CHARLES

:''For people with family name Charles, see Charles (surname)''
'Charles' is a given name for males, and has its origins in Common Germanic where it originally was used to indicate a free man, but not one belonging to the nobility. It is the third most common given name in Canada, as well as other countries in the English-speaking world, following John and Thomas. (Citation Needed). Pet forms of Charles include 'Chuck,' 'Chazz,' and 'Charlie'. It may refer to:

Contents

People

Nobility

Acting

Art

Crime & Law Enforcement

Fictional

Literature

Music

Political

Religion

Science

Sports

Other people

Places

Other Things

See also

People

Nobility

In 'Austrian nobility':

★ Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, son of Leopold II

★ Charles I of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria
In 'Bohemian nobility':

★ Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans

★ Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife
In 'French nobility':

★ Charles the Slater, son of King Louis

★ Charlemagne (Charles I of France), 1st Holy Roman Emperor, son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon

★ Charles the Bald, the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious

★ Charles the Fat, son of Louis the German

★ Charles the Simple, member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France

★ Charles IV of France, member of the Capetian Dynasty

★ Charles V of France, king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty

★ Charles VI of France, member of the Valois Dynasty

★ Charles VII of France, king of France from 1422 to 1461

★ Charles VIII of France, King of France from 1483 to his death

★ Charles IX of France, the son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici

★ Charles X of France, the grandson of Louis XV and his Polish queen

★ Charles Joseph Bonaparte, grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte

★ Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte

★ Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of France from 1849 to 1852

★ Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg

★ Charles I of Sicily

★ Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment

★ Charles, Count Léon, the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne

★ Charles, duc d'Orléans, Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont and of Blois, lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti

★ Charles, Duke of Brittany, the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon

★ Charles I, Duke of Burgundy, the son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy

★ Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

★ Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, clergyman, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon

★ Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne

★ Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425

★ Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark

★ Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, European nobility

★ Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French nobleman and military leader

★ Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, the son of Leopold Joseph
In 'German nobility':

★ Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon, Castile, Naples, and Sicily, and ruler of the Burgundian territories

★ Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, member of the Wittelsbach family
In 'United Kingdom nobility':

★ Charles I of England, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

★ Charles II of England, the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland

★ Charles Edward Stuart, the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland

★ Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander and colonial governor

★ Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
In 'Hungarian nobility':

★ Charles I of Hungary, the grandson of King Charles II of Naples

★ Charles III of Naples, the son of Louis of Durazzo and Margherita of Sanseverino
In 'Spanish nobility':

★ Charles II of Navarre, one of the nobles involved in the repression of the Jacquerie

★ Charles III of Navarre, Navarrese monarch

★ Charles I of Spain, King of Aragon, King of Castile, King of Naples and Sicily, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and was also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles V)

★ Charles II of Spain, the only surviving son of his Habsburg predecessor, King Philip IV of Spain and his second Queen

★ Charles III of Spain, the first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma

★ Charles IV of Spain, King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808

★ John Charles Alphonse Victor Maria of Bourbon, the reigning King of Spain
In 'Italian nobility':

★ Charles I of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490

★ Charles II of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496

★ Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553

★ Charles Emmanual 1770-1880, father of Charles Albert of Savoy

★ Charles Albert of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849

★ Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630

★ Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675

★ Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773

★ Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802

★ Charles Felix of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831

★ Charles I of Sicily, the posthumous son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile

★ Charles II of Naples, son of Charles I of Naples
In 'Monaco nobility':

★ Charles I of Monaco, the first true Lord of Monaco

★ Charles III, Prince of Monaco, the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo
In 'Romanian nobility':

★ Charles I of Romania, the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which would rule the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947

★ Charles II of Romania, eldest son of Ferdinand I
In 'Swedish nobility':

★ Charles VII of Sweden, King of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167

★ Charles VIII of Sweden, king of Sweden

★ Charles IX of Sweden, the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud

★ Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the second Wittelsbach king of Sweden after Christopher

★ Charles XI of Sweden, the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

★ Charles XII of Sweden, the fourth king of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden

