Charles Wilson

Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Chuck Wilson may refer to:

Academics

  • Charles Edward Wilson (educationalist) (1815–1888), Scottish teacher and educationalist
  • Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India
  • Charles Wilson (political scientist) (1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator
  • Charles Wilson (historian) (1914–1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor
  • Charles Wilson (economist), American economist and academic administrator

Arts and entertainment

  • Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author
  • Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) (1810–1861), Scottish architect
  • Charles C. Wilson (architect) (1864–1933), American architect
  • Charles J. A. Wilson (1880-1965), Scottish-born American artist, painter, etcher, and illustrator
  • Charles C. Wilson (1894–1948), American film actor
  • Charles Morrow Wilson (1905–1977), American writer
  • Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), American artist
  • Charles Wilson (composer) (1931–2019), Canadian composer and choral conductor
  • Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) (1948–2018), American jazz musician
  • Charlie Wilson (singer) (born 1953), American R&B singer; frontman of the Gap Band
  • Ricky Wilson (singer) (Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on The Voice

Business and industry

  • Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson (1827–1923), Australian civil engineer
  • Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916), British civil servant and financier
  • Charles Alfred Wilson (1855-1935), American civil engineer
  • Charles Corbett Powell Wilson (c.1857–c.1938), Australian civil engineer
  • Charles G. Wilson (fl. 1880s–1890s), American financier and businessman
  • Charles Edward Wilson (businessman) (1886–1972), American businessman; CEO of General Electric
  • Charles Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), American hotelier; founder of Holiday Inn chain
  • Charles T. Wilson (1879–1974), American businessman; crude rubber importer
  • Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) (born 1968), American entrepreneur

Law and politics

United Kingdom

United States

  • Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors
  • Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York
  • Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman
  • Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator
  • Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator
  • Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), American federal judge
  • Charles Wilson (Vermont politician), state legislator in Vermont

Elsewhere

  • Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) (1808–1877), Canadian politician; senator and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec
  • Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), Canadian politician
  • Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament
  • Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), New Zealand politician; MP and parliamentary librarian
  • Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament

Military

  • Charles Wilson (sailor) (1836–?), Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War
  • Charles E. Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1840–1915), American Civil War sergeant
  • Charles Edward Wilson (rugby union) (1871–1914), British military officer and rugby union player
  • Chuck Wilson (pilot) (born 1953), American USAF military officer

Science and medicine

Sports

Association football (soccer)

  • Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), English footballer
  • Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), English footballer for Liverpool and Stockport County
  • Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1971), English footballer for Spurs, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City
  • Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1994), English footballer for Grimsby Town
  • Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1985), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday
  • Charlie Wilson (Burnley footballer) (fl. 1940s), English footballer for Burnley

Baseball

  • Charley Wilson (1895–1965), American Negro leagues baseball player
  • Charlie Wilson (baseball) (1905–1970), American baseball player for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Chuck Wilson (baseball) (1929–1983), American Negro leagues baseball player

Other sports

  • Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer
  • Charles Wilson (cricketer) (1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand
  • Chilla Wilson (Charles Roy Wilson, 1931–2016), Australian rugby union player and manager
  • Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) (born 1954), American sports journalist
  • Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), American football wide receiver
  • Chuck Wilson (sprinter) (born 1968), American sprinter

Others

  • Charlie Wilson (criminal) (1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang
  • Charles Wilson (journalist) (1935–2022), Scottish-born newspaper editor

Other uses

  • Charles E. Wilson (1973 ship), a ship launched in 1973 named for Charles E. Wilson

See also

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