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First name Charles
September 17, 2025 to October 7, 2025

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022

Top 500 #99 Initials CK #2

Charles Manson

American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)

Top 500 #276 Initials CM #1

Charles Ellis Schumer

American politician (born 1950) | Minority Leader of the United States Senate (2017-2021) and again since 2025

Initials CS #6

Charles Sobhraj

French serial killer (1944-)

Initials CS #7

Charles I of England

monarch of the three kingdoms of England | Scotland | and Ireland (1600-1649)

Initials CE #4

Charles II of England

British monarch from 1660 to 1685

Initials CE #5

Charles Bronson

American actor (1921–2003)

Initials CB #8 Once Upon a Time in the West

Charles Bronson

English criminal

Initials CB #8

Charles II of Spain

king of Spain | lived (1661-1700)

Initials CS #14

#10

Charles de Gaulle

French general and statesman (1890–1970)

Initials CG #9 A Bridge Too Far

#11

Charles Harrelson

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

Initials CH #10

#12

Charles Tillman

Player of American football | defensive back | cornerback

Initials CT #8

#13

Charles Dance

English actor | screenwriter and director

Initials CD #9 The King's Man

#14

Charles Kushner

disbarred American attorney and real estate developer

Initials CK #11

#15

Charles Lindbergh

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

Initials CL #8

#16

$Charles Tex Watson$

Charles Tex Watson

Manson family member | convicted murderer

Initials CW #11

#17

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (1938-1959)

Initials CS #25

#18

Charles Cullen

Nurse convicted of killing patients

Initials CC #41

#19

Charles Rocket

American actor | comedian (1949-2005)

Initials CR #16 Hocus Pocus

#20

Charles Bukowski

German-American writer (1920–1994)

Initials CB #32

#21

Charles Addams

American cartoonist (1912–1988)

Initials CA #17

#22

Charles Oliveira

Brazilian martial artist

Initials CO #9

#23

Charles M. Schulz

American cartoonist | known for creating the comic strip | Peanuts

Initials CS #35

#24

Charles X of France

King of France from 1824 to 1830

Initials CF #17

#25

Charles Babbage

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

Initials CB #35

#26

Charles Barkley

American basketball player

Initials CB #37

#27

Charles Woodson

American football player (born 1976)

Initials CW #16

#28

Charles XII of Sweden

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

Initials CS #46

#29

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

Initials CD #24 The Sting

#30

Charles Whitman

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

Initials CW #17

#31

Charles S. Dutton

American actor | director and producer

Initials CD #26 Seven

#32

Charles Grodin

American actor (1935–2021)

Initials CG #25 Rosemary's Baby

#33

Charles Esten

American actor | musician and comedian

Initials CE #22

#34

Charles Q. Brown Jr.

American military officer

Initials CJ #21

#35

Charles Haley

American football player

Initials CH #39

#36

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

Army officer (1938–2025)

Initials CC #75

#37

Charles Ingram

British fraudster

Initials CI #6

#38

Charles IX of France

King of France

Initials CF #22

#39

Charles Kennedy

British politician (1959-2015)

Initials CK #30

#40

Charles Malik Whitfield

American actor

Initials CW #24

#41

Charles VI of France

King of France from 1380 to 1422

Initials CF #23

#42

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

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

Initials CS #65

#43

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

English nobleman | diplomat and military commander

Initials CS #66

#44

Charles Laughton

British-American actor (1899–1962)

Initials CL #34

#45

Charles Taylor

22nd president of Liberia

Initials CT #23

#46

Charles G. Koch

American billionaire and businessman

Initials CK #32

#47

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

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

Initials CG #35

#48

Charles J. Guiteau

American assassin (1841–1882)

Initials CG #37

#49

Charles VII of France

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

Initials CF #27

#50

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918

Initials CG #38

#51

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

Initials CE #26

#52

Charles Shaughnessy

English actor

Initials CS #72

#53

Charles III of Spain

King of Spain from 1759 to 1788

Top 500 #99 Initials CS #73

#54

Charles Boyer

actor

Initials CB #71 Barefoot in the Park (film)

#55

Charles R. Schwab

American entrepreneur

Initials CS #81

#56

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

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

Initials CC #95

#57

Charles Stanley

American television evangelist

Initials CS #82

#58

Charles Ponzi

Italian businessman and con artist (1882–1949)

Initials CP #42

#59

Charles Gray

English actor

Initials CG #44 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#60

Charles Baudelaire

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

Initials CB #83 Les Fleurs du mal

#61

Charles Taze Russell

Founder of the Bible Student Movement

Initials CR #41

#62

Charles Coughlin

Catholic priest | radio commentator

Initials CC #103

#63

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

Initials CA #36

#64

Charles VIII of France

King of France (1483-1498)

Initials CF #32

#65

Charles Spurgeon

British preacher | author | pastor and evangelist

Initials CS #101

#66

Charles Nelson Reilly

American comedian and actor (1931–2007)

Initials CR #45

#67

Charles Hurt

American journalist and political commentator

Initials CH #61

#68

Charles Robinson

American professional wrestling referee and former professional wrestler

Initials CR #51

#69

Charles Lee

British military diplomat and general of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence

Initials CL #51

#70

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington

Irish peer (born 1945)

Initials CW #46

#71

Charles Mingus Jr.

