Charles (surname)
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Politicians
- Bob Charles (Australian politician)Bob Charles (Australian politician)Robert Edwin "Bob" Charles , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1990 to October 2004, representing the Division of La Trobe, Victoria....
, modern liberal politician in Australia - Eugenia CharlesEugenia CharlesDame Mary Eugenia Charles, DBE was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. She was Dominica's first, and to date only, female prime minister, as well as the nation's longest serving prime minister...
, former prime minister of Dominica - George CharlesGeorge CharlesSir George Frederick Lawrence Charles is a former trade unionist, politician, founder of the Saint Lucia Labour Party and Chief Minister of Saint Lucia . He is a recipient of Saint Lucia's second-highest honour, the St. Lucia Cross , and was knighted in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II. George F. L...
, former chief minister of St. Lucia - Helena CharlesHelena CharlesHelena Charles , was a Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist and poet.She was a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Maghteth Boudycca...
, Cornish activist - Pierre CharlesPierre CharlesPierre Charles was Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to 2004 as well as Member of Parliament for Grand Bay, Dominica from 1985 until his death. He was born in Grand Bay in Saint Patrick parish. He began his high school education at the Dominica Grammar School and completed it at the St...
, Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to 2004
Athletes
- Bob Charles (golfer)Bob Charles (golfer)Sir Robert James Charles, ONZ, KNZM, CBE is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf major, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his age twice during a...
, modern golf pro in New Zealand - Daedra CharlesDaedra CharlesDaedra Janel Charles is a retired female basketball player from the United States. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Charles was affiliated with the University of...
, American basketball player - David Atiba CharlesDavid Atiba CharlesDavid Atiba Charles is a Trinidadian footballer who currently plays for the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division....
, football player from Trinidad - Ed CharlesEd CharlesEdwin Douglas Charles is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Mets .-Minor league career:...
, former American baseball player - Ezzard CharlesEzzard CharlesEzzard Mack Charles was an African-American professional boxer and former world heavyweight champion. He holds wins over numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three different weight classes. Charles retired with a record of 93 wins, 25 losses and 1 draw.-Career:He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia,...
, former world heavyweight champion - Gary CharlesGary CharlesGary Charles is an English former footballer who played at right-back.-Playing career:Charles won two caps for the England team and turned out at club level for Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Aston Villa, S.L. Benfica, and finally West Ham United. Charles was famously fouled by Paul Gascoigne in...
, former British footballer - John Charles (English footballer)John Charles (English footballer)John W. Charles was an English professional footballer. He spent his entire professional career at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a midfielder.-Blackpool:...
, English footballer - John CharlesJohn CharlesWilliam John Charles, CBE , commonly known as John Charles, was a Welsh international footballer best remembered for spells with Leeds United and Juventus. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Wales, he was equally adept at centre-forward or centre-back...
(1931-2004), Welsh footballer - Lorenzo CharlesLorenzo CharlesLorenzo Emile "Lo" Charles was an American college and professional basketball player.Charles was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School...
, American former college and professional basketball player - Mel CharlesMel CharlesMelvyn Charles is a Welsh former international footballer. He is the brother of John Charles, a legendary all-round player known as the 'Gentle Giant', and father of former Wales international Jeremy Charles...
, Welsh former professional footballer - Ned CharlesNed CharlesNed Charles is a Mauritian former football striker. He has represented his country 9 times, scoring once.Charles spent most of his career in Belgium, after Cercle Brugge had discovered him. Even though he would only stay for one season and play twice for the green and black side, he settled in the...
, Mauritian former football striker* Ron Charles (basketball)Ron Charles (basketball)Ron A. Charles is a retired American basketball player. He was a member of Michigan State's 1979 national championship team and played professionally in many leagues, including Italy's Lega Basket Serie A.-College career:...
, American basketball player - Rudy CharlesRudy CharlesDaniel Engler is an American professional wrestling referee, better known by his ring name, Rudy Charles, best known for his time as a referee in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he was the promotion's senior referee...
, American professional wrestling referee - Tina CharlesTina Charles (basketball)Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...
, US basketball player
Entertainment personalities
- Craig CharlesCraig CharlesCraig Joseph Charles is an English actor, stand-up comedian, author, poet, radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf...
, British actor and comedian - Glen CharlesGlen CharlesGlen Gerald Charles was born on February 18, 1943 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional life as an advertising copywriter, but moved into television. He began his television career with his brother, Les...
, writer for television - Jeanette Charles, look-alike actress of Queen Elizabeth II
- Jennifer CharlesJennifer CharlesJennifer Charles is an American singer, musician, composer, and poet. Along with Oren Bloedow, she co-founded the New York band Elysian Fields.-Biography:...
, American singer - Josh Charles, American actor
- Larry CharlesLarry CharlesLarry Charles is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known as a staff writer for the American sitcom Seinfeld for its first 5 seasons, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd storylines...
, American film director - Les CharlesLes CharlesLes Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional career as a high school English teacher, but moved into television....
, television producer - Leslie Sebastian Charles real name of performer Billy OceanBilly OceanBilly Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
- Nicola CharlesNicola CharlesNicola Charles is an actress, primarily known for her role in Australian soap opera, Neighbours.-Career:...
, English actress - Ray CharlesRay CharlesRay Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
, American pianist and musician - Ray Charles, composer and conductor of The Ray Charles Singers
- RuPaul Andre Charles, full given name of actor RuPaulRuPaulRuPaul Andre Charles , best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and singer-songwriter, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Previously, he was a fixture on the Atlanta...
- Tina Charles, English singer
Scientists
- Enid CharlesEnid CharlesEnid Charles, Ph.D. was a socialist, feminist and statistician who was a pioneer in the fields of demography and population statistics....
(1894–1972), statistician and demographer - Jacques CharlesJacques CharlesJacques Alexandre César Charles was a French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist.Charles and the Robert brothers launched the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon in August 1783, then in December 1783, Charles and his co-pilot Nicolas-Louis Robert ascended to a height of about...
, French scientist whose work was the foundation of Charles's LawCharles's lawCharles' law is an experimental gas law which describes how gases tend to expand when heated. It was first published by French natural philosopher Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802, although he credited the discovery to unpublished work from the 1780s by Jacques Charles...
describing the behaviour of an ideal gas.
Fictional characters
- Nick and Nora CharlesNick and Nora CharlesNick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. The characters were later adapted for film in a series of movies between 1934 and 1947; for radio from 1941 to 1950; for television from 1957 through 1959; as a Broadway musical in 1991; and as a...
, fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man
Other
- Otis CharlesOtis CharlesBishop E. Otis Charles is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah.- Career :...
, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah - Robert Henry CharlesRobert Henry CharlesRobert Henry Charles was an English biblical scholar and theologian. He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees , the Book of Enoch , and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs which have been widely used.He was...
, English biblical scholar
See also
- CharlesCharlesCharles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus Charles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus...
, for the given name - David CharlesDavid CharlesProfessor David Owain Maurice Charles is Colin Prestige Fellow, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of Graduate Studies at Oriel College, Oxford. Prof...
- Keith Charles (disambiguation)