Namesakes
Charles
(m) 
Shakespearian Characters As You Like It
Charles Martel
(m) ?-741
Notable Military Figures
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Other Royalty 718-741 Francia (duke)
Charles I the Great
(m) 742-814
Frankish and French Kings 768-814
Charles II the Bald
(m) 823-877
Frankish and French Kings 840-877
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl II the Bald) 875-877
Charles the Fat
(m) 839-888
Frankish and French Kings 884-887
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl III the Fat) 876-887
Charles III the Simple
(m) 879-929
Frankish and French Kings 898-922
Charles the Good
(m) ?-1127
Saints
Karl I (or VII)
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1130-1167
Swedish Kings and Queens 1161-1167
Charles de Sayn
(m) ?-1212
Saints
Károly I
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1288-1342
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1308-1342
Charles IV the Fair
(m) 1294-1328
Frankish and French Kings 1322-1328
Karel I
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1316-1378
Bohemian Kings 1346-1378
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl IV) 1346-1378
Charles of Blois
(m) 1320-1364
Saints
Charles V the Wise
(m) 1338-1380
Frankish and French Kings 1364-1380
Károly II the Small
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1345-1386
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1385-1386
Charles VI the Mad
(m) 1368-1422
Frankish and French Kings 1380-1422
Shakespearian Characters (Charles VI) Henry V
Charles VII the Victorious
(m) 1403-1461
Frankish and French Kings 1422-1461
Shakespearian Characters (Dauphin Charles) Henry VI (1)
Karl I
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1409-1470
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1449-1450
Swedish Kings and Queens (Karl II (or VIII)) 1448-1457; 1464-1465; 1467-1470
Charles VIII
(m) 1470-1498
Frankish and French Kings 1483-1498
Carlos I
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1500-1558
Spanish Kings and Queens 1516-1556
Austrian Dukes and Emperors (Karl I) 1519-1521
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl V) 1519-1556
Carlo Borromeo
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1538-1584
Saints
Charles IX
(m) 1550-1574
Frankish and French Kings 1560-1574
Karl IX
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1550-1611
Swedish Kings and Queens 1604-1611
Carlos Espinola
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1564-1622
Saints
Charles I
(m) 1600-1649
English and British Kings and Queens 1625-1649
Scottish Kings and Queens 1625-1649
Charles Garnier
(m) 1606-1649
Saints
Carlo of Sezze
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1616-1670
Saints
Charles Le Brun
(m) 1619-1690
Notable Artists
Karl X Gustav
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1622-1660
Swedish Kings and Queens 1654-1660
Charles Perrault
(m) 1628-1703
Notable Writers
Charles II
(m) 1630-1685
English and British Kings and Queens 1660-1685
Scottish Kings and Queens 1649-1685
Karl XI
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1655-1697
Swedish Kings and Queens 1660-1697
Carlos II the Bewitched
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1661-1700
Spanish Kings and Queens 1665-1700
D'Artagnan
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) ?-1673
Fictional Characters from Books 1844 The Three Musketeers
Karl XII
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1682-1718
Swedish Kings and Queens 1697-1718
Karel II
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1685-1740
Bohemian Kings 1711-1740
Austrian Dukes and Emperors (Karl II) 1711-1740
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl VI) 1711-1740
Hungarian Kings and Queens (Károly III) 1711-1740
Charles de Secondat
(m) 1689-1755
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Karel Albrecht
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1697-1745
Bohemian Kings 1741-1743
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors (Karl VII Albrecht) 1742-1745
Charles Marie de La Condamine
(m) 1701-1774
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Carlos III
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1716-1788
Spanish Kings and Queens 1759-1788
Charles Watson-Wentworth
(m) 1730-1782
British Prime Ministers 1765-1766; 1782
Charles Messier
(m) 1730-1817
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
(m) 1736-1806
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Dibdin
(m) 1745-1814
