Namesakes
Ashton Kutcher
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1978- 
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Billy Koch
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 1996 baseball (bronze)
Bryan "Birdman" Williams
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1969-
Notable Musicians
Chris Baird
(m) 1982-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Chris Bartley
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (silver)
Chris Bosh
(m) 1984-
Hall-of-Famers 2021 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2008 basketball (gold)
Chris Brasher
(m) 1928-2003
Olympic Medalists 1956 3000 m steeplechase (gold)
Chris Bristow
(m) 1937-1960
Notable Athletes (driving)
Chris Brown
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2008; 2012; 2016 4x400 m relay (bronze/silver/gold)
Chris Brown
(m) 1989-
Notable Musicians
Chris Cavanaugh
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Chris Colfer
(m) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Cooper
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2003 Adaptation (actor)
Chris Cornell
(m) 1964-2017
Notable Musicians
Chris Cuomo
(f) 1970-
Notable Journalists
Chris Diamantopoulos
(m) 1975-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Doleman
(m) 1961-2020
Hall-of-Famers 2012 (football)
Chris Dreja
(m) 1945-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Yardbirds
Chris Elliott
(m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Chris Ellis
(m) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Evans
(m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Farley
(m) 1964-1997
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Fehn
(m) 1973-
Notable Musicians
Chris Frantz
(m) 1951-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2002 Talking Heads
Chris Froome
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Olympic Medalists 2012 cycling - road (bronze)
Chris Fydler
(m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Chris George
(m) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Chris Goulding
(m) 1988-
Olympic Medalists 2020 basketball (bronze)
Chris Griffin
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Family Guy
Chris Gunter
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Chris Halliwell
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1998 Charmed
Chris Hardwick
(m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian/presenter)
Chris Hemsworth
(m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Hillman
(m) 1944-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1991 The Byrds
Chris Hipkins
(m) 1978-
New Zealand Prime Ministers 2023
Chris Hoy
(m) 1976-
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 cycling - track (silver/gold)
Chris Jacobs
(m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/gold)
Chris Jasper
(m) 1951-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Isley Brothers
Chris Johnson
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (football)
Chris Kattan
(m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Chris Kirkpatrick
(m) 1971-
Notable Musicians
Chris Klein
(m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Kunitz
(m) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2014 ice hockey (gold)
Chris Layton
(m) 1955-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2015 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Chris Lowell
(m) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Marquette
(m) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Martin
(m) 1977-
Notable Musicians
Chris Messina
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Mullin
(m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2011 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1992 basketball (gold)
Chris Nilsen
(m) 1998-
Olympic Medalists 2020 pole vault (silver)
Chris Noth
(m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris O'Donnell
(m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris O'Dowd
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Paul
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 basketball (gold)
Chris Penn
(m) 1965-2006
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Pine
(m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Pratt
(m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chris Pronger
(m) 1974-
Hall-of-Famers 2015 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 2000 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Chris Robshaw
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Chris Rock
(m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Chris Shiflett
(m) 1971-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2021 Foo Fighters
Chris Smalling
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Chris Squire
(m) 1948-2015
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2017 Yes
Chris Stein
(m) 1950-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2006 Blondie
Chris Taub
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 House
Chris Thompson
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 1500 m freestyle (bronze)
Chris Tucker
(m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Chris Wallace
(m) 1947-
Notable Journalists
Chris Webber
(m) 1973-
Hall-of-Famers 2021 (basketball)
Chris White
(m) 1943-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2019 The Zombies
Chris Wilkinson
(m) 1970-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Chris Wolstenholme
(m) 1978-
Notable Musicians
Chris Wondolowski
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Chris Wood
(m) 1944-1983
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2004 Traffic
Chris Zylka
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christoffer I
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1219-1259
Danish Kings and Queens 1252-1259
Christoffer II
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1276-1332
Danish Kings and Queens 1320-1326; 1330-1332
Christoffer III of Bavaria
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1416-1448
Danish Kings and Queens 1440-1448
Norwegian Kings and Queens (Christoffer of Bavaria) 1442-1448
Christoforos of Greece and Denmark
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1888-1940
Other Royalty 1888-1940 Denmark; Greece (prince)
Christopher
(m) ?-250
Saints
Christopher
(m) ?-852
Saints
Christopher
(m) ?-904
Bishops of Rome and the Popes 903-904
Christopher de Romaniola
(m) 1172-1272
Saints
Christopher Abbott
(m) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Bales
(m) 1564-1590
Saints
Christopher John Francis Boone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Christopher Buxton
(m) ?-1588
Saints
Christopher Chant
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1988 The Lives of Christopher Chant
Christopher Columbus
(m) c. 1451-1506
