Charles is a given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus < Old High German name Karl < Old Norse Karl

Karl

-Royalty:* Karl of Austria - last Austrian Emperor-Karl as first name:*Karl , the ancestor of the peasants according to Norse mythology, see Ríg *Karl Auerbach, computer scientistKarl Walter,German car enthusiast...

. The initial spelling ch- corresponds to the palatalization

Palatalization

In linguistics, palatalization , also palatization, may refer to two different processes by which a sound, usually a consonant, comes to be produced with the tongue in a position in the mouth near the palate....

 of the Latin group ca- in Central French and the final -s to the former subject case of masculine words in Old French

Old French

Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...

 (< Latin -us). It shares the same Common Germanic root *karlaz as the English word churl

Churl

A churl , in its earliest Old English meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelt ċeorl, and denoting the lowest rank of freemen...

 (< Old English ċeorl), where it originally was used to indicate a free man, but not one belonging to the nobility.

Other forms are Carl

Carl (name)

.Carl is a popular given name as well as the name of various places. The most popular male variations are Karl, Charles; the popularity stems from the long lines of historical nobility using these names. There also exist many female variations such as Charlotte and Carla...

 and Karl

Carl (name)

.Carl is a popular given name as well as the name of various places. The most popular male variations are Karl, Charles; the popularity stems from the long lines of historical nobility using these names. There also exist many female variations such as Charlotte and Carla...

. Variants, including short forms, include:

Name in different languages

Language	Formal name	Informal name
Armenian Armenian language The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...	Կարլոս (Karlos)
Basque Basque language Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...	Karlos
Bulgarian Bulgarian language Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...	Карл (Karl)
Catalan Catalan language Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...	Carles
Croatian Croatian language Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...	Karlo
Czech Czech language Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...	Karel
Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...	Karl, Carl
Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...	Karel
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Charles	Chip, Chuck Chuck -Engineering:* Chuck , a clamp that is part of a machine tool or power tool and securely holds a removable part, either a workpiece or a tool -People:* Charles, a masculine given name... , Charley, Charlie Charlie Charlie is a common nickname for Charles and less commonly for Charlotte or Charlene.Charlie may also refer to:- Music :* Charlie , a British rock band in the 1970s and 1980s... , Chas, Chaz
Estonian Estonian language Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...	Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle
Faroese Faroese language Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...	Karl
Finnish Finnish language Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...	Kaarlo, Kaarle, Kalle, Karl
French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...	Charles	Charlot
German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....	Karl, Carl
Georgian Georgian language Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...	კარლო (Karlo)
Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...	Κάρολος (Károlos)
Hungarian Hungarian language Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....	Károly, Karcsi
Hawaiian Hawaiian language The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...	Kale
Icelandic Icelandic language Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...	Karl
Irish Irish language Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...	Carlus, Séarlas
Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...	Carlo
Latin	Carolus
Latvian Latvian language Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...	Kārlis
Limburgish Limburgish language Limburgish, also called Limburgian or Limburgic is a group of East Low Franconian language varieties spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, near the common Dutch / Belgian / German border...	Sjarel
Lithuanian Lithuanian language Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...	Karolis
Norwegian Norwegian language Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...	Karl, Carl
Polish Polish language Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...	Karol
Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...	Carlos	Carlito, Carlitos
Romanian Romanian language Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...	Carol
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...	Карл (Karl)
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....	Teàrlach
Serbian Serbian language Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....	Карло (Karlo)
Slovak Slovak language Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...	Karol
Slovene	Karel
Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...	Carlos	Carlito, Carlitos
Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Karl, Carl, Kalle
Welsh Welsh language Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...	Siarl

In arts and entertainment

Name	Description
Karolos Koun Karolos Koun Karolos Koun was a Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays. He had been praised all over Europe for his bawdy, colorful stagings of the 5th century BC political comedies of Aristophanes...	Greek stage director