Notable Musicians
Heinrich of Prussia
(middle name Charles) (m) 1747-1767
Other Royalty 1747-1767 Prussia (prince)
Karl II
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1748-1818
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1814-1818
Swedish Kings and Queens (Karl XIII) 1809-1818
Carlos IV
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1748-1819
Spanish Kings and Queens 1788-1808
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(m) 1754-1838
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1815 (prime minister)
Charles X
(m) 1757-1836
Frankish and French Kings 1824-1830
Karl III Johan
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1763-1844
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1818-1844
Swedish Kings and Queens (Karl XIV Johan) 1818-1844
Charles Grey
(m) 1764-1845
British Prime Ministers 1830-1834
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
(m) 1767-1855
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1848 (prime minister)
Victor de Broglie
(middle name Charles) (m) 1785-1870
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1830; 1835-1836 (prime minister)
Charles Rivière-Hérard
(m) 1789-1850
Haitian Presidents 1843-1844 (president)
Charles Babbage
(m) 1791-1871
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Sturt
(m) 1795-1869
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao
(m) 1796-1878
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1870 (prime minister)
Charles Hyon Song-mun
(m) 1797-1846
Saints
Charles Lyell
(m) 1797-1875
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Rogier
(m) 1800-1885
Belgian Prime Ministers 1847-1852; 1857-1868
Charles Goodyear
(m) 1800-1860
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Carl of Prussia
(middle name Charles) (m) 1801-1883
Other Royalty 1801-1883 Prussia (prince)
Charles-Mathias Simons
(m) 1802-1874
Other Leaders 1853-1860 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Adolphe Adam
(middle name Charles) (m) 1803-1856
Notable Musicians
Alexis de Tocqueville
(middle name Charles) (m) 1805-1859
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1808-1873
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1848-1852 (president)
Frankish and French Kings (Napoleon III) 1852-1870
Charles Darwin
(m) 1809-1882
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jean-Charles Cornay
(m) 1809-1837
Saints
Charles Dickens
(m) 1812-1870
Notable Writers
Charles Tiffany
(m) 1812-1902
Notable Businesspeople
Charles Duclerc
(m) 1812-1888
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1882-1883 (prime minister)
Charles Bingley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Charles Musgrove
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1818 Persuasion
Charles Gounod
(m) 1818-1893
Notable Musicians
Charles III, Prince of Monaco
(m) 1818-1889
Other Royalty 1856-1889 Monaco (prince)
Charles Baudelaire
(m) 1821-1867
Notable Writers
Charles Tupper
(m) 1821-1915
Canadian Prime Ministers 1896
Charles of Mount Argus
(m) 1821-1893
Saints
Karl IV
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1826-1872
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1859-1872
Swedish Kings and Queens (Karl XV) 1859-1872
Charles Floquet
(m) 1828-1896
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1888-1889 (prime minister)
Charles de Freycinet
(m) 1828-1923
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1879-1880; 1882; 1886; 1890-1892 (prime minister)
Charles T. Hinde
(m) 1832-1915
Notable Businesspeople
Camille Saint-Saëns
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1835-1921
Notable Musicians
Algernon Charles Swinburne
(m) 1837-1909
Notable Writers
Carol I of Romania
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1839-1914
Other Royalty 1881-1914 Romania (king)
Charles Sanders Peirce
(m) 1839-1914
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Charles Albert Gobat
(m) 1843-1914
Nobel Prize Winners 1902 (peace)
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
(m) 1845-1922
Nobel Prize Winners 1907 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles S. Woodruff
(m) 1846-1927
Olympic Medalists 1904 archery - team round (silver)
Edward Charles Pickering
(m) 1846-1919
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Joris-Karl Huysmans
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1848-1907
Notable Writers
Hubert Parry
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1848-1918
Notable Musicians
Charles Hubbard
(m) 1849-1923
Olympic Medalists 1904 archery - team round (silver)
