List of Famous people named Charles

Name Charles is among the most common names in USA, France, England, Canada. Often it's a shorthand for Karl. Similar names: Karl, Charlize. Here are some famous Charleses:

Charles Kingsley

First Name Charles
Last Name Kingsley
Born on June 12, 1819
Died on January 23, 1875 (aged 55)

Charles Kingsley was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin.

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Charles of Lorraine

First Name Charles
Last Name Lorraine
Born on July 18, 1592
Died on April 28, 1631 (aged 38)
Born in France, Grand Est
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Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy

First Name Charles
Last Name Croissy
Died on July 28, 1696
Born in France, Grand Est

Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy was a French statesman and diplomat.

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Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

First Name Charles
Born on May 12, 1712
Died on August 3, 1757 (aged 45)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Charles William Frederick, nicknamed der Wilde Markgraf, was the margrave of the Principality of Ansbach from 1723 to his death.

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Charles Tertius Mander

First Name Charles
Last Name Mander
Born on July 16, 1852
Died on April 8, 1929 (aged 76)

Sir Charles Tertius Mander, 1st Baronet JP, DL was a Midland manufacturer, philanthropist and public servant, of Wolverhampton, England.

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Charles William Knyvett

First Name Charles
Last Name Knyvett
Born on August 11, 1796
Died on December 21, 1881 (aged 85)
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Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath

First Name Charles
Last Name Mountrath
Born on January 1, 1610
Died on January 1, 1661 (aged 51)

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath was an Anglo-Irish peer, the son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet, and Dorothea Cuffe, the former being an English veteran of the Battle of Kinsale (1601) who subsequently settled in Ireland.

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Charles Joseph of Lorraine

First Name Charles
Last Name Lorraine
Born on November 24, 1680
Died on December 4, 1715 (aged 35)
Born in Austria

Charles Joseph John Anthony Ignace Felix of Lorraine, also known as Charles III in his capacity as the bishop of Olomouc, was a German prelate.

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Charles Coventry

First Name Charles
Last Name Coventry
Born on February 26, 1867
Died on June 2, 1929 (aged 62)

Colonel Charles John Coventry, CB was a British Army officer who played cricket for England in the first two Test matches they played against South Africa.

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Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth

First Name Charles
Last Name Shuttleworth
Born on August 2, 1948 (age 77)

Charles Geoffrey Nicholas Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth, is a British hereditary peer. He is the son of Charles Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 4th Baron Shuttleworth, and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Phillips.

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