Fictional people

Name	Description
Charles in Charge Charles in Charge Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...	an American television sitcom
Chuck Chuck -Engineering:* Chuck , a clamp that is part of a machine tool or power tool and securely holds a removable part, either a workpiece or a tool -People:* Charles, a masculine given name...	an American television series
Charles Antoni	a character on the ABC Family TV series Lincoln Heights Lincoln Heights (TV series) Lincoln Heights is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood...
Chuck Bass Chuck Bass Charles Bartholomew "Chuck" Bass is a fictional character in the Gossip Girl series of teen novels and the television series of the same name. He is portrayed by English actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary, antagonistic character in the original book series, in the television series Chuck...	a character in the novel series Gossip Girl
Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...	a character in the Peanuts comic strip
Charles Montgomery Burns	a character on The Simpsons, usually called "Mr. Burns" or "Monty Burns"
Chuck E Cheese	mouse mascot for pizza chain of same name
Charles Darnay Charles Darnay Charles Darnay, or Charles St. Evrémonde, is a fictional character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.-Overview:A French aristocrat by birth, Darnay chooses to live in England because he cannot bear to be associated with the cruel injustices of the French social system...	a character from the novel A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature....
Chuckie Finster Chuckie Finster Charles "Chuckie" Crandall Finster is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and All Grown Up!. He is Tommy Pickles' best friend and tritagonist . The character is voiced by Christine Cavanaugh...	a character on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and All Grown Up!
Charles Foster Kane Charles Foster Kane Charles Foster Kane is a fictional character and the subject of Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane. Welles played Kane , with Buddy Swan playing Kane as a child...	a character in the Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane
Charles Gunn Charles Gunn Charles Gunn is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Angel. The character is portrayed by J. August Richards, and was named by Whedon after filmmaker James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn, both of whom had worked with Whedon...	a major character on the television show Angel
Charlie Horse	one of Shari Lewis' puppets
Charles Logan (24 character) Charles Logan (24 character) Charles Logan is a fictional character played by Gregory Itzin in the television series 24. During the show's fourth season, Logan is the Vice President of the United States who is sworn into office as President of the United States when former President John Keeler is critically injured in a...	a fictional character in the TV series 24
Charlie McCarthy	Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist's dummy
Chucky Pancamo Chucky Pancamo Charles "Chucky The Enforcer" Pancamo is a fictional character, played by Chuck Zito, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #97P468. Convicted June 4, 1997 - Second degree murder. Sentence: 35 years, eligible for parole in 15....	a character from Oz played by Chuck Zito
Charles Tucker III Charles Tucker III Charles "Trip" Tucker III , played by Connor Trinneer, is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, which is the last generation of the Star Trek seriesTucker was the chief engineer on the Enterprise, and also briefly served as chief engineer aboard...	a fictional character on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
Charley Weaver	a character of comedian Cliff Arquette
Major Charles Emerson Winchester III	a character on the show M*A*S*H
Charles Xavier (Professor 'X')	a character in the X-Men universe
Charles	character on the cartoon Duckman Duckman Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic...
Charles	wrestler in Shakespeare's As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
Charles "Chachi" Arcola	character on Happy Days Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America.... and Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983...
Charles Morse	Anthony Hopkins's character in The Edge (1997)
Ensign Charles Parker (played by Tim Conway)	a character on the television series McHale's Navy McHale's Navy McHale's Navy is an American television sitcom series which ran for 138 half-hour episodes from October 11,1962, to August 31, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated in a one-hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962...
Charles Palantine	a character in the film Taxi Driver Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy...
Charles Stewart	a character in the movie Mona Lisa Smile Mona Lisa Smile Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 romantic drama film produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles...

In film

Name	Description
Charles Bowers Charles Bowers Charles R. Bowers was an American cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of...	American cartoonist and early film-maker
Charles Boyer Charles Boyer Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...	French-American actor
Roger Charles Carmel Roger C. Carmel Roger Charles Carmel was an American actor.Of his hundreds of roles, he is best remembered for playing the flamboyant and hapless criminal Harry Mudd on the original Star Trek. Other memorable roles include the accountant Doug Wesley on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Colonel Gumm on Batman...	American character actor
Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...	English comedy actor, famous for silent film acting
Charley Chase Charley Chase Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...	American silent film comedian and writer
Charles Dance Charles Dance Walter Charles Dance, OBE is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown , Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitentiary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 ,...	English actor
Charles Durning Charles Durning Charles Durning is an American actor. With appearances in over 100 films, Durning's memorable roles include police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon , along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the last two...	American actor
Charles Gray (actor) Charles Gray (actor) Charles Gray was an English actor who was well-known for roles including the arch-villain Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes in the Granada television series, and as The Criminologist in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show in...	English actor
Charles Grodin Charles Grodin Charles Grodin is an American actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. He had a small part as an obstetrician in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby in 1968...	American actor and cable talk show host
Charles Herbert Charles Herbert Charles Herbert is a former American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before reaching his teens, Herbert was renowned by a generation of moviegoers for an on-screen broody, mature style and wit that enabled him to go one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the industry, and his appearances...	American child actor of the '50s and '60s
Charlton Heston Charlton Heston Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...  (born John Charles Carter)	American actor
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.-Early life and career:...	English actor
Chas Licciardello Chas Licciardello Chas John Licciardello is a comedian from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser...	Australian comedian and a member of The Chaser
Charles Stanton Ogle Charles Stanton Ogle Charles Stanton Ogle was an American silent film actor.-Biography:Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Ogle first performed in live theatre, making his first appearance on Broadway in 1905. He embarked on a career in film with Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1908, appearing in The Boston Tea Party...	silent film actor
Charles Nelson Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in theater, movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game....	American comic actor and game show regular
Charles Reisner Charles Reisner Charles "Chuck" Reisner was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.He directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929...	American actor and film director

In literature

Name	Description
Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles...	American poet and novelist
Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...	English novelist
Charles Dodgson (pen-name Lewis Carroll)	English clergyman, writer and mathematician
Charles G. Finney Charles G. Finney Charles G. Finney was an American fantasy novelist and newspaperman. His full name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently in honor of his great-grandfather, famous evangelist Charles Grandison Finney.-Biography:...	novelist, author of The Circus of Dr. Lao
Charles Henri Ford Charles Henri Ford Charles Henri Ford was an American poet, novelist, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist best known for his editorship of the Surrealist magazine View in New York City, and as the partner of the artist Pavel Tchelitchew...	American poet, photographer and writer
Charles Fort Charles Fort Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print today.-Biography:Charles Hoy Fort was born in 1874 in Albany, New York, of Dutch...	American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
Charles L. Grant Charles L. Grant Charles Lewis Grant was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection...	American science-fiction author
Charles Lummis	American journalist, poet and historian
Charles Olson Charles Olson Charles Olson , was a second generation American modernist poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance...	American poet
Charles G.D. Roberts Charles G.D. Roberts Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was "almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature......	Canadian poet
Charles Webb (author)	American author of The Graduate