Charles Richet
(m) 1850-1935
Nobel Prize Winners 1913 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Dupuy
(m) 1851-1923
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1893; 1894-1895; 1898-1899 (prime minister)
Charles Dow
(m) 1851-1902
Notable Journalists
Charles W. Fairbanks
(m) 1852-1918
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Charles Darnay
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1854 A Tale of Two Cities
Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn
(m) 1854-1897
Hall-of-Famers 1939 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
C. V. Boys
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1855-1944
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Frédéric Petit
(m) 1857-1947
Olympic Medalists 1900 archery - au chapelet 33 m; archery - au cordon doré 33 m (bronze)
Charles Scott Sherrington
(m) 1857-1952
Nobel Prize Winners 1932 (medicine)
Charles Eastman
(m) 1858-1939
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Notable Writers
Charles de Foucauld
(m) 1858-1916
Saints
Auguste Adib Pacha
(middle name Charles) (m) 1859-1936
Other Leaders 1926-1927; 1930-1932 Lebanon (prime minister)
Charles Comiskey
(m) 1859-1931
Hall-of-Famers 1939 (baseball)
Charles Lwanga
(m) 1860-1887
Saints
Charles Curtis
(m) 1860-1936
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Charles de Broqueville
(m) 1860-1940
Belgian Prime Ministers 1911-1918; 1932-1934
Charles Édouard Guillaume
(m) 1861-1938
Nobel Prize Winners 1920 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles M. Schwab
(m) 1862-1939
Notable Businesspeople
Rupert Bunny
(middle name Charles) (m) 1864-1947
Notable Artists
Charles G. Dawes
(m) 1865-1951
Nobel Prize Winners 1925 (peace)
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Charles Nicolle
(m) 1866-1936
Nobel Prize Winners 1928 (medicine)
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
(m) 1869-1959
Nobel Prize Winners 1927 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Baudouin of Belgium
(middle name Charles) (m) 1869-1891
Other Royalty 1869-1891 Belgium (prince)
Charles "Kid" Nichols
(m) 1869-1953
Hall-of-Famers 1949 (baseball)
Charles Bennett
(m) 1870-1950
Olympic Medalists 1900 1500 m; 4000 m steeplechase; 5000 m team (silver/gold)
Arthur Blake
(middle name Charles) (m) 1872-1944
Olympic Medalists 1896 1500 m (silver)
Charles Gmelin
(m) 1872-1950
Olympic Medalists 1896 400 m (bronze)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
(m) 1873-1936
Dutch Prime Ministers 1918-1925; 1929-1933
Charles Treffel
(m) 1875-1947
Olympic Medalists 1900 water polo (bronze)
H. B. Warner
(middle name Charles) (m) 1875-1958
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Sydney Smith
(m) 1876-1951
Olympic Medalists 1908; 1912; 1920 water polo (gold)
Charles Glover Barkla
(m) 1877-1944
Nobel Prize Winners 1917 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Coburn
(m) 1877-1961
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1944 The More the Merrier (actor)
Charles Rolls
(m) 1877-1910
Notable Businesspeople
Charles Hefferon
(m) 1878-1932
Olympic Medalists 1908 marathon (silver)
Pierre de Witasse
(middle name Charles) (m) 1878-1956
Other Leaders 1944-1948 Monaco (prime minister)
Charles Dvorak
(m) 1878-1969
Olympic Medalists 1904 pole vault (gold)
B. C. Forbes
(middle name Charles) (m) 1880-1954
Notable Businesspeople
Archie Hahn
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1880-1955
Olympic Medalists 1904 100 m; 200 m; 60 m (gold)
Charles King
(m) 1880-1958
Olympic Medalists 1904 long jump - standing; triple jump - standing (silver)
Charles Devendeville
(m) 1882-1914
Olympic Medalists 1900 swimming - underwater (gold)
Charles Ponzi
(m) 1882-1949
Notable Evildoers
Marius Barbeau
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1883-1969
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Tom Hooper
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1883-1960
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Charles Debbas
(m) 1884-1935
Other Leaders 1926-1934; 1932-1934 Lebanon (president/prime minister)
Charles "Chief" Bender
(m) 1884-1954
Hall-of-Famers 1953 (baseball)
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(m) 1884-1954
Other Royalty 1884-1919 United Kingdom (prince)
Charles Forsyth
(m) 1885-1951
Olympic Medalists 1908 water polo (gold)
Charles Bacon Jr
(m) 1885-1968
Olympic Medalists 1908 400 m hurdles (gold)
Charles Daniels
(m) 1885-1973
