Editing Charles (section)

==List of notable people==
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===Media, arts and entertainment===
;In literature
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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles Abreu]]|| Cuban composer and pianist
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|[[Charles Baudelaire]]|| French poet
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|[[Charles Bukowski]]|| American poet and novelist
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|[[Charles Dickens]]|| English novelist
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|Charles Dodgson (pen-name [[Lewis Carroll]])|| English clergyman, writer and mathematician
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|[[Charles Edwards (journalist)|Charles Edwards]] || Canadian journalist and news agency executive
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|[[Charles Henri Ford]]|| American poet, photographer and writer
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|[[Charles Fort]]|| American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
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|[[Charles L. Grant]]|| American science-fiction author
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|Charles [[Roger Hargreaves]]
|Children's author who wrote [[Mr. Men and Little Miss|the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.]]
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|[[Charles "Sis Doc" Richardson]]
|American newspaper editor, founder of [[Chi Omega]]
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|[[Charles Lewinsky]]|| Swiss screenwriter, dramatist and playwright
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|[[Charles Lummis]]|| American journalist, poet, historian; founder of the Southwest Museum
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|[[Charles Mayer (journalist)|Charles Mayer]]|| Canadian journalist, sportsperson and politician
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|[[Charles Olson]]|| American poet
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|[[Charles O'Rear]]|| American photographer known for taking ''[[Bliss (image)|Bliss]]''
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|[[Charles Jacobs Peterson]]|| American author, editor and publisher
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|[[Charles G.D. Roberts]]|| Canadian poet
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|[[Charles Webb (author)]]|| American author of ''The Graduate''
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;In music
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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles Aznavour]]|| French-Armenian singer 
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|[[Chuck Berry]]|| American guitarist, singer, and composer
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|[[Charlie Daniels]]|| American country music figure
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|[[Charles Gavin]]|| Brazilian rock drummer/producer
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|[[Charlie Haden]]|| American Jazz bassist and composer
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|[[Charles Ives]]|| American composer
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|[[Charles Kelley]]|| Vocalist and founding member of the country music trio [[Lady A]]
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|[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]|| American jazz musician
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|[[Chuck Mangione]]|| American jazz artist
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|[[Charles Mingus]]|| American Jazz bassist and composer
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|[[Charles E. Moody]]|| American gospel songwriter and performer
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|[[Charlie Parker]]|| American Jazz saxophonist
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|[[Charlie Simpson]]|| British musician and singer
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|[[Charles Davis Tillman]] (1861–1943)|| pioneer of southern gospel music
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|[[Charlie Watts]]|| English drummer for the rock group [[The Rolling Stones]]
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;In film
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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles Bowers]]|| American cartoonist and early filmmaker
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|[[Charles Boyer]]|| French-American actor
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|[[Charles Bronson]]|| American actor
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|[[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]] (born Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot)
|English actor
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|[[Charlie Chaplin]]|| English comedy actor, famous for silent film acting
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|[[Charley Chase]]|| American silent film comedian and writer
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|[[Charles Dance]]|| English actor
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|[[Charles Durning]]|| American actor
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|[[Charles Gray (actor)|Charles Gray]]|| English actor
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|[[Charles Grodin]]|| American actor and cable talk show host
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|[[Charles Herbert]]|| American child actor of the '50s and '60s
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|[[Charlton Heston]] (born John Charles Carter)|| American actor 
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|[[Lionel Jeffries]] (born Lionel Charles Jeffries)
|English actor
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|[[Charles Laughton]]|| English actor
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|[[Chas Licciardello]]|| Australian comedian and a member of The Chaser
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|[[Charles Stanton Ogle]]|| silent film actor
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|[[Charles Nelson Reilly]]|| American comic actor and game show regular
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|[[Charles Reisner]]|| American actor and film director
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;In television
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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles Gibson]]|| American television journalist
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|[[Charles Kuralt]]|| American television journalist
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|[[Charlie Rose]]|| American host of a television interview show
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;In visual arts
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! Description
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|[[Charles Addams]]|| American cartoonist known for his particularly [[black humor]] and macabre characters
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|[[Charles Dellschau]]|| Prussian-American [[outsider artist]]
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|[[Charles Eyck]]|| Dutch visual artist
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|[[Chuck Jones]]|| American animator
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|[[Charles R. Knight]]|| wildlife artist, known for prehistoric restorations
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|[[Charles Lutyens]]|| English artist and art therapist
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|[[Charles Chandler Reese]] (1862-1936), American illustrator, newspaper cartoonist, and artist
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|[[Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens]]|| English soldier and painter

