Famous People with Name Charles

Charles Herman Weisse            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Herman Weisse: was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.He served as president of the city council of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin from 1893 to 1896. Treasurer of the school board 1897-1900. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904 and 1908. He

Charles Francis Buck            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Francis Buck: was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.He served as member of the school board of New Orleans for many years and was city attorney of New Orleans from 1880 to 1884.Buck was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897)

Charles C. Foti, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles C. Foti, Jr.: is a former Democratic Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, United States. He served as Attorney General from 2004 to January 2008.

Charles Wilson Pierce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Wilson Pierce: was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He was appointed quartermaster June 14, 1864. Commissioned major in 1865. He settled in Demopolis, Alabama. Held various public offices. Upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican

Charles Lawrence Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Lawrence Robinson: was the first Governor of Kansas. He was also the first Governor of a U.S. state to be impeached, although he was not convicted or removed from office. To date he is the only Governor of Kansas to be impeached. He was educated at Hadley and Amherst Academ

Kenneth M. Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth M. Charles: is a retired Trinidadian and Tobagonian basketball player who played guard for the Buffalo Braves (1973-76) and Atlanta Hawks (1976-78). He was a 6'3" (1.90 m), 180 lb (82 kg) guard.In 5 seasons he played in 322 games and played 7,637 minutes (23.7 per game), had a .441 field goal percentage (1,083 for 2,458), .789 free throw percentage (581 for 736), 640 rebounds (2.0 per game), 806 assists (2.5 per game), 407 steals (1.3 per game), 128 blocked shots (.4 per game) and 2,747 points (8.5 per game).

Lorenzo Emile Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lorenzo Emile Charles: is an American former college and professional basketball player.Charles is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School. While playing for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack, Charles scored the game-winning dunk in the championship game of the 1983 NCAA Tournament over the heavily favored Houston Cougars led by Akeem Olajuwon, Clyde "The Glide" Drexler and the rest of Phi Slama Jama. Coincidentally, Charles would go on to play for a Cougars team years later — for the United States Basketball League's Raleigh Cougars.

Joshua Aaron Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joshua Aaron Charles: an American stage, film and television actor.Charles' film debut was in fellow Baltimore resident John Waters’s Hairspray in 1988. The following year, he starred alongside Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke in the Oscar-winning Dead Poets Society. Subsequent film roles have included Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Threesome, Pie in the Sky, Muppets from Space, S.W.A.T and Four Brothers.

Grégory Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Grégory Charles: a Quebec performing artist of Trinidadian origin.At the age of 7, he won the national Canadian piano contest, after which he performed with most of the country's symphonic orchestras. In 1979, he represented Canada at an international piano contest in Par

Bobby Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bobby Charles: is an American singer and songwriter.An ethnic Cajun, Charles grew up listening to Cajun music and the country and western music of Hank Williams. At the age of 15, he heard a performance by Fats Domino, an event that "changed my life forever," he recalle