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Charles A. Pannell, Jr.
Charles A. Pannell, Jr. (born 1946) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia from 1999 until 2013.
Charles Adams (1770–1800)
Charles Adams (1770–1800), second son of John and Abigail Adams, was a New York lawyer who apprenticed under Alexander Hamilton, married Sally Smith in 1795, and died of alcoholism on November 30, 1800.
Charles Albright
Charles Frederick Albright (born 1933), the "Eyeball Killer," a Dallas man convicted in 1991 of murdering sex worker Shirley Williams; three Oak Cliff victims had eyes surgically removed, and trial hair evidence was later shown to be dog hair.
Charles B. Goodwin
Charles Barnes Goodwin is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2018, after service as a magistrate judge.
Charles B. Kornmann
Charles B. Kornmann, born 1937, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota since 2008.
Charles Bronson (prisoner)
Charles Bronson, born Michael Gordon Peterson (1952), later Charles Salvador, is one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners, jailed since 1974, given a discretionary life sentence in 2000 for a 44-hour hostage taking, and known for prison violence, art, and repeated refused parole bids.
Charles Butler
Charles Butler (1750–1832) was an English Roman Catholic layman, lawyer, and writer, called to the bar in 1791 as the first Catholic barrister since 1688 and long secretary to the Catholic committees.
Charles Colson
Charles W. Colson (1931–2012), Nixon's special counsel and a Watergate figure who pled guilty in the Ellsberg case, converted to evangelical Christianity and founded Prison Fellowship, Prison Fellowship International, Justice Fellowship, and the Colson Center.
Charles Cullen
Charles Cullen (born 1960), American serial-killer nurse; murdered at least 29 patients with digoxin and insulin overdoses across New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals over 16 years before his 2003 arrest; sentenced to 11 life terms in 2006.
Charles E. Atchley, Jr.
Charles E. Atchley, Jr., born 1966 in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020.
Charles E. Fleming
Charles E. Fleming, also known as Charles Esque Fleming, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2022.
Charles E. Littlejohn
Charles E. Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, was charged with leaking tax returns of Donald Trump and wealthy Americans. He received a five-year sentence in 2024.
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), American jurist and statesman: New York governor, Taft appointee to the Supreme Court, 1916 Republican presidential nominee who nearly beat Wilson, Harding–Coolidge Secretary of State (1921–25, Washington Naval Conference), and Hoover's Chief Justice (1930–41).
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 Graner
Charles A. Graner Jr., U.S. Army Reserve specialist of the 372nd Military Police Company, convicted ringleader of the 2003 Abu Ghraib detainee abuse; sentenced in January 2005 to ten years, dishonorable discharge, and reduction to E-1.
Charles Harrelson
Charles Voyde Harrelson (1938–2007), American contract killer and father of actor Woody Harrelson, convicted of the 1979 assassination of federal judge John H. Wood Jr. for a $250,000 fee from drug trafficker Jimmy Chagra; died in Supermax prison.
Charles Harwood
Charles Harwood, New York Law School class of 1904, was a Special Assistant US Attorney General for mail fraud cases, a US District Court judge for the Canal Zone (1937-1938), and Governor of the US Virgin Islands (1941-1946).
Charles Ingram
Charles Ingram, British Army major convicted in 2003 of defrauding Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? via the 'coughing' signal scheme with Diana Ingram and Tecwen Whittock; £1m prize stopped, convictions upheld on appeal.
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 Lee Burton
Charles Lee "Sonny" Burton, Alabama death row inmate convicted under the felony murder doctrine for the 1991 Talladega AutoZone robbery killing of Doug Battle, though Derrick DeBruce fired the shot; Governor Kay Ivey commuted his sentence to life without parole on March 10, 2026.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson (1934–2017), American cult leader of the Manson Family, convicted of ordering nine 1969 murders including Sharon Tate's; death sentences commuted to life in 1972; died at Corcoran State Prison.
Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel
Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel (1635–1685), French diplomat and Louis XIV's ambassador to the Ottoman Porte 1670–1679; renewed the Capitulations in 1673, toured the Aegean with Antoine Galland, and built a noted cabinet of curiosities.
Charles Ng (吴志达)
Charles Chitat Ng (吴志达), born 1960 in Hong Kong, is an American death-row murderer who with Leonard Lake killed at least 11 adults and two children in California in 1984-1985; convicted 1999, affirmed 2022.
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.