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|[[Charles Martinet]]|| American actor known for playing the voice as [[Mario]] and other characters
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|[[Charles Prendergast]]|| Canadian-American artist

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|[[Charles Schulz]]|| creator of the comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]''
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;Other areas of media, arts and entertainment 
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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles White (YouTuber)]]|| American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
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===Athletes===
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! Description
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|[[Charlie Austin]]|| English footballer
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|[[Charles Aránguiz]]|| Chilean professional footballer
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|[[Charles Barkley]]|| former NBA forward and a current NBA color commentator for TNT
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|[[Chuck Bednarik]]|| NFL player, 1967, [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
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|[[Chad Gable|Charles Betts]]||American professional wrestler
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|[[Charl Bouwer]]||South African paralympic swimmer
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|[[Charles Callison]]|| American basketball player
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|[[Charles Cornelius (gridiron football)|Charles Cornelius]]|| NFL and CFL player
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|[[Charles Daniels (swimmer)|Charles Daniels]] (1885–1973)|| American freestyle swimmer
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|[[Charley Diamond]]|| American football player
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|[[Charlie Fleming]]|| Scottish footballer
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|[[Charles Goldenberg|Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg]]|| American All-Pro football player 
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|[[Charles Green (disambiguation)]]|| multiple people
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|[[Charles Harris (American football)|Charles Harris]]||American football player
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|[[Chuck Hayes]]|| American basketball player who currently plays for the [[Houston Rockets]]
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|[[Charles Horton]]|| American football player
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|[[Charles Jagusah]]|| American football player
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|[[Charles Jenkins (disambiguation)]]|| multiple people
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|[[Charles Leclerc]]|| Monégasque racing driver
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|[[Charles Lefrançois]]|| Canadian high jumper
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|[[Charlie McCarthy (hurler)|Charlie McCarthy]]|| Irish hurler
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|[[Charles Myer]]|| American major league baseball All Star second baseman
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|[[Charles Oakley]]|| American basketball forward
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|[[Charles O'Bannon]] || American basketball player
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|[[Charl Pietersen (darts player)]]||South African darts player
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|[[Charles Radbourn]]|| early Major League Baseball pitcher
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|[[Charles Ramsdell (basketball)|Charles Ramsdell]]|| Malagasy athlete
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|[[Charlie Reiter]]|| American professional soccer player
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|[[Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva]]|| Brazilian midfielder
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|[[Charles Sifford]]|| first African American golfer to play in a PGA tour
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|[[Charles Washington (defensive back, born 1993)|Charles Washington]]|| American football player
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===In politics===
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! Description
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|[[Charles "Bubba" Chaney]]|| Louisiana politician
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|[[Charles Francis Adams Sr.]]|| American congressman and ambassador, grandson of [[John Adams]]
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|[[Charles Edward Bennett]]|| Democratic U.S. Congressman from Florida
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|[[Charles Bent]]|| first Governor of [[New Mexico Territory]], assassinated in 1847
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|[[Charles Joseph Bonaparte]]|| former [[U. S. Attorney General]]
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|[[Charles Bradlaugh]]|| British political activist and militant atheist, founder of the [[National Secular Society]]
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|[[Charles Q. Brown Jr.]]|| [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
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|[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]|| last living signer of the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence]] (died 1832)
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|[[Charles Chanda]]
|Zambian politician
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|[[Charles Colson]]|| U.S. [[Richard Nixon]]'s Chief Counsel, involved in the [[Watergate scandal]]
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|[[Charles Magill Conrad]]|| former American [[Secretary of War]]
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|[[Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer
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|[[Charles Curtis]]|| 31st American Vice President, under [[Herbert Hoover]]