Olympic Medalists 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 (silver/gold/bronze)
Charles Poulenard
(m) 1885-1958
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x400 m relay (silver)
George de Hevesy
(middle name Charles) (m) 1885-1966
Nobel Prize Winners 1943 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Karl Luther
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1885-1962
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x100 m relay (silver)
Charles Gunn
(m) 1885-1983
Olympic Medalists 1920 10 km walk (bronze)
Charlie Ruggles
(m) 1886-1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Lomberg
(m) 1886-1966
Olympic Medalists 1912 decathlon (silver)
Charles Bugbee
(m) 1887-1959
Olympic Medalists 1912; 1920 water polo (gold)
Luckey Roberts
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1887-1968
Notable Musicians
Karel III
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1887-1922
Bohemian Kings 1916-1918
Austrian Dukes and Emperors (Karl I) 1916-1918
Saints (Karl of Austria)
Hungarian Kings and Queens (Károly IV) 1916-1918
Le Corbusier
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1887-1965
Notable Artists
Charlie Chaplin
(m) 1889-1977
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Charles Darrow
(m) 1889-1967
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Reidpath
(m) 1889-1975
Olympic Medalists 1912 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold)
Sam Rice
(middle name Charles) (m) 1890-1974
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (baseball)
Casey Stengel
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1890-1975
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (baseball)
Charles de Gaulle
(m) 1890-1970
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1958-1959; 1959-1969 (prime minister/president)
Notable Military Figures
Charles Bickford
(m) 1891-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance
(m) 1891-1961
Hall-of-Famers 1955 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1924 baseball
Charles Lelong
(m) 1891-1970
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x400 m relay (silver)
Charles Stevens
(m) 1893-1964
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cecil McMaster
(middle name Charles) (m) 1895-1981
Olympic Medalists 1924 10 km walk (bronze)
Charles Bidwill
(m) 1895-1947
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (football)
Joe Blewitt
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1895-1954
Olympic Medalists 1920 3000 m team (silver)
Charles Pahud de Mortanges
(m) 1896-1971
Olympic Medalists 1928; 1932 equestrian (gold)
Lucky Luciano
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1897-1962
Notable Evildoers
Charles Finn
(m) 1899-1974
Olympic Medalists 1932 water polo (bronze)
Paul-Henri Spaak
(middle name Charles) (m) 1899-1972
Belgian Prime Ministers 1938-1939; 1946; 1947-1949
Charles Laughton
(m) 1899-1962
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1934 The Private Life of Henry VIII (actor)
Charles Boyer
(m) 1899-1978
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Francis Richter
(m) 1900-1985
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charley Paddock
(m) 1900-1943
Olympic Medalists 1920; 1924 100 m; 4x100 m relay; 200 m (gold/silver)
Gabby Hartnett
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1900-1972
Hall-of-Famers 1955 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1935 baseball
Charles Brenton Huggins
(m) 1901-1997
Nobel Prize Winners 1966 (medicine)
Leopold III
(middle name Charles) (m) 1901-1983
Other Royalty 1934-1951 Belgium (king)
Charles Lindbergh
(m) 1902-1974
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Richard Rodgers
(middle name Charles) (m) 1902-1979
Notable Musicians
Charles E. Collett
(m) 1903-1968
Olympic Medalists 1924 water polo (bronze)
Charles McCallister
(m) 1903-1997
Olympic Medalists 1932 water polo (bronze)
Chick Hafey
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1903-1973
Hall-of-Famers 1971 (baseball)
Orde Wingate
(middle name Charles) (m) 1903-1944
Notable Military Figures
Charlie Gehringer
(m) 1903-1993
Hall-of-Famers 1949 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1937 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Charles of Belgium
(m) 1903-1983
Other Royalty 1903-1983 Belgium (prince)
Charles J. Pedersen
(m) 1904-1989
Nobel Prize Winners 1987 (chemistry)
Chuck Klein
(m) 1904-1958
Hall-of-Famers 1980 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1932 baseball
Charlie Gardiner
(m) 1904-1934