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

Initials CJ #34

#72

Charles Wayne Chuck Day

American musician (1942-2008)

Initials CD #50

#73

Charles Chaplin

American actor (1925-1968)

Initials CC #129

#74

Charles Bishop Kuralt

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

Initials CK #43

#75

Charles George Gordon

British army officer and administrator

Initials CG #55

#76

Charles Ingalls

Pa in Little House on the Prairie

Initials CI #13

#77

Charles Lightoller

British sailor (1874–1952)

Initials CL #56

#78

Charles Van Doren

American academic

Initials CD #54

#79

Charles Graner

American soldier and war criminal

Initials CG #63

#80

Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

British soldier and Conservative politician (1871-1934)

Initials CM #114

#81

Charles Ng

Hong Kong serial killer in United States detainment

Initials CN #17

#82

Charles Baker

American actor (b. 1971)

Initials CB #124 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

#83

Charles IV of Spain

King of Spain (1788-1808)

Initials CS #122

#84

Charles Martinet

American actor and voice actor

Initials CM #117

#85

Charles Martin Smith

American actor

Initials CS #123 Deep Impact

#86

Charles the Bold

last Valois Duke of Burgundy

Initials CB #125

#87

Charles Dierkop

American actor

Initials CD #57 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

#88

Charles Sumner

American abolitionist and politician

Initials CS #129

#89

Charles Saatchi

British businessman

Initials CS #130

#90

Charles Napier

actor

Initials CN #20 The Silence of the Lambs

#91

Charles Kelley

American singer-songwriter

Initials CK #59

#92

Charles V of France

King of France

Initials CF #51

#93

Charles Hawtrey

English film actor (1914-1988)

Initials CH #83

#94

Charles Evans Hughes

American judge

Initials CH #88

#95

Charles Vane

British pirate

Initials CV #18

#96

Charles Kalani

American professional wrestler

Initials CK #66 The Running Man

#97

Charles Stewart Parnell

Irish politician

Initials CP #88

#98

Charles Colson

Lawyer | public servant | Christian advocate

Initials CC #192

#99

Charles I, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany

Initials CB #152

#100

Charles Perrault

French author

Initials CP #91 Bluebeard

#101

Charles Parnell

American actor

Initials CP #92 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

#102

Charles the Simple

King of West Francia

Initials CS #162

#103

Charles Duke

American engineer | U.S. Air Force officer | test pilot | and NASA astronaut

Initials CD #69

#104

Charles Curtis

vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Initials CC #204

#105

Charles Gillespie

Canadian actor

Initials CG #91 Splitsville

#106

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Initials CE #40

#107

Charles Gibson

American journalist

Initials CG #92

#108

Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan

French-Occitan captain

Initials CD #71

#109

Charles Wright

American professional wrestler

Initials CW #82

#110

Charles Michael Davis

American actor

Initials CD #74

#111

Charles Scorsese

American actor

Initials CS #176 Goodfellas

#112

Charles Sanders Peirce

American philosopher | logician | mathematician | and scientist

Initials CP #100

#113

Charles Matthau

film and television director and actor

Initials CM #148

#114

Charles Krauthammer

American journalist

Initials CK #81

#115

Charles Napoléon

French politician

Initials CN #29

#116

Charles Alden Black

California businessman known for aquaculture and oceanography

Initials CB #178

#117

Charles Alvin Beckwith

Innovative U.S. Army officer

Initials CB #179

#118

Charles Oakley

American basketball player

Initials CO #37

#119

Charles Fleischer

American stand-up comedian

Initials CF #69 A Nightmare on Elm Street

#120

Charles IV of France

King of France

Initials CF #70

#121

Charles Hallahan

actor

Initials CH #124 The Thing

#122

Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara

British businessman and photographer

Initials CK #86

#123

Charles Simonyi

Hungarian-American computer software executive

Initials CS #191

#124

Charles Joughin

British Cook | Titanic survivor

Initials CJ #59

#125

Charles De Ketelaere

Belgian association football player (born 2001)

Initials CK #87

#126

Charles Bradley

American funk/soul/R&B singer

Initials CB #183

#127

Charles Levin

American actor

Initials CL #89

#128

Charles Goodnight

American cattle rancher (1836-1929)

