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Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan / Karl 3. Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte in Pau, 1763, French marshal elected Swedish crown prince 1810, king of Sweden and Norway 1818–1844, founder of the Bernadotte dynasty.
Charles XV
Charles XV (Karl XV, Carl Ludvig Eugène, Carl IV of Norway, 1826–1872) was the popular Bernadotte king of Sweden and Norway 1859–1872, motto 'By law the land shall be built', who backed Scandinavianism, oversaw the bicameral Riksdag reform, and was succeeded by his brother Oscar II.
Charles Zhengyao Lu
Charles Zhengyao Lu (陆正耀) is a Chinese entrepreneur, co-founder and chairman of Luckin Coffee until 2020, who earlier founded Car Inc. and later Cotti Coffee.
Charles-Emile Freppel
Charles-Émile Freppel (1827–1891) was an Alsatian-born French Catholic bishop, preacher, and parliamentarian who was Bishop of Angers from 1869 and, from 1880, deputy for Brest leading the legitimist wing of French Catholicism.
Charles-Henri Sanson
Charles-Henri Sanson (1739-1806), "Sanson le Grand", royal executioner of Paris under Louis XV and Louis XVI, from the hereditary Sanson dynasty begun 1688; executed 2,918 people including Louis XVI, resigned 1795.
Charles-Michel de l'Épée
Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712-1789), the Abbé de l'Épée, French priest who founded the first free school for the deaf in Paris, created methodical signs, and is called the father of the deaf and founder of French Sign Language.
Charles-René Billuart
Charles-René Billuart (1685–1757) was a Dominican theologian of the Low Countries whose Summa S. Thomae restated Aquinas for eighteenth-century schools and became a French Thomist classic.
Charles, Count of Valois
Charles of Valois (1270–1325), third son of Philip III of France, count of Valois, Anjou, Maine, Alençon; titular king of Aragon and Latin emperor of Constantinople; father of Philip VI, founder of the Valois dynasty.
Charles, Prince Napoléon
Charles, Prince Napoléon (Charles Bonaparte, born 1950), eldest son of Louis, Prince Napoléon, disinherited in 1996 in favor of his son Jean-Christophe; republican politician, Ajaccio mayoral candidate, and author on Napoleon.
Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting (Charleston church massacre): Dylann Roof's June 17, 2015 white-supremacist attack at Mother Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina, killed nine Black Bible study participants; Roof was convicted of 33 federal counts and sentenced to death.
Charley Woodsby
Charley Woodsby (Charles Edward Woodsby) is an American restaurateur who co-founded Red Lobster with Bill Darden in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968, then founded Charley's Steak House; he died in 2022 at 91.
Charlie Angus
Charlie Angus (born 1962) is a Canadian writer, musician, and former NDP member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay, Ontario, 2004–2025; punk band L'Étranger cofounder, 2017 NDP leadership runner-up, Shannen's Dream advocate, and later 'Resistance' commentator.
Charlie Baker
Charlie Baker, American politician and executive, sixth NCAA president since March 2023 and 72nd governor of Massachusetts (2015–2023); known for bipartisan leadership, high approval ratings, and the NCAA's Ohio eligibility lawsuit.
Charlie Berens
Charlie Berens (born 1987) is an American comedian, Emmy-winning journalist, and author, creator of the satirical Wisconsin newscast The Manitowoc Minute, host of the Cripescast and Bellied Up podcasts, New York Times bestselling author of The Midwest Survival Guide, and a critic of AI data center development in Wisconsin.
Charlie Bowdre
Charlie Bowdre (1848-1880), also Charles Meriwether Bowdre, was a Lincoln County War Regulator and cowboy who rode with Billy the Kid; he was shot dead by Pat Garrett's posse at Stinking Springs on December 23, 1880, and is buried beside Tom O'Folliard at Fort Sumner.
Charlie Brandt
Carl "Charlie" Brandt (1957–2004), American suspected serial killer; killed his pregnant mother in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1971 at 13, murdered wife Teri and niece Michelle Jones in Florida in 2004 before suicide; 1989 Perisho murder attributed to him.
Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, also called the Ye Olde Pub incident: on 20 December 1943 over Bremen, Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler spared and escorted the crippled B-17F Ye Olde Pub piloted by Charlie Brown; they reunited in 1990 and died months apart in 2008.
Charlie Cojuangco
Carlos "Charlie" Cojuangco (1963–2022), Filipino politician, youngest son of Danding Cojuangco Jr.; mayor of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental 4th District congressman 1998–2007, Tarlac 1st District representative 2016–2022; died after a racing aneurysm.
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist, Florida politician; Republican governor 2007–2011, independent Senate candidate 2010, Democrat from 2012, U.S. House 2017–2022, lost governor races 2014 and 2022 (DeSantis by 19 points), 2026 St. Petersburg mayoral candidate.
Charlie Downes
Charlie Downes (born 2001) is an English political activist, co-founder, campaigns director and spokesman of Restore Britain, the party led by Rupert Lowe; former Reform UK affiliate and Michli campaign manager, central to a 2026 antisemitism controversy.
Charlie Elphicke
Charlie Elphicke (Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke), Conservative MP for Dover 2010-2019, a former Treasury whip; convicted in 2020 of three counts of sexual assault against two women and jailed for two years, later failed to appeal.
Charlie Ergen
Charlie Ergen (Charles W. Ergen) is an American businessman and former professional poker player who co-founded EchoStar in 1980 and built DISH Network into a leading pay-television provider.
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.
Charlie Gard case
Charlie Gard case: 2017 UK legal dispute over Great Ormond Street infant with MDDS (RRM2B); parents' experimental-treatment bid failed in High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and ECHR; he died 28 July 2017.
Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren is an American Republican politician who has represented District 99 in the Texas House of Representatives since 2000, chairing the House Administration Committee.
Charlie Hatcher
Charlie Hatcher: Tennessee veterinarian, dairy farmer, and Republican Agriculture Commissioner (2019–2025); 2026 GOP nominee for TN's 5th House district after defeating Trump-endorsed incumbent Andy Ogles in the primary.
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo is a French far-left satirical weekly founded in November 1970 as successor to the banned Hara-Kiri Hebdo, relaunched 1992, known for Muhammad cartoons and the 7 January 2015 attack that killed 12 staff.
Charlie Hebdo shooting
The Charlie Hebdo shooting, January 7 2015: Kouachi brothers killed 12 at the French satirical weekly; with Amedy Coulibaly's Montrouge and Hyper Cacher attacks, 17 died, 23 were injured. AQAP-trained attackers acted over cartoons of Mohammed; killed by French forces January 9.
Charlie Javice
Charlie Javice is an American fintech founder who built the college-aid startup Frank, sold it to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million in 2021, and was convicted of fraud in 2025.
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk (born 1993) was an American conservative activist, founder of Turning Point USA, and host of The Charlie Kirk Show, assassinated September 10, 2025 at Utah Valley University.