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing
(m) 1905-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (baseball)
John of the United Kingdom
(middle name Charles) (m) 1905-1919
Other Royalty 1905-1919 United Kingdom (prince)
Charley Borah
(m) 1905-1980
Olympic Medalists 1928 4x100 m relay (gold)
Kenneth Rexroth
(middle name Charles) (m) 1905-1982
Notable Writers
Gale Gordon
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1906-1995
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles McGinnis
(m) 1906-1995
Olympic Medalists 1928 pole vault (bronze)
Charles "Stretch" Murphy
(m) 1907-1992
Hall-of-Famers 1960 (basketball)
Weeb Ewbank
(middle name Charles) (m) 1907-1998
Hall-of-Famers 1978 (football)
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper
(m) 1907-1980
Hall-of-Famers 1976 (basketball)
Charles Alston
(m) 1907-1977
Notable Artists
Lambert Redd
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1908-1986
Olympic Medalists 1932 long jump (silver)
Charley Hyatt
(m) 1908-1978
Hall-of-Famers 1959 (basketball)
Charlie Conacher
(m) 1909-1967
Hall-of-Famers 1961 (ice hockey)
Robert Cummings
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1910-1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tjalling C. Koopmans
(middle name Charles) (m) 1910-1985
Nobel Prize Winners 1975 (economics)
Pierre Harmel
(middle name Charles) (m) 1911-2009
Belgian Prime Ministers 1965-1966
Charles "Honi" Coles
(m) 1911-1992
Notable Actors and Entertainers (dancer)
Chuck Chapman
(m) 1911-2002
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (silver)
Charles Addams
(m) 1912-1988
Notable Artists
Michael Wilding
(middle name Charles) (m) 1912-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chuck Jones
(m) 1912-2002
Notable Filmmakers
Woody Herman
(middle name Charles) (m) 1913-1987
Notable Musicians
Charles Helou
(m) 1913-2001
Other Leaders 1964-1970 Lebanon (president)
Syl Apps
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1915-1998
Hall-of-Famers 1961 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Charles H. Townes
(m) 1915-2015
Nobel Prize Winners 1964 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Van Johnson
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1916-2008
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur C. Clarke
(middle name Charles) (m) 1917-2008
Notable Writers
Sebastian Cabot
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1918-1977
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tim Holt
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1919-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
John Harsanyi
(middle name Charles) (m) 1920-2000
Nobel Prize Winners 1994 (economics)
Keith Andes
(middle name Charles) (m) 1920-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Bukowski
(m) 1920-1994
Notable Writers
Charlie Parker
(m) 1920-1955
Notable Musicians
Abe Vigoda
(middle name Charles) (m) 1921-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Bronson
(m) 1921-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charley Trippi
(m) 1921-2022
Hall-of-Famers 1968 (football)
Charles Mingus
(m) 1922-1979
Notable Musicians
Charles Schulz
(m) 1922-2000
Notable Artists
Chuck Yeager
(m) 1923-2020
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Charles Durning
(m) 1923-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bruce C. Heezen
(middle name Charles) (m) 1924-1977
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Aznavour
(m) 1924-2018
Notable Musicians
Jean Ausseil
(middle name Charles) (m) 1925-2001
Other Leaders 1985-1991 Monaco (prime minister)
Chuck Bednarik
(m) 1925-2015
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (football)
Charles Haughey
(m) 1925-2006
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1979-1981; 1982; 1987-1992 (prime minister)
Lionel Jeffries
(middle name Charles) (m) 1926-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chuck Cooper
(m) 1926-1984
Hall-of-Famers 2019 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Chuck Berry
(m) 1926-2017
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Charles David Keeling
(m) 1928-2005
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charles Gray
(m) 1928-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Whitey Ford
(middle name Charles) (m) 1928-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1974 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
John Polanyi
(middle name Charles) (m) 1929-
Nobel Prize Winners 1986 (chemistry)
Charles Moore Jr.
