Famous People with Name Charlton

Charlton Atlee Hammaker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlton Atlee Hammaker: born January 24, 1958 in Carmel, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played the majority of his career for the San Francisco Giants from 1982 to 1990.

Charlton Maxwell Jimerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlton Maxwell Jimerson: (born September 22, 1979 in San Leandro, California) is a Major League Baseball player. A center fielder, Jimerson currently plays for the Seattle Mariners.

Charlton Heston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlton Heston: was an American actor of film, theater and television. Heston is known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes,In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a liberal Democrat, he later supported conservative politics and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.

Benjamin Ernest Charlton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Ernest Charlton: was the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1867 and 1873-1874. In addition to his activities as a politician, Charlton was also a teacher and manufacturer.

William Andrew Charlton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Andrew Charlton: was a lumber merchant, businessman and Canadian politician. In 1869, he married Nellie Rockwell. Charlton entered politics and was first elected to the Ontario legislature as the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for Norfolk South in the 1890 general election and served until 1904. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1903-1904 and was Commissioner of Public Works from 1904 until 1905. Charlton moved to federal politics and won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as the federal Liberal Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the 1911 federal election. During the Conscription Crisis of 1917 he supported the government of Sir Robert Borden and crossed the floor to run in the 1917 federal election as a Liberal-Unionist in support of Borden's new Union government defeating Laurier-Liberal candidate John Alexander Wallace.

Brian Albert Charlton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brian Albert Charlton: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. Charlton first ran for the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1975, but lost to Progressive Conservative John Smith by 1,667 votes in Hamilton Mountain. He ran again in the 1977 provincial election, and defeated Smith by 373 votes. He was re-elected over Progressive Conservative Duncan Beattie in the 1981 provincial election by 197 votes, despite the fact that the NDP lost several seats elsewhere in the province. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1985 provincial election, and defeated Liberal Jane Milanetti by 1,632 votes in the 1987 election. Charlton supported Bob Rae for the provincial NDP leadership in 1982.

John M. Charlton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John M. Charlton: was a Canadian Member of Parliament and businessman. Charlton was the Member of Parliament for Norfolk North, Ontario for 32 years until 1904. He was the author of "Parliamentary Recollections" and contributed to the North American Review. Charlton was first elected to the House of Commons in 1871, as member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He had strong religious views and high ideals, was a strong advocate for provincial rights, and worked for years for passage of a law affording protection to women and girls under a certain age. His speeches were considered blunt and brusque compared to his contemporaries. After a tour of the United States in 1897, Charlton served on the Joint High Commission between Great Britain, Canada and the United States from 1898 to 1899. His wife, Ella Gray, died in 1905, and Charlton entered a marriage with Cora J. Given in 1907. He died of a stroke at his home in Lynedoch in 1910.

John Alpheus Charlton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Alpheus Charlton: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and became a farmer and veterinarian by career. He was first elected at the Brant riding in the 1945 general election and served five consecutive terms from the 20th to the 24th Canadian Parliaments. During that time, his riding changed to Brant—Wentworth then Brant—Haldimand. Charlton was defeated in the 1962 federal election by Lawrence Pennell of the Liberal party. During his terms in the House of Commons, he served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture (1957–1958). He was also Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1959–1961) and to the Minister of Agriculture (1962).