Namesakes
Austrian Dukes and Emperors:
2 archdukes, 1 emperor
Archduke Karl I (a.k.a. Charles) 1519-1521 
Archduke Karl II (a.k.a. Charles) 1711-1740
Emperor Karl I (a.k.a. Charles) 1916-1918
Belgian Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
Charles Rogier 1847-1852; 1857-1868
Charles de Broqueville 1911-1918; 1932-1934
Paul-Henri Spaak (a.k.a. Charles) 1938-1939; 1946; 1947-1949
Pierre Harmel (a.k.a. Charles) 1965-1966
Charles Michel 2014-2019
Bohemian Kings:
4 kings
King Karel I (a.k.a. Charles) 1346-1378
King Karel II (a.k.a. Charles) 1711-1740
King Karel Albrecht (a.k.a. Charles) 1741-1743
King Karel III (a.k.a. Charles) 1916-1918
British Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers
Charles Watson-Wentworth 1765-1766; 1782
Charles Grey 1830-1834
Tony Blair (a.k.a. Charles) 1997-2007
Canadian Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Charles Tupper 1896
Joe Clark (a.k.a. Charles) 1979-1980
Dutch Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 1918-1925; 1929-1933
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Chad Lowe (a.k.a. Charles) 1993 Life Goes On
English and British Kings and Queens:
2 kings
King Charles I 1625-1649
King Charles II 1660-1685
Fictional Characters from Books:
6 characters
Charles Bingley 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Charles Musgrove 1818 Persuasion
Charles Darnay 1854 A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Hamilton 1936 Gone With the Wind
Charles Trask 1952 East of Eden
Charles Baker Harris 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Charles Foster Kane 1941 Citizen Kane
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters
Montgomery Burns (a.k.a. Charles) 1989 The Simpsons
Alex Whitman (a.k.a. Charles) 1999 Roswell
Charles Gunn 1999 Angel
Charlie Francis (a.k.a. Charles) 2008 Fringe
Charles Montgomery 2011 American Horror Story
Frankish and French Kings:
11 kings, 1 emperor
King Charles I the Great 768-814
King Charles II the Bald 840-877
King Charles the Fat 884-887
King Charles III the Simple 898-922
King Charles IV the Fair 1322-1328
King Charles V the Wise 1364-1380
King Charles VI the Mad 1380-1422
King Charles VII the Victorious 1422-1461
King Charles VIII 1483-1498
King Charles IX 1560-1574
King Charles X 1824-1830
Emperor Napoleon III (a.k.a. Charles) 1852-1870
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
10 prime ministers, 1 president, 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister) Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 1815
(prime minister) Victor de Broglie (a.k.a. Charles) 1830; 1835-1836
(prime minister) Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure 1848
(president) Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (a.k.a. Charles) 1848-1852
(prime minister) Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao 1870
(prime minister) Charles de Freycinet 1879-1880; 1882; 1886; 1890-1892
(prime minister) Charles Duclerc 1882-1883
(prime minister) Charles Floquet 1888-1889
(prime minister) Charles Dupuy 1893; 1894-1895; 1898-1899
(prime minister/president) Charles de Gaulle 1958-1959; 1959-1969
(prime minister) François Fillon (a.k.a. Charles) 2007-2012
(prime minister) Édouard Philippe (a.k.a. Charles) 2017-2020
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors:
5 king-emperors, 1 emperor
Emperor Karl II the Bald (a.k.a. Charles) 875-877
King-Emperor Karl III the Fat (a.k.a. Charles) 876-887
King-Emperor Karl IV (a.k.a. Charles) 1346-1378
