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Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker (1901-1973), Kansas City trial lawyer and only Missourian or native Kansan on the U.S. Supreme Court; Eisenhower appointee 1957-1962, a swing vote who retired for health reasons.
Charles J. Siragusa
Charles J. Siragusa (born 1947) is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of New York, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Charles J. Williams
Charles J. Williams, born 1963 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Iowa, appointed by President Trump in 2018.
Charles Kendal Bushe
Charles Kendal Bushe (1767–1843), Irish lawyer, judge, MP, and anti-union pamphleteer; solicitor general for Ireland 1805–22 and lord chief justice of the king's bench 1822–41, known as the "Incorruptible Irishman".
Charles L. Smith, Jr.
Charles Lynwood Smith, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, appointed by President Clinton in 1995.
Charles P. Kocoras
Charles P. Kocoras, born in Chicago in 1938, is a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Charles R. Breyer
Charles R. Breyer, born in 1941 in San Francisco, is a senior federal district judge in Northern California appointed by Bill Clinton in 1997, known for ruling against the 2025 National Guard deployment in Los Angeles.
Charles R. Butler, Jr.
Charles R. Butler, Jr., also known as Charles Randolph Butler, Jr., is a US district judge in Alabama, appointed by Reagan in 1988 and chief judge from 1994 to 2003.
Charles R. Eskridge III
Charles R. Eskridge III (born 1963) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Houston since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Charles R. Norgle, Sr.
Charles R. Norgle, Sr., born Charles Ronald Norgle, Sr. in 1937, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in Illinois from 1984 to 2022.
Charles R. Simpson III
Charles R. Simpson III is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Kentucky since 2013, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986.
Charles R. Wilson
Charles R. Wilson (born 1954) is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1999.
Charles S. Haight, Jr.
Charles S. Haight, Jr., also known as Charles Sherman Haight, Jr., is an American jurist and senior federal district judge in New York, appointed in 1976.
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts senator and Radical Republican abolitionist, caned on the Senate floor in 1856 after his Crime Against Kansas speech; later championed the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton
Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (born 1951), Labour peer, barrister, and Tony Blair's friend; Solicitor General 1997–98, Millennium Dome minister, and Lord Chancellor who steered the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
Charlotte Merz
Charlotte Merz, born 1961 in Saarland, is a German judge and director of the Amtsgericht Arnsberg specializing in family law, CDU member, and wife of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, married since 1981 with three children.
Charlotte N. Sweeney
Charlotte N. Sweeney, also known as Charlotte Noelle Sweeney, is an American jurist who has served as a United States district judge for the District of Colorado since 2022.
Chase Iron Eyes
Chase Iron Eyes is a Lakota attorney and activist, executive director of the Lakota People's Law Project, co-founder of LastRealIndians.com, 2016 Democratic candidate for North Dakota's House seat, and a Dakota Access Pipeline protest figure arrested in February 2017.
Cheryl A. Krause
Cheryl A. Krause, also known as Cheryl Ann Krause, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Third Circuit since 2014.
Chesa Boudin
Chesa Boudin, former San Francisco public defender, served as district attorney from January 2020 until his June 2022 recall. His progressive policies included ending cash bail and expanding diversion; he was recalled with about 55-60% of the vote.
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur (1829–1886), 21st U.S. president (1881–1885), succeeded James Garfield after his assassination; former New York machine politician and Port of New York collector who signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883.
Chief judge (United States federal courts)
A chief judge in the United States federal courts is the administrative head of a district court or court of appeals, serving a seven-year term under statute.
Chief Justice of Canada
Chief Justice of Canada: presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada under the Supreme Court Act, appointed by the Governor in Council on the Prime Minister's recommendation; first held by William Buell Richards (1875), currently Richard Wagner (since 2017), and serves as administrator of the government when the governor general is absent.
Chief Justice of Ceylon
The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the senior judicial office of the Supreme Court, created in 1801, and became the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
Chief Justice of Ghana
The Chief Justice of Ghana is the head of the judiciary, president of the Supreme Court, and chair of the Judicial Council, an office created in 1876.
Chief Justice of Japan (最高裁判所長官)
The Chief Justice of Japan (最高裁判所長官) heads Japan's Supreme Court, designated by the Cabinet and appointed by the Emperor, ranking at the same level as the Prime Minister.
Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das (Deshbandhu, 1870-1925), also known as C.R. Das, was a Calcutta barrister, poet, and nationalist leader who defended Aurobindo in the Alipore case, led the Swaraj Party with Motilal Nehru, and became Calcutta's first elected mayor.
Cho Hee-dae (조희대)
Cho Hee-dae (조희대, Jo Hee-de), born 1957 in Gyeongju, is the 17th Chief Justice of South Korea's Supreme Court since December 2023; former justice nicknamed 'Mr. Minority Opinion,' presided over the 2025 Lee Jae-myung election law remand.
Choudhry Rahmat Ali (چوہدری رحمت علی)
Choudhry Rahmat Ali (چوہدری رحمت علی, 1897–1951) was a Punjabi Muslim activist who coined the name Pakistan in his 1933 pamphlet Now or Never and founded the Pakistan National Movement; he later proposed the Continent of Dinia and was marginalized in Pakistani historiography.
Christian Porter
Christian Porter (born 1970, Perth) is an Australian former Liberal minister: WA Attorney-General and Treasurer, federal Social Services minister, Attorney-General 2017-2021, later a Perth barrister after Robodebt and a 2021 resignation.