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First name Charles
October 23, 2026

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

British peer and author | brother of Diana | Princess of Wales (born 1964)

Top 500 #50 Initials CS #1

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)

Top 500 #115 Initials CK #2

Charles Harrelson

American murderer and hitman | father of Woody Harrelson (1939–2007)

Top 500 #121 Initials CH #3

Charles Manson

American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)

Top 500 #351 Initials CM #2

Charles Dance

English actor (born 1946)

Top 500 #377 Initials CD #2 Me Before You

Charles I of England

King of England | Scotland | and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)

Initials CE #4

Charles II of England

King of England | Scotland | and Ireland (1630-1685)

Initials CE #5

Charles Bronson

American actor (1921–2003)

Initials CB #11

Charles de Gaulle

French general and statesman (1890–1970)

Initials CG #3

#10

Charles Furneaux

British television producer and documentary maker

Initials CF #6

#11

Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 (1500–1558)

Initials CV #1

#12

Charles Bronson

English criminal

Initials CB #11

#13

$Charles Tex Watson$

Charles Tex Watson

Manson family member | convicted murderer

Initials CW #7

#14

Charles Saatchi

British businessman (born 1943)

Initials CS #21

#15

Charles II of Spain

king of Spain | lived (1661-1700)

Initials CS #22

#16

Charles Melton

American actor (born 1991)

Initials CM #22 Her Private Hell

#17

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator | author | inventor | explorer | and social activist (1902–1974)

Initials CL #16

#18

Charles Ellis Schumer

American politician (born 1950)

Initials CS #31

#19

Charles Rocket

American actor | comedian (1949-2005)

Initials CR #16

#20

Charles Bukowski

German-American writer (1920–1994)

Initials CB #30

#21

Charles Barkley

American basketball player (born 1963)

Initials CB #31

#22

Charles J. Guiteau

American assassin (1841–1882)

Initials CG #17

#23

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

English nobleman | diplomat and military commander (1484-1545)

Initials CS #36

#24

Charles Oliveira

Brazilian martial artist

Initials CO #9

#25

Charles Cullen

Nurse convicted of killing patients

Initials CC #42

#26

Charles Burlingame

American pilot

Initials CB #35

#27

Charles Johnson

American mixed martial artist

Initials CJ #17

#28

Charles Sobhraj

French serial killer (1944-)

Initials CS #43

#29

Charles Kushner

disbarred American attorney and real estate developer

Initials CK #21

#30

Charles Grodin

American actor (1935–2021)

Initials CG #25 Rosemary's Baby

#31

Charles Jourdain

Canadian mixed martial arts fighter

Initials CJ #21

#32

Charles X of France

King of France and Navarre from 1824 to 1830 (1757–1836)

Initials CF #19

#33

Charles Esten

American actor | musician and comedian

Initials CE #17

#34

Charles Babbage

English mathematician | philosopher | and engineer (1791–1871)

Initials CB #45

#35

Charles Cooper II

U.S. Navy admiral (born 1967)

Initials CI #6

#36

Charles Edward Jones

American astronaut (1952-2001)

Initials CJ #24

#37

Charles M. Schulz

American cartoonist | comics writer | comic book artist

Initials CS #56

#38

Charles Woodson

American football player (born 1976)

Initials CW #23

#39

Charles S. Dutton

American actor | director and producer

Initials CD #27 Seven

#40

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

Initials CD #28 Scarface

#41

Charles Laughton

British-American actor (1899–1962)

Initials CL #27

#42

Charles Taylor

22nd president of Liberia

Initials CT #20

#43

Charles Whitman

American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the University of Texas Tower shooting (1941–1966)

Initials CW #31

#44

Charles VI of France

King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)

Initials CF #30

#45

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

Initials CE #25

#46

Charles Ingram

British fraudster

Initials CI #8

#47

Charles Ingalls

father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (1836–1902)

Initials CI #10

#48

Charles XII of Sweden

The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718)

Initials CS #76

#49

Charles Ponzi

Italian businessman and con artist (1882–1949)

Initials CP #41

#50

Charles III of Spain

King of Spain from 1759 to 1788

Top 500 #115 Initials CS #77

#51

Charles VII of France

monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France

Initials CF #35

#52

Charles Spurgeon

British preacher | author | pastor and evangelist

Initials CS #80

#53

Charles Graner

American soldier and war criminal

Initials CG #40

#54

Charles Gillespie

Canadian actor

Initials CG #42

#55

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (1938–1959)

Initials CS #82

#56

Charles Napier

actor

Initials CN #13 The Silence of the Lambs

#57

Charles Shaughnessy

English actor

Initials CS #85

#58

Charles IX of France

King of France (1550–1574)

Initials CF #37

#59

Charles Baker

American actor (b. 1971)

Initials CB #80 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

#60

Charles Chaplin

American actor (1925-1968)

Initials CC #95

#61

Charles George Gordon

British army officer and administrator

Initials CG #44

#62

Charles Baudelaire

French poet | essayist and art critic (1821-1867)

