List of Famous people named Charles
Charles Rycroft
Charles Frederick Rycroft was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He studied medicine at University College London, and worked briefly as a psychiatrist for the Maudsley Hospital. For most of his career he had a private psychiatric practice in London. He was the author of a number of notable books, including A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (1968), The Innocence of Dreams (1979) and Psychoanalysis and Beyond (1985).
Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan
Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan,, styled as Viscount Chelsea until 1997, is a British billionaire peer and landowner. He is a first cousin of the Aga Khan IV, spiritual head of the Ismaili sect of Shia Muslims.
Charles Townshend
Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, was a soldier who during the First World War led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia. His troops were besieged and captured at the Siege of Kut, which was possibly the worst defeat suffered by the Allies during the war.
Charles II de Croÿ
Charles II de Croÿ was Seigneur de Croÿ, 2nd Duke of Aarschot, 3rd Prince of Chimay and 3rd Count of Beaumont.
Charles Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville
Charles William Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville, styled Lord Tullamore between 1806 and 1835, was an Irish peer, Tory politician and advocate of homeopathy.
Charles Barrington Balfour
Captain Charles Barrington Balfour JP, DL, CB was a British Army officer who became a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1907.
Charles Hope
Rt Hon Lord Charles Hope FRSE was a Scottish politician and judge.
Charles Wellington Furse
Charles Wellington Furse was an English painter.
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG was an English poet and courtier.
Charles Carew
Charles Robert Sydenham Carew JP was a British Conservative politician.