Charles

Namesakes

Austrian Dukes and Emperors: 2 archdukes, 1 emperor
Archduke Karl I (a.k.a. Charles)   1519-1521  
Archduke Karl II (a.k.a. Charles)   1711-1740  
Emperor Karl I (a.k.a. Charles)   1916-1918  
Belgian Prime Ministers: 5 prime ministers
Charles Rogier   1847-1852; 1857-1868  
Charles de Broqueville   1911-1918; 1932-1934  
Paul-Henri Spaak (a.k.a. Charles)   1938-1939; 1946; 1947-1949  
Pierre Harmel (a.k.a. Charles)   1965-1966  
Charles Michel   2014-2019  
Bohemian Kings: 4 kings
King Karel I (a.k.a. Charles)   1346-1378  
King Karel II (a.k.a. Charles)   1711-1740  
King Karel Albrecht (a.k.a. Charles)   1741-1743  
King Karel III (a.k.a. Charles)   1916-1918  
British Prime Ministers: 3 prime ministers
Charles Watson-Wentworth   1765-1766; 1782  
Charles Grey   1830-1834  
Tony Blair (a.k.a. Charles)   1997-2007  
Canadian Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Charles Tupper   1896  
Joe Clark (a.k.a. Charles)   1979-1980  
Dutch Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck   1918-1925; 1929-1933  
Emmy Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Chad Lowe (a.k.a. Charles)   1993   Life Goes On  
English and British Kings and Queens: 3 kings
King Charles I   1625-1649  
King Charles II   1660-1685  
King Charles III   2022-  
Eurovision Song Contest Winners: 2 winners
Charlie McGettigan   1994   Ireland  
Kimberley Rew (a.k.a. Charles)   1997   United Kingdom  
Fictional Characters from Books: 9 characters
Charles Bingley   1813   Pride and Prejudice  
Charles Musgrove   1818   Persuasion  
D'Artagnan (a.k.a. Charles)   1844   The Three Musketeers  
Charles Darnay   1854   A Tale of Two Cities  
Charles Hamilton   1936   Gone With the Wind  
Charles Trask   1952   East of Eden  
Dill Harris (a.k.a. Charles)   1960   To Kill a Mockingbird  
Charles Wycliffe   1968   Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy  
Chuck Bass   2002   Gossip Girl  
Fictional Characters from Movies: 1 character
Charles Foster Kane   1941   Citizen Kane  
Fictional Characters from Song Titles: 1 character
(character) Charles C. Leary   2002   The Charles C. Leary  
Fictional Characters from Television: 18 characters
Charles Godfrey   1968   Dad's Army  
Charlie Townsend   1976   Charlie's Angels  
Montgomery Burns (a.k.a. Charles)   1989   The Simpsons  
Charles Wycliffe   1993   Wycliffe  
Charlie Byrd   1994   Heartbreak High  
Robert Barone (a.k.a. Charles)   1996   Everybody Loves Raymond  
Alex Whitman (a.k.a. Charles)   1999   Roswell  
Charles Gunn   1999   Angel  
Charles Logan   2001   24  
Charlie Harper   2003   Two and a Half Men  
Charles Widmore   2004   Lost  
Charlie Kelly   2005   It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia  
Robin Scherbatsky (a.k.a. Charles)   2005   How I Met Your Mother  
Chuck Bass   2007   Gossip Girl  
Charlie Francis   2008   Fringe  
Charles Montgomery   2011   American Horror Story: Murder House  
Charlie St. George   2017   13 Reasons Why  
Charlie Telphy   2014; 2018   Black-ish; Grown-ish  
Frankish and French Kings: 11 kings, 1 emperor
King Charles I the Great   768-814  
King Charles II the Bald   840-877  
King Charles the Fat   884-887  
King Charles III the Simple   898-922  
King Charles IV the Fair   1322-1328  
King Charles V the Wise   1364-1380  
King Charles VI the Mad   1380-1422  
King Charles VII the Victorious   1422-1461  
King Charles VIII   1483-1498  
King Charles IX   1560-1574  
King Charles X   1824-1830  
Emperor Napoleon III (a.k.a. Charles)   1852-1870  
French Presidents and Prime Ministers: 10 prime ministers, 1 president, 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister) Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord   1815  