Initials CB #82

#63

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918

Initials CG #45

#64

Charles Malik Whitfield

American actor

Initials CW #45

#65

Charles Nelson Reilly

American comedian and actor (1931–2007)

Initials CR #45

#66

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

Initials CA #29

#67

Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer

British courtier and Liberal politician from the Spencer family

Initials CS #93

#68

Charles IV

Holy Roman Emperor

Initials CI #14

#69

Charles Milliard

administrator and pharmacist from Quebec

Initials CM #89

#70

Charles Tillman

Player of American football | defensive back | cornerback

Initials CT #26

#71

Charles Ng

Hong Kong serial killer in United States detainment

Initials CN #16

#72

Charles Wayne Chuck Day

American musician (1942-2008)

Initials CD #47

#73

Charles VIII of France

King of France (1483-1498)

Initials CF #42

#74

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

British general | colonial official | diplomat (1738–1805)

Initials CC #116

#75

Charles G. Koch

American billionaire and businessman

Initials CK #43

#76

Charles Hatfield

(1875-1958) American cloud seeder

Initials CH #70

#77

Charles Mingus Jr.

American jazz double bassist | composer and bandleader (1922–1979)

Initials CJ #40

#78

Charles Martin Smith

American actor

Initials CS #103

#79

Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

British diplomat

Initials CP #59

#80

Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan

French-Occitan captain

Initials CD #53

#81

Charles Lightoller

British sailor (1874–1952)

Initials CL #55

#82

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington

Irish peer (born 1945)

Initials CW #54

#83

Charles Taze Russell

Founder of the Bible Student Movement

Initials CR #52

#84

Charles Epstein

American geneticist

Initials CE #34

#85

Charles Joseph Minard

French engineer

Initials CM #104

#86

Charles Stanley

American television evangelist

Initials CS #122

#87

Charles Tegart

Police Commissioner of Calcutta

Initials CT #35

#88

Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

British soldier and Conservative politician (1871-1934)

Initials CM #107

#89

Charles Gibson

American journalist

Initials CG #54

#90

Charles R. Schwab

American entrepreneur

Initials CS #126

#91

Charles the Bold

last Valois Duke of Burgundy

Initials CB #124

#92

Charles Gray

English actor

Initials CG #55 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#93

Charles IV of Spain

King of Spain (1788-1808)

Initials CS #129

#94

Charles Martinet

American actor and voice actor

Initials CM #120

#95

Charles Perrault

French author

Initials CP #73 Bluebeard

#96

Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara

British businessman and photographer

Initials CK #59

#97

Charles Parnell

American actor

Initials CP #75 Top Gun: Maverick

#98

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1764-1845)

Initials CG #63

#99

Charles V of France

King of France

Initials CF #53

#100

Charles Boyer

actor

Initials CB #138

#101

Charles De Ketelaere

Belgian footballer (born 2001)

Initials CK #63

#102

Charles Coughlin

Catholic priest | radio commentator

Initials CC #170

#103

Charles Addams

American cartoonist (1912–1988)

Initials CA #48

#104

Charles Booker

American politician

Initials CB #145

#105

Charles Michael Davis

American actor

Initials CD #69

#106

Charles Bennett

American martial artist

Initials CB #147

#107

Charles Sturridge

English director and screenwriter

Initials CS #144

#108

Charles Haley

American football player

Initials CH #89

#109

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Initials CE #39

#110

Charles Josselin

French politician

Initials CJ #51

#111

Charles Fleischer

American stand-up comedian

Initials CF #58 Zodiac

#112

Charles Lee

British military diplomat and general of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence (1731-1782)

Initials CL #77

#113

Charles Hawtrey

English film actor (1914-1988)

Initials CH #100

#114

Charles Napoléon

French politician

Initials CN #27

#115

Charles Sumner

American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)

Initials CS #166

#116

Charles the Simple

King of West Francia

Initials CS #169

#117

Charles Alvin Beckwith

Innovative U.S. Army officer

Initials CB #172

#118

Charles Evans Hughes

American judge

Initials CH #107

#119

Charles Fefferman

American mathematician

Initials CF #62

#120

Charles Carroll

American planter and signatory of the Declaration of Independence

Initials CC #206

#121

Charles Wright

American professional wrestler

Initials CW #98

#122

Charles Oakley

American basketball player

Initials CO #38

#123

Charles Hallahan

actor

Initials CH #110 The Thing

#124

Charles Scorsese

American actor

Initials CS #181 Goodfellas

#125

Charles Vane

British pirate

Initials CV #26

#126

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish architect | designer | water colourist and artist

Initials CM #161

#127

Charles Sanders Peirce

American philosopher | logician | mathematician | and scientist

Initials CP #101

#128

Charles Stewart Parnell

Irish politician

Initials CP #102

#129

Charles Louis Fleischmann

Czech-American businessman (1835-1897)

