Editing List of biologists (section)

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*[[Albert Claude]] (1899–1983), Belgian-American cell biologist who developed cell fractionation; Nobel Prize 1974
*[[W. Wallace Cleland]] (1930–2013). American biochemist known for work on enzyme kinetics and mechanism
*[[Nathan Cobb]] (1859–1932), American biologist who described over 1000 different nematode species and laid the foundations of nematode taxonomy
*[[Leonard Cockayne]] (1855–1934), New Zealand botanist<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Cockayne</ref> especially active  in plant ecology and theories of hybridisation
*[[Alfred Cogniaux]] (1841–1916), Belgian botanist<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Cogn.</ref> who worked especially with orchids
*[[Stanley Cohen (doctor)|Stanley Cohen]] (1922–2020), American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1986) for his discovery of growth factors
*[[Edwin Joseph Cohn]] (1892–1953), American protein chemist known for studies on blood and the physical chemistry of protein
*[[Mildred Cohn]] (1913–2009), American pioneer in the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to study enzymes
*[[James Collins (bioengineer)|James J. Collins]] (born 1965), American biologist, synthetic biology and systems biology pioneer
*[[Timothy Abbott Conrad]] (1803–1877), American paleontologist and naturalist<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Conrad</ref> who  studied the shells of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations, as well as existing species of molluscs
*[[James Graham Cooper]] (1830–1902), American surgeon and naturalist<ref>Abbreviations in zoology: Cooper, J.G. Cooper</ref> who contributed to both zoology and botany
*[[Edward Drinker Cope]] (1840–1897), American paleontologist and comparative anatomist,<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Cope</ref> also a herpetologist and ichthyologist, and founder of the Neo-Lamarckism school of thought
*[[Carl Ferdinand Cori]] (1896–1984), Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on the Cori cycle
*[[Gerty Cori]] (1886–1957),  Czech-American biochemist, first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science (Physiology or Medicine, 1947), for unraveling the mechanism of glycogen metabolism
*[[Charles B. Cory]] (1857–1921), American ornithologist<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Cory</ref> who collected many birds. Author of ''The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo'' and other books.
*[[Emanuel Mendes da Costa]] (1717–1791), English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, author of ''A Natural History of Fossils'', ''British Conchology'', and other books
*[[Elliott Coues]] (1842–1899), American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist,<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Coues</ref> and author of ''Key to North American Birds'', did much to promote the systematic study of ornithology
*[[Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer]] (1907–2004), South African zoologist who discovered the Coelacanth
*[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau]] (1910–1997), French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water
*[[Miguel Rolando Covian]] (1913–1992), Argentine-Brazilian neurophysiologist known for research on the neurophysiology of the limbic system, regarded as the father of Brazilian neurophysiology
*[[Frederick Vernon Coville]] (1867–1937), American botanist,<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Coville</ref> author of ''Botany of the Death Valley Expedition''