(prime minister) Victor de Broglie (a.k.a. Charles)   1830; 1835-1836  
(prime minister) Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure   1848  
(president) Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (a.k.a. Charles)   1848-1852  
(prime minister) Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao   1870  
(prime minister) Charles Duclerc   1882-1883  
(prime minister) Charles Floquet   1888-1889  
(prime minister) Charles de Freycinet   1879-1880; 1882; 1886; 1890-1892  
(prime minister) Charles Dupuy   1893; 1894-1895; 1898-1899  
(prime minister/president) Charles de Gaulle   1958-1959; 1959-1969  
(prime minister) François Fillon (a.k.a. Charles)   2007-2012  
(prime minister) Édouard Philippe (a.k.a. Charles)   2017-2020  
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors: 5 king-emperors, 1 emperor
Emperor Karl II the Bald (a.k.a. Charles)   875-877  
King-Emperor Karl III the Fat (a.k.a. Charles)   876-887  
King-Emperor Karl IV (a.k.a. Charles)   1346-1378  
King-Emperor Karl V (a.k.a. Charles)   1519-1556  
King-Emperor Karl VI (a.k.a. Charles)   1711-1740  
King-Emperor Karl VII Albrecht (a.k.a. Charles)   1742-1745  
Grammy Award Winners: 1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles)   2005   Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again  
Haitian Presidents: 1 president
(president) Charles Rivière-Hérard   1843-1844  
Hall-of-Famers: 14 baseball, 14 football, 8 basketball, 4 ice hockey
(baseball) Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn   1939  
(baseball) Charles Comiskey   1939  
(ice hockey) Charlie Gardiner   1945  
(baseball) Charles "Kid" Nichols   1949  
(baseball) Charlie Gehringer   1949  
(baseball) Charles "Chief" Bender   1953  
(baseball) Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance   1955  
(baseball) Gabby Hartnett (a.k.a. Charles)   1955  
(basketball) Charley Hyatt   1959  
(basketball) Charles "Stretch" Murphy   1960  
(ice hockey) Charlie Conacher   1961  
(ice hockey) Syl Apps (a.k.a. Charles)   1961  
(ice hockey) Tom Hooper (a.k.a. Charles)   1962  
(baseball) Sam Rice (a.k.a. Charles)   1963  
(baseball) Casey Stengel (a.k.a. Charles)   1966  
(football) Charles Bidwill   1967  
(baseball) Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing   1967  
(football) Chuck Bednarik   1967  
(football) Charley Trippi   1968  
(baseball) Chick Hafey (a.k.a. Charles)   1971  
(baseball) Whitey Ford (a.k.a. Charles)   1974  
(baseball) Mickey Mantle (a.k.a. Charles)   1974  
(basketball) Charles "Tarzan" Cooper   1976  
(football) Weeb Ewbank (a.k.a. Charles)   1978  
(baseball) Chuck Klein   1980  
(football) Charley Taylor   1984  
(football) Joe Greene (a.k.a. Charles)   1987  
(football) Chuck Noll   1993  
(football) Charlie Joiner   1996  
(basketball) C. M. Newton (a.k.a. Charles)   2000  
(basketball) Charles Barkley   2006  
(football) Charlie Sanders   2007  
(football) Dick LeBeau (a.k.a. Charles)   2010  
(football) Bill Parcells (a.k.a. Charles)   2013  
(football) Charles Haley   2015  
(basketball) Charles "Lefty" Driesell   2018  
(basketball) Charlie Scott   2018  
(basketball) Chuck Cooper   2019  
(football) Charles Woodson   2021  
(football) Chuck Howley   2023  
Hungarian Kings and Queens: 4 kings
King Károly I (a.k.a. Charles)   1308-1342  
King Károly II the Small (a.k.a. Charles)   1385-1386  
King Károly III (a.k.a. Charles)   1711-1740  
King Károly IV (a.k.a. Charles)   1916-1918  
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
(prime minister) Charles Haughey   1979-1981; 1982; 1987-1992  