(m) 1929-2020
Olympic Medalists 1952 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay (gold/silver)
Meredith Gourdine
(middle name Charles) (m) 1929-1998
Olympic Medalists 1952 long jump (silver)
Sonny Liston
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) c. 1930-1970
Notable Athletes (boxing)
C. M. Newton
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1930-2018
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (basketball)
Chuck Darling
(m) 1930-2021
Olympic Medalists 1956 basketball (gold)
Baudouin of Belgium
(middle name Charles) (m) 1930-1993
Other Royalty 1951-1993 Belgium (king)
Ray Charles
(middle name Charles) (m) 1930-2004
Grammy Award Winners 2005 Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again (album of the year/record of the year)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Charlie Hoag
(m) 1931-2012
Olympic Medalists 1952 basketball (gold)
Mickey Mantle
(middle name Charles) (m) 1931-1995
Hall-of-Famers 1974 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1956; 1957; 1962 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Charles "Lefty" Driesell
(m) 1931-
Hall-of-Famers 2018 (basketball)
Chuck Noll
(m) 1932-2014
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (football)
Charlie Rich
(m) 1932-1995
Notable Musicians
Tommy Hunt
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1933-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 The Flamingos
Cormac McCarthy
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1933-2023
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 2007 The Road
Fred Willard
(middle name Charles) (m) 1933-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles K. Kao
(m) 1933-2018
Nobel Prize Winners 2009 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Charlie Jenkins
(m) 1934-
Olympic Medalists 1956 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold)
Pat Boone
(middle name Charles) (m) 1934-
Notable Musicians
Chuck McCann
(m) 1934-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Charles Manson
(m) 1934-2017
Notable Evildoers
Del Shannon
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1934-1990
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1999
Chuck Barksdale
(m) 1935-2019
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2004 The Dells
Charles Grodin
(m) 1935-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Hamilton
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1936 Gone With the Wind
Chilla Porter
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1936-2020
Olympic Medalists 1956 high jump (silver)
Reginald Hill
(middle name Charles) (m) 1936-2012
Notable Writers
Charles Napier
(m) 1936-2011
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chuck Howley
(m) 1936-
Hall-of-Famers 2023 (football)
Rudy Lewis
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1936-1964
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988 The Drifters
Buddy Holly
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1936-1959
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Charles Dumas
(m) 1937-2004
Olympic Medalists 1956 high jump (gold)
William Gaunt
(middle name Charles) (m) 1937-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Thomas
(m) 1937-2023
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988 The Drifters
Dick LeBeau
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1937-
Hall-of-Famers 2010 (football)
Jerry Weintraub
(middle name Charles) (m) 1937-2015
Notable Filmmakers
Victor Buono
(middle name Charles) (m) 1938-1982
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Joe Clark
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1939-
Canadian Prime Ministers 1979-1980
Russell Means
(middle name Charles) (m) 1939-2012
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
John Mahoney
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1940-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Foster Kane
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1941 Citizen Kane
Ryan O'Neal
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1941-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Watts
(m) 1941-2021
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1989 The Rolling Stones
Michael Lerner
(middle name Charles) (m) 1941-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bill Parcells
(middle name Charles) (m) 1941-
Hall-of-Famers 2013 (football)
Charley Taylor
(m) 1941-2022
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (football)
Charlie Rose
(m) 1942-
Notable Journalists
Edwin Starr
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1942-2003
Notable Musicians
Michael of Kent
(middle name Charles) (m) 1942-
Other Royalty 1942- United Kingdom (prince)
Colin Baker
(middle name Charles) (m) 1943-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bernard Wrightson