★ Charles XIII of Sweden, the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia

★ Charles XIV John of Sweden, King of Sweden and Norway

★ Charles XV of Sweden, the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg

★ Charles XVI of Sweden, the King of Sweden
In 'other nobility':

★ Prince Charles of Belgium, the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth

★ Charles I of Portugal, second last King of Portugal and Algarves

★ Charles Martel, the mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks

Acting

★ Charles Boyer, French-American actor

★ Roger Charles Carmel, American character actor

★ Charlie Chaplin, English comedy actor, famous for silent film acting

★ Charley Chase, American silent film commedian and writer

★ Charles Dance, English actor

★ Charles Gray (actor), English actor

★ Charles Grodin, American actor and cable talk show host

★ Charlton Heston(born John Charles Carter), American actor

★ Charles Laughton, English actor

★ Chas Licciardello, Australian Comedian and a member of The Chaser

★ Charles Nelson Reilly, American comic actor and game show regular

★ Charles Reisner, American actor and film director

Art

★ Charles Addams, American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters

★ Charles R. Knight, wildlife artist, known for prehistoric restorations

★ Charles Schultz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts

Crime & Law Enforcement

★ (Charles Arthur) Pretty Boy Floyd, American bank robber

★ Charles Langford, American attorney

★ Charles Manson, American cult leader, convicted murder conspirator

★ Charley Ross, murder victim, 1st American kidnapping for ransom victim [excluding slavery, indentured servitude, et al]

Fictional

★ Charles in Charge, American TV sitcom

★ Charles, character on the cartoon Duckman

★ Charles, wrestler in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''

★ Charles "Chachi" Arcola, character on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi

★ Charlie Brown, character from the ''Peanuts'' comic strip

★ Charlie Bucket, title character on the childrens novel, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

★ Charles Montgomery Burns, a character on ''The Simpsons''

★ Chuck E Cheese, mouse mascot for pizza chain of same name

★ Charles Finster, character from the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and All Grown Up!

★ Charles Gunn, main character of the TV show ''Angel''

★ Charlie Horse, one of Shari Lewis' puppets

★ Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen's 'partner' and headliner

★ Ensign Charles Parker (played by Tim Conway), on McHale's Navy

★ Charles Stewart, character from Mona Lisa Smile

★ Charles Tucker III, fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise

★ Charley Weaver, afflected character of comedian Cliff Arquette

★ Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, character on M
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★ Charles Xavier, character from X-Men

Literature

★ Charles Corkin, the writer of musical "Life"

★ Charles Dickens, English novelist

★ Charles Dodgson (pen-name: Lewis Carroll), English clergyman, writer and mathematician

★ Charles G. Finney, novelist, author of The Circus of Dr. Lao

★ Charles Henri Ford, American poet, photographer, and writer

★ Charles Fort, American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena

★ Charles Grant, American science-fiction author

★ "Charles", a popular short story by Shirley Jackson

Music

★ Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer, and composer

★ Charlie Daniels, American country music figure

★ Charles Edward Haden, American Jazz bassist and composer

★ Charles Mingus, American Jazz bassist and composer

★ Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr., American Jazz saxophonist

★ Sean Charles Watkins, one-third of the progressive bluegrass band ''Nickel Creek''

★ Charlie Watts, English drummer for the rock group The Rolling Stones

Political

★ Charles Bent, first Governor of New Mexico Territory, assassinated in 1847

★ Charles Joseph Bonaparte, former U. S. Attorney General

★ Charles Colson, President Nixon's Chief Counsel, involved in the Watergate scandal

★ Charles Magill Conrad, former American Secretary of War

★ Charles Curtis, 31st American Vice President, under Herbert Hoover

★ Charles G. Dawes, 30th American Vice President, under Calvin Coolidge

★ Charles Devens, former U. S. Attorney General

★ Charles de Gaulle, French military leader and statesman

★ Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th American Vice President, under Theodore Roosevelt

★ Charles A. Ford, American diplomat

★ Charles Evans Hughes, former U. S. Secretary of State

★ Charles Lee, former U. S. Attorney General

★ Charles Pearson, former Solictitor for The City of London, and early railway advocate

★ Chuck Robb, former Governor of Virginia & U.S. Senator

★ Charlie Rose (congressman), American congressman (D, N.C.)