Most Valuable Players: 7 winners
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance   1924   baseball  
Chuck Klein   1932   baseball  
Gabby Hartnett (a.k.a. Charles)   1935   baseball  
Charlie Gehringer   1937   baseball  
Mickey Mantle (a.k.a. Charles)   1956; 1957; 1962   baseball  
Charles Barkley   1993   basketball  
Freddie Freeman (a.k.a. Charles)   2020   baseball  
Nobel Prize Winners: 6 medicine, 5 physics, 3 chemistry, 2 economics, 2 peace
(peace) Charles Albert Gobat   1902  
(medicine) Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran   1907  
(medicine) Charles Richet   1913  
(physics) Charles Glover Barkla   1917  
(physics) Charles Édouard Guillaume   1920  
(peace) Charles G. Dawes   1925  
(physics) Charles Thomson Rees Wilson   1927  
(medicine) Charles Nicolle   1928  
(medicine) Charles Scott Sherrington   1932  
(chemistry) George de Hevesy (a.k.a. Charles)   1943  
(physics) Charles H. Townes   1964  
(medicine) Charles Brenton Huggins   1966  
(economics) Tjalling C. Koopmans (a.k.a. Charles)   1975  
(chemistry) John Polanyi (a.k.a. Charles)   1986  
(chemistry) Charles J. Pedersen   1987  
(economics) John Harsanyi (a.k.a. Charles)   1994  
(physics) Charles K. Kao   2009  
(medicine) Charles M. Rice   2020  
Norwegian Kings and Queens: 4 kings
King Karl I (a.k.a. Charles)   1449-1450  
King Karl II (a.k.a. Charles)   1814-1818  
King Karl III Johan (a.k.a. Charles)   1818-1844  
King Karl IV (a.k.a. Charles)   1859-1872  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 1 activist, 1 revolutionary
(activist) Russell Means (a.k.a. Charles)   1939-2012  
(revolutionary) Monte Melkonian (a.k.a. Charles)   1957-1993  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 59 actors, 4 actor/comedians, 1 comedian/actor, 1 dancer, 1 youtuber
H. B. Warner (a.k.a. Charles)   1875-1958  
Charles Coburn   1877-1961  
Charlie Ruggles   1886-1970  
Charlie Chaplin   1889-1977  
Charles Bickford   1891-1967  
Charles Stevens   1893-1964  
Charles Laughton   1899-1962  
Charles Boyer   1899-1978  
Gale Gordon (a.k.a. Charles)   1906-1995  
Robert Cummings (a.k.a. Charles)   1910-1990  
Charles "Honi" Coles   1911-1992  
Michael Wilding (a.k.a. Charles)   1912-1979  
Van Johnson (a.k.a. Charles)   1916-2008  
Sebastian Cabot (a.k.a. Charles)   1918-1977  
Tim Holt (a.k.a. Charles)   1919-1973  
Keith Andes (a.k.a. Charles)   1920-2005  
Abe Vigoda (a.k.a. Charles)   1921-2016  
Charles Bronson   1921-2003  
Charles Durning   1923-2012  
Lionel Jeffries (a.k.a. Charles)   1926-2010  
Charles Gray   1928-2000  
Fred Willard (a.k.a. Charles)   1933-2020  
Chuck McCann   1934-2018  
Charles Grodin   1935-2021  
Charles Napier   1936-2011  
William Gaunt (a.k.a. Charles)   1937-  
Victor Buono (a.k.a. Charles)   1938-1982  
Russell Means (a.k.a. Charles)   1939-2012  
John Mahoney (a.k.a. Charles)   1940-2018  
Ryan O'Neal (a.k.a. Charles)   1941-2023  
Michael Lerner (a.k.a. Charles)   1941-2023  
Colin Baker (a.k.a. Charles)   1943-  
Everett McGill (a.k.a. Charles)   1945-  
Charles Dance   1946-  
Charles Rocket   1949-2005  
Jeff Conaway (a.k.a. Charles)   1950-2011  
Charles S. Dutton   1951-  
Joe Piscopo (a.k.a. Charles)   1951-  
Charles Shaughnessy   1955-  
Branscombe Richmond (a.k.a. Charles)   1955-  
Charlie Murphy   1959-2017  
Kenneth Branagh (a.k.a. Charles)   1960-  
Anthony Edwards (a.k.a. Charles)   1962-  
Charles Parnell   1964-  
Joshua Malina (a.k.a. Charles)   1966-  
Charlie Schlatter   1966-  
Tuc Watkins (a.k.a. Charles)   1966-  
Ben Miles (a.k.a. Charles)   1966-  
Michael Greyeyes (a.k.a. Charles)   1967-  