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Christopher "Marshmello" Comstock
(m) 1992-
Notable Musicians
Christopher Cross
(m) 1951-
Grammy Award Winners 1981 ; Christopher Cross; Sailing (best new artist/album of the year/song of the year/record of the year)
Christopher Dorst
(m) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1984 water polo (silver)
Christopher Duplanty
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 water polo (silver)
Christopher Eccleston
(m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Ewing
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Christopher Fogt
(m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2014 bobsleigh (bronze)
Christopher George
(m) 1931-1983
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Gorham
(m) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Hayden
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 Gilmore Girls
Christopher Hitchens
(m) 1949-2011
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Christopher Hope
(m) 1944-
Notable Writers
Christopher Hornsrud
(m) 1859-1960
Norwegian Prime Ministers 1928
C. Thomas Howell
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Jones
(m) 1884-1937
Olympic Medalists 1920 water polo (gold)
Christopher Kane
(m) 1982-
Notable Artists
Christopher Lambert
(m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Lee
(m) 1922-2015
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Lloyd
(m) 1938-
Emmy Award Winners 1992 Avonlea (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Luxon
(m) 1970-
New Zealand Prime Ministers 2023-
Christopher Marlowe
(m) 1564-1593
Notable Writers
Christopher Masterson
(m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher McDonald
(m) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Meloni
(m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
(m) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Moltisanti
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 The Sopranos
Christopher Nolan
(m) 1970-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2024 Oppenheimer (director)
Christopher Paolini
(m) 1983-
Notable Writers
Christopher Papamichalopoulos
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (skiing)
Christopher A. Pissarides
(m) 1948-
Nobel Prize Winners 2010 (economics)
Christopher Plummer
(m) 1929-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2012 Beginners (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1997 Barrymore (actor)
Christopher Reeve
(m) 1952-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christopher Robin
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh
Christopher Robinson
(m) ?-1598
Saints
Christopher A. Sims
(m) 1942-
Nobel Prize Winners 2011 (economics)
Christopher Sly
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Taming of the Shrew
Christopher Stanley
(m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sir Christopher Urswick
(m) ?-1522
Shakespearian Characters Richard III
Christopher Walken
(m) 1943-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1979 The Deer Hunter (actor)
Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace
(m) 1972-1997
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2020
Christopher Wesley
(m) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (gold)
Christopher Wharton
(m) ?-1600
Saints
Christopher Williams
(m) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Christopher Wren
(m) 1632-1723
Notable Artists
Christopher Zeller
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2008; 2012 field hockey (bronze/gold)
Christy Mathewson
(m) 1880-1925
Hall-of-Famers 1936 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Cris Carter
(m) 1965-
Hall-of-Famers 2013 (football)
Criss Angel
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (magician)
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1869-1927
Saints
Cristoforo of Milan
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) ?-1484
Saints
Derek Shepherd
(middle name Christopher) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Grey's Anatomy
Dylan Minnette
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ed Sheeran
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1991-
Grammy Award Winners 2016 Thinking Out Loud (song of the year)
Notable Musicians
Eoin Macken
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Finn Hudson
(middle name Christopher) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2009 Glee
Friedrich of Prussia
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1911-1966
Other Royalty 1911-1966 Prussia (prince)
Gavin Newsom
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1967-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
George Nash
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (bronze)
Jaden Smith
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1998-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Jayson Tatum
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1998-
Olympic Medalists 2020; 2024 basketball (gold)
Jimmy Armfield
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1935-2018
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Joe Ledley
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
John Gall
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2008 baseball (bronze)
John C. McGinley
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
John C. Reilly
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jorma Taccone
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Kellan Lutz
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kit Harington
(m) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kit Watson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1999 Kit's Wilderness
Kristofer of Bavaria
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1416-1448
Swedish Kings and Queens 1441-1448
Lorenzo Wright
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1926-1972
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x100 m relay (gold)
Martin Freeman
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Martin Keamy
(middle name Christopher) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Michael Graham
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Michael Kelso
(middle name Christopher) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1998 That '70s Show
Michael Sheen
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Richard Coad
(middle name Christopher) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1998 Felicity
Scott Grimes
(middle name Christopher) (m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Topher Grace
(m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tyler Austin
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1991-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (silver)
Uche Okeke
(a.k.a. Christopher) (m) 1933-2016
Notable Artists