Charles (surname)
Charles is a surname, and may refer to:
Politicians
- Bob Charles (politician), modern liberal politician in Australia
- Eugenia Charles, former prime minister of Dominica
- George Charles, former chief minister of St. Lucia
- Helena Charles, Cornish activist
- Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to 2004
Athletes
- Bob Charles (golfer), modern golf pro in New Zealand
- Stephen Charles, English cricketer
- Cyrille Charles, Saint Lucian cricketer
- Daedra Charles, American basketball player
- David Atiba Charles, football player from Trinidad
- Ed Charles, former American baseball player
- Ezzard Charles, former world heavyweight champion
- Gary Charles, former British footballer
- Jamaal Charles, American football player
- John Charles (English footballer), English footballer
- John Charles (1931-2004), Welsh footballer
- Lorenzo Charles, American former college and professional basketball player
- Mel Charles, Welsh former professional footballer
- Ned Charles, Mauritian former football striker
- Ron Charles (basketball), American basketball player
- Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
- Saahdiq Charles (born 1999), American football player
- Stefan Charles, American football player
- Tina Charles, US basketball player
Entertainment personalities
- Craig Charles, British actor and comedian
- Glen Charles, writer for television
- Jeannette Charles, look-alike actress of Queen Elizabeth II
- Jennifer Charles, American singer
- Josh Charles, American actor
- Larry Charles, American film director
- Les Charles, television producer
- Leslie Sebastian Charles real name of performer Billy Ocean
- Nicola Charles, English actress
- Ray Charles, American pianist and musician
- Ray Charles, composer and conductor of The Ray Charles Singers
- RuPaul Andre Charles, full given name of actor RuPaul
- Tina Charles, English singer
Scientists
- Enid Charles (1894–1972), statistician and demographer
- Jacques Charles (1746–1823) French scientist whose work was the foundation of Charles's law describing the behaviour of an ideal gas.
- Vera Charles (1877–1954) American mycologist
Fictional characters
- Nick and Nora Charles, fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man
- Chuck Charles, the vanity reporter in The Penguins of Madagascar
Other
- E. Otis Charles, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
- Emily Thornton Charles (1845-1895; pen name, "Emily Hawthorne")m American poet, journalist, suffragist, newspaper founder
- Jos Charles, American poet
- P. S. M. Charles, Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant
- Robert Charles (scholar), English biblical scholar
- Ron Charles (critic), American book critic
- Sam Charles, American painter and pianist
- Sydney Anicetus Charles (1929 - 2018), Trinidadian bishop
- Thomas Charles, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman
- Sir William Charles, British judge
- Barbara Charles, birth name for Barbara Macdonald, (1913-2000), social worker, lesbian feminist and ageism activist
See also
- Charles, for the given name
- David Charles (disambiguation)
- Keith Charles (disambiguation)
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