Chad Lowe (a.k.a. Charles)   1968-  
Eddie Marsan (a.k.a. Charles)   1968-  
Charles Edwards   1969-  
Adam Goldberg (a.k.a. Charles)   1970-  
Corin Nemec (a.k.a. Charles)   1971-  
Justin Pierce (a.k.a. Charles)   1975-2000  
Charlie Day   1976-  
Matt Czuchry (a.k.a. Charles)   1977-  
Timothy Simons (a.k.a. Charles)   1978-  
Joel Kinnaman (a.k.a. Charles)   1979-  
Charlie Hunnam   1980-  
Charles Michael Davis   1984-  
Ben Aldridge (a.k.a. Charles)   1985-  
Charlie McDermott   1990-  
Charles Melton   1991-  
Dean-Charles Chapman   1997-  
James Charles   1999-  
Notable Artists: 2 painters, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 cartoonist
Charles Le Brun   1619-1690  
Rupert Bunny (a.k.a. Charles)   1864-1947  
Le Corbusier (a.k.a. Charles)   1887-1965  
Charles Alston   1907-1977  
Charles Schulz   1922-2000  
Notable Athletes: 5 baseball, 4 soccer, 3 basketball, 2 ice hockey, 1 boxing, 1 football, 1 rugby, 1 skating, 1 tennis, 1 volleyball
(baseball) Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn   1854-1897  
(baseball) Charlie Gehringer   1903-1993  
(ice hockey) Charlie Gardiner   1904-1934  
(ice hockey) Syl Apps (a.k.a. Charles)   1915-1998  
(basketball) Chuck Cooper   1926-1984  
(baseball) Whitey Ford (a.k.a. Charles)   1928-2020  
(boxing) Sonny Liston (a.k.a. Charles)   c. 1930-1970  
(baseball) Mickey Mantle (a.k.a. Charles)   1931-1995  
(football) Joe Greene (a.k.a. Charles)   1946-  
(basketball) Charlie Scott   1948-  
(volleyball) Karch Kiraly (a.k.a. Charles)   1960-  
(basketball) Charles Barkley   1963-  
(tennis) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Charles)   1978-  
(soccer) Charles Itandje   1982-  
(rugby) Charlie Faumuina   1986-  
(soccer) Joe Hart (a.k.a. Charles)   1987-  
(skating) Charlie White   1987-  
(soccer) Charles Aránguiz   1989-  
(baseball) Freddie Freeman (a.k.a. Charles)   1989-  
(soccer) Steven Bergwijn (a.k.a. Charles)   1997-  
Notable Businesspeople: 5 businesspersons
Charles Tiffany   1812-1902  
Charles T. Hinde   1832-1915  
Charles M. Schwab   1862-1939  
Charles Rolls   1877-1910  
B. C. Forbes (a.k.a. Charles)   1880-1954  
Notable Evildoers: 1 criminal, 1 gangster, 1 murderer
Charles Ponzi   1882-1949  
Lucky Luciano (a.k.a. Charles)   1897-1962  
Charles Manson   1934-2017  
Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 4 explorers
Charles Marie de La Condamine   1701-1774  
Charles Sturt   1795-1869  
Charles Lindbergh   1902-1974  
Chuck Yeager   1923-2020  
Notable Filmmakers: 3 directors, 1 producer
Charlie Chaplin   1889-1977  
Chuck Jones   1912-2002  
Jerry Weintraub (a.k.a. Charles)   1937-2015  
Jon Turteltaub (a.k.a. Charles)   1963-  
Notable Journalists: 1 journalist, 1 news presenter
(journalist) Charles Dow   1851-1902  
(news presenter) Charlie Rose   1942-  
Notable Military Figures: 2 generals, 1 commander
Charles Martel   ?-741  
Charles de Gaulle   1890-1970  
Orde Wingate (a.k.a. Charles)   1903-1944  
Notable Musicians: 11 singers, 10 musicians, 5 composers, 1 composer/musician, 1 musician/singer
Charles Dibdin   1745-1814  
Adolphe Adam (a.k.a. Charles)   1803-1856  
Charles Gounod   1818-1893  
Camille Saint-Saëns (a.k.a. Charles)   1835-1921  
Hubert Parry (a.k.a. Charles)   1848-1918  
Luckey Roberts (a.k.a. Charles)   1887-1968  
Richard Rodgers (a.k.a. Charles)   1902-1979  
Woody Herman (a.k.a. Charles)   1913-1987  
Charlie Parker   1920-1955  
Charles Mingus   1922-1979  
Charles Aznavour   1924-2018  
Chuck Berry   1926-2017  
Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles)   1930-2004  
Charlie Rich   1932-1995  
Pat Boone (a.k.a. Charles)   1934-  
