Charles Bennett may refer to:

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Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674 – 21 May 1722), known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer. Background Tankerville was the son of the book collector Bridget Bennet and John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston. ...

(1674–1722), British peer *

Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, KT (21 December 1697 – 14 March 1753), styled Lord Ossulston between 1714 and 1722, was a British peer and politician. Background Tankerville was the son of Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, ...

(1697–1753), British peer and politician *

Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (6 September 1716 – 27 October 1767), styled Lord Ossulston between 1722 and 1753, was a British peer and politician. Background Tankerville was the son of Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, and was ...

(1716–1767), British peer and politician *

Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (15 November 1743 – 10 December 1822), styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talent ...

(1776–1859), British politician *

Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (10 January 1810 – 18 December 1899), styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859, was an Peerage, English peer and Conservative Party (UK), Cons ...

(1810–1899), British peer and Conservative politician

Politicians

* Charles Bennett (Australian politician) (1894–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

Charles Bennett (high commissioner) Sir Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett (27 July 1913 – 26 November 1998) was a New Zealand broadcaster, military leader, public servant, and high commissioner to the Federation of Malaya (1959–1963). Of Māori descent, he identified with the ...

(1913–1998), New Zealand soldier and public servant *

Charles E. Bennett (politician) Charles Edward Bennett (December 2, 1910 – September 6, 2003) was an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a United States Democratic Party, Democrat who res ...

(1910–2003), American Congressman *

Charles Fox Bennett Charles James Fox Bennett (11 June 1793 in Shaftesbury, England – 5 December 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and ...

(1793–1883), merchant and politician in Newfoundland * Charles G. Bennett (1863–1914), American Congressman and Secretary of the Senate

Sportspeople

Charles Bennett (athlete) Charles Bennett (9 December 1871 – 18 December 1948) was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion. He was a member of Finchley Harriers ( ...

(1870–1949), British track and field athlete * Charles Bennett (cricketer) (1872–1921), English cricketer * Charles Bennett (defensive end, born 1963), American football defensive end * Charles Bennett (defensive end, born 1983), American football defensive end *

Charles Bennett (fighter) Charles Daniel Bennett (born November 23, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the featherweight division of Gamebred Fighting Championship. He is also a bare-knuckle boxer who has competed in Bare Knuckle Fighting C ...

(born 1979), known as "Krazy Horse", mixed martial arts fighter * Charles Bennett (footballer) (1882–?), English footballer *

Charlie Bennett Charles Wesley Bennett (November 21, 1854 – February 24, 1927) was an American professional baseball player from 1875 or 1876 through the 1893 season. He played 15 years in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, with the Milwaukee G ...

(1854–1927), American baseball player *

Chuck Bennett Charles Henry Bennett (August 9, 1907 – June 9, 1973) was an American football player and coach. He played halfback for the Indiana University football team from 1926 to 1928 and won the 1928 Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the mo ...

(1907–1973), American football halfback and coach

Scientists and academics

* Charles E. Bennett (scholar) (1858–1921), American classical scholar * Charles H. Bennett (physicist) (born 1943), American physicist and information theorist *

Charles L. Bennett Charles Leonard Bennett (born November 1956) is an American observational astrophysicist. He is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, the Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy and a Gilman Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He ...

(born 1956), American astrophysicist

Other people

Charles Bennett (actor) Charles Bennett (13 April 1891 – 15 February 1943) was an American actor who performed in vaudeville and as an extra in Hollywood talkies. Biography Charles Joseph Bennett was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and died in Hollywood, California. He ...

(1889–1943), American actor *

Charles Bennett (screenwriter) Charles Alfred Selwyn Bennett (2 August 1899 – 15 June 1995) was an English playwright, screenwriter and director probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Early life Charles Bennett was born in a disused railway carr ...

(1899–1995), English playwright and screenwriter *

Charles Alan Bennett Sir Charles Alan Bennett (9 May 1877 – 20 December 1943) was a British barrister and judge, who sat in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1929 until his death. Biography Bennett was born in Caterham, Surrey, the eldest son of Charl ...

(1877–1943), British barrister and judge * Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) (1829–1867), Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration *

Charles H. Bennett (soldier) Charles H. Bennett (18 August 1811 – 7 December 1855) was an American soldier and hotelier who was present at the discovery of gold that initiated the California Gold Rush in January 1848. He served in the United States Army and was captain of a ...

(1811–1855), present at start of California Gold Rush *

Charles Harper Bennett Charles Harper Bennett (born 1840 in London, died 1927 in Sydney) was an English photographic pioneer. He improved the gelatin silver process The gelatin silver print is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography, ...

(1840–1927), English photographer and inventor *

Charles Henry Allan Bennett Charles Henry Allan Bennett (8 December 1872 – 9 March 1923) was an English Buddhist and former member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was an early friend and influential teacher of occultist Aleister Crowley. Bennett received ...

(1872–1923), English Buddhist monk * Charles Peto Bennett (1856–1940), English timber merchant

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