List of Famous people named Charles

Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, styled as Lord Courtenay from 1998 until 2015, is an English hereditary peer and barrister. He is a crossbench member of the House of Lords, having been elected at a by-election in 2018.

Charles Arthur Bassett II, Major, USAF, was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot. He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University. He joined the Air Force as a pilot and graduated from both the Aerospace Research Pilot School and the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot School. Bassett was married and had two children. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and was assigned to Gemini 9. He died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight. He is memorialized on the Space Mirror Memorial; The Astronaut Monument; and the Fallen Astronaut memorial plaque, which was placed on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission.

Charles Cho Chiu Sin, OBE is a Hong Kong lawyer and businessman. He is the former chairman of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1988.

Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s he was publicized as "America's Boy Friend".

Charles Muhamed Huber is a German politician and actor. He was one of the first two Bundestag members of African ancestry, alongside Karamba Diaby, who were both elected on September 23, 2013. Huber is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, and was elected in the federal state of Hesse whereas he failed to win the Darmstadt constituency.

Charles Joseph Bonaparte was a French-American lawyer and political activist for progressive and liberal causes. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he served in the cabinet of the 26th U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt.

Charles Mason was born in Pompey, New York and became a patent attorney, taught engineering, and was the Chief Justice of the Iowa Territorial Supreme Court, from 1838 to 1846, and then became the first Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court when Iowa was granted statehood, from 1846 to 1847.

Charles Howard Kline served as the 47th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1926 to 1933.

Charles IV was King of Spain and the Spanish Empire from 14 December 1788, until 19 March 1808.

Charles Blondin was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.