Initials CG #105

#129

Charles Goodell

American politician

Initials CG #106

#130

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish architect | designer | water colourist and artist

Initials CM #172

#131

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

Initials CS #200

#132

Charles Carroll

American planter and signatory of the Declaration of Independence

Initials CC #233

#133

Charles Murray

American libertarian political scientist | author | and columnist

Initials CM #177

#134

Charles Delevingne

English property developer

Initials CD #91

#135

Charles Lawson

Northern Irish actor

Initials CL #93

#136

Charles Taylor

Canadian philosopher

Initials CT #65

#137

Charles B. McVay III

United States Navy officer

Initials CI #20

#138

Charles Bickford

actor

Initials CB #204

#139

Charles Sabini

English mobster

Initials CS #219

#140

Charles Adams

Son of John and Abigail Adams

Initials CA #87

#141

Charles Cyphers

American actor

Initials CC #233 Halloween

#142

Charles Tyner

American actor

Initials CT #71 Jeremiah Johnson

#143

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher

Initials CF #82

#144

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Mathematician and electrical engineer

Initials CS #224

#145

Charles Robert Jenkins

United States Army soldier

Initials CJ #74

#146

Charles R. Drew

American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)

Initials CD #106

#147

Charles G. Dawes

United States Army general

Initials CD #107

#148

Charles Boycott

British land agent

Initials CB #220

#149

Charles Dera

American pornographic actor

Initials CD #111

#150

Charles Albert of Sardinia

King of Sardinia

Initials CS #234

#151

Charles Haughey

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

Initials CH #149

#152

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman

Initials CF #88

#153

Charles M. Schwab

United States capitalist and public official

Initials CS #240

#154

Charles Bennett

American martial artist

Initials CB #231

#155

Charles Dolan

American billionaire businessman (1926–2024)

Initials CD #125

#156

Charles Maurras

French author and poet

Initials CM #219

#157

Charles Kimbrough

American actor

Initials CK #118

#158

Charles Lamb

English essayist

Initials CL #120

#159

Charles IX of Sweden

King of Sweden

Initials CS #250

#160

Charles Atlas

American bodybuilder (1892-1972)

Initials CA #99

#161

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor | politician and diplomat

#162

Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton

British politician | peer and barrister

Initials CT #91

#163

Charles Chaplin, Sr.

English music hall entertainer

#164

Charles Grandison Finney

American writer

Initials CF #96

#165

Charles Sturridge

English director and screenwriter

#166

Charles Heung

Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter

Initials CH #160

#167

Charles Ives

American modernist composer

Initials CI #23

#168

Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

French politician

#169

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

Initials CG #139

#170

Charles Albright

serial killer

Initials CA #103

#171

Charles W. Scharf

American businessman (born 1965)

#172

Charles Fort

American writer

Initials CF #97

#173

Charles Hoskinson

American mathematician

Initials CH #165

#174

Charles O'Brien

teamsters organizer linked to Jimmy Hoffa

Initials CO #54

#175

Charles Schmid

American serial killer

#176

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer

Initials CW #150

#177

Charles A. McCall

American politician

#178

Charles Jourdain

Canadian mixed martial arts fighter

Initials CJ #87

#179

Charles W. Fairbanks

American politician | Senator | later Vice-President of the US

Initials CF #102

#180

Charles Nicoletti

American mobster

Initials CN #43

#181

Charles Bluhdorn

American industrialist

#182

Charles Michel

Belgian politician | former Prime Minister of Belgium | President of the European Council

#183

Charles I of Naples

King of Sicily

Initials CN #45

#184

Charles Portis

American writer

Initials CP #156

#185

Charles Léon

illegitimate son of Napoleon I (1806-1881)

Initials CL #139

#186

Charles Band

American film director

#187

Charles Pfizer

German-American chemist

Initials CP #158

#188

Charles Coburn

American film and theater actor

Initials CC #233

#189

Charles B. Rangel

former congressman from Harlem | New York

Initials CR #146

#190

Charles Rolls

English motoring and aviation pioneer | co-founder of Rolls-Royce

Initials CR #148

#191

Charles S. Howard

American businessman and racehorse owner

Initials CH #185

#192

Charles I of Hungary

King of Hungary

Initials CH #186

#193

Charles Aidman

American stage | film | and television actor

Initials CA #115

#194

Charles Louis Fleischmann

Czech-American businessman (1835-1897)

Initials CF #110

#195

Charles Frederick Worth

English fashion designer

Initials CW #158

#196

Charles McGraw

American actor

The Birds

#197

Charles of Valois

Emperor of Constantinople

Initials CV #48

#198

Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

German Monarch

#199

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Austrian warrior

Initials CL #146

#200

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

American politician

Initials CP #167

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First name Charles
September 17, 2025 to October 7, 2025