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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 Alden Black
Charles Alden Black was an American marine-resources executive and decorated naval intelligence officer who founded the aquaculture company Mardela Corp. and was the husband of Shirley Temple Black.
Charles Alderton
Charles Courtice Alderton (1857–1941) was an American pharmacist who formulated Dr Pepper around 1885 at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas, then returned to pharmacy and medicine.
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
Charles Alexander, also known as Karl Alexander, was Duke of Württemberg from 1733 until 1737 and the first Catholic ruler of the duchy since the Reformation.
Charles Alvin Beckwith
Charles Alvin "Chargin' Charlie" Beckwith (1929-1994), US Army Special Forces colonel, University of Georgia football player who turned down the Green Bay Packers, founded Delta Force on 19 November 1977 with Col. Thomas Henry and led Operation Eagle Claw.
Charles Antoine de Pesters
Jonkheer Charles Antoine de Pesters (1842–1915) was a Dutch nobleman who co-founded the Amstel Brewery in Amsterdam in 1870 with his brother-in-law Jan van Marwijk Kooy.
Charles Ardai
Charles Ardai is an American technology founder and publisher who led Juno Online Services, the company that launched the first free Internet e-mail service in April 1996.
Charles Auguste Bruston
Charles Auguste Bruston (1838–1937) was a French Reformed theologian and biblical scholar who served as doyen of the Protestant theology faculty of Montauban, holding its chair of Old Testament.
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 B. McVay III
Charles Butler McVay III, US Navy captain of USS Indianapolis (CA-35), sunk 30 July 1945 by submarine I-58; only US Navy CO court-martialed for losing a ship to enemy action, convicted of failing to zigzag, exonerated by Congress in 2000.
Charles Bacik
Charles Bacik, born Karel Bačík in 1910, was a Czech glass factory owner who fled the Communist takeover and co-founded Waterford Crystal in Ireland in 1947.
Charles Berington
Charles Berington (1748–1798) was an English Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, and the only bishop to side with the lay-led Catholic Committee.
Charles Booker (Kentucky politician)
Charles Booker is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky in 2026, after serving in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Charles Borromeo
Charles Borromeo, also known as Carlo Borromeo, was an Italian cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1565 to 1584, a leading implementer of the Council of Trent's reforms.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c.1484–1545), Henry VIII's closest friend, son of the standard-bearer killed at Bosworth; secretly married Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, in 1515; soldier, diplomat, suppressor of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Charles Brayton Manville
Charles Brayton Manville (1834–1927) was an American inventor and manufacturer who founded the Manville Covering Company in Milwaukee in 1886 and served as vice-president of the merged H.W. Johns-Manville Co.
Charles Bronfman
Charles Rosner Bronfman, born in Montreal in 1931, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who co-chaired Seagram until its 2000 sale, owned the Montreal Expos, and co-founded Birthright Israel.
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 C. Krulak
Charles C. Krulak, 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps (1995-1999), USNA 1964, two Vietnam tours, father of the three-block war and strategic corporal concepts, son of Victor Krulak.
Charles Cahier
Charles Cahier (1807–1882) was a French Jesuit priest and antiquarian who, with Arthur Martin, produced illustrated documentation of medieval Christian art in France; his 1867 repertory of saints' attributes renewed iconographic studies.
Charles Caldwell Ryrie
Charles Caldwell Ryrie (1925–2016) was an American dispensationalist systematic theologian who taught at Dallas Theological Seminary and edited the Ryrie Study Bible, which sold over 2 million copies.
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore (1637–1714/15), Catholic proprietor and governor of Maryland; lost governing power in the 1689 Protestant revolt but kept land title.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699-1751), proprietary governor of Maryland from 1715; restored to power under George I after the family's Anglican conversion; lost about 1,000 square miles to Delaware in the Penn boundary dispute.
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812–1862), British statesman, son of George Canning, Governor-General of India from 1856 and first Viceroy from 1858, presided over the 1857–58 Indian mutiny and earned the nickname Clemency Canning.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), Maryland planter and statesman, was the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and its last surviving signer, serving in the Continental Congress, Maryland Senate, and U.S. Senate.
Charles Chao
Charles Chao, also known as Cao Guowei (曹国伟), is a Chinese-born executive who led Sina Corporation as CEO from 2006 until 2021 and has chaired Weibo since 2009.
Charles Chapman (engineer)
Charles Chapman was a British engineer who co-founded the diesel engine maker F. Perkins Ltd in Peterborough in 1932 and served as its technical director until 1942.
Charles Chapman Grafton
Charles Chapman Grafton (1830–1912) was an American Anglo-Catholic bishop who co-founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist and served as Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from 1889.