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|[[Charles G. Dawes]]|| 30th American Vice President, under [[Calvin Coolidge]]
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|[[Charles Devens]]|| former U.S. Attorney General
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|[[Charles de Gaulle]]|| French military leader and statesman
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|[[C. E. P. de Silva|Charles Edward Perry de Silva]] || Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
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|[[C. P. de Silva|Charles Percival de Silva]] || Sri Lankan civil servant and politician
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|[[Charles Batuwantudawe|Charles de Silva Batuwantudawe]] || Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
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|[[Charles Edirisuriya]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament for [[Hambanthota]]
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|[[Charlie Elphicke]]|| British politician
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|James [[Charles Evers]]|| [[civil rights]] activist, older brother of Medgar Evers
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|[[Charles W. Fairbanks]]|| 26th American Vice President, under [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
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|[[C. H. Z. Fernando|Charles Hubert Zaleski Fernando]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman, lawyer, and member of the [[Legislative Council of Ceylon]]
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|[[Charles Matthew Fernando]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and scholar, first Sri Lankan [[Crown Counsel]]
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|[[Charles A. Ford]]|| American diplomat
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|[[Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician)|Charles Gibbs]]|| Canadian politician 
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|[[Charles J. M. Gwinn]]|| American lawyer and politician
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|[[Charles Harper (Mayor)|Charles Harper]]|| Australian politician 
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|[[Charles Alwis Hewavitharana]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala independence activist
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|[[Charles Evans Hughes]]|| former U.S. Secretary of State
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|[[Charles Humphreys]]|| Pennsylvania delegate to [[Continental Congress]]; refused to sign Declaration of Independence due to his [[Quaker]] beliefs
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|[[Charles Y. Kaneshiro]]|| American politician
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|[[Charles Kennedy]]|| British politician
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|[[Charles Lapointe]]|| Canadian politician
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|[[Chuck Larson]]|| former U.S. ambassador to Latvia
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|[[Charles Lee (Attorney General)|Charles Lee]]|| former U. S. Attorney General
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|[[Charles Ambrose Lorensz]]|| Sri Lankan [[Burgher people|Burgher]] lawyer, legislator, and journalist
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|[[Charles Mathias]] (1922–2010)|| American politician
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|[[Charles Naylor]] (1806–1872)|| American politician
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|[[Karolos Papoulias]]|| former [[President of Greece]]
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|[[Charles Stewart Parnell]]|| Irish political leader
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|[[Charles Sheedy (politician)|Charles Sheedy]] || West Virginian politician
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|[[Charles Pasqua]]|| French businessman and politician
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|[[Charles Pearson]]|| former Solicitor for The City of London and early railway advocate
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|[[Chuck Robb]]|| former Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator
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|[[Charlie Rose (congressman)|Charlie Rose]]|| American congressman (Democrat from N.C.)
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|[[Charles Scott (governor of Kentucky)|Charles Scott]]|| Governor of Kentucky; also [[George Washington]]'s Chief of Intelligence during the [[American Revolution]]
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|[[Charles Harding Smith]]|| Irish politician
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|[[Charles G. Taylor]]|| former [[President of Liberia]]
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|[[Charles Thomson]]|| secretary of the Continental Congress
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|[[Charles Townsend (British politician)|Charles Townsend]]
|British politician
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|[[Charles Wilson (Texas politician)|Charles Wilson]]|| Texas congressman, subject of 2007 movie ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]''
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===In religion===
*[[Charles Barff (missionary)|Charles Barff]] (1791–1866), English missionary
====Saints====
{{anchor|Saint Charles}}
There are a number of historical figures known as "Saint Charles", although few are recognized across confessions. 
In the context of English and British history, "Saint Charles" is typically [[Charles I of England]], recognized as a saint in the Anglican confession only. 
In Roman Catholicism, the best known Saint Charles is [[Charles Borromeo]] (1538–1584), an Italian cardinal, canonized by [[Pope Paul V]] in 1606.
[[Charles, Duke of Brittany]] (1319–1364) had been canonized after his death, but [[Pope Gregory XI]] annulled this. [[Charles I, Count of Flanders|Charles the Good]] (died 1127) is sometimes referred to as a saint, but while he was beatified in 1904, he has not been canonized.

