Charles Parker

Charles Parker or Charlie Parker may refer to:

Politicians and administrators

• Charles D. Parker (1827–1925), former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• Charles H. Parker (1814–1890), Wisconsin legislator
• Charles Parker (Australian politician) (1886–1956), New South Wales politician
• Charles Parker (New Zealand politician) (1809–1898), New Zealand politician and carpenter
• Charles Parker (UK politician), activist in the British National Party
• Charles Parker (Michigan politician) (died 1934), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Charles Stuart Parker (1829–1909), British Member of Parliament for Perth, 1878–1892
• Charles William Parker (born 1912), clergyman and politician in British Columbia, Canada
• Charlie Parker (Nova Scotia politician), NDP MLA for Pictou West in Nova Scotia, Canada
• Charlie Parker (Jersey civil servant), Chief Executive of the States of Jersey in Jersey, Channel Islands

Sportsmen

• Charlie Parker (basketball) (born 1948), American basketball coach
• Charlie Parker (cricketer) (1882–1959), English cricketer
• Charlie Parker (footballer) (1891–1969), English footballer

Cultural figures

• Charles Parker (producer) (1919–1980), BBC Radio producer of the Radio Ballads
• Charlie Parker ("Bird", 1920–1955), jazz musician

Others

• Sir Charles Parker, 5th Baronet (1792–1869), British naval officer
• Charles Parker (VC) (1870–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Charles Wallace Parker, builder of the C. W. Parker Carousel

Fictional characters

• Charles Parker (detective), fictional character created by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Charley Parker, DC Comics character Golden Eagle I
• Charlie Parker, a fictional former police officer in a series of crime novels by John Connolly
• Ensign Charles Parker, character played by Tim Conway in McHale's Navy and later by David Alan Grier in McHale's Navy (1997 film)