(1818–1848) novelist and poet, born in Thornton. Patrick Branwell Brontë – (1817–1848) painter, writer and poet, born in Thornton. Alfred J. Brown - (1894-1969) travel writer, novelist (pseudonym: Julian Laverack) and poet. C Alastair Campbell – (born 1957) political aide and Labour Party strategist associated with Tony Blair. Born in Keighley. Bobby Campbell – (1956–2016) former Northern Irish footballer and is Bradford City Football Club's all-time record goalscorer. Maurice Carter ( – 2011), New Zealand property developer and local politician born in Bradford. Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT – (1910–2002) British Labour Party politician. Her family lived in Bradford from when she was 12; she was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School. Dean Cavanagh – (born 1966) writer for screen, film and theatre. Born in Allerton. George William Chafer VC – (1894–1966) English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. George was born in Bradford. Kathleen Chambers – became the first female Lord Mayor of Bradford in 1945. Enzo Cilenti – (born 8 August 1974) English actor, educated at Bradford Grammar School. Born in Bradford. Helen Clare – (29 November 1916 – 15 September 2018) Singer on BBC Radio and with British dance bands in the 1930 and 1940s; born in Bradford, she also lived in Shipley when growing up. John Coates – (29 June 1865 – 16 August 1941) leading English tenor, who sang in opera and oratorio and on the concert platform. Born in Bradford. Harry Corbett OBE – (1918–1989) puppeteer, born in Bradford. Known as the creator in 1948 of the long running 'Sooty' glove puppet character. Richard Corbett CBE - (born 6 January 1955) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire & Humber 1999-2009 and 2014-2020 and the last Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) 2017-2020, lived in Saltaire and then Wrose (Shipley). Tom Cleverley – (born 1989) footballer who was brought up in Bradford and started his career at Bradford City. Ian Clough – (1937–1970) mountaineer, born in Baildon, who was killed on an expedition to climb the south face of the Himalayan massif Annapurna. Albert Crewe – (1927–2009) American physicist born in Bradford, inventor of the modern scanning transmission electron microscope. Bryan R. Cullen - (born 1951) professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University Medical