Charles or Charlie Adams may refer to:

Academics

Charles Kendall Adams Charles Kendall Adams (January 24, 1835 – July 26, 1902) was an American educator and historian. He served as the second president of Cornell University from 1885 until 1892, and as president of the University of Wisconsin from 1892 until 1901. ...

(1835–1902), American educator and historian *

Charles Joseph Adams Charles Joseph Adams (April 24, 1924 – March 23, 2011)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American academic and professor of religion. He was Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies at McGill Univers ...

(1924–2011), American educator and academic * Charles P. Adams (college president) (1873–1961), founding president of Grambling State University

Arts and entertainment

Charles Warren Adams Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of ''The Notting Hill Mystery''. This is often taken to be the first full-length detective n ...

(1833–1903), English pioneer detective novelist, lawyer and anti-vivisectionist *

Charles Follen Adams Charles Follen Adams (April 21, 1842 – March 8, 1918) was an American poet. Biography Adams was born at Dorchester, Boston, Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 21, 1842. He came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Ad ...

(1842–1918), American poet * Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), American landscape artist * Charles James Adams (1859–1931), English landscape artist * Charles Kingsley Adams (1899–1971), British civil servant; National Portrait Gallery director *

Charles R. Adams Charles R. Adams (February 9, 1834 – July 4, 1900) was an American opera singer and singing instructor. An excellent tenor and fine actor, he had a commanding stage presence and was particularly admired for his interpretations of the works of ...

(1834–1900), American opera singer * Charles Adams (1869–1937), pseudonym for

Charles A. Prince Charles Adams Prince (December 27, 1868; October 08, 1937) was an American conductor, bandleader, pianist and organist known for conducting the Columbia Orchestra and, later, Prince's Band and Orchestra.''Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound'', p. 860 ...

, celesta soloist *

Charlie Adams (drummer) Charlie Adams (born May 8, 1954) is an American drummer, best known for playing in Yanni's touring band, after having played with Yanni in the early 1980s rock band Chameleon. Adams was born in Joliet, Illinois. Music career Early life Adams w ...

(born 1954), American drummer

Military

* Charles W. Adams (Confederate general) (1817–1878), Confederate States Army officer; grandfather of Helen Keller * Charles Powell Adams (1831–1893), Brigadier General in the Union Army * Charles W. Adams (Union general) (1834–1909), Union Army general during the American Civil War *

Charles Francis Adams Jr. Charles Francis Adams Jr. (May 27, 1835 – March 20, 1915) was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890. He served as a colonel in the Union Ar ...

(1835–1915), Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad *

Charles Adams (Colorado Indian agent) Charles Adams, born Karl Adam Schwanbeck (December 19, 1845 – August 19, 1895), was a United States Army officer, US Indian agent, diplomat and businessman. In 1879 he secured the release of five hostages taken captive by the White River Ut ...

(1845–1895), American Civil War soldier and diplomat *

Charles J. Adams (U.S. Air Force general) Charles J. Adams (August 22, 1921 – May 28, 2002) was a Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Early life and education Adams was born in Sanpete County, Utah, in 1921. He attended the University o ...

(1921–2002), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General

Politics

Charles Adams (1770–1800) Charles Adams (May 29, 1770November 30, 1800) was the second son of the second President of the United States, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams (née Smith). He was also the younger brother of the sixth President of the United States, Jo ...

, son of John Adams; brother of John Quincy Adams * Charles Adams (MP) (1753–1821), British Member of Parliament * Charles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American diplomat, former ambassador, and lawyer * Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman * Charles H. Adams (New York politician) (1824–1902), U.S. Representative from New York * Charles H. Adams (Massachusetts journalist) (1859–1952), American journalist and politician * Charles Edward Adams (politician) (1867–1936), 25th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota *

Charles Bayley Adams Charles Bayley Adams (September 2, 1887 – February 6, 1961) was a Vermont politician, judge and attorney who served as President of the Vermont State Senate and a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. Early life Charles Bayley Adams was bor ...

(1887–1961), Vermont politician, judge and attorney * Charles J. Adams (Vermont politician) (1917–2008), Vermont politician and Attorney General *

Charles Francis Adams III Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the 44th United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933. He was the captain of the '' Resolut ...

(1866–1954), U.S. Navy secretary * Charles Edward Adams (industrialist) (1881–1957), director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York * Charles Adams (Manitoba politician) (1858–1931), Canadian entrepreneur and Manitoba politician * Charles Clinton Adams (1833–1906), American merchant and politician from New York

Science

Charles Baker Adams Charles Baker Adams (January 11, 1814 – January 19, 1853) was an American educator and naturalist. Biography He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1814, the son of Charles J. Adams and Hannah Baker. He graduated from Phillips Academy in ...

(1814–1853), American naturalist and academic * Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951), American astronomer *

Charles Christopher Adams Charles Christopher Adams (July 23, 1873 – May 22, 1955) was an Americans, American zoologist, born at Clinton, Illinois, Clinton, Illinois, and educated at Illinois Wesleyan University, Harvard University, Harvard, and the University of Chi ...

(1873–1955), American zoologist * Charles William Adams (surveyor) (1840–1918), New Zealand surveyor, astronomer and public servant * Charles Adams (seismologist) (1870–1945), New Zealand university lecturer, surveyor, astronomer and seismologist

Sports

Babe Adams Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams (May 18, 1882 – July 27, 1968) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1906 to 1926 who spent nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Noted for his outstanding contro ...

(Charles Benjamin Adams, 1882–1968), American baseball pitcher *

Charlie Adam Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the set-piece coach at Everton. Prior to that, he was the manager of club Fleetwood Town. Adam started hi ...

(born 1985), Scottish football player *

Charles Adams (ice hockey) Charles Francis Adams (October 18, 1876 – October 2, 1947) was an American businessman and sports promoter who was the owner of the Boston Bruins, Boston Braves, Suffolk Downs, and The First National grocery store chain. Early life Adams was b ...

(1876–1947), Boston Bruins founder * Charlie Adams (American football) (born 1979), American football player * Charlie Adams (Australian footballer) (1897–1986), Australian rules football player *

Charlie Adams (English footballer) Charles James Adams (born 16 May 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays for USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks. He is a product of the Brentford youth system and has played in England, the United States and Austr ...

(born 1994), English football player

Other

* Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), president of Raytheon * Charles Gilchrist Adams (1936–2023), American clergyman

Ships

* ''Charles F. Adams''-class destroyer, a ship class * USS ''Charles F. Adams''