Other Saints of the Roman Catholic Church, canonized after 1900:
*1904: Saint [[Charles Garnier (missionary)|Charles Garnier]] (1606–1649), French Jesuit missionary and martyr
*1959: Saint [[Charles of Sezze]] (1616–1670), Franciscan lay brother
*1964: Saint [[Charles Lwanga]] (1860 or 1865–1886), Ugandan Catholic martyr
*1995: Saint [[Eugène de Mazenod|Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod]] (1782–1861), French Catholic clergyman
*2007: Saint [[Charles of Mount Argus]] (1821–1818), Passionist Dutch priest who worked in Ireland

Beatified:
*1867: Blessed [[Charles Spinola]] (1564–1622), Genoese nobleman
*2004: Blessed [[Charles I of Austria]] (1887–1922), last emperor of [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], king of [[Kingdom of Hungary (Austria-Hungary)|Hungary]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia (1867–1918)|Bohemia]], etc

==== Church leaders ====
*[[Charles Wesley]] (1707–1788), co-founder of the Methodist movement and writer of thousands of hymns
*[[Charles Grandison Finney]] (1792–1875), a leader of the Second Great Awakening in America
*[[Charles Godwyn]] (1701-1770), British cleric and antiquarian
*[[Charles W. Penrose]] (1832–1925), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*[[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]] (1834–1892), Reformed Baptist preacher
*[[Charles Harrison Mason]] (1866–1961), [[Pentecostal]] [[preacher]] and founder of the [[Church of God in Christ]]
*[[Charles Coughlin]] (1891–1979), American Catholic priest
*[[Charles E. Sheedy]] (1912–1990), member of the [[Congregation of Holy Cross]]

===Nobility===
:''See [[#History]] above for medieval and early modern royalty and nobility. This section lists noblemen born after 1700.''
{{Further|Charles I (disambiguation)|Charles II (disambiguation)|Charles III (disambiguation)|Charles IV (disambiguation)|Charles V (disambiguation)|Charles VI (disambiguation)|Charles VII (disambiguation)|Charles VIII (disambiguation)|Charles IX (disambiguation)|Carlism}}
*[[Charles d'Ursel]]
*[[Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel]]
*[[Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (1713–1780)
*[[Charles III of Spain]] (1716–1788),  first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma
*"Bonnie Prince Charlie" [[Charles Edward Stuart]] (1720–1788), exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
*[[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]] (1738–1805), English military commander and colonial governor
*[[Charles XIII of Sweden]] (1748–1818), king of Sweden, the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
*[[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]] (1751–1819)
*[[Charles IV of Spain]] (1748–1819), king of Spain from December 14, 1788, until his abdication on March 19, 1808
*[[Charles XIV John of Sweden]] (1763–1844), king of Sweden and Norway. Former Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France
*[[Infante Carlos, Count of Molina]] (1788–1855)
*[[Charles, Count Léon]] (1806–1881), illegitimate son of Emperor [[Napoleon I of France]] and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne
*[[Charles III, Prince of Monaco]] (1818–1889), founder of the casino in Monte Carlo
*[[Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin]] (1818–1861)
*[[Charles I of Romania]] (1839–1914) first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty
*[[Carlos, Duke of Madrid]] (1848–1909)
*[[Charles I of Portugal]] (1863–1908), second to last King of Portugal and Algarves from 1889 to 1908
*[[Charles I of Austria]] (1887–1922), Emperor of Austria
*[[Charles II of Romania]] (1893–1853), eldest son of Ferdinand I
*[[Charles XV of Sweden]] (1826–1872), king of Sweden, the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg
*[[Prince Charles of Belgium]] (1903–1983), second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth
*[[Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince of Tuscany]] (1909–1953)
*[[Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma]] (1930–2010)
*[[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] (born 1938), former King of Spain
*[[Charles III|Charles III, King of the United Kingdom]] (born 1948),  eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

