List of Famous people named Charles

Charles Einstein was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was also the author of the novel The Bloody Spur. The film While the City Sleeps (1956) directed by Fritz Lang was based on this novel. Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein. He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne".

Charles Joseph Coward, known as the "Count of Auschwitz", was a British soldier captured during the Second World War who rescued Jews from Auschwitz and claimed he had smuggled himself into the camp for one night, subsequently testifying about his experience at the IG Farben Trial at Nuremberg. He also smuggled at least several hundred Jewish prisoners out of concentration camps.

Charles Bukeko was a Kenyan actor and comedian. He was known for portraying the titular character in the television series Papa Shirandula, which he also created and won the 2010 Kalasha Award for Best Actor in a TV Series. Bukeko also appeared in the 2012 film The Captain of Nakara. Bukeko died on July 18, 2020 from what seemed like COVID-19 symptoms.

Charles Herbert Best was an American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin.

Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket, also known as Charlie Brocket, is a peer, business owner, television presenter and convicted criminal from the United Kingdom.

Charles Patrick McAvoy Jr. is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 14th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Bruins.

Charles Beigbeder is a French businessman.

Charles Gordon Howell III is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Ranking and ranked 9th on the PGA Tour money list in 2002. Known as one of the most consistent players on tour, he has managed over 90 top-ten finishes in his career, has earned over 38 million dollars on placement and victory purses, and has 3 PGA Tour victories, his most recent in 2018.

The Coin Shop Killer, born Charles Thurman Sinclair, was an American alleged robber and murderer suspected of various murders of coin shop owners from the early-1980s and 1990s. He was categorized as a nomadic killer who was linked to murders across the Western states of the United States as well as into Canada.

Charles Henry Turner was an American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner was the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and most likely the first African American to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago. He spent most of his career as a high school teacher in Sumner High School in St. Louis.