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* Char Fontane, American actress *

Char Margolis Char Margolis is an American author and self-proclaimed psychic medium. Margolis's claims to have paranormal abilities have been criticised by several media outlets which suggest she uses standard cold reading and hot reading tricks to per ...

, American spiritualist *

René Char René Émile Char (; 14 June 1907 – 19 February 1988) was a French poet and member of the French Resistance. Biography Char was born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department of France, the youngest of the four children of Emile ...

(1907–1988), French poet *The Char family of Colombia: ** Fuad Char, Colombian senator ** Alejandro Char Chaljub, mayor of Barranquilla **

Arturo Char Chaljub Arturo Char Chaljub (born 5 November 1967) is a former Senator of Colombia. Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London. Family Arturo comes from a well established and influential, Syrian- Arab-Col ...

, Colombian senator **

David Char Navas David Char Navas is a Colombian politician who served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 2002 to 2006 and as Senator of Colombia from 2006 to 2008. He was forced to resign to his seat in the Senate due to controversies ...

, Colombian senator **Sofia Daccarett Char, better known as

Sofia Carson Sofía Daccarett Char (born April 10, 1993), known professionally as Sofia Carson, is an American actress and singer. Her first appearance on television was as a guest star on the Disney Channel series '' Austin & Ally''. In 2015, she received ...

, American actress and singer *

Char (musician) , known professionally as Char, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of Japan's greatest guitar players. In 2003, Char was ranked by HMV Japan at number 38 on their list of the 100 most important ...

, stage name of Japanese musician Hisato Takenaka (born 1955)

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River Char The River Char is a river in Dorset. The Char runs a few miles from Bettiscombe to Charmouth, passing Pilsdon and Whitchurch Canonicorum Whitchurch Canonicorum () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Mar ...

, a river in Dorset, England *

Char (chemistry) Char is the solid material that remains after light gases (e.g. coal gas) and tar have been driven out or released from a carbonaceous material during the initial stage of combustion, which is known as carbonization, charring, devolatilization o ...

, the solid material that forms during the initial stage of combustion of a carbonaceous material * Char (fish), a common name for fishes in the genus ''Salvelinus'', including Arctic char *

Char Aznable , born and also gone by the name , is a fictional character from the '' Gundam'' franchise. He is originally one of the main antagonists in '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' working for the Principality of Zeon, named after his late father Zeon Zum Deik ...

, a fictional character from the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' series *A char in ANSI/ISO C is a value holding one byte (which was the size of a character in legacy encodings such as ASCII) *A common slang term for

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

throughout the British Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries *A

charwoman A charwoman (also chargirl, charlady or char) is an old-fashioned occupational term, referring to a paid part-time worker who comes into a house or other building to clean it for a few hours of a day or week, as opposed to a maid, who usually ...

, a cleaning woman *A

characteristic (algebra) In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring , often denoted , is defined to be the smallest number of times one must use the ring's multiplicative identity (1) in a sum to get the additive identity (0). If this sum never reaches the additive id ...

of a ring in mathematics *Any French tank (from ''char d'assaut''), but more specifically one with a short designation such as: **

Char B1 The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before World War II. The Char B1 was a specialised break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret ...

, a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War ** Char 2C, a super-heavy French tank developed during the First World War **

Char D1 The Char D1 was an Interwar French light tank. The French plan of 1926, calling for the creation of a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development of the existing Renault NC1 prototype into the Char D1. One hundred and sixty vehicles of th ...

, a pre-World War II French tank ** Char D2, a French tank of the Interbellum ** Char G1, a French replacement project for the Char D2 medium tank

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