Charles Harris (writer)
Charles, Charlie, or Chuck Harris may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Charles K. Harris (1867–1930), American songwriter * Charles Harris (photographer) (1908–1998), American photographer * Charlie Harris (musician) (), American jazz double-bassist * Charles Harris (painter), British painter, art instructor and teacher * Charles "Dill" Baker Harris, character in the Harper Lee novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' Military * Charles L. Harris (general) (1834–1910), Union Army general * Sir Charles Harris (civil servant) (1864–1943), civil servant in the British War Office * Charles Harris (Royal Navy officer) (1887–1957), British admiral * Charles A. "Bucky" Harris (), crewman of Patrol torpedo boat PT-109, patrol torpedo boat ''PT-109'', commanded by then LTJG John F. Kennedy Politics * Charles Harris (mayor) (1772–1827), American mayor of Savannah, Georgia * Charles M. Harris (1821–1896), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Charles Coffin Harris (1822–1881), lawyer w ...
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, ma