines as painting elements. Ofili's work has been…

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Sports

Chris Pastras

1972–

Chris "Dune" Pastras (born July 14, 1972) is an artist, skateboarder, entrepreneur, skate company owner, and television host.

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Film & Television

Chris Powell (comedian)

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Christopher Powell, also known as Comedian CP, (born March 19, 1983) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He appeared on Empire, Detroiters, All Def Comedy, and season two of HBO Max's Love Life.

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Arts & Performance

Chris Redd

1985–

Christopher Jerell Redd (born March 25, 1985) is an American comedian and actor. After several years performing stand-up comedy, Redd was hired to join the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 43rd season in 2017,…

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Music

Chris Rhodes

1949–

Chris Rhodes is a trombone player from New Haven, Connecticut best known for playing trombone in several notable ska bands including Spring Heeled Jack, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bim Skala Bim and the Toasters as well as Connecticut funk band, Boogie…

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Literature

Chris Robinson

Biography

Chris Robinson is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is most noted for his role as Virgil in the comedy series Pillow Talk, for which he and the other core cast members received an ensemble Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety…

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Film & Television

Chris Robinson (director)

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Chris Robinson (born September 28, 1967 in Edgewood, Maryland) is an American film director, commercial director, and music video director. He has directed films such as Netflix original Beats (2019). He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod,…

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Film & Television

Chris Rock

1965–

Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor and filmmaker. Originally a stand-up comedian in the 1980s, Rock often performed sets on race relations, human sexuality, and observational comedy. After minor film and…

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Arts & Performance

Chris Sandiford

1987–

Chris Sandiford (born August 5, 1987) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is most noted for his leading role as Howard in the comedy series Shelved, for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee in 2024.

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Music

Chris Smalls

1988–

Christian Smalls (born July 4, 1988) is an American labor organizer and activist known for his role in organizing Amazon workers in Staten Island, a borough in New York City. He is a co-founder and the former president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU)…

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Film & Television

Chris Smith

1879–1949

Christopher M. Smith (October 12, 1879 – October 4, 1949) was an American composer and popular vaudeville performer.

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Literature

Chris Spence

1962–

Christopher M. Spence is a retired former Canadian educator, author, and former Canadian football player. He is the former Director of Education of the Toronto District School Board and former Director of Education of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School…

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