King-Emperor Karl V (a.k.a. Charles) 1519-1556
King-Emperor Karl VI (a.k.a. Charles) 1711-1740
King-Emperor Karl VII Albrecht (a.k.a. Charles) 1742-1745
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles) 2005 Genius Loves Company; Here We Go Again
Haitian Presidents:
1 president
(president) Charles Rivière-Hérard 1843-1844
Hall-of-Famers:
8 basketball, 5 baseball, 3 football, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn 1939
(baseball) Charles Comiskey 1939
(ice hockey) Charlie Gardiner (a.k.a. Charles) 1945
(baseball) Charles "Kid" Nichols 1949
(baseball) Charlie Gehringer (a.k.a. Charles) 1949
(baseball) Charles "Chief" Bender 1953
(basketball) Chuck Hyatt (a.k.a. Charles) 1959
(basketball) Charles "Stretch" Murphy 1960
(football) Charles Bidwill 1967
(basketball) Charles "Tarzan" Cooper 1976
(basketball) C. M. Newton (a.k.a. Charles) 2000
(basketball) Charles Barkley 2006
(football) Bill Parcells (a.k.a. Charles) 2013
(football) Charles Haley 2015
(basketball) Lefty Driesell (a.k.a. Charles) 2018
(basketball) Charlie Scott (a.k.a. Charles) 2018
(basketball) Chuck Cooper (a.k.a. Charles) 2019
Hungarian Kings and Queens:
4 kings
King Károly I (a.k.a. Charles) 1308-1342
King Károly II the Small (a.k.a. Charles) 1385-1386
King Károly III (a.k.a. Charles) 1711-1740
King Károly IV (a.k.a. Charles) 1916-1918
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Charlie Gehringer (a.k.a. Charles) 1937 baseball
Charles Barkley 1993 basketball
Nobel Prize Winners:
5 medicine, 5 physics, 3 chemistry, 2 economics, 2 peace
(peace) Charles Albert Gobat 1902
(medicine) Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran 1907
(medicine) Charles Richet 1913
(physics) Charles Glover Barkla 1917
(physics) Charles Édouard Guillaume 1920
(peace) Charles G. Dawes 1925
(physics) Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1927
(medicine) Charles Nicolle 1928
(medicine) Charles Scott Sherrington 1932
(chemistry) George de Hevesy (a.k.a. Charles) 1943
(physics) Charles Hard Townes 1964
(medicine) Charles Brenton Huggins 1966
(economics) Tjalling C. Koopmans (a.k.a. Charles) 1975
(chemistry) John Polanyi (a.k.a. Charles) 1986
(chemistry) Charles J. Pedersen 1987
(economics) John Harsanyi (a.k.a. Charles) 1994
(physics) Charles K. Kao 2009
Norwegian Kings and Queens:
4 kings
King Karl I (a.k.a. Charles) 1449-1450
King Karl II (a.k.a. Charles) 1814-1818
King Karl III Johan (a.k.a. Charles) 1818-1844
King Karl IV (a.k.a. Charles) 1859-1872
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Russell Means (a.k.a. Charles) 1939-2012
Notable Actors and Actresses:
19 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 comedian/actor
H. B. Warner (a.k.a. Charles) 1875-1958
Charles Coburn 1877-1961
Charlie Chaplin (a.k.a. Charles) 1889-1977
Charles Stevens 1893-1964
Charles Laughton 1899-1962
Charles Bronson 1921-2003
Chuck McCann (a.k.a. Charles) 1934-2018
Charles Grodin 1935-
Russell Means (a.k.a. Charles) 1939-2012
Charles Dance 1946-
Charles S. Dutton 1951-
Charles Shaughnessy 1955-
Branscombe Richmond (a.k.a. Charles) 1955-
Charlie Murphy (a.k.a. Charles) 1959-2017
Ben Miles (a.k.a. Charles) 1966-
Chuck Carrington (a.k.a. Charles) 1968-
Chad Lowe (a.k.a. Charles) 1968-
Charles Edwards 1969-
Corin Nemec (a.k.a. Charles) 1971-
Charles Michael Davis 1984-
Elliott Francis (a.k.a. Charles) 1987-
Notable Artists:
1 architect, 1 artist, 1 cartoonist
Le Corbusier (a.k.a. Charles) 1887-1965
Charles Alston 1907-1977