In music

Name	Description
Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...	French-Armenian ballad singer.
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...	American guitarist, singer and composer
Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...	American country music figure
Charles Gavin Charles Gavin Charles de Souza Gavin is a drummer and musical producer, whose fame comes mainly from his drums works at Brazilian rock band Titãs.- Biography :...	Brazilian rock drummer/producer
Charlie Haden Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...	American Jazz bassist and composer
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...	real name Charles Hardin Holley, musician
Charles Ives Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...	American composer
Chuck Mangione Chuck Mangione Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione is an American flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good." Mangione has released more than thirty albums since 1960.-Early life and career:...	American jazz artist
Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...	American Jazz bassist and composer
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....	American Jazz saxophonist
Charles "Chuck" Schuldiner Chuck Schuldiner Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Schuldiner was the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the band Death, which he founded in 1983, initially under the name Mantas. He also recorded as guitarist and songwriter with his other band, Control Denied...	American guitarist, singer and composer
Charles Davis Tillman Charles Davis Tillman Charles Davis Tillman —also known as Charlie D. Tillman, Charles Tillman, Charlie Tillman, and C. D. Tillman—was a popularizer of the gospel song...  (1861–1943)	pioneer of southern gospel music
Sean Charles Watkins	one-third of the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek
Charlie Watts Charlie Watts Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...	English drummer for the rock group The Rolling Stones

In television

Name	Description
Chuck Barris Chuck Barris Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris is an American game show producer, film director and presenter best known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game. Barris, a survivor of lung cancer, is also an author and claims to have worked for the CIA.-Early career:Barris was born in Oakland, New...	American game show producer
Charles Gibson Charles Gibson Charles deWolf "Charlie" Gibson is a former American broadcast television anchor and journalist. He was a host of Good Morning America from 1987 to 1998 and 1999 to 2006 and anchor of World News with Charles Gibson from 2006 to 2009....	American television journalist
Charles Kuralt Charles Kuralt Charles Kuralt was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.Kuralt's "On the Road"...	American television journalist
Charles Larson (producer)	television producer and writer
Charlie Rose Charlie Rose Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...	American host of a television interview show

In visual arts

Name	Description
Charles Addams Charles Addams Charles "Chas" Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters...	American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters
Charles Dellschau Charles Dellschau Charles August Albert Dellschau was an American outsider artist of Prussian birth.-Life:Dellschau was a butcher by trade who, after his retirement in 1899, filled at least 13 notebooks with drawings, watercolor paintings and collages depicting fantastical airships.He lived and worked in an attic...	Prussian-American artist of airships
Chuck Jones Chuck Jones Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...	American animator
Charles R. Knight Charles R. Knight Charles Robert Knight was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals...	wildlife artist, known for prehistoric restorations
Charles Schulz	creator of the comic strip Peanuts

In aviation and aerospace

Name	Description
Charles Bolton	American shuttle astronaut, current head of NASA
Charles Furnas Charles Furnas Charles W. Furnas was born in West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, the second son of Tanzy and Elizabeth Furnas. He is chiefly remembered for his work as a mechanic for the Wright Company and for being the world's first aeroplane passenger...	world's first airplane passenger
Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...	first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
Chuck Yeager Chuck Yeager Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is a retired major general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He was the first pilot to travel faster than sound...	American test pilot and first man to break the sound barrier

Athletes

Name	Description
Charles Barkley Charles Barkley Charles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...	former NBA forward and a current NBA color commentator for TNT
Chuck Bednarik Chuck Bednarik Charles Philip Bednarik is a former professional American football player, known as one of the most devastating tacklers in the history of football and the last two-way player in the National Football League...	hof NFL player, 1967, Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Charles Daniels (swimmer) Charles Daniels (swimmer) Charles Meldrum "Charlie" Daniels is a former American swimmer and eight-time Olympic medalist. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, inventing the "American crawl".-Career:Daniels began his swimming career with the New York Athletic Club in 1903...  (1885–1973)	American freestyle swimmer
Charlie Fleming Charlie Fleming Charles "Charlie" Fleming was a Scottish footballer who played for Blairhall Colliery, East Fife, Sunderland and the Scotland national team...	Scottish footballer
Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg Charles Goldenberg Charles R. "Buckets" Goldenberg was an American football player. He is often credited as the originator of the draw play....	American All-Pro football player
Charles Green (disambiguation)	multiple people
Chuck Hayes Chuck Hayes Charles "Chuck" Edward Hayes, Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'6", 238 pound center/power forward who last played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA...	American basketball player who currently plays for the Houston Rockets
Charles Landon Charles Landon Charles Whittington Landon was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played six games for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1874 and 1875, and nine for Yorkshire between 1878 and 1882. Having first played for the Lancashire Gentlemen, he also appeared for the Yorkshire Gentlemen from 1876...	English cricketeer
Charles Lefrançois Charles Lefrançois Charles Lefrançois is a retired high jumper from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He won the silver medal at the 1997 Summer Universiade. He is a seven-time national champion for Canada in the men's high jump event.-References:*...	Canadian high jumper
Charles Madrid "Dr. Charles"	one of the founding fathers of sport compact racing
Charlie McCarthy (hurler) Charlie McCarthy (hurler) Charlie McCarthy is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1980. McCarthy captained Cork to a third consecutive All-Ireland title in 1978.-Biography:Charlie McCarthy was born in Cork in 1946...	Irish hurler
Charles Myer	American major league baseball All Star second baseman
Charles Oakley Charles Oakley Charles Oakley is a retired American professional basketball player and is currently an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association...	American basketball forward
Charles Radbourn Charles Radbourn Charles Gardner Radbourn , nicknamed "Old Hoss", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the Buffalo Bisons , Providence Grays , Boston Beaneaters , Boston Reds , and Cincinnati Reds...	early Major League Baseball pitcher
Charlie Reiter Charlie Reiter Charles "Charlie" Reiter is an American professional soccer player currently playing for Richmond Kickers in the USL Second Division.-Youth and College:...	American professional soccer player
Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva or simply Charles , is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who plays for Cruzeiro on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League....	Brazilian midfielder
Charles Sifford	first African American golfer to play in a PGA tour
Charles van Commenee Charles van Commenee Charles van Commenee, written in Dutch as Charles van Commenée, is an Dutch athletics coach who is currently the head coach of UK Athletics. He began his professional career as a technical director and national coach for the Netherlands. He moved to take up similar roles for the British athletics...	Dutch athletics coach

