Arts and Music

• Claude Debussy (born 1862, died 1918)

  French Impressionist composer and pianist.

  • Composed Claire de lune (see list of Composers of the 20th Century)
• Claude Garamond (born 1499, died 1561)

  French publisher and type designer.

  • Created many typefaces, though not the modern ones that bear his name (see list of Graphic Designers)
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (born 1760, died 1836)

  French songwriter.

  • Wrote the French national anthem, ''''La Marseillaise'''' (see list of Songwriters)
• Claude Lorraine (born 1600, died 1682)

  French painter.

  • Famous for landscapes such as A Pastoral (see list of Artists of the 17th & 18th Centuries)
• Claude Monet (born 1840, died 1926)

  French painter.

  • Painted Nymph and Water Lilies (see list of Impressionist Artists)

Leadership

• Claude Perrin Victor

  French marshal.

  • Named Duc de Belluno after his valor at the Battle of Friedland impressed Napoleon (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)

Miscellaneous

• Claude Pepper (born 1900, died 1989)

  American politician. Sometimes called ''Red Pepper'' because of his liberal views, he was a noted advocate for the elderly.

  • 1989 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born 1933)

  Algerian-born French physicist who helped develop a technique for using lasers to trap atoms.

  • 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Steven Chu and William D. Phillips (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Claude Nicollier (born 1944)

  Swiss astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Atlantis (1992), Endeavour (1993), Columbia (1996) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• T. Claude Ryan

  Founder of Ryan Airlines, which provided the first regular daily air passenger service, from Los Angeles to San Diego, in 1925.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Claude E. Shannon (born 1916)

  American mathematician.

  • 1966 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Claude Harmon
  • 1948 Masters golf tournament winner (see list of Masters Tournament Golf Champions)
• Claude Issorat

  French athlete.

  • 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 1500m Wheelchair (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Claude Patterson
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

• Claude Messner

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Jimmy Bates (see list of Characters on ''Father Knows Best'')
• Claude Pertwee

  Fictional character.

  • From ''''Where''s Huddles'''' (see list of Cartoon characters)
• Claude Rains (born 1889, died 1967)

  American actor.

  • 1951 Tony Award winner for his performance in Darkness at Noon (see list of Tony winners for Best Actor in a Play)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Claude Heroux

  Fictional character.

  • Lynched in 1905 in Stephen King''s novel It (see list of Characters in It)
• Claude Simon (born 1913)

  French novelist.

  • 1985 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
• Claude Sitton
  • 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary)
• Claude H. Van Tyne
  • 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for The War of Independence (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)