Charles Bennett
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Charles Bennett may refer to:
- Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of TankervilleCharles Bennet, 4th Earl of TankervilleCharles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville , styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells and a famous patron of Surrey cricket in the 1770s. He agreed a set of cricket rules that included the first mention of the Leg before wicket rule. His wife, Emma, was...
, cricket pioneer, (1743–1822) - Charles Bennett (athlete)Charles Bennett (athlete)Charles Bennett was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 m at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion...
(1870–1949), British track and field athlete, most notable for 1500m events - Charles Bennett (actor)Charles Bennett (actor)Charles Bennett was an American actor. He appeared in 97 films between 1912 and 1932.He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, USA and died in Hollywood, California.-External links:...
(1889–1943) - Charles Bennett (screenwriter)Charles Bennett (screenwriter)Charles Bennett was an English playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock....
(1899–1995) - Charles Bennett (American football) (born 1983)
- Charles Bennett (fighter) (born 1979), known as "Krazy Horse", mixed martial arts fighter
- Charles Edward BennettCharles Edward BennettCharles 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:...
, American Congressman (1910–2003) - Charles Edwin BennettCharles Edwin BennettCharles Edwin Bennett was an American classical scholar and the Goldwin Smith Professor of Latin at Cornell University...
, scholar of classics (1858–1921) - Charles Fox BennettCharles Fox BennettCharles James Fox Bennett was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the island's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery and brewery industry and shipbuilding...
, merchant and politician (1793–1883) - Charles Goodwin Bennet, American Congressman and Secretary of the Senate (1863–1914)
- Charles H. Bennett (soldier)Charles H. Bennett (soldier)Charles H. Bennett was present at the discovery of gold that initiated the California gold rush in January 1848. Earlier he served in the United States Army and was captain of a militia unit of the Provisional Government of Oregon...
(1811–1855), present at start of California Gold Rush - Charles Henry Bennett (illustrator) (1828–1867)
- Charles H. Bennett (computer scientist)Charles H. Bennett (computer scientist)Charles H. Bennett is an IBM Fellow at IBM Research. Bennett's recent work at IBM has concentrated on a re-examination of the physical basis of information, applying quantum physics to the problems surrounding information exchange...
(born 1943) - Charles L. BennettCharles L. BennettCharles 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...
, astrophysicist (born 1956) - Charles Bennett (footballer)Charles Bennett (footballer)Charles R. Bennett was an English footballer. He played professionally for Blackpool and Bradford City in what was a short career....
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- Charlie BennettCharlie BennettCharles Wesley Bennett was a catcher in Major League Baseball.-Career overview:Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Bennett played 15 seasons in the major leagues. He played in 1062 games, had a .340 on base percentage and collected 978 hits, 203 doubles, 67 triples, 55 home runs, and 533 RBIs...
, baseball player (1854–1927)
- Charlie Bennett