In crime and law enforcement

Name	Description
Charles Arthur, pseudonym of Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was an American bank robber. He operated in the West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained heavy press coverage in the 1930s. Like most other prominent outlaws of that era, he was killed by law enforcement officers...	American bank robber
Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs was an American pirate who was one of the last active in the Caribbean during the early-19th century and was among the last executed for piracy by the United States....	19th Century pirate
Charles Langford	American attorney
Charles Manson Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...	American cult leader, convicted murder conspirator
Charles Moose Charles Moose Charles Alexander Moose is an American law enforcement official and author. A native of New York City who grew up in North Carolina, he has served as the chief of police for Montgomery County, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon...	American law enforcement official and author
Charles Ponzi Charles Ponzi Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi, , commonly known as Charles Ponzi, was a businessman and con artist in the U.S. and Canada. Born in Italy, he became known as a swindler in North America for his money making scheme. His aliases include Charles Ponei, Charles P. Bianchi, Carl and Carlo...	Italian-American con-man, gave name to Ponzi scheme
Charley Ross Charley Ross Charles Brewster Ross was the primary victim of the first kidnapping for ransom in America to receive widespread attention from the media.-Abduction:...	first American victim of kidnapping for ransom
Charles Sobhraj Charles Sobhraj Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh Charles Sobhraj , better known as Charles Sobhraj, is a serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese origin, who preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed "the Serpent" and "the Bikini killer" for his skill at deception and evasion, he...	Indian serial killer
Charles "Tex" Watson	member of Charles Manson's "family"

In politics

Name	Description
Charles "Bubba" Chaney Charles "Bubba" Chaney Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 19, which includes his home city of Rayville in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He was elected in 2007, when he defeated Anita Mack-Tennant.The position opened when the long-term Democratic...	Louisiana politician
Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams and the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams....	American congressman and ambassador, grandson of John Adams
Charles Edward Bennett Charles Edward Bennett Charles Edward Bennett was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville, Florida.-Early years:...	Democratic U.S. Congressman from Florida
Charles Bent Charles Bent Charles Bent was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846....	first Governor of New Mexico Territory, assassinated in 1847
Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte was an American lawyer and political activist from Maryland who served in the Cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bonaparte was Secretary of the Navy and then Attorney General. While Attorney General, he created the Bureau of Investigation...	former U. S. Attorney General
Charles Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh was a political activist and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866.-Early life:...	British political activist and militant atheist, founder of the National Secular Society
Charles Carroll of Carrollton Charles Carroll of Carrollton Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...	last living signer of the Declaration of Independence (died 1832)
Charles Colson Charles Colson Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson is a Christian leader, cultural commentator, and former Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973....	U.S. President Nixon's Chief Counsel, involved in the Watergate scandal
Charles Magill Conrad Charles Magill Conrad Charles Magill Conrad was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Confederate Congress...	former American Secretary of War
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...	31st American Vice President, under Herbert Hoover
Charles G. Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...	30th American Vice President, under Calvin Coolidge
Charles Greg Davis (Mississippi politician) Greg Davis (Mississippi politician) For other persons with these names, see Greg Davis and Charles Davis.Charles Gregory "Greg" Davis is the mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, the state's third largest city, and was the Republican Party nominee for Mississippi's 1st congressional district in the 2008 special and general elections.-...	Mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, better known as Greg Davis
Charles Devens Charles Devens Charles Devens was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	former U.S. Attorney General
Charles de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....	French military leader and statesman
James Charles Evers Charles Evers James Charles Evers is a prominent American civil rights advocate. The older brother of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, Charles Evers is a leading civil rights spokesman within the Republican Party in his native Mississippi. In 1969 he became the first African American since the...	civil rights figure, older brother of Medgar Evers
Charles W. Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....	26th American Vice President, under Theodore Roosevelt
Charles A. Ford Charles A. Ford Charles Arthur Ford is a United States diplomat, a former United States Ambassador to Honduras, and is currently the Business Engagement Advisor to the Commander, United States Southern Command....	American diplomat
Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Lionel Gibbs was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death.-Early life:Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire,...	Canadian politician
Charles Harper (Mayor) Charles Harper (Mayor) Charles Harper was a Western Australian businessman and mayor of two local governments. Harper was a Councillor from the Victoria Park Road Board from 1905 and served as Mayor from 1909 to 1917 when the road district was amalgamated into the City of Perth...	Australian politician
Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...	former U.S. Secretary of State
Charles Humphreys Charles Humphreys Charles Humphreys was an American miller and statesman from Haverford, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Daniel Humphreys and Hannah Wynne . He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776...	Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress; refused to sign Declaration of Independence due to his Quaker beliefs
Chuck Larson Chuck Larson Charles W. 'Chuck' Larson, Jr. is a politician from Iowa. He was the Iowa State Senator from the 19th District from 2003–2007 and is a former chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa...	current (2008) U.S. ambassador to Latvia
Charles Lee (Attorney General) Charles Lee (Attorney General) Charles Lee was an American lawyer from Virginia. He served as United States Attorney General from 1795 until 1801....	former U. S. Attorney General
Charles Mathias (1922–2010)	American politician
Karolos Papoulias Karolos Papoulias -Honours:*Knight Grand Cross with Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic *Knight Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav *Knight of the Order of the Elephant- External links :*...	President of the Hellenic Republic (Greece)
Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...	Irish political leader
Charles Pearson Charles Pearson Charles Pearson was Solicitor to the City of London, a reforming campaigner, and – briefly – Member of Parliament for Lambeth...	former Solicitor for The City of London and early railway advocate
Charles Alan Pownall Charles Alan Pownall Charles Alan Pownall was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and Governor of Guam . He was the third military Governor and first naval Governor of Guam following the United States recapture of the island from the Japanese...	3rd military Governor of Guam
Chuck Robb Chuck Robb Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb is an American politician. He served as the 64th Governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as a United States senator from 1989 until 2001. In 2004, he chaired the Iraq Intelligence Commission.-Early life:...	former Governor of Virginia & U.S. Senator
Charlie Rose (congressman) Charlie Rose (congressman) Charles Grandison "Charlie" Rose III is a former Democratic United States Congressman from North Carolina who served from 1973 to 1997....	American congressman (Democrat from N.C.)
Charles Scott (governor of Kentucky) Charles Scott (governor of Kentucky) Charles Scott was an American soldier and politician who served as the fourth Governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812. Orphaned at an early age, Scott served under Edward Braddock and George Washington in the French and Indian War...	also George Washington's Chief of Intelligence during the American Revolution
Charles Harding Smith Charles Harding Smith Charles Harding Smith was a loyalist leader in Northern Ireland and the first effective leader of the Ulster Defence Association...	Irish politician
Charles G. Taylor	former president of Liberia
Charles Thomson Charles Thomson Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...	secretary of the Continental Congress
Charles Wilson (Texas politician)	Texas congressman, subject of 2007 movie Charlie Wilson's War