===Scientists===

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! Name
! Description
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|[[Charles Babbage]]|| English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and computer scientist
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|[[Charles L. Bennett]]|| American astrophysicist
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|[[Charles Thomas Bolton]]|| astronomer who proved the existence of black holes
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|[[Charles Bouman]]|| American engineering professor
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|[[Charles W. Curtis]] || American mathematician 
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|[[Charles Darwin]]|| British naturalist
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|[[Charles Dawson]]|| English archaeologist, involved in the [[Piltdown Man]] hoax
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|[[Charles Dupin]] || French mathematician, engineer, economist, and politician
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|[[Charles Ehresmann]] ||  French mathematician
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|[[Charles Fleming (ornithologist)]]|| New Zealand ornithologist
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|[[Charles Godakumbura]]|| Sri Lankan Sinhala archaeologist 
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| [[Charles Hermite]] || French mathematician
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|[[Charles Thomas Jackson]]|| American geologist 
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|[[Charles T. Kowal]]|| American astronomer, discoverer of Chiron and 2 moons of Jupiter
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|[[Charles Newton Little]] || American mathematician and civil engineer
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|[[Charles Lyell]]|| Scottish scientist, founder of modern geology
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|[[Charles F. Marvin]]
|American meteorologist
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|[[Charles Delucena Meigs]]|| American obstetrician
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|[[Charles Karsner Mills]]|| American neurologist
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|[[Charles Wright Mills]]|| American sociologist
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|[[Charles Sanders Peirce]]|| American chemist, mathematician, philosopher,  
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|[[Charles E. de M. Sajous]]|| American endocrinologist and laryngologist
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|[[Charles Sims (mathematician)]] || American mathematician
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|[[Charles Hazelius Sternberg]]|| American fossil collector, involved in the Bone Wars
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|[[Charles Mortram Sternberg]]|| son of above, also a fossil collector and paleontologist
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|[[Charles Tilly]]|| American sociologist
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|[[Charles Doolittle Walcott]]|| American paleontologist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
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|[[Charles E. Wyman]]
|Chair of the [[Ford Motor Company]] and professor of chemistry 
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|[[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]]|| Scottish physicist
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|[[Charles M. C. Lee]]
|Taiwanese behavioral economist
|}

===Other===
;Architecture
*[[Disappearance of Charles Armstrong|Charles Armstrong]] (died 1981), Irish labourer
*[[Charles Barry]], designer of the rebuilt Palace of Westminster
*[[Charles Barry Jr.]], his son
*[[Charles Thaddeus Russell]] (1875–1952), African American architect from Richmond, Virginia

;Aviation and Aerospace
*[[Charles Lindbergh]], first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
*[[Chuck Yeager]], American test pilot and first man to break the sound barrier
 
;Entrepreneurs and businessmen
*[[Charles Darrow]] (1889–1967), American businessman falsely credited as the inventor of ''Monopoly''
*[[Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle]] (1836–1901), Sri Lankan Sinhala entrepreneur and mine owner
*[[Charles Henry de Soysa]] (1836–1890), Sri Lankan Sinhala planter and philanthropist
*[[Charles Keating]], American financier, instigator of the "Keating 5" scandal
*[[Charles Macalester]], businessman, banker, philanthropist, namesake of [[Macalester College]]
*[[Charles M. Schwab]], founder of Bethlehem Steel
*[[Charles R. Schwab]], stock-broker and founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
*[[Charles Shor]] (born 1954), American businessman
*[[Charles Stewart Wurts]] (1790-1859), American businessman
*[[Charles Zadok]] (1897–1984), American businessman, art collector and patron

;Military personnel
*[[Charles L. Armstrong]] (1948-2011), United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel
*[[Charles Upham]], most-decorated Commonwealth serviceman of World War Two

;Criminals
*[[Charles Bronson (prisoner)|Charles A. Salvador]] (born Michael Peterson but better known as "Charles Bronson"), notorious English prisoner 
*[[Charles Cullen]], American serial killer and former nurse
*[[Charles Gibbs]], 19th-century pirate
*[[Charles J. Guiteau]], American assassin of 20th President [[James A. Garfield]]
*[[Charles Hudspeth (convict)|Charles Hudspeth]], American man convicted of murder
*[[Murder of the Lawson family|Charles "Charlie" Lawson]], American mass murderer and family annihilator
*[[Charles Manson]] (1934–2017), American cult leader, convicted murder conspirator
*[[Carl Panzram|Charles "Carl" Panzram]], American serial killer 
*[[Charles Ponzi]], Italian-American con-man, gave name to Ponzi scheme
*[[Charles Sobhraj]], Indian serial killer
*[[Charles Starkweather]], American teenage spree killer
*[[Charles Whitman]], American spree killer and former Marine