(middle name Charles) (m) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1968 diving - springboard (gold)
Mick Avory
(middle name Charles) (m) 1944-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1990 The Kinks
Chuck E. Weiss
(m) 1945-2021
Notable Musicians
Charlie Greene
(m) 1945-2022
Olympic Medalists 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay (bronze/gold)
Everett McGill
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1945-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barry Weitzenberg
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1946-
Olympic Medalists 1972 water polo (bronze)
Charles Asati
(m) 1946-
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972 4x400 m relay (silver/gold)
Carl XVI Gustaf
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1946-
Swedish Kings and Queens 1973-
Charlie Sanders
(m) 1946-2015
Hall-of-Famers 2007 (football)
Joe Greene
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1946-
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Charles Dance
(m) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Hickcox
(m) 1947-2010
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/gold)
Charlie Joiner
(m) 1947-
Hall-of-Famers 1996 (football)
Frank Shorter
(middle name Charles) (m) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1972; 1976 marathon (gold/silver)
Tom Johnston
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1948-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2020 The Doobie Brothers
Charles III
(m) 1948-
English and British Kings and Queens 2022-
Charlie Scott
(m) 1948-
Hall-of-Famers 2018 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1968 basketball (gold)
Rick Wohlhuter
(middle name Charles) (m) 1948-
Olympic Medalists 1976 800 m (bronze)
Charles Rocket
(m) 1949-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Jeff Conaway
(middle name Charles) (m) 1950-2011
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chuck Schumer
(m) 1950-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Charlie McGettigan
(m) 1950-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1994 Ireland
Notable Musicians
Charles S. Dutton
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Piscopo
(middle name Charles) (m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Kimberley Rew
(middle name Charles) (m) 1951-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1997 United Kingdom
Charles Trask
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1952 East of Eden
Simon MacCorkindale
(middle name Charles) (m) 1952-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Spedding
(m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1984 marathon (bronze)
Tom McMillen
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
John Waite
(middle name Charles) (m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Charles M. Rice
(m) 1952-
Nobel Prize Winners 2020 (medicine)
Steve Furniss
(middle name Charles) (m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 200 m medley (bronze)
Tony Blair
(middle name Charles) (m) 1953-
British Prime Ministers 1997-2007
François Fillon
(middle name Charles) (m) 1954-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2007-2012 (prime minister)
Charles Shaughnessy
(m) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rick Mitchell
(middle name Charles) (m) 1955-2021
Olympic Medalists 1980 400 m (silver)
David Ottley
(middle name Charles) (m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1984 javelin throw (silver)
Branscombe Richmond
(middle name Charles) (m) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Monte Melkonian
(middle name Charles) (m) 1957-1993
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Charlie Murphy
(m) 1959-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Dill Harris
(a.k.a. Charles) (m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Karch Kiraly
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1960-
Notable Athletes (volleyball)
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988; 1996 volleyball; beach volleyball (gold)
Kenneth Branagh
(middle name Charles) (m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chuck Palahniuk
(m) 1962-
Notable Writers
Anthony Edwards
(middle name Charles) (m) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Barkley
(m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (basketball)
Most Valuable Players 1993 basketball
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 basketball (gold)
Jon Turteltaub
(middle name Charles) (m) 1963-
Notable Filmmakers
Charles Simpkins
(m) 1963-
Olympic Medalists 1992 triple jump (silver)
Dylan Walsh
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Haley
(m) 1964-
Hall-of-Famers 2015 (football)
Charles Jenkins Jr.
