Famous People with Name Charles

Charles Forte Baron Forte            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Forte Baron Forte: was a hotelier.Charles Forte was born in Mortale, now Monforte, Casalattico, in the province of Frosinone, Italy in 1908, and emigrated from Italy to Scotland at the age of four and attended Alloa Academy and St. Joseph's College, Dumfries. He worked in a cafe chain owned by his father, then at 26 set up his first "milk bar" in 1935 as Strand Milk Bar Ltd. Soon he began expanding into catering and hotel businesses. After the war, his company became Forte Holdings Ltd, and bought the Cafe Royal in 1954. He opened the first full motorway service station for cars at Newport Pagnell in 1959. Trust Houses Group Ltd and Forte Holdings were merged in 1970 to become Trust House Forte or THF.

Charles Francis Richter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Francis Richter: was an American seismologist and physicist. Richter is most famous as the creator of the Richter magnitude scale which, until the development of the moment magnitude scale in 1979, quantified the size of earthquakes. Inspired by Kiyoo Wadati's 1928 paper on shallow and deep earthquakes, Richter first used the scale in 1935 after developing it in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg; both worked at California Institute of Technology, California, USA. The quote "logarithmic plots are a device of the devil" is attributed to Richter.

Charles Frazier            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Frazier: is an award-winning American historical novelist. Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in the mid-1970s, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1986. He currently raises horses on a farm near Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife, Catherine, who teaches accounting, and their daughter Annie.

Charles Gerstle Levison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Gerstle Levison: was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest living professional American actor. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace and It's a Wonderful Life.

Charles Henry Goren            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Henry Goren: was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who made an enormous contribution to the development and popularization of the game.By 1936 Goren had begun his own bridge career and published the first of his many books on playing bridge, Winning Bridge Made Easy. Drawing on his experience with Work's system, Goren quickly became popular as an instructor and lecturer. His subsequent lifetime of contributions to the game have made him one of the most important figures in the history of bridge.

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

Franklin Scott "Frank" Charles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Franklin Scott "Frank" Charles: is a former professional baseball catcher.He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 17th Round of the 1991 amateur entry draft. In March 1994 he was purchased by the Rangers from the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League. In March 1998 he was signed as free agent by the Giants, and in December 1998 by the Padres. In January 1999 he was signed as free agent by the Astros. In 2000 he played four games for the Houston Astros, batting .429.