Del Shannon (a.k.a. Charles)   1934-1990  
Buddy Holly (a.k.a. Charles)   1936-1959  
Charlie Watts   1941-2021  
Edwin Starr (a.k.a. Charles)   1942-2003  
Chuck E. Weiss   1945-2021  
Charlie McGettigan   1950-  
John Waite (a.k.a. Charles)   1952-  
Keith Flint (a.k.a. Charles)   1969-2019  
Michael Graham (a.k.a. Charles)   1972-  
Chester Bennington (a.k.a. Charles)   1976-2017  
Andy Grammer (a.k.a. Charles)   1983-  
Aaron Carter (a.k.a. Charles)   1987-2022  
Charlie Puth   1991-  
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 2 philosophers, 1 historian, 1 mathematician
Charles de Secondat   1689-1755  
Charles Babbage   1791-1871  
Alexis de Tocqueville (a.k.a. Charles)   1805-1859  
Charles Sanders Peirce   1839-1914  
Notable Politicians and Statespeople: 4 politicians, 1 statesperson
Charles Martel   ?-741  
Charles W. Fairbanks   1852-1918  
Charles Curtis   1860-1936  
Charles G. Dawes   1865-1951  
Chuck Schumer   1950-  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 6 physicists, 3 geologists, 3 inventors, 2 biologists, 2 chemists, 2 physicians, 1 anthropologist, 1 astronomer, 1 astronomer/physicist
Charles Messier   1730-1817  
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb   1736-1806  
Charles Babbage   1791-1871  
Charles Lyell   1797-1875  
Charles Goodyear   1800-1860  
Charles Darwin   1809-1882  
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran   1845-1922  
Edward Charles Pickering   1846-1919  
Charles Richet   1850-1935  
C. V. Boys (a.k.a. Charles)   1855-1944  
Charles Eastman   1858-1939  
Charles Édouard Guillaume   1861-1938  
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson   1869-1959  
Charles Glover Barkla   1877-1944  
Marius Barbeau (a.k.a. Charles)   1883-1969  
George de Hevesy (a.k.a. Charles)   1885-1966  
Charles Francis Richter   1900-1985  
Charles H. Townes   1915-2015  
Bruce C. Heezen (a.k.a. Charles)   1924-1977  
Charles David Keeling   1928-2005  
Charles K. Kao   1933-2018  
Notable Writers: 9 authors, 3 poets
Charles Perrault   1628-1703  
Charles Dickens   1812-1870  
Charles Baudelaire   1821-1867  
Algernon Charles Swinburne   1837-1909  
Joris-Karl Huysmans (a.k.a. Charles)   1848-1907  
Charles Eastman   1858-1939  
Kenneth Rexroth (a.k.a. Charles)   1905-1982  
Arthur C. Clarke (a.k.a. Charles)   1917-2008  
Charles Bukowski   1920-1994  
Cormac McCarthy (a.k.a. Charles)   1933-2023  
Reginald Hill (a.k.a. Charles)   1936-2012  
Chuck Palahniuk   1962-  
Olympic Medalists: 21 gold, 20 silver, 17 bronze, 7 silver/gold, 2 bronze/gold, 2 gold/silver, 2 silver/gold/bronze, 1 silver/bronze/gold
(silver) Arthur Blake (a.k.a. Charles)   1896   1500 m  
(bronze) Charles Gmelin   1896   400 m  
(bronze) Charles Frédéric Petit   1900   archery - au chapelet 33 m; archery - au cordon doré 33 m  
(silver/gold) Charles Bennett   1900   1500 m; 4000 m steeplechase; 5000 m team  
(bronze) Charles Treffel   1900   water polo  
(gold) Charles Devendeville   1900   swimming - underwater  
(silver) Charles S. Woodruff   1904   archery - team round  
(silver) Charles Hubbard   1904   archery - team round  
(gold) Charles Dvorak   1904   pole vault  
(gold) Archie Hahn (a.k.a. Charles)   1904   100 m; 200 m; 60 m  
(silver) Charles King   1904   long jump - standing; triple jump - standing  
(silver/gold/bronze) Charles Daniels   1904; 1908   swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay; swimming - 50 yard freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(gold) Charles Sydney Smith   1908; 1912; 1920   water polo  
(silver) Charles Hefferon   1908   marathon  
(gold) Charles Forsyth   1908   water polo  