In religion

Name	Description
Saint Charles Borromeo	saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Charles Grandison Finney Charles Grandison Finney Charles Grandison Finney was a leader in the Second Great Awakening. He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, a pioneer in social reforms in favor...	American evangelist, major leader of the Second Great Awakening in America
Charles W. Penrose Charles W. Penrose Charles William Penrose was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July 7, 1904. Penrose was also a member of the First Presidency of the church under Church Presidents Joseph F. Smith and Heber J...  (1832–1925)	leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Charles Haddon Spurgeon	Reformed Baptist preacher
Charles Wesley Charles Wesley Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...	co-founder of the Methodist Church

Austrian royalty

Name	Description
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain...	son of Leopold II
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI was the penultimate Habsburg sovereign of the Habsburg Empire. He succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia , Hungary and Croatia , Archduke of Austria, etc., in 1711...	Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife
Charles I of Austria	Emperor of Austria

Bohemian royalty

Name	Description
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....	King of Bohemia and King of the Romans

British royalty

Name	Description
Charles I of England Charles I of England Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...	King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Charles II of England Charles II of England Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...	King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland
Charles Edward Stuart Charles Edward Stuart Prince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender was the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of Great Britain , and Ireland...	exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Charles, Prince of Wales Charles, Prince of Wales Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...	eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

French royalty

Name	Description
Charlemagne Charlemagne Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...  (Carolus Magnus)	first Holy Roman Emperor, son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon
Charles the Bald Charles the Bald Charles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith.-Struggle against his brothers:He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder...	youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious
Charles the Fat Charles the Fat Charles the Fat was the King of Alemannia from 876, King of Italy from 879, western Emperor from 881, King of East Francia from 882, and King of West Francia from 884. In 887, he was deposed in East Francia, Lotharingia, and possibly Italy, where the records are not clear...	son of Louis the German
Charles the Simple Charles the Simple Charles III , called the Simple or the Straightforward , was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23...	member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France
Charles IV of France Charles IV of France Charles IV, known as the Fair , was the King of France and of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the senior Capetian lineage....	member of the Capetian Dynasty
Charles V of France Charles V of France Charles V , called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois...	king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty
Charles VI of France Charles VI of France Charles VI , called the Beloved and the Mad , was the King of France from 1380 to 1422, as a member of the House of Valois. His bouts with madness, which seem to have begun in 1392, led to quarrels among the French royal family, which were exploited by the neighbouring powers of England and Burgundy...	member of the Valois Dynasty
Charles VII of France Charles VII of France Charles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris...	king of France from 1422 to 1461
Charles VIII of France Charles VIII of France Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. Charles was a member of the House of Valois...	King of France from 1483 to his death
Charles IX of France Charles IX of France Charles IX was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. His reign was dominated by the Wars of Religion. He is best known as king at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.-Childhood:...	son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici
Charles X of France Charles X of France Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...	grandson of Louis XV and his Polish queen
Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte was an American lawyer and political activist from Maryland who served in the Cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bonaparte was Secretary of the Navy and then Attorney General. While Attorney General, he created the Bureau of Investigation...	grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte
Napoleon III of France Napoleon III of France Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...  (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte}	President of France from 1849 to 1852
Charles I of Sicily Charles I of Sicily Charles I , known also as Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282...
Charles, duc d'Orléans Charles, duc d'Orléans Charles of Valois was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, on the orders of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy...	Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont and of Blois, lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine was a Lorraine-born Austrian soldier.-Background:Charles was the son of Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans...	son of Leopold Joseph

German royalty

Name	Description
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...	Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon, Castile, Naples, and Sicily, and ruler of the Burgundian territories
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII Albert a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 until his death in 1745...	member of the Wittelsbach family

