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 Benjamin Mander

First Name Charles
Last Name Mander
Born on July 9, 1819
Died on August 18, 1878 (aged 59)
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Charles I Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg

First Name Charles
Died on August 4, 1726
Born in France
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Charles Lethbridge

First Name Charles
Last Name Lethbridge
Born on May 16, 1836
Died on December 8, 1922 (aged 86)
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Charles Heathcote

First Name Charles
Last Name Heathcote
Born on November 4, 1833
Died on November 1, 1917 (aged 83)
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Charles Wriothesly Digby

First Name Charles
Last Name Digby
Born on May 2, 1802
Died on December 29, 1873 (aged 71)
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Charles Cary-Elwes

First Name Charles
Last Name Cary-Elwes
Born on October 22, 1869
Died on August 11, 1947 (aged 77)
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Charles William, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

August Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von Sachsen-Meiningen
First Name Charles
Last Name Saxe-Meiningen
Born on November 19, 1754
Died on July 21, 1782 (aged 27)
Born in Germany, Hesse

August Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Charles Rothschild

First Name Charles
Last Name Rothschild
Born on May 9, 1877
Died on October 12, 1923 (aged 46)

Nathaniel Charles Rothschild, known as "Charles", was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family. He is remembered for The Rothschild List, a list he made in 1915 of 284 sites across Britain that he considered suitable for nature reserves.

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Charles, Duke of Brittany

First Name Charles,
Last Name Brittany
Born on January 1, 1319
Died on September 29, 1364 (aged 45)

Charles of Blois-Châtillon "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 to his death via his marriage to Joan of Penthiève, holding the title against the claims of John of Montfort. The cause of his possible canonization was the subject of a good deal political maneuvering on the part of his cousin, Charles V of France who endorsed it, and his rival, Montfort, who opposed it. The cause fell dormant after Pope Gregory XI left Avignon in 1376, but was revived in 1894. Charles of Blois was beatified in 1904.

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Sir Charles Hudson, 1st Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on April 3, 1730
Died on October 24, 1813 (aged 83)

Sir Charles Grave Hudson, 1st Baronet married well and became the owner of Wanlip Hall in Leicestershire. He was a director of the South Sea Company and became a High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1783. He became a baronet on 21 June 1791.

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