(gold) Charles Bacon Jr   1908   400 m hurdles  
(silver) Charles Poulenard   1912   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Karl Luther (a.k.a. Charles)   1912   4x100 m relay  
(silver) Charles Lomberg   1912   decathlon  
(gold) Charles Reidpath   1912   400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(silver) Charles Lelong   1912   4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Charles Gunn   1920   10 km walk  
(gold) Charles Bugbee   1912; 1920   water polo  
(silver) Joe Blewitt (a.k.a. Charles)   1920   3000 m team  
(silver/gold) Charley Paddock   1920; 1924   100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay  
(bronze) Cecil McMaster (a.k.a. Charles)   1924   10 km walk  
(bronze) Charles E. Collett   1924   water polo  
(gold) Charley Borah   1928   4x100 m relay  
(bronze) Charles McGinnis   1928   pole vault  
(bronze) Charles Finn   1932   water polo  
(bronze) Charles McCallister   1932   water polo  
(silver) Lambert Redd (a.k.a. Charles)   1932   long jump  
(gold) Charles Pahud de Mortanges   1928; 1932   equestrian  
(silver) Chuck Chapman   1936   basketball  
(gold/silver) Charles Moore Jr.   1952   400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay  
(silver) Meredith Gourdine (a.k.a. Charles)   1952   long jump  
(gold) Charlie Hoag   1952   basketball  
(gold) Chuck Darling   1956   basketball  
(gold) Charlie Jenkins   1956   400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(silver) Chilla Porter (a.k.a. Charles)   1956   high jump  
(gold) Charles Dumas   1956   high jump  
(gold) Bernard Wrightson (a.k.a. Charles)   1968   diving - springboard  
(bronze/gold) Charlie Greene   1968   100 m; 4x100 m relay  
(silver/gold) Charlie Hickcox   1968   swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(gold) Charlie Scott   1968   basketball  
(bronze) Barry Weitzenberg (a.k.a. Charles)   1972   water polo  
(silver/gold) Charles Asati   1968; 1972   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Tom McMillen (a.k.a. Charles)   1972   basketball  
(bronze) Steve Furniss (a.k.a. Charles)   1972   swimming - 200 m medley  
(gold/silver) Frank Shorter (a.k.a. Charles)   1972; 1976   marathon  
(bronze) Rick Wohlhuter (a.k.a. Charles)   1976   800 m  
(silver) Rick Mitchell (a.k.a. Charles)   1980   400 m  
(bronze) Charlie Spedding   1984   marathon  
(silver) David Ottley (a.k.a. Charles)   1984   javelin throw  
(silver/gold) Chris Jacobs (a.k.a. Charles)   1988   swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(bronze) Charles D. Smith   1988   basketball  
(bronze) Charles Smith IV   1988   basketball  
(silver) Charles Simpkins   1992   triple jump  
(gold) Charles Jenkins Jr.   1992   4x400 m relay  
(silver/bronze/gold) David Berkoff (a.k.a. Charles)   1988; 1992   swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(silver) Olapade Adeniken (a.k.a. Charles)   1992   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Karch Kiraly (a.k.a. Charles)   1984; 1988; 1996   volleyball; beach volleyball  
(gold) Charles Barkley   1992; 1996   basketball  
(gold) Charles Austin   1996   high jump  
(bronze) Jeff Weaver (a.k.a. Charles)   1996   baseball  
(silver/gold) Charles Hamelin   2006; 2010; 2014   speed skating  
(silver/gold/bronze) Charlie White   2010; 2014   figure skating  
(silver/gold) Ben Ainslie (a.k.a. Charles)   1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012   sailing  
(bronze/gold) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Charles)   2008; 2012   tennis  
(bronze) Charlie Cole   2012   rowing  
(gold) Charlie Houchin   2012   swimming  
