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