Charles Green
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Charles Green may refer to:
- Charles Green (astronomer)Charles Green (astronomer)Charles Green was a British astronomer, noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition sent to the Pacific Ocean in order to observe the transit of Venus and the transit of Mercury, aboard James Cook's Endeavour.A farmer's son, he became assistant to the Astronomer Royal...
(1735–1771), British astronomer, traveled with James Cook - Charles Green (balloonist)Charles Green (balloonist)Charles Green was the United Kingdom's most famous balloonist of the 19th century. He experimented with coal gas as a cheaper and more readily available alternative to hydrogen for lifting power. His first ascent was in a coal gas balloon on 19 July 1821. He became a professional balloonist and...
(1785–1870), England's most famous balloonist of the 19th century - Charles Green (bishop) (1864–1944), Archbishop of Wales
- Charles Green (bobsleigh)Charles Green (bobsleigh)Charles Patrick Green was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany....
, British Olympic bobsledder - Charles Green (boxer) (1902–1976), American boxer, world champion bantamweight
- Charles Green (painter)Charles Green (painter)Charles Green R.I. , was an English watercolourist and illustrator. He was the brother of Henry Towneley Green R.I. .-References:...
(1840–1898), English painter and illustrator - Charles Green ShawCharles Green ShawCharles Green Shaw was an American painter and writer.A significant figure in American abstract art, Shaw enjoyed a varied career as a writer and illustrator, poet, modernist painter, and collector. Born to a wealthy family and orphaned at a young age, Charles and his twin brother were raised by...
(1892–1974), American abstract artist and writer - Charles B. GreenCharles B. GreenCharles B. Green is a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and the current Surgeon General of the United States Air Force.-Career:...
, Surgeon General of the United States Air Force - Charles D. B. GreenCharles D. B. GreenLieutenant Charles Duncan Bremner Green was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories. Postwar, he went on to success in business until World War II. After rejoining military life, he again served until his untimely accidental death.-Early life:Charles Duncan Bremner...
, World War I flying ace - Charles Hercules GreenCharles Hercules GreenLieutenant Colonel Charles Hercules Green DSO was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as a battalion commander in World War II, and again later during the Korean War, where he was killed in action while commanding the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment...
(1919–1950), Australian military officer - Charlie Green (American football), Oakland Raiders quarterback in 1966
- Charlie Green (singer)Charlie Green (singer)Charlie Green is an English-singer from Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. Green is best known for appearing on the second series of the British television talent contest Britain's Got Talent....
, child singer - Charlie Green (musician) (c.1900–1936), American jazz trombonist
- Chuck GreenChuck GreenCharles "Chuck" Green was a famous American tap dancer.Green was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He would stick bottle caps on his bare feet as a child and tap dance on the sidewalk for money. He won third place in a dance contest in 1925 in which Noble Sissle was the bandleader...
(1919–1997), American tap dancer
See also
- Charles Greene (disambiguation)
- Charles Fiddian-GreenCharles Fiddian-GreenCharles Anderson Fiddian Fiddian-Green was an English cricketer: an opening batsman who played 107 single first-class matches between the wars, playing county cricket for both Warwickshire and Worcestershire, as well as university cricket for Cambridge University.Fiddian-Green first played in June...
, (1898–1976), English cricketer - Charles Leedham-GreenCharles Leedham-GreenCharles R. Leedham-Green is a retired professor of mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London, known for his work in group theory. He completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford....
, Scottish group theorist