Charles Schulz 1922-2000
Notable Athletes:
6 basketball, 4 baseball, 3 soccer, 2 rugby, 1 cricket, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 skating, 1 tennis
(baseball) Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn 1854-1897
(baseball) Charles "Kid" Nichols 1869-1953
(baseball) Charles "Chief" Bender 1884-1954
(baseball) Charlie Gehringer (a.k.a. Charles) 1903-1993
(ice hockey) Charlie Gardiner (a.k.a. Charles) 1904-1934
(basketball) Charles "Stretch" Murphy 1907-1992
(basketball) Charles "Tarzan" Cooper 1907-1980
(basketball) Chuck Hyatt (a.k.a. Charles) 1908-1978
(basketball) Chuck Cooper (a.k.a. Charles) 1926-1984
(basketball) Charlie Scott (a.k.a. Charles) 1948-
(basketball) Charles Barkley 1963-
(football) Charles Haley 1964-
(tennis) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Charles) 1978-
(soccer) Charles Itandje 1982-
(cricket) Delyone Borden (a.k.a. Charles) 1985-
(rugby) Charlie Faumuina (a.k.a. Charles) 1986-
(soccer) Joe Hart (a.k.a. Charles) 1987-
(skating) Charlie White (a.k.a. Charles) 1987-
(soccer) Charles Aránguiz 1989-
(rugby) Ben Tameifuna (a.k.a. Charles) 1991-
Notable Businesspeople:
7 businesspersons
Charles Henry Harrod 1799-1885
Charles Tiffany 1812-1902
Charles T. Hinde 1832-1915
Charles Digby Harrod 1841-1905
Charles M. Schwab 1862-1939
Charles Rolls 1877-1910
B. C. Forbes (a.k.a. Charles) 1880-1954
Notable Evildoers:
1 gangster, 1 murderer
Lucky Luciano (a.k.a. Charles) 1897-1962
Charles Manson 1934-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
2 explorers
Charles Sturt 1795-1869
Charles Lindbergh 1902-1974
Notable Filmmakers:
1 cinematographer, 1 director, 1 producer
Charlie Chaplin (a.k.a. Charles) 1889-1977
Ronnie Taylor (a.k.a. Charles) 1924-2018
Jerry Weintraub (a.k.a. Charles) 1937-2015
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 television
(television) Charles Grodin 1935-
Notable Military Figures:
1 general
Orde Wingate (a.k.a. Charles) 1903-1944
Notable Musicians:
6 musicians, 4 singers, 2 composers
Charles Dibdin 1745-1814
Charles Gounod 1818-1893
Hubert Parry (a.k.a. Charles) 1848-1918
Charles Mingus 1922-1979 jazz
Charles Aznavour 1924-2018 chanson
Chuck Berry (a.k.a. Charles) 1926-2017 rock
Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles) 1930-2004 soul
Pat Boone (a.k.a. Charles) 1934-
Buddy Holly (a.k.a. Charles) 1936-1959 rock
Russell Means (a.k.a. Charles) 1939-2012
Keith Flint (a.k.a. Charles) 1969-2019
Andy Grammer (a.k.a. Charles) 1983-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
2 philosophers, 1 mathematician
Charles de Secondat 1689-1755
Charles Babbage 1791-1871
Charles Sanders Peirce 1839-1914
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
3 politicians, 1 statesperson
Charles Martel ?-741
Charles W. Fairbanks 1852-1918
Charles Curtis 1860-1936
Charles G. Dawes 1865-1951
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 biologists, 2 inventors, 2 physicists, 1 astronomer, 1 astronomer/physicist, 1 chemist, 1 geologist, 1 physician
Carl Linnaeus (a.k.a. Charles) 1707-1778
Charles Messier 1730-1817
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb 1736-1806
Charles Babbage 1791-1871
Charles Goodyear 1800-1860
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
Edward Charles Pickering 1846-1919
C. V. Boys (a.k.a. Charles) 1855-1944
Charles Eastman 1858-1939
Bruce C. Heezen (a.k.a. Charles) 1924-1977
Charles David Keeling 1928-2005
Notable Writers:
5 authors, 2 poets
Charles Perrault 1628-1703
Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Charles Baudelaire 1821-1867
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837-1909
Charles Eastman 1858-1939
Arthur C. Clarke (a.k.a. Charles) 1917-2008
Charles Bukowski 1920-1994
Olympic Medalists:
18 gold, 15 bronze, 15 silver, 6 silver/gold, 3 gold/silver, 2 bronze/gold, 2 silver/bronze/gold, 1 silver/gold/bronze
(bronze) Charles Gmelin 1896 400 m
(bronze) Charles Treffel 1900 water polo
(bronze) Charles Frédéric Petit 1900 archery - au chapelet 33 m; archery - au cordon doré 33 m
(gold/silver) Charles Bennett 1900 1500 m; 4000 m steeplechase; 5000 m team
(gold) Charles Devendeville 1900 swimming - underwater
(silver) Charles S. Woodruff 1904 archery - team round
(silver) Charles Hubbard 1904 archery - team round
(gold) Charles Dvorak 1904 pole vault
(silver) Charles King 1904 long jump - standing; triple jump - standing
(gold) Charles Sydney Smith 1908; 1912; 1920 water polo
(silver) Charles Hefferon 1908 marathon
(gold) Charles Forsyth 1908 water polo
(gold) Charles Bacon 1908 400 m hurdles
(silver/gold/bronze) Charles Daniels 1904; 1908 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay; swimming - 50 yard freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Clare Jacobs (a.k.a. Charles) 1908 pole vault
(silver) Charles Poulenard 1912 4x400 m relay
(silver) Karl Luther (a.k.a. Charles) 1912 4x100 m relay
(silver) Charles Lomberg 1912 decathlon
(gold) Charles Bugbee 1912; 1920 water polo
(gold) Charles Reidpath 1912 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Charles Lelong 1912 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Charles Gunn 1920 10 km walk
(silver) Charles Edward Blewitt 1920 3000 m team
(silver/gold) Charles Paddock 1920; 1924 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Charles E. Collett 1924 water polo
(gold) Charley Borah (a.k.a. Charles) 1928 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Charles McGinnis 1928 pole vault
(gold) Charles Pahud de Mortanges 1928; 1932 equestrian
(bronze) Charles Finn 1932 water polo
(bronze) Charles McCallister 1932 water polo
(silver) Lambert Redd (a.k.a. Charles) 1932 long jump
(silver) Chuck Chapman (a.k.a. Charles) 1936 basketball
(silver) Meredith Gourdine (a.k.a. Charles) 1952 long jump
(gold/silver) Charles Hewes Moore Jr. 1952 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay
(gold) Charlie Hoag (a.k.a. Charles) 1952 basketball
(gold) Chuck Darling (a.k.a. Charles) 1956 basketball
(gold) Charles Jenkins 1956 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Chilla Porter (a.k.a. Charles) 1956 high jump
(gold) Charles Dumas 1956 high jump
(gold) Bernard Wrightson (a.k.a. Charles) 1968 diving - springboard
(bronze/gold) Charles Greene 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver/gold) Charles Asati 1968; 1972 4x400 m relay
(silver/gold) Charles Hickcox 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Charlie Scott (a.k.a. Charles) 1968 basketball
(bronze) Barry Weitzenberg (a.k.a. Charles) 1972 water polo
(gold/silver) Frank Shorter (a.k.a. Charles) 1972; 1976 marathon
(silver) Tom McMillen (a.k.a. Charles) 1972 basketball
(bronze) Steven Furniss (a.k.a. Charles) 1972 swimming - 200 m medley
(bronze) Rick Wohlhuter (a.k.a. Charles) 1976 800 m
(bronze) Charles Spedding 1984 marathon
(silver/gold) Christopher Jacobs (a.k.a. Charles) 1988 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Charles D. Smith 1988 basketball