Hungarian royalty

Name	Description
Charles I of Hungary Charles I of Hungary Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...	grandson of King Charles II of Naples
Charles III of Naples Charles III of Naples Charles the Short or Charles of Durazzo was King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem from 1382 to 1386 as Charles III, and King of Hungary from 1385 to 1386 as Charles II. In 1382 Charles created the order of Argonauts of Saint Nicholas...	son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino

Italian royalty

Name	Description
Charles I of Savoy Charles I of Savoy Charles I , surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490....	Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490
Charles II of Savoy	Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496
Charles III, Duke of Savoy Charles III, Duke of Savoy Charles III of Savoy , often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death....	Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel I , known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630...	Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine Marie of France until 1663. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Moriana and Nice, as well as claimant king of Cyprus and Jerusalem...	Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death.-Biography:...	Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel IV was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802. He abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I...	King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802
Charles Felix of Sardinia Charles Felix of Sardinia Charles Felix was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831.-Early life:...	Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831
Charles Albert of Sardinia Charles Albert of Sardinia Charles Albert was the King of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of Independence...	Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
Charles I of Sicily Charles I of Sicily Charles I , known also as Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282...	posthumous son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile
Charles II of Naples Charles II of Naples Charles II, known as "the Lame" was King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea and Count of Anjou.-Biography:...	son of Charles I of Naples

Monaco royalty

• Charles I of Monaco, first true Lord of Monaco
• Charles II Lord of Monaco
• Charles III, Prince of Monaco
  Charles III, Prince of Monaco
  Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III.-Birth:...
  
  , founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo

Portuguese royalty

• Charles I of Portugal, second to last King of Portugal and Algarves from 1889 to 1908
• Infante Carlos (1716–1730), 2nd son of King John V

In Romanian royalty

• Charles I of Romania, first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty
• Charles II of Romania, eldest son of Ferdinand I

In Spanish royalty

• Charles II of Navarre
  Charles II of Navarre
  Charles II , called "Charles the Bad", was King of Navarre 1349-1387 and Count of Évreux 1343-1387....
  
  , one of the nobles involved in the repression of the Jacquerie
• Charles III of Navarre
  Charles III of Navarre
  Charles III , called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours...
  
  , Navarrese monarch
• Charles I of Spain, King of Aragon, King of Castile, King of Naples and Sicily, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and was also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles V)
• Charles II of Spain
  Charles II of Spain
  Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
  
  , only surviving son of his Habsburg predecessor, King Philip IV of Spain and his second Queen
• Charles III of Spain
  Charles III of Spain
  Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...
  
  , first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma
• Charles IV of Spain
  Charles IV of Spain
  Charles IV was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.-Early life:...
  
  , King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808
• Juan Carlos I of Spain
  Juan Carlos I of Spain
  Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
  
  , reigning King of Spain

In Swedish royalty

• Charles VII of Sweden
  Charles VII of Sweden
  Charles "VII" also Carl , or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish , was ruler of Gothenland, and then King of Sweden from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated....
  
  , King of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167
• Charles VIII of Sweden
  Charles VIII of Sweden
  Charles VIII of Sweden , Charles I of Norway, also Carl, , was king of Sweden and king of Norway ....
  
  , King of Sweden
• Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden
  Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
  
  , King of Sweden, the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud
• Charles X Gustav of Sweden
  Charles X Gustav of Sweden
  Charles X Gustav also Carl Gustav, was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's death he also succeeded him as Pfalzgraf. He was married to Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, who...
  
  , the second Wittelsbach King of Sweden after Christopher of Bavaria
• Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI of Sweden
  Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....
  
  , King of Sweden, the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
• Charles XII of Sweden
  Charles XII of Sweden
  Charles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...
  
  , fourth King of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden
• Charles XIII of Sweden
  Charles XIII of Sweden
  Charles XIII & II also Carl, , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...
  
  , King of Sweden, the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
• Charles XIV John of Sweden
  Charles XIV John of Sweden
  Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...
  
  , King of Sweden and Norway. Former Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France
• Charles XV of Sweden
  Charles XV of Sweden
  Charles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....
  
  , King of Sweden, the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...
  
  , Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden

In other royalty

• Prince Charles of Belgium
  Prince Charles of Belgium
  Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium was the second son of Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. Born in Brussels, he served in lieu of his older brother King Leopold III from 1944 until 1950 as Prince Regent until Leopold could return to Belgium and...
  
  , second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth

In other nobility

• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
  
  , English military commander and colonial governor
• Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne , or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588...
  
  , French nobleman and military leader
• Charles, Duke of Brittany
  Charles, Duke of Brittany
  Charles of Blois , claimed the title Duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death.Charles is the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of king Philip VI of France. He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh...
  
  , son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon
• Charles I, Duke of Burgundy
  Charles I, Duke of Burgundy
  Charles the Bold , baptised Charles Martin, was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477...
  
  , son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
• Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles de Bourbon was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne.He was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired...
  
  , Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
• Charles II, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles II, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles II, Duke of Bourbon , the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, was a member of the House of Bourbon...
  
  , clergyman, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
• Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
  Charles III, Duke of Bourbon was a French military leader, the Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. He commanded the Imperial troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in what became known as the Sack of Rome in 1527, where he was killed.-Biography:Charles was born at Montpensier...
  
  , Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne
• Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles II , called the Bold was the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425....
  
  , duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425
• Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles III , known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.-History:He was the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark...
  
  , eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark
• Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
  Charles IV was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, and again from 1661 until 1675.- Biography :...
  
  , European nobility
• Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
  Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
  Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu , generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment...
  
