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 of Provence

First Name Charles
Last Name Provence
Born on January 1, 0845
Died on January 25, 0863 (aged 18)

Charles of Provence or Charles II was the Carolingian King of Provence from 855 until his early death in 863.

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Charles Vandenhove

First Name Charles
Last Name Vandenhove
Born on July 3, 1927
Died on January 22, 2019 (aged 91)

Charles, Knight Vandenhove was one of the leading Belgian architects of the 20th century. His company Charles Vandenhove et associés is based in Liège, Belgium. He is mostly known for his work in Belgium, the Netherlands and Paris ranging from the 1950s to the 2010s.

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Charles Hill-Wood

First Name Charles
Last Name Hill-Wood
Born on June 5, 1907
Died on September 21, 1988 (aged 81)

Charles Kerrison Hill Hill-Wood was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1928 to 1930 and for Derbyshire from 1928 to 1930.

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Charles Hope

First Name Charles
Last Name Hope
Born on September 11, 1808
Died on October 31, 1893 (aged 85)

Charles Hope, styled The Honourable from 1823, was a Scottish Conservative Party politician.

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Charles Cavendish-Bentinck

Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
First Name Charles
Last Name Cavendish-Bentinck
Born on November 8, 1817
Died on August 17, 1865 (aged 47)

Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck was a clergyman of the Church of England, holding livings in Bedfordshire, and a great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Charles Noel Welman

First Name Charles
Last Name Welman
Born on January 1, 1815
Died on January 1, 1907 (aged 92)
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Charles Jocelyn Hambro

First Name Charles
Last Name Hambro
Born on October 3, 1897
Died on August 28, 1963 (aged 65)

Air Commodore Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro, was a merchant banker and intelligence officer.

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Charles Chenevix Trench

First Name Charles
Last Name Trench
Born on January 26, 1839
Died on October 15, 1933 (aged 94)
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Charles of Lorraine

First Name Charles
Last Name Lorraine
Born on July 1, 1567
Died on November 24, 1607 (aged 40)
Born in France, Grand Est

Charles of Lorraine was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz and Strasbourg. Pope Sixtus V made him a cardinal-deacon in 1589, and in 1591 gave him the titular church of Sant'Agata dei Goti. He regularly served as stadtholder (regent) for his father in the duchies of Lorraine and Bar.

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Charles Gonzaga

First Name Charles
Last Name Gonzaga
Born on October 22, 1609
Died on August 30, 1631 (aged 21)

Charles II Gonzaga was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise. He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father.

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