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

Academics

Charles Edward Wilson (educationalist) Dr Charles Edward Wilson FRSE FSA FEIS LLD (1815–1888) was a 19th-century Scottish teacher and educationalist who was Scotland's first HM Chief Inspector of Schools following the Education (Scotland) Act 1872. Life He was born on 31 August ...

(1815–1888), Scottish teacher and educationalist * Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India *

Charles Wilson (political scientist) Sir Charles Haynes Wilson (16 May 1909 – 1 November 2002) was a Scottish political scientist and university administrator. As Principal of University College Leicester, he led the institution to university status in 1957 and served as the fir ...

(1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator *

Charles Wilson (historian) Charles Henry Wilson CBE (16 April 1914 – 1 August 1991) was an English business historian and Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge.Peter Mathias, ‘Wilson, Charles Henry (1914–1991)’, Oxford Dictionary of Nationa ...

(1914–1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor * Charles Wilson (economist), American economist and academic administrator

Arts and entertainment

Charles Heath Wilson Charles Heath Wilson (September 1809 – 3 July 1882) was an Anglo-Scottish art teacher and author. Life The eldest son of Andrew Wilson, the landscape-painter, he was born in London in September 1809. He studied art under his father, and in 1 ...

(1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author *

Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) Charles Wilson (19 June 1810 – 5 February 1863) was a Scottish architect from Glasgow. Biography Charles Wilson was the younger son of a Glasgow-based master mason and builder. After working for his father, he was articled to the 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 Charles Banks Wilson (August 6, 1918 – May 2, 2013) was an American artist. Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas in 1918; his family eventually moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he spent his childhood. A painter, printmaker, teacher, le ...

(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) Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer who served as lead vocalist for the Gap Band from its 1967 formation until its 2010 disbandment. As a solo act, Wi ...

(born 1953), American R&B singer; frontman of the Gap Band *

Ricky Wilson (singer) Charles Richard Wilson (born 17 January 1978) is an English musician and the frontman of five-piece rock band Kaiser Chiefs. Before the formation of the band, in 2003, Wilson was a member of the band Runston Parva (later known as Parva), which ...

(Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), English musician, lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on ''The Voice''

Business and industry

Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson (1827–1923) was an important figure in the history of engineering and bridge building in Victoria, Australia. Wilson was born at Brompton Square, London, on 13 February 1827. His father was Charles Corbett Wilso ...

(1827–1923), Australian civil engineer *

Charles Rivers Wilson Sir Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916) was a British civil servant and financier. Biography Wilson was born in London on 19 February 1831. He studied at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He entered the Treasury in 1856, and was privat ...

(1831–1916), British civil servant and financier *

Charles Alfred Wilson Charles Alfred Wilson (April 4, 1855 – June 3, 1935) was a leading nineteenth-century American railroad engineer and civil engineer. He was born in Conowingo, Maryland. Wilson married Carrie Ione Stevens Wilson (1858–1919) in 1883, and they ...

(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) Charles Edward Wilson (November 18, 1886 – January 3, 1972) was a CEO of General Electric. Early life Wilson left school at the age of 12 to work as a stock boy at the Sprague Electrical Works, which was acquired by the General Electric Comp ...

(1886–1972), American businessman; CEO of General Electric * Charles

Kemmons Wilson Charles Kemmons Wilson (January 5, 1913 – February 12, 2003) was an American hotelier. He is best known for founding the hotel chain Holiday Inn in the 1950s. Personal life He was born in Osceola, Arkansas, the only child of Kemmons and Ru ...

(1913–2003), American hotelier; founder of Holiday Inn chain * Charles T. Wilson (1879–1974), American businessman; crude rubber importer *

Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) Charles "Chuck" Lee Wilson Jr. (born April 23, 1968) is an American entrepreneur. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Babygrande Global, an American multi-stage diversified investment corporation based in New York. Babygrande Global cu ...

(born 1968), American entrepreneur

Law and politics

United Kingdom

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (22 April 1833 – 21 October 1907), was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business. Together with his brother he expanded the activities of the ...

(1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) *

Charles Wilson (Conservative politician) Sir Charles Henry Wilson (13 January 1859 – 30 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central, 26 July 1923 – 30 May 1929. Wilson was a councillor and alderman on Leeds ...