  , French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment
• Charles, Count Léon, illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France
  Napoleon I of France
  Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
  
   and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne
• Charles Martel
  Charles Martel
  Charles Martel , also known as Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks. In 739 he was offered the...
  
  , mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks

Scientists

• Charles Babbage
  Charles Babbage
  Charles Babbage, FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer...
  
  , English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and computer scientist
• Charles L. Bennett
  Charles L. Bennett
  Charles L. Bennett is an American observational astrophysicist and the Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. He is the Principal Investigator of NASA's highly successful Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe...
  
  , American astrophysicist
• Charles Thomas Bolton
  Charles Thomas Bolton
  Charles Thomas or Tom Bolton is an American astronomer who was the first astronomer to present strong evidence of the existence of a black hole....
  
  , astronomer who proved the existence of black holes
• Charles Darwin
  Charles Darwin
  Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
  
  , British naturalist
• Charles Dawson
  Charles Dawson
  Charles Dawson was an amateur British archaeologist who is credited and blamed with discoveries that turned out to be imaginative frauds, including that of the Piltdown Man , which he presented in 1912...
  
  , English archaeologist, involved in the Piltdown Man hoax
• Charles Fleming (ornithologist), New Zealand ornithologist
• Charles Thomas Jackson
  Charles Thomas Jackson
  Charles Thomas Jackson was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.- Life and work :...
  
  , American geologist
• Charles T. Kowal
  Charles T. Kowal
  Charles Thomas Kowal was an American astronomer.He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000....
  
  , American astronomer, discoverer of Chiron and 2 moons of Jupiter
• Charles Lyell
  Charles Lyell
  Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...
  
  , Scottish scientist, founder of modern geology
• Othniel Charles Marsh
  Othniel Charles Marsh
  Othniel Charles Marsh was an American paleontologist. Marsh was one of the preeminent scientists in the field; the discovery or description of dozens of news species and theories on the origins of birds are among his legacies.Born into a modest family, Marsh was able to afford higher education...
  
  , American paleontologist
• Charles Wright Mills, American sociologist
• Edward Charles Pickering
  Edward Charles Pickering
  Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering.Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations .Pickering attended Boston Latin School, and received his B.S. from...
  
  , American astronomer
• Charles Hazelius Sternberg
  Charles Hazelius Sternberg
  Charles Hazelius Sternberg , was an American fossil collector and amateur paleontologist. His older brother, Dr. George M. Sternberg was a military surgeon assigned to Fort Harker near Ellsworth, Kansas and brought the rest of Sternberg family to Kansas to live on his ranch about 1868...
  
  , American fossil collector, involved in the Bone Wars
• Charles Mortram Sternberg
  Charles Mortram Sternberg
  Charles M. Sternberg was an American-Canadian fossil collector and paleontologist, son of Charles Hazelius Sternberg.Late in his career, he collected and described Pachyrhinosaurus, Brachylophosaurus, Parksosaurus and Edmontonia...
  
  , son of above, also a fossil collector and paleontologist
• Charles Tilly
  Charles Tilly
  Charles Tilly was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University....
  
  , American sociologist
• Charles Doolittle Walcott
  Charles Doolittle Walcott
  Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American invertebrate paleontologist. He became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.-Early life:...
  
  , American paleontologist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
  Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
  Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.- Biography:...
  
  , Scottish physicist

Other people

• Charles McLean Andrews
  Charles McLean Andrews
  Charles McLean Andrews was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognized as a leading authority on American colonial history...
  
  , American historian and professor
• Charles James Denton, British entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Charles DeRudio
  Charles DeRudio
  Charles Camillo DeRudio was an Italian aristocrat, would-be assassin of Napoleon III, and later a career U.S. Army officer who fought in the 7th U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.-Early life:...
  
  , Italian-American soldier of fortune, survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Charles Harding Firth
  Charles Harding Firth
  Sir Charles Harding Firth was a British historian.Born in Sheffield, he was educated at Clifton College and at Balliol College, Oxford...
  
  , British historian
• Charles Floyd (explorer)
  Charles Floyd (explorer)
  Charles Floyd was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A native of Kentucky, he was a relative of William Clark, an uncle to the politician John Floyd, and a brother to James John Floyd...
  
  , sole casualty of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Charles Keating
  Charles Keating
  Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. is an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, and financier, most known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s....
  
  , American financier, instigator of the "Keating 5" scandal
• "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds
  Charley Reynolds
  "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds was a scout in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. He was noted as an expert marksman, frontiersman and hunter. He had also been a scout with Buffalo Bill.-Biography:Charles Alexander Reynolds was...
  
  , U.S. Western scout
• Charlie Smith (centenarian)
  Charlie Smith (centenarian)
  Charlie Smith was a centenarian noted for claiming to be the oldest person in the United States, although his claim has since been debunked. Smith stated that he had been born in Liberia in 1842 and came to the United States as a slave. Later research indicated that he had been born circa 1874 or...
  
   (died 1979), claimed to be the oldest person in the United States
• Charles M. Schwab
  Charles M. Schwab
  Charles Michael Schwab was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world....
  
  , founder of Bethlehem Steel
• Charles R. Schwab
  Charles R. Schwab
  Charles R. "Chuck" Schwab is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation.-Early life:Schwab was born in Sacramento, California. Despite having the same name, he is not related to Charles M. Schwab, the American steel magnate of the first half of the Twentieth Century...
  
  , stock-broker and founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
• Charles Upham
  Charles Upham
  Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar was a New Zealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross twice during the Second World War: in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942...
  
