List of Famous people named Charles

Charles Robert Larson was an Admiral of the United States Navy.

Charles Freer Andrews was a priest of the Church of England and an activist for Indian independence. A Protestant Christian missionary, educator and social reformer in India, he became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the Indian civil rights struggle.

Charles James II is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Charleston Southern, and signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2013. James has also been a member of the Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Memphis Express, St. Louis BattleHawks, and Houston Roughnecks.

Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African-American to be appointed as Chief of Staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces. Brown assumed office from Gen. David L. Goldfein who served as Chief of Staff since 2016 in a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews on 6 August 2020.

Charles Babbage was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.

Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet was a French singer-songwriter, who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs. These include "La Mer", "Boum!" and "Y'a d'la joie", and supported a career that lasted over sixty years.

Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. was an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, and activist best known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s.

Charles Franklin Davis is an American football analyst. He is currently an analyst for NFL on CBS, working alongside Ian Eagle. Along with Brandon Gaudin, he is the analyst for the Madden NFL series. He is also an analyst for the NFL Network, and has previously worked with Fox Sports, TBS, ESPN, The Golf Channel and Sun Sports.

Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayer Leverkusen, whom he captains, and the Chile national team.

Charles Edward Baker is an American actor, writer, and director. He played Skinny Pete on the AMC series Breaking Bad, and had a recurring role on the NBC series The Blacklist.