(bronze) Charles Smith IV 1988 basketball
(silver) Charles Simpkins 1992 triple jump
(gold) Charles Barkley 1992; 1996 basketball
(gold) Charles Jenkins Jr. 1992 4x400 m relay
(silver/bronze/gold) David Berkoff (a.k.a. Charles) 1988; 1992 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Charles Austin 1996 high jump
(silver/gold) Ben Ainslie (a.k.a. Charles) 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing
(silver/gold) Charles Hamelin 2006; 2010; 2014 speed skating
(silver/bronze/gold) Charlie White (a.k.a. Charles) 2010; 2014 figure skating
(bronze/gold) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Charles) 2008; 2012 tennis
Oscar Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Charles Laughton 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
(actor) Charles Coburn 1943 The More the Merrier
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Charles-Mathias Simons 1853-1860 Luxembourg
Prime Minister Charles Haughey 1979-1981; 1982; 1987-1992 Ireland
Other Royalty:
5 princes, 1 duke, 1 king
Charles Martel 718-741 Francia
Charles III, Prince of Monaco 1856-1889 Monaco
Charles, Prince of Wales 1948- United Kingdom
Baudouin of Belgium (a.k.a. Charles) 1951-1993 Belgium
Henry, Duke of Sussex (a.k.a. Charles) 1984- United Kingdom
Gabriel of Belgium (a.k.a. Charles) 2003- Belgium
Louis of Cambridge (a.k.a. Charles) 2018- United Kingdom
Portuguese Kings and Queens:
1 king
King Carlos (a.k.a. Charles) 1889-1908
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Chuck Berry (a.k.a. Charles) 1986
Ray Charles (a.k.a. Charles) 1986
Saints:
9 blessed, 7 saints
Blessed Charles the Good ?-1127
Blessed Charles de Sayn ?-1212
Blessed Charles of Blois 1320-1364
Saint Carlo Borromeo (a.k.a. Charles) 1538-1584
Blessed Carlos Espinola (a.k.a. Charles) 1564-1622
Saint Charles Garnier 1606-1649
Saint Carlo of Sezze (a.k.a. Charles) 1616-1670
Saint Charles Hyon Song-mun 1797-1846
Saint Jean-Charles Cornay 1809-1837
Saint Charles of Mount Argus 1821-1893
Blessed Charles de Foucauld 1858-1916
Saint Charles Lwanga ?-1887
Blessed Charles I of Austria 1887-1922
Blessed Karl Leisner (a.k.a. Charles) 1915-1945
Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (a.k.a. Charles) 1918-1963
Blessed Carlos Erana Guruceta (a.k.a. Charles) ?-1936
Scottish Kings and Queens:
2 kings
King Charles I 1625-1649
King Charles II 1649-1685
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Charles As You Like It
Charles VI Henry V
Charles VII the Victorious Henry VI (1)
Spanish Kings and Queens:
5 kings
King Carlos I (a.k.a. Charles) 1516-1556
King Carlos II the Bewitched (a.k.a. Charles) 1665-1700
King Carlos III (a.k.a. Charles) 1759-1788
King Carlos IV (a.k.a. Charles) 1788-1808
King Juan Carlos I (a.k.a. Charles) 1975-2014
Swedish Kings and Queens:
10 kings
King Karl I (or VII) (a.k.a. Charles) 1161-1167
King Karl II (or VIII) (a.k.a. Charles) 1448-1457; 1464-1465; 1467-1470
King Karl IX (a.k.a. Charles) 1599-1611
King Karl X Gustav (a.k.a. Charles) 1654-1660
King Karl XI (a.k.a. Charles) 1660-1697
King Karl XII (a.k.a. Charles) 1697-1718
King Karl XIII (a.k.a. Charles) 1809-1818
King Karl XIV Johan (a.k.a. Charles) 1818-1844
King Karl XV (a.k.a. Charles) 1859-1872
King Carl XVI Gustaf (a.k.a. Charles) 1973-
Title Characters:
4 songs
(song) Charles Whitman 1973 The Ballad Of Charles Whitman
(song) Buddy Holly (a.k.a. Charles) 1994 Buddy Holly
(song) Charles C. Leary 2002 The Charles C Leary
(song) Charles Darwin 2009 Charlie Darwin