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 (1924–2011), American educator and academic *

Charles P. Adams (college president) Charles Phillip Adams (July 22, 1873 – June 27, 1961) was an American academic administrator who served a 35-year term as the founding president of the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School, which later became Grambling State University. ...

(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 no ...

(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, Massachusetts, April 21, 1842. He came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Adams, as well as of ...

(1842–1918), American poet * Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), American landscape artist *

Charles James Adams Charles James Adams (1859-1931) was an English landscape artist born in Gravesend, Kent, and second child of Charles Adams and his wife Sarah (née Crisp). Charles studied at Leicester School of Art (now De Montfort University) under Wilmot Pil ...

(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, celesta soloist *

Charlie Adams (drummer) Charlie Adams 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 Chameleon Band members of regional ro ...

(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. (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 Ute ...

(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 in the United States Air Force. Early life and education Adams was born in Sanpete County, Utah, in 1921. He attended the University of Utah for three years before enlis ...

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

Politics

Charles Adams (1770–1800) Charles Adams (May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800) was the second son of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams (née Smith). Biography As a child, smallpox had broken out killing many. He and his family got inoculated for the diseas ...

, son of John Adams; brother of John Quincy Adams *

Charles Adams (MP) Charles Adams (2 November 1753 – 15 November 1821) was a British politician who served as the Tory MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis between 1801 and 1812. He voted against the Convention of Cintra The Convention of Cintra (or Sintra) was ...

(1753–1821), British Member of Parliament * Charles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American diplomat, former ambassador, and lawyer *

Charles Francis Adams Sr. Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat. As United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the American Civil War, Adams was crucial to Union effort ...

(1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman *

Charles H. Adams (New York politician) Charles Henry Adams (April 10, 1824 – December 15, 1902) was an American politician, a manufacturer, an attorney, and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving one term from 1875 to 1877. Biography Born in Coxsackie, New York, Adams a ...

(1824–1902), U.S. Representative from New York * Charles H. Adams (Massachusetts journalist) (1859–1952), American journalist and politician *

Charles Edward Adams (politician) Charles Edward Adams (October 1, 1867 – October 6, 1936) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota's 25th Lieutenant Governor. Life and career Adams was born in Boston, Mass ...

(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 (1866–1954), U.S. Navy secretary *

Charles Edward Adams (industrialist) Charles Edward Adams (29 October 1881 – 27 January 1957) was an industrialist and a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Biography He was born on 29 October 1881 in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, Ne ...

(1881–1957), director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York *

Charles Adams (Manitoba politician) Charles Adams (February 27, 1858 – April 2, 1931) was a harness maker and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Brandon City from 1893 to 1899 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal. He was born in Norwich township, ...

(1858–1931), Canadian entrepreneur and Manitoba politician *

Charles Clinton Adams Charles Clinton Adams (October 11, 1833 – March 15, 1906) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life Adams was born on October 11, 1833, in Sennett, New York, the son of Robert G. Adams. His grandfather, Captain Jonathan Ada ...

(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 1 ...

(1814–1853), American naturalist and academic *

Charles Hitchcock Adams Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his Monochrome photography, black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association ...

(1868–1951), American astronomer *

Charles Christopher Adams Charles Christopher Adams (July 23, 1873 – May 22, 1955) was an American zoologist, born at Clinton, Illinois, and educated at Illinois Wesleyan University, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. Adams' parents were William Henry Harriso ...

(1873–1955), American zoologist *

Charles William Adams (surveyor) Charles William Adams (7 July 1840–29 October 1918) was a New Zealand surveyor, astronomer and public servant. He was born in Buckland, Tasmania, Australia on July 7th 1840. His son, Charles Edward Adams, pursued a similar career as a univ ...

(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 Adams, 1882–1968), American baseball pitcher * Charlie Adam (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 ...

(1876–1947), Boston Bruins founder *

Charlie Adams (American football) Charlie Adams (born October 23, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Early years Charlie Adams was a standout in football and track & field at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsy ...

(born 1979), American football player * Charlie Adams (Australian footballer) (1897–1986), Australian rules football player * Charlie Adams (English footballer) (born 1994), English football player

Other

Charles Francis Adams IV Charles Francis Adams IV (May 2, 1910 – January 5, 1999) was an American electronics industrialist, United States Naval officer, and great-great-great-grandson of John Adams. Early life Charles Francis Adams IV was born on May 2, 1910, in Bost ...

(1910–1999), president of Raytheon *

Charles Gilchrist Adams Charles Gilchrist Adams (born December 13, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan) served as the first Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School from 2007 to 2012. Biography Adams served as the senior pastor at ...

(born 1936), American clergyman

Ships

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