Initials CF #69

#130

Charles Stuart

American abolitionist

Initials CS #188

#131

Charles Kelley

American singer-songwriter

Initials CK #83

#132

Charles Curtis

vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Initials CC #223

#133

Charles Murray

American libertarian political scientist | author | and columnist

Initials CM #166

#134

Charles IV of France

King of France

Initials CF #72

#135

Charles Alden Black

California businessman known for aquaculture and oceanography

Initials CB #205

#136

Charles Robert Jenkins

United States Army soldier

Initials CJ #60

#137

Charles Bradley

American funk/soul/R&B singer

Initials CB #208

#138

Charles B. McVay III

United States Navy officer

Initials CI #23

#139

Charles Goodnight

American cattle rancher (1836-1929)

Initials CG #93

#140

Charles Adams

Son of John and Abigail Adams

Initials CA #70

#141

Charles Cyphers

American actor

Initials CC #248 Halloween

#142

Charles McGraw

American actor

Initials CM #180

#143

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

Initials CS #210

#144

Charles Taylor

Canadian philosopher

Initials CT #72

#145

Charles Davis

American football player

Initials CD #106

#146

Charles Boycott

British land agent

Initials CB #226

#147

Charles Shyer

American film director | screenwriter | television producer and television writer (1941-2024)

Initials CS #215

#148

Charles Teo

Australian neurosurgeon

Initials CT #78

#149

Charles Atlas

American bodybuilder (1892-1972)

Initials CA #78

#150

Charles Chaplin, Sr.

English music hall entertainer

Initials CS #223

#151

Charles Robinson

American actor

Initials CR #117 Apocalypse Now

#152

Charles Babalola

British actor

Initials CB #239

#153

Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby

British noble; (born 1999)

Initials CG #108

#154

Charles R. Drew

American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)

Initials CD #117

#155

Charles Simonyi

Hungarian-American computer software executive

Initials CS #233

#156

Charles Joughin

British Cook | Titanic survivor

Initials CJ #71

#157

Charles Q. Brown Jr.

American military officer

Initials CJ #72

#158

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher

Initials CF #90

#159

Charles Bishop Kuralt

American journalist | correspondent | news anchor (1934-1997)

Initials CK #102

#160

Charles Nicoletti

American mobster

Initials CN #42

#161

Charles Hurt

American journalist and political commentator

Initials CH #158

#162

Charles IX of Sweden

King of Sweden

Initials CS #236

#163

Charles McAdoo

American baseball player

Initials CM #214

#164

Charles Kimbrough

American actor

Initials CK #103

#165

Charles Herbert

Former actor

Initials CH #163

#166

Charles A. Elcan

American business executive

Initials CE #57

#167

Charles Lamb

English essayist

Initials CL #115

#168

Charles Duke

American engineer | U.S. Air Force officer | test pilot | and NASA astronaut (born 1935)

Initials CD #130

#169

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer

Initials CW #134

#170

Charles G. Dawes

United States Army general

Initials CD #134

#171

Charles Haid

American actor and director

Initials CH #168

#172

Charles Krauthammer

American journalist

Initials CK #111

#173

Charles Goodell

American politician

Initials CG #113

#174

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor | politician and diplomat

#175

Charles Léon

illegitimate son of Napoleon I (1806-1881)

Initials CL #122

#176

Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay

English hereditary peer and barrister (born 1975)

#177

Charles Victor Thompson

American murderer

Initials CT #84

#178

Charles O'Brien

teamsters organizer linked to Jimmy Hoffa

Initials CO #57

#179

Charles Bickford

actor

#180

Charles Albert of Sardinia

King of Sardinia

#181

Charles H. Percy

Businessman; U.S. senator

Initials CP #143

#182

Charles Dera

American pornographic actor

Initials CD #142

#183

Charles Haughey

7th Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981; 1982; 1987 to 1992

Initials CH #177

#184

Charles Van Doren

American academic

Initials CD #144

#185

Charles R. Conn

American academic administrator

#186

Charles Band

American film director

#187

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman

Initials CF #97

#188

Charles Maurras

French author and poet

Initials CM #250

#189

Charles Kennedy

British politician (1959-2015)

Initials CK #118

#190

Charles Grandison Finney

American writer

Initials CF #99

#191

Charles Levin

American actor

Initials CL #131

#192

Charles Colson

Lawyer | public servant | Christian advocate

#193

Charles Matthau

film and television director and actor

#194

Charles Ives

American modernist composer

Initials CI #28

#195

Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

French politician

#196

Charles M. Schwab

United States capitalist and public official

#197

Charles Edward Trevelyan

colonial administrator

Initials CT #101

#198

Charles Dolan

American billionaire businessman (1926–2024)

Initials CD #154

#199

Charles Williams

British poet | novelist | theologian | literary critic | and member of the Inklings

Initials CW #149

#200

Charles Halford

American actor

Initials CH #189 Lucifer

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First name Charles
October 23, 2026