★ Charles Scott (governor of Kentucky), also George Washington's Chief of Intelligence during the American Revolution

★ Charles Taylor (Texas), signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence

★ Charles G. Taylor, former president of Liberia

Religion

★ Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

★ Charles W. Penrose (1832–1925), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

★ Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Reformed Baptist preacher

★ Charles Wesley, co-founder of the Methodist Church and writer of many hymns still in use today

Science

★ Charles Babbage, English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and (proto-) computer scientist

★ Charles L. Bennett, American astrophysicist

★ Charles Best, one of the two men who discovered insulin

★ Charles Darwin, British naturalist

★ Charles Dawson, English archaeologist, involved in the Piltdown Man hoax

★ Charles Thomas Jackson, American geologist

★ Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer, discoverer of Chiron and 2 moons of Jupiter

★ Othniel Charles Marsh, American paleontologist

★ Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer

★ Charles Hazelius Sternberg, American fossil collector, involved in the Bone Wars

★ Charles Mortram Sternberg, son of above, also a fossil collector & paleontologist

★ Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist

★ Jacques Charles, French scientist whose work was the foundation of Charles's Law describing the behaviour of an ideal gas.

Sports

★ Charles Barkley, American basketball forward

★ Charles Daniels (1885-1973), American freestyle swimmer

★ Chuck Hayes, American basketball player who currently playes for the Houston Rockets

★ Charles Madrid "Dr. Charles", one of the founding fathers of sport compact racing

★ Charlie McCarthy (hurler), Irish hurler

★ Charles Radbourn, early Major League Baseball pitcher

★ Charles Robinson, WWF referee

Other people

★ Charles McLean Andrews, American historian and professor

★ Chuck Barris, American game show producer

★ Charles Black, American constitutional law professor and jazz fan

★ Charles Conrad, astronaut, 3rd man to walk on the moon

★ Charles Floyd (explorer), only casuality on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

★ Charles Furnas world's first airplane passenger related link

★ Charles Gibson, American television journalist

★ Chuck Jones, American animator

★ Charles Kuralt, American television journalist

★ Charles Lindbergh, first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean

★ "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds, U. S. Western scout

★ Charlie Rose, American PBS TV interview show host

★ Charlie Smith (centenarian) (died 1979), who claimed to be the oldest person in the United States

Places

★ The Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts

★ The Charles neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island

★ The Charles Bridge in Prague,Czech Republic

★ Charles University in Prague

★ Charleston, South Carolina and Charleston, West Virginia; for others, see Charleston

★ Charles Town, West Virginia
also see: Charles City

Other Things

★ Hurricane Charley (disambiguation), for storms of that name (either spelling). The name was retired after the major storm of 2004.

See also

★ Carl (name)

★ Charley

★ Charlie

★ Charly (disambiguation)

★ Chuck

★ Charleston

★ Charlestown

★ Charles Anderson, for others by that name

★ Charles Andrews,for others by that name

★ Charles Brown, for others by that name

★ Charles Clark, for others by that name

★ Charles Floyd, for others by that name

★ Charles Gibson (disambiguation), for others by that name

★ Charles Jones, for others by that name

★ Charles Miller, for others by that name

★ Charles Nelson, for others by that name

★ Charles Parker, for others by that name

★ Charles Roberts, for others by that name

★ Charles Robertson (disambiguation), for others by that name

★ Charles Robinson (disambiguation), for others by that name

★ Charles Scott, for others by that name

★ Charles Smith, for others by that name

★ Charles Stewart, for others by that name

★ Charles Taylor, for others by that name

★ Charles White, for others by that name

★ 'charley horse'

★ Chuck Cunningham Syndrome