Charles (surname)

Charles is a surname, and may refer to:

Politicians

• Bob Charles (politician), modern liberal politician in Australia
• Eugenia Charles, former prime minister of Dominica
• George Charles, former chief minister of St. Lucia
• Helena Charles, Cornish activist
• Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to 2004

Athletes

• Bob Charles (golfer), modern golf pro in New Zealand
• Cyrille Charles, Saint Lucian cricketer
• Daedra Charles, American basketball player
• David Atiba Charles, football player from Trinidad
• Ed Charles, former American baseball player
• Ezzard Charles, former world heavyweight champion
• Gary Charles, former British footballer
• Jamaal Charles, American football player
• John Charles (English footballer), English footballer
• John Charles (1931-2004), Welsh footballer
• Lorenzo Charles, American former college and professional basketball player
• Mel Charles, Welsh former professional footballer
• Ned Charles, Mauritian former football striker
• Ron Charles (basketball), American basketball player
• Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
• Tina Charles, US basketball player

Entertainment personalities

• Craig Charles, British actor and comedian
• Glen Charles, writer for television
• Jeannette Charles, look-alike actress of Queen Elizabeth II
• Jennifer Charles, American singer
• Josh Charles, American actor
• Larry Charles, American film director
• Les Charles, television producer
• Leslie Sebastian Charles real name of performer Billy Ocean
• Nicola Charles, English actress
• Ray Charles, American pianist and musician
• Ray Charles, composer and conductor of The Ray Charles Singers
• RuPaul Andre Charles, full given name of actor RuPaul
• Tina Charles, English singer

Scientists

• Enid Charles (1894–1972), statistician and demographer
• Jacques Charles (1746–1823) French scientist whose work was the foundation of Charles's law describing the behaviour of an ideal gas.
• Vera Charles (1877–1954) American mycologist

Fictional characters

• Nick and Nora Charles, fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man

Other

• E. Otis Charles, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
• Emily Thornton Charles (1845-1895; pen name, "Emily Hawthorne")m American poet, journalist, suffragist, newspaper founder
• Robert Charles (scholar), English biblical scholar
• Ron Charles (critic), American book critic
• Sam Charles, American painter and pianist
• Thomas Charles, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman
• Barbara Charles, birth name for Barbara Macdonald, (1913-2000), social worker, lesbian feminist and ageism activist

See also

• Charles, for the given name
• David Charles (disambiguation)
• Keith Charles (disambiguation)