(m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1992 4x400 m relay (gold)
Chris Jacobs
(middle name Charles) (m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/gold)
Charles Parnell
(m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles D. Smith
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (bronze)
Joshua Malina
(middle name Charles) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Schlatter
(m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tuc Watkins
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Miles
(middle name Charles) (m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
David Berkoff
(middle name Charles) (m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1988; 1992 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/bronze/gold)
Michael Greyeyes
(middle name Charles) (m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Smith IV
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (bronze)
Charles Austin
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1996 high jump (gold)
Charles Godfrey
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1968 Dad's Army
Charles Wycliffe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1968 Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 Wycliffe
Chad Lowe
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1968-
Emmy Award Winners 1993 Life Goes On (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eddie Marsan
(middle name Charles) (m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Olapade Adeniken
(middle name Charles) (m) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 1992 4x100 m relay (silver)
Keith Flint
(middle name Charles) (m) 1969-2019
Notable Musicians
Charles Edwards
(m) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Adam Goldberg
(middle name Charles) (m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Édouard Philippe
(middle name Charles) (m) 1970-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2017-2020 (prime minister)
Corin Nemec
(middle name Charles) (m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Michael Graham
(middle name Charles) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Justin Pierce
(middle name Charles) (m) 1975-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Michel
(m) 1975-
Belgian Prime Ministers 2014-2019
Charlie Townsend
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1976 Charlie's Angels
Charlie Day
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chester Bennington
(middle name Charles) (m) 1976-2017
Notable Musicians
Jeff Weaver
(middle name Charles) (m) 1976-
Olympic Medalists 1996 baseball (bronze)
Charles Woodson
(m) 1976-
Hall-of-Famers 2021 (football)
Ben Ainslie
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1977-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing (silver/gold)
Matt Czuchry
(middle name Charles) (m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bob Bryan
(middle name Charles) (m) 1978-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 tennis (bronze/gold)
Timothy Simons
(middle name Charles) (m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joel Kinnaman
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Hunnam
(m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Itandje
(m) 1982-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Andy Grammer
(middle name Charles) (m) 1983-
Notable Musicians
Charles Hamelin
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2006; 2010; 2014 speed skating (silver/gold)
Harry, Duke of Sussex
(middle name Charles) (m) 1984-
Other Royalty 1984- United Kingdom (prince)
Charles Michael Davis
(m) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Aldridge
(middle name Charles) (m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Cole
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (bronze)
Charlie Faumuina
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Joe Hart
(a.k.a. Charles) (m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Charlie White
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (skating)
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 figure skating (silver/bronze/gold)
Charlie Houchin
(m) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2012 swimming (gold)
Aaron Carter
(middle name Charles) (m) 1987-2022
Notable Musicians
Montgomery Burns
(a.k.a. Charles) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1989 The Simpsons
Jean-Charles Valladont
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2016 archery - individual (silver)
Charles Aránguiz
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Freddie Freeman
(middle name Charles) (m) 1989-
Most Valuable Players 2020 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Charlie McDermott
(m) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charles Melton
(m) 1991-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Puth
(m) 1991-
Notable Musicians
Charlie Byrd
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Heartbreak High
Charlie Heaton
(m) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Robert Barone
(middle name Charles) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Dean-Charles Chapman
(m) 1997-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Steven Bergwijn
(middle name Charles) (m) 1997-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Alex Whitman
(middle name Charles) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Roswell
Charles Gunn
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Angel
James Charles
(m) 1999-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (youtuber)
Charles Logan
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 24
Charles C. Leary
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2002 The Charles C. Leary
Chuck Bass
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2002 Gossip Girl
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Gossip Girl
Charlie Harper
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 Two and a Half Men
Gabriel of Belgium
(middle name Charles) (m) 2003-
Other Royalty 2003- Belgium (prince)
Charles Widmore
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Charlie Kelly
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Robin Scherbatsky
(middle name Charles) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 How I Met Your Mother
Charlie Francis
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2008 Fringe
Charles Montgomery
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2011 American Horror Story: Murder House
Charlie Telphy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2014; 2018 Black-ish; Grown-ish
Charlie St. George
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2017 13 Reasons Why
Louis of Wales
(middle name Charles) (m) 2018-
Other Royalty 2018- United Kingdom (prince)