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 Townshend Wilson

First Name Charles
Last Name Wilson
Born on October 28, 1786 (age 240)
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Charles Colbourn

First Name Charles
Last Name Colbourn
Born on October 24, 1953 (age 73)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Charles Joseph Colbourn is a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician, whose research concerns graph algorithms, combinatorial designs, and their applications. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Dorothean Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont; since then he has been a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University.

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Charles Smith

Charles Cornelius Smith
First Name Charles
Last Name Smith
Born on August 22, 1975 (age 51)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Charles Cornelius Smith is an American former professional basketball player. He was the Alphonso Ford Trophy winner and an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2005.

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Charles Clarke

First Name Charles
Last Name Clarke

Charles Rodway Clarke is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006.

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Charles Robert St. John

First Name Charles
Last Name John
Born on November 21, 1807
Died on January 21, 1844 (aged 36)
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Charles Naish

First Name Charles
Last Name Naish
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Charles Gonard

First Name Charles
Last Name Gonard
Born on October 11, 1921
Died on June 12, 2016 (aged 94)
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Charles Schnee

First Name Charles
Last Name Schnee
Born on August 6, 1916
Died on November 29, 1963 (aged 47)

Charles Schnee was a screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the scripts for the Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live by Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award.

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Charles C. Krulak

First Name Charles
Last Name Krulak
Born on March 4, 1942 (age 84)

Charles Chandler Krulak is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1999. He is the son of Lieutenant General Victor H. "Brute" Krulak, who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He was the 13th President of Birmingham-Southern College after his stint as a non-executive director of English association football club Aston Villa.

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Charles Taylor

First Name Charles
Last Name Taylor
Born on November 5, 1931 (age 94)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Charles Margrave Taylor is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history. His work has earned him the Kyoto Prize, the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, and the John W. Kluge Prize.

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