Famous People with Name Charlie

Charlie Will Bell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie Will Bell: is an American professional basketball player who plays for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.He began playing basketball at Flint Southwestern Academy High School, and had an excellent college career at Michigan State University, appearing in 3 NCAA Final Fours, and being named Michigan State Defensive Player of the Year in each of the four years he played. He went undrafted, but was signed by the Phoenix Suns on July 23, 2001 as a free agent and played five games for them. After being released by the Suns, he signed with the Phoenix Eclipse of the ABA and played four games for them. He initially signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks on January 10, 2002, and was then signed for the remainder of the season on January 15, but only appeared in two games.

Charlie Alexander Villanueva            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie Alexander Villanueva: is an American NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6'11" forward was drafted 7th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2005 NBA Draft.Villanueva originally gave a verbal commitment to play for The University of Illinois, but after Bill Self left the Illini for the University of Kansas, Charlie withdrew his commitment, and considered following Self to the Jayhawks, but instead opted to play for NCAA Hoops powerhouse UConn. In his first year at UConn, Villanueva was named to the Big East All-Rookie Second Team and was a key reserve on the 2004 NCAA National Champion Connecticut Huskies team. As a sophomore, Villanueva was named second-team All-Big East after averaging 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

Charlie Ward Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie Ward Jr: is a retired American professional basketball player, college football Heisman Trophy winner and a Major League Baseball draftee. By some sports media and publications Ward has received recognition for being one of the best all around athletes of our time.

Charlie Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie Barnett: He first made a name for himself in the late 1970s and early 1980s, performing several shows of raunchy comedy a day at outdoor parks in New York City, most notably in Washington Square Park, where he competed for crowds with musicians, frisbee players, jugglers and other entertainers. Charlie was one of the only street performers able to 'fill the fountain' (an amphitheatre in a large circular fountain) in Washington Square Park.

Charlie O'Donnell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlie O'Donnell: is an American television announcer best known for his work on Wheel of Fortune.O'Donnell began his career in 1958, working with Dick Clark on American Bandstand. This led to several stints as a disc jockey on Los Angeles radio (most notably on legendary Pasadena station KRLA), and later as news anchorman on Los Angeles television station KCOP-TV, the home of The Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough during its initial syndicated reigns.

Carl Vilhelm Ludwig Charlier            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Carl Vilhelm Ludwig Charlier: was a Swedish astronomer.He received his Ph.D. from Uppsala University in 1887, later worked there and at the Stockholm Observatory and was Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Lund University from 1897.He made extensive statistical studies of the stars in our galaxy and their positions and motions, and tried to develop a model of the galaxy based on this.Related to his work on galactic structure, he also developed a cosmological theory based on the work of Johann Heinrich Lambert. In the resulting Lambert-Charlier Hierarchical Cosmology, increasingly large areas of space contain decreasing densities of matter, the principle being introduced to avoid the observational inconsistency that would otherwise emerge from Olbers Paradox.

Sebastien Charlier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sebastien Charlier: is a french diatonic harmonica player, born in Beaumont sur Oise in 1971. His incredible technic enables him to play chromatically, in all keys, on a single blues harp. His music is inspired by many different influences, from Blues to Jazz, from Fusion to Electro-Pop.