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 de Valois, Duke of Angoulême

First Name Charles
Last Name Angoulême
Died on September 24, 1650

Charles de Valois was a French royal bastard, count of Auvergne, duke of Angoulême, and memoirist.

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Charles Stuart

First Name Charles
Last Name Stuart
Born on January 1, 1753
Died on May 25, 1801 (aged 48)

Lieutenant-general Sir Charles Stuart,, was a British nobleman and soldier. The fourth son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and Mary Wortley Montagu, he was born in Kenwood House, London. There is a famous painting in the Tate Gallery, London, of him aged 10 stealing eggs and chicks from a bird's nest.

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Charles, Count of Soissons

First Name Charles,
Last Name Soissons
Born on November 3, 1566
Died on November 1, 1612 (aged 45)

Charles de Bourbon was a French prince du sang and military commander during the struggles over religion and the throne in late 16th century France. A first cousin of King Henry IV of France, he was the son of the Huguenot leader Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife, Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville. He gave his name to the Hôtel de Soissons after his title Count of Soissons.

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Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan

First Name Charles
Last Name Lucan
Born on May 8, 1830
Died on June 5, 1914 (aged 84)

Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan KP, styled Lord Bingham from 1839 to 1888, was an Irish peer and soldier.

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Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax

First Name Charles
Last Name Halifax
Born on December 20, 1800
Died on August 8, 1885 (aged 84)

Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, GCB, PC, known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt, between 1846 and 1866, was an Anglo-Indian Whig politician and Member of Parliament of the British Empire. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852.

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Charles Wilson Carden

First Name Charles
Last Name Carden
Born on September 9, 1818
Died on November 24, 1894 (aged 76)
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

First Name Charles
Last Name Marlborough
Born on November 22, 1706
Died on October 20, 1758 (aged 51)

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough,, styled as The Honourable Charles Spencer between 1706 and 1729 and as The Earl of Sunderland between 1729 and 1733, was a British soldier, nobleman, and politician from the Spencer family. He briefly served as Lord Privy Seal in 1755. He led British forces during the Raid on St Malo in 1758.

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Charles Churchill

First Name Charles
Last Name Churchill
Died on December 29, 1714

General Charles Churchill was a British Army officer who served during the War of the Spanish Succession and an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 to 1710. He was a younger brother of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and both his military and political careers were closely connected with his brother's. Along with Marlborough's Irish Chief of Staff William Cadogan, he was one of Churchill's closest advisors. He was a Tory, in contrast to his Whig brother who tolerated and possibly used Churchill's Tory connections.

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Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers

First Name Charles
Last Name Somers
Born on June 29, 1725
Died on January 30, 1806 (aged 80)

Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers, known as Sir Charles Cocks, 1st Baronet, from 1772 to 1784, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1747 to 1784.

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Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

First Name Charles
Born on July 28, 1912
Died on October 14, 1988 (aged 76)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was a German prince and head of the grand ducal house of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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