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Charity Opara is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.
Charity Daw is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She has written RIAA certified songs for Disney's chart-topping Descendants Franchise that includes a No. 1 on Billboard 200, as well as for many well known recording artists.
Charity Waciuma is a Kenyan writer, who wrote several novels for adolescents and an autobiographical novel, Daughter of Mumbi (1969). Her work draws on Kikuyu legends and storytelling traditions. In the 1960s Waciuma and Grace Ogot became the first Kenyan women writers to be published in English.
Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley (1918 – 2002) was an American United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II. Adams was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the war. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion's motto was "No Mail, Low Morale." A monument honoring this unique group of women was dedicated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on November 30, 2018.
Charity Bryant (1777 – 1851) was an American business owner and writer. She was a diarist and wrote acrostic poetry. Because there is extensive documentation for the shared lives of Bryant and her partner Sylvia Drake, their diaries, letters and business papers have become an important part of the archive in documenting the history of same-sex couples.
Charity Bick (1924 – 2002), GM, was a British civilian dispatch rider during the Second World War, and the youngest ever recipient of the George Medal, the United Kingdom's second-highest award for civilian bravery. She later served in the Women's Royal Air Force.
The main character of Edith Wharton's novel, Summer, was Charity Royall.
Charity Barnum, wife of PT Barnum in "The Greatest Showman"!
Charity Barnum was the wife of American show business owner P.T. Barnum and a character in the 2017 film The Greatest Showman.
Charity was the youngest daughter of Sophia the Martyr. Charity and her two sisters (Hope and Faith) were martyred saints.
A famous bearer of this name is Charity Dingle, from the UK soap drama Emmerdale, played by Emma Atkins. :)
"Sweet Charity" is a popular musical, first appearing on Broadway in 1966 and the West End in 1967. The musical revolves around Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall hostess. Three actresses have received Tony Award nominations for the role: Gwen Verdon (1966), Debbie Allan (1988), and Christina Applegate (2005). In the 1969 film adaption, the character was portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, who received a Golden Globe nomination for the role.
A famous bearer is Charity Shea who plays Samantha Best on The Best Years.
In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Charity Burbage is the (former) Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The main character in the musical Sweet Charity is named Charity. It is a very good play and Charity is a very sweet girl.
Charity Standish is the name of a character played by Molly Stanton in the TV-Series "Passions".

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