(1859–1930), British politician; MP for Leeds Central *

Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peerage, peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Kingston upon Hull, Hull-based shipping company that built a near- ...

(1875–1924), British politician; MP for Hull West

United States

Charles Burnett Wilson Charles Burnett "C.B." Wilson (4 July 1850 – 12 September 1926) was a British and Tahitian superintendent of the water works, fire chief under Kalākaua, King Kalākaua, and Marshal of the Kingdom under Liliuokalani, Queen Liliuokalani. Wilson ...

(1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii *

Charles Erwin Wilson Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie", he was pr ...

(1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors *

Malcolm Wilson (politician) Charles Malcolm Wilson (February 26, 1914 – March 13, 2000) was an American politician who served as the 50th governor of New York from December 18, 1973, to December 31, 1974. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1958. H ...

(Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York *

Charles H. Wilson Charles Herbert Wilson (February 15, 1917 – July 21, 1984) was a 20th-century American banker, businessman and California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. For nine terms he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fro ...

(1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman *

Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was an American politician and naval officer who was a 12-term Democratic Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into ...

(1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator *

Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) Charles A. Wilson Jr. (January 18, 1943 – April 14, 2013) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio ...

(1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator *

Charles R. Wilson (judge) Charles R. Wilson (born October 14, 1954) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Education Wilson was born in Pensacola, Florida, in 1954. He is ...

(born 1954), American federal judge * Charles Wilson (Vermont politician), state legislator in Vermont

Elsewhere

Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) Charles Wilson (April 1808 – May 4, 1877) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Background Wilson was born at Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, in 1808. He was the son of Alexander Wilson (b.1758), a native of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, who came t ...

(1808–1877), Canadian politician; senator and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec *

Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) Charles Wilson (February 5, 1841 – March 1, 1924) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1882 to 1886 as an Independent member and Vancouver City from 1903 to 1906 as a Conservative ...

(1841–1924), Canadian politician * Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament *

Charles Wilson (librarian) Charles Wilson (1 January 1857 – 9 February 1932) was a New Zealand librarian and politician of the Liberal Party. He was the first chief librarian of the General Assembly Library. Early life Wilson was born in 1857 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, ...

(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

Charles William Wilson Major general (United Kingdom), Major-General Sir Charles William Wilson (14 March 183625 October 1905) was a British Army officer, geographer and archaeologist. Early life and career He was born in Liverpool on 14 March 1836. He was educat ...

(1836–1905), English archaeologist *

Charles Branch Wilson Charles Branch Wilson (October 20, 1861 – August 18, 1941) was an American scientist, a marine biologist. He is known for his extensive work on copepods, minute crustaceans. Early life and education Charles Branch Wilson was born in Exeter, ...

(1861–1941), American marine biologist *

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish meteorologist and particle physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Compton for his invention of the cloud chamber. Education and earl ...

(1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize *

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran Charles McMoran Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, MC, PRCP (10 November 1882 – 12 April 1977) was personal doctor to Winston Churchill from 1940 until the latter's death in 1965. His book ''The Struggle for Survival'' revealed much about Churchill's ...

(1882–1977), British physician; personal doctor to Winston Churchill * Charles Byron Wilson (1929–2018), American neurosurgeon

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) Charles Albert Wilson (3 September 1864 – 22 January 1950) was a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at th ...

(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) Chuck Wilson (born February 8, 1954) is an American interviewer, reporter and sports talk radio host. Wilson was an original host when the ESPN Radio Network debuted on January 4, 1992, and has 20 years experience on national radio, including cl ...

(born 1954), American sports journalist * Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), American football wide receiver * Charles Wade Wilson (1959–2019), an American football player and coach primarily known as Wade Wilson * Chuck Wilson (sprinter) (born 1968), American sprinter

Others

Charlie Wilson (criminal) Charles Frederick Wilson (30 June 1932 – 23 April 1990) was an English career criminal. A member of the Great Train Robbery gang, of which he was treasurer. He was shot dead on the doorstep of his Marbella home in 1990. Early life Wilson wa ...

(1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang *

Charles Wilson (journalist) Charles Martin Wilson (18 August 1935 – 31 August 2022) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper executive. Early life and education Charles Martin Wilson was born in Glasgow on 18 August 1935, and educated at Eastbank Academy in the east en ...

(1935–2022), Scottish-born newspaper editor

Other uses

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