Charles Thompson
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Charles Thompson is the name of:
  • Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Thompson, 1st baronet Thompson was a British naval officer. After long service in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and War of the First Coalition, he was Admiral John Jervis's second in command at the battle of Cape St Vincent...

     (c. 1740-1799), British admiral
  • Charles Thompson (Cherokee Chief)
    Charles Thompson (Cherokee Chief)
    Charles Thompson lived near the present-day site of Lake Spavinaw, following the Trail of Tears. He served in Drew's Regiment of the Army of the Confederate States of America and then in the Union Army....

    , Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
  • Charles Thompson (American football), former quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners
  • Charles Thompson (Jazz)
    Charles Thompson (jazz)
    Charles Phillip Thompson , is an American swing and bebop pianist, organist and arranger.He was a professional pianist from the age of 10. By the age of twelve Thompson was playing private parties with Bennie Moten and his band in Colorado Springs...

     (b. 1918), American swing musician also known as "Sir Charles"
  • Charles Thompson (rugby player)
    Charles Thompson (rugby player)
    Charles Edward Thompson was an English international rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Manchester and county rugby for Lancashire...

    , British rugby union player
  • Charles Thompson IV, the birthname of musician Frank Black
    Frank Black
    Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...

     of the Pixies
  • Charles B. Thompson
    Charles B. Thompson
    Charles Blancher Thompson was an American leader of a schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement from 1848 to 1858. He claimed the title Baneemy and his followers were known as "Baneemyites"....

    , nineteenth century leader of a Latter Day Saint schismatic group in Missouri and Iowa
  • Charles C. Thompson II, American writer, author of A Glimpse of Hell (book)
    A Glimpse of Hell (book)
    A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up is a nonfiction book of investigative journalism, written by Charles C. Thompson II and published in 1999. The book describes the USS Iowa turret explosion that took place on April 19, 1989 and the subsequent investigations that...

  • Charles C. B. Thompson, American commodore in 1829
  • Charles Edwin Thompson
    Charles Edwin Thompson
    Charles Edwin Thompson was a Canadian politician. He served one year as the 27th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia.Born in Grey County, Ontario, Thompson worked as a teacher, rancher, and an automotive dealer....

     (1890-1966), Canadian politician
  • Charles H. Thompson
    Charles H. Thompson
    Charles H. Thompson was the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for eight years. Thompson was appointed to the position in January 1992 and retired in 2000. He now lives in Florida with his wife...

    , American political appointee
  • Charles Hubbard Thompson
    Charles Hubbard Thompson
    Charles Hubbard Thompson was a ragtime pianist and composer.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was given some piano lessons in his youth, though he later described himself as self-taught. He left St. Louis in 1911 to tour in Ohio and Indiana. In 1912, he met James P. Johnson in either Washington D.C...

     (1891-1964), American ragtime musician
  • Charles J. Thompson
    Charles J. Thompson
    Charles James Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Thompson attended the public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.Learned the art of printing 1876-1879....

     (1862-1932), US Representative from Ohio
  • Charles L. Thompson
    Charles L. Thompson
    Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that has worked in Arkansas since the late 1800s and continues to this day, now as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson's and associates work as part of one architectural group and its predecessor and...

    , American architect
  • Charles Meysey-Thompson
    Charles Meysey-Thompson
    Revd. Charles Maude Meysey-Thompson was an English clergyman who, as an amateur footballer, won the FA Cup in 1873 with the Wanderers...

    , footballer who played for Wanderers in the 1873 FA Cup Final
  • Charles P. Thompson
    Charles P. Thompson
    -Career:Born in Pennsylvania, Thompson began his career on Broadway in the 1920s. At age 57, he made his feature film debut as a ticket taker in The Naked City ....

    , US actor
  • Charles Peck Thompson (1843-1927), Pony Express rider
  • Charles Perkins Thompson
    Charles Perkins Thompson
    Charles Perkins Thompson was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Braintree on July 30, 1827. He attended public schools, the Hollis Institute, and Amherst College...

     (1827-1894), US Representative from Massachusetts
  • Charles S. Thompson
    Charles S. Thompson
    Charles S. Thompson was Hollywood set decorator, with nearly 200 films to his credit in a career that lasted 30 years. He cut his teeth on a string of B movies in the early 40s, before breaking into John Ford's inner circle of regulars. Amongst his credits for the director were Rio Grande and The...

    , Hollywood art designer
  • Charles Winston Thompson
    Charles Winston Thompson
    Charles Winston Thompson was an American banker and politician. He served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Alabama's 5th district from 1901 till his death.-Biography:...

     (1860-1904), US Representative from Alabama
  • Charlie Thompson
    Charlie Thompson
    Charlie Thompson was an English footballer. He played in the positions of centre half and centre forward.Born Charles Maskery Thompson in Chesterfield, he played for Bolsover Colliery and later had two seasons at Sheffield United...

    , English footballer
  • Charlie Thompson (reporter)
    Charlie Thompson (reporter)
    Charlie Thompson is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, working for The Patriot-News.In 2003, an article in the Lancaster Sunday News speculated that Thompson and Pete DeCoursey, both then reporters for the Patriot-News, were operating the political website PoliticsPA under a...

    , American journalist
  • Chuck Thompson
    Chuck Thompson
    Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and the National Football League's Baltimore Colts...

     (1921–2005), American sportscaster

See also

  • 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...

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