Charlene (given name)

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Charlene is a feminine given name, a feminine form of Charles coined in the United States the nineteenth century; from French Charles, from Old French Charles & Carles, from the Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from the Proto-Germanic *karlaz (lit. "Free Man"/"Free Spirit"/Free Thinker); compare the Old English word churl and the Old German Kerl.

Notable people with the given name Charlene

• Charlene, Princess of Monaco (née Wittstock, born 1978), South African swimmer and wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Charlene Almarvez (born 1993), Filipina fashion model from Laguna
• Charlene Attard (born 1987), track and field sprint athlete
• Charlene Barshefsky (born 1950), served as United States Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001
• Charlene Choi (born 1982), Chinese actress and singer
• Charlene Corley, former defense contractor who was convicted in 2007 on two counts of conspiracy
• Charlene Cothran, publisher of Venus and Kitchen Table News magazines
• Charlene D'Angelo (born 1950), American R&B singer best known as simply Charlene
• Charlene Dallas, Miss California for 1966
• Charlene Dash, African-American model
• Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954), owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International
• Charlene Drew Jarvis (born 1941), American educator and former scientific researcher and politician
• Charlene Fernetz (born 1960), Canadian actress
• Charlene Gonzales (born 1976), television and film personality and former beauty queen from the Philippines
• Charlene Honeywell (born 1957), United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
• Charlene Leonora Smith, South-African journalist
• Charlene Lima (born 1953), American politician
• Charlene Marshall (born 1933), Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Charlene McKenna (born 1985), award-winning Irish actress
• Charlene Mitchell (born 1930), African American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist
• Charlene Morett (born 1957), former field hockey player from the United States
• Charlene P. Kammerer (born 1948), Bishop in the United Methodist Church
• Charlene Pesquiera, Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Arizona
• Charlene Pryer (1921–1999), female utility in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Charlene Rajendran (born 1964), Malaysian writer based in Singapore
• Charlene Rendina (born 1947), retired Australian runner
• Charlene Rink (born 1972), former professional fitness competitor and competitive female bodybuilder
• Charlene Spretnak (born 1946), author, academic and feminist
• Charlene Strong (born 1963), American gay rights activist
• Charlene Teters (born 1952), American artist, educator, and lecturer
• Charlene Thomas (born 1982), English middle distance runner
• Charlene Thomas-Swinson, head women's basketball coach at Tulsa
• Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actress best known for playing Lucy Ewing Cooper on Dallas
• Charlene White, British journalist and newsreaderLondon
• Charlene Wong (born 1966), Canadian figure skater
• Charlene Zettel, served in the California State Assembly from 1999 until 2003

Fictional characters

• Charlene Matlock, a fictional character on the television show Matlock played by Linda Purl
• Charlene Robinson, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue
• Charlene Frazier Stillfield, a fictional character in the television series Designing Women played by Jean Smart
• Charlene (Transformers), a character in the Transformers comics
• Charlene Pood'el, a fictional character in Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman.
• Charlene "Charley" Davidson, one of the main Supporting characters in the Biker Mice from Mars franchise.
• Charlene Sinclair in Dinosaurs.

See also

• Sharlene