(silver) Jean-Charles Valladont   2016   archery - individual  
Oscar Award Winners: 2 actors
(actor) Charles Laughton   1934   The Private Life of Henry VIII  
(actor) Charles Coburn   1944   The More the Merrier  
Other Leaders: 4 prime ministers, 1 president, 1 president/prime minister
Prime Minister Charles-Mathias Simons   1853-1860   Luxembourg  
Prime Minister Auguste Adib Pacha (a.k.a. Charles)   1926-1927; 1930-1932   Lebanon  
President/Prime Minister Charles Debbas   1926-1934; 1932-1934   Lebanon  
Prime Minister Pierre de Witasse (a.k.a. Charles)   1944-1948   Monaco  
President Charles Helou   1964-1970   Lebanon  
Prime Minister Jean Ausseil (a.k.a. Charles)   1985-1991   Monaco  
Other Royalty: 9 princes, 1 duke, 1 king
Charles Martel   718-741   Francia  
Heinrich of Prussia (a.k.a. Charles)   1747-1767   Prussia  
Carl of Prussia (a.k.a. Charles)   1801-1883   Prussia  
Charles III, Prince of Monaco   1856-1889   Monaco  
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha   1884-1919   United Kingdom  
John of the United Kingdom (a.k.a. Charles)   1905-1919   United Kingdom  
Michael of Kent (a.k.a. Charles)   1942-   United Kingdom  
Baudouin of Belgium (a.k.a. Charles)   1951-1993   Belgium  
Harry, Duke of Sussex (a.k.a. Charles)   1984-   United Kingdom  
Gabriel of Belgium (a.k.a. Charles)   2003-   Belgium  
Louis of Wales (a.k.a. Charles)   2018-   United Kingdom  
Pulitzer Award Winners: 1 literature
(literature) Cormac McCarthy (a.k.a. Charles)   2007   The Road  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 11 musicians
Chuck Berry   1986     
Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles)   1986     
Buddy Holly (a.k.a. Charles)   1986     
Rudy Lewis (a.k.a. Charles)   1988   The Drifters  
Charlie Thomas   1988   The Drifters  
Charlie Watts   1989   The Rolling Stones  
Mick Avory (a.k.a. Charles)   1990   The Kinks  
Del Shannon (a.k.a. Charles)   1999     
Tommy Hunt (a.k.a. Charles)   2001   The Flamingos  
Chuck Barksdale   2004   The Dells  
Tom Johnston (a.k.a. Charles)   2020   The Doobie Brothers  
Saints: 8 saints, 5 blessed
Blessed Charles the Good   ?-1127  
Blessed Charles de Sayn   ?-1212  
Blessed Charles of Blois   1320-1364  
Saint Carlo Borromeo (a.k.a. Charles)   1538-1584  
Blessed Carlos Espinola (a.k.a. Charles)   1564-1622  
Saint Charles Garnier   1606-1649  
Saint Carlo of Sezze (a.k.a. Charles)   1616-1670  
Saint Charles Hyon Song-mun   1797-1846  
Saint Jean-Charles Cornay   1809-1837  
Saint Charles of Mount Argus   1821-1893  
Saint Charles de Foucauld   1858-1916  
Saint Charles Lwanga   1860-1887  
Blessed Karl of Austria (a.k.a. Charles)   1887-1922  
Scottish Kings and Queens: 2 kings
King Charles I   1625-1649  
King Charles II   1649-1685  
Shakespearian Characters: 3 characters
Charles   As You Like It  
Charles VI   Henry V  
Dauphin Charles   Henry VI (1)  
Spanish Kings and Queens: 4 kings
King Carlos I (a.k.a. Charles)   1516-1556     
King Carlos II the Bewitched (a.k.a. Charles)   1665-1700     
King Carlos III (a.k.a. Charles)   1759-1788     
King Carlos IV (a.k.a. Charles)   1788-1808     
Swedish Kings and Queens: 10 kings
King Karl I (or VII) (a.k.a. Charles)   1161-1167  
King Karl II (or VIII) (a.k.a. Charles)   1448-1457; 1464-1465; 1467-1470  
King Karl IX (a.k.a. Charles)   1604-1611  
King Karl X Gustav (a.k.a. Charles)   1654-1660  
King Karl XI (a.k.a. Charles)   1660-1697  
King Karl XII (a.k.a. Charles)   1697-1718  
King Karl XIII (a.k.a. Charles)   1809-1818  
King Karl XIV Johan (a.k.a. Charles)   1818-1844  
King Karl XV (a.k.a. Charles)   1859-1872  
King Carl XVI Gustaf (a.k.a. Charles)   1973-