  , most-decorated Commonwealth serviceman of World War Two
• Charles Varnum
  Charles Varnum
  Charles Albert Varnum was a career United States Army officer. He was most noted as the commander of the scouts for George Armstrong Custer in the Little Bighorn Campaign during the Black Hills War, as well as receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions in a conflict following the Battle of...
  
  , U.S. Army, survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
• Charles Webb (architect)
  Charles Webb (architect)
  Charles Webb was an architect working in Victoria, Australia during the 19th century....
  
  , Australian architect
• Charles Winters
  Charles Winters
  Charles "Charlie" Thompson Winters was an American businessman who volunteered during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He was imprisoned for 18 months for helping smuggle three B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers to Israel in the late 1940s, but pardoned posthumously by President George W...
  
  , American jailed for smuggling B-17 bombers to Israel

Other uses of the name

• "Charles (short story)
  Charles (short story)
  "Charles" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in Mademoiselle in July 1948. It was later included in her 1949 collection, The Lottery and Other Stories, and her 1953 novel, Life Among the Savages...
  
  ", a popular short story by Shirley Jackson
• Charley horse
  Charley horse
  A charley horse is a popular North American colloquial term for painful spasms or cramps in the leg muscles, typically lasting anywhere from a few seconds to a few hours. Also known as a "Tommy Horse"...
  
  , a biophysical condition
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, a pejorative term from the Happy Days series

See also

• Carl (name)
  Carl (name)
  .Carl is a popular given name as well as the name of various places. The most popular male variations are Karl, Charles; the popularity stems from the long lines of historical nobility using these names. There also exist many female variations such as Charlotte and Carla...
  
  
• Charley (disambiguation)
• Charlie (disambiguation)
• Charly (disambiguation)
  Charly (disambiguation)
  Charly is a 1968 film starring Cliff Robertson in an Academy Award-winning performance.It may also refer to:In entertainment:* Charly , a 1980 novel and 2002 movie by Jack Weyland* "Charly" , a 1991 single by The Prodigy...
  
  
• Chuck (disambiguation)
• Charleston (disambiguation)
• Charlestown (disambiguation)
• Charles Adams (disambiguation)
• Charles Anderson (disambiguation)
• Charles Andrews (disambiguation)
• Charles Bennett (disambiguation)
• Charles Best (disambiguation)
• Charles Black (disambiguation)
  Charles Black (disambiguation)
  Charles Black may refer to:* Charles A. Black, Canadian physician and politician* Charles Alden Black, U.S. Navy officer and businessman* Charles B. Black, American college basketball player in the mid-1940s...
  
  
• Charles Brown (disambiguation)
• Charles Clark (disambiguation)
• Charles Conrad (disambiguation)
• Charles Davis (disambiguation)
• Charles Floyd (disambiguation)
• Charles Gibson (disambiguation)
  Charles Gibson (disambiguation)
  Charles Gibson is an American television personality primarily associated with news; refers to himself as Charlie Gibson.Charles Gibson or Charlie Gibson may also refer to:-Public officials:...
  
  
• Charles Gough (disambiguation)
• Charles Harper (disambiguation)
• Charles Jones (disambiguation)
• Charles Keating (disambiguation)
  Charles Keating (disambiguation)
  Charles Keating is the name of:* Charles Keating, Jr. , U.S. American lawyer and banker, known for his involvement in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s* Charles Keating III, 1976 Olympic swimmer from the USA...
  
  
• Charles Knapp (disambiguation)
• Charles Larson (disambiguation)
• Charles Logan (disambiguation)
• Charles Lyell (disambiguation)
  Charles Lyell (disambiguation)
  Charles Lyell may refer to:*Charles Lyell , Scottish botanist*Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet , geologist and populariser of uniformitarianism, son of the botanist*Charles Henry Lyell , Liberal MP...
  
  
• Charles Miller (disambiguation)
• Charles Nelson (disambiguation)
• Charles Ogle (disambiguation)
• Charles Parker (disambiguation)
• Charles Roberts (disambiguation)
• Charles Robertson (disambiguation)
  Charles Robertson (disambiguation)
  -Public officials:*Charles Robertson , Norwegian businessman, member of Conservative Party who, under Prime Minister Ivar Lykke, served as Minister of Trade from 1926 to 1928*Charles R...
  
  
• Charles Robinson (disambiguation)
• Charles Schwab (disambiguation)
• Charles Scott (disambiguation)
• Charles Smith (disambiguation)
• Charles Stewart (disambiguation)
• Charles Taylor (disambiguation)
  Charles Taylor (disambiguation)
  Charles Taylor may refer to:-Political figures:*Charles Taylor , former warlord and former President of Liberia*Charles "Chuckie" Taylor, Jr., nickname for Charles McArthur Emmanuel, his son...
  
  
• Charles Thomson (disambiguation)
  Charles Thomson (disambiguation)
  Charles Thomson or Charlie Thomson is the name of:*Charles Thomson , secretary of the Continental Congress*Charles Thomson , English Stuckist artist, painter, poet, photographer...
  
  
• Charles Watson (disambiguation)
  Charles Watson (disambiguation)
  Charles Watson may refer to:*Charles Watson , American businessman, founder of The Natural Gas Clearinghouse, later renamed Dynegy*Charles Watson , 18th century British naval officer, governor of Newfoundland...
  
  
• Charles White (disambiguation)
  Charles White (disambiguation)
  -Sports:* Charles White , American football player, Heisman Trophy winner* Charlie White , English football player for Watford* Charlie White , American ice dancer...
  
  
• Charles Wilson (disambiguation)
• Saint Charles (disambiguation)