Famous People with Name Charles

Charles H. DuPont            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles H. DuPont: was a Florida lawyer, planter, businessman, and Democratic politician who served as a Florida Supreme Court justice from 1854 to 1868. He was Chief Justice from 1860 to 1868.In 1833 Governor William Pope DuVal appointed him appraiser for the Union Bank. H

Charles Hillyer Brand            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Hillyer Brand: was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.Brand served in the Georgia Senate and was the president pro tempore of that body. Brand was also involved in the banking industry as president and director of the Brand Banking Co. in Lawrencevil

Charles Gordon Edwards            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Gordon Edwards: was a U.S. political figure from the state of Georgia.In 1906, Edwards was elected to the 60th United States Congress as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and served four additional terms in that seat until declining to run

Charles Jones Jenkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Jones Jenkins: was a politician from Georgia, U.S.After a state constitutional convention in 1865 re-established Georgia's state government, he ran as the only candidate for governor. He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction. In 1868

Charles Murphey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Murphey: was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia.He was elected as a Unionist to the 32nd Congress (March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853). Upon leaving the Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He would also serve as a delegate to the 1860 Dem

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

Teddy Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teddy Charles: is an American jazz pianist, drummer and vibraphone musician. Born Theodore Charles Cohen in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, he began his musical career studying at Juilliard School of Music as a percussionist. Later he started recording and making persona