Charles or Charlie Brown may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Music

Charlie Brown (singer) Charlie Brown (born 20 October 1986) is a British singer and songwriter from London. He supported N-Dubz star Dappy on his UK tour in 2012. His single "On My Way (Charlie Brown song), On My Way" was released by All Around the World Productions. ...

(born 1986), British singer * Charlie Brown (born 1970), American rapper and member of

Leaders of the New School Leaders of the New School was an American hip hop group based in Long Island, New York. History The crew was composed of Uniondale, New York, natives Charlie Brown (born Bryan Higgins on September 19, 1970) and Dinco D (born James Jackson on No ...

Charles Brown (musician) Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven ...

(1922–1999), American blues singer

Other arts and entertainment

Charlie Brown (DJ) Ed Weiss ( – October 8, 2022), known on air as Charlie Brown, was an American disc jockey and host of the syndicated beach music program ''On the Beach with Charlie Brown'', heard on nearly 40 stations, mostly in The Carolinas, Virginia and Geor ...

(–2022), American radio DJ *

Charles Brockden Brown Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period. He is generally regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore C ...

(1771–1810), American novelist *

Charles D. Brown Charles D. Brown (July 1, 1887 – November 25, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Brown wrote and directed a single short film in 1914. As an actor, he appeared in more than 100 films, stretching fro ...

(1887–1948), American stage and film actor *

Charles Brown (actor) Charles Brown (January 15, 1946 – January 8, 2004) was an American actor and a member of New York City, New York theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company. He was best known for his performances in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays by Samm-Art Will ...

(1946–2004), American actor with Negro Ensemble Company * Charles Hopel Brown (born 1964), Jamaican writer

Military

* Charlie Brown of the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident (1922–2008), American World War II pilot *

Charles Brown (Royal Navy officer) Charles Brown (c. 1678 – 23 March 1753) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the Nine Years' War, and the Wars of the Spanish Succession, Quadruple Alliance and Austrian Succession. Brown entered the navy in about 1695, ...

(c. 1678–1753), Royal Navy officer * Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1841–1919), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *

Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1872) Charles Brown (1849–?) was a U.S. Marine who received the United States' highest honor for bravery, the Medal of Honor. He was born in New York City, and enlisted in the Marine Corps from Hong Kong in June 1870, aboard the warship . His Medal of ...

(1849–?), American 1871 Korean Expedition Marine and Medal of Honor recipient * Charles Henry Brown (1872–1917), New Zealand Army officer who served during World War I *

Charles R. Brown Charles Randall Brown (23 December 1899 – 8 December 1983) was a United States Navy four-star admiral. Brown was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1917, graduating in 1921. He was assigned to in July and then transferred ...

(1899–1983), United States Navy four-star admiral *

Charles Q. Brown Jr. Charles Quinton Brown Jr. (born 1962) is a United States Air Force four-star general who serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African American to be appointed as chief of staff and the first African American to le ...

(born 1962), Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force *

Sir Charles Richmond Brown, 4th Baronet Sir Charles Frederick Richmond Brown, 4th Baronet TD DL (6 December 1902 – 9 July 1995) was a British soldier. Early life Charles Frederick Richmond Brown was born on 6 December 1902. He was the son of Frederick Richmond Brown and Anne Luxmoor ...

, British soldier

Politics

United States

* Charlie Brown (Georgia politician) (1903–1995), Atlanta politician for whom the airport Charlie Brown Field is named *

Charlie Brown (Indiana politician) Charlie Brown (born March 8, 1938) is a former American politician who is a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives representing the 3rd District (1982-2018). Brown, who is African-American, is a member of the Indiana Black L ...

(born 1938), Indiana State Representative *

Charlie Brown (West Virginia politician) Charles Gailey Brown III (born June 6, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of West Virginia. First elected in 1984 and reelected in 1988, he resigned in 1989 in exchange for an end to a grand jury investigat ...

(born 1950), West Virginia attorney general *

Charles Brown (congressman) Charles Brown (September 23, 1797 – September 4, 1883) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1841 to 1843 and Pen ...

(1797–1883), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

Charles Brown (mayor) Charles Brown (September 28, 1873 – February 8, 1943) was mayor of Murray, Utah from 1906 to 1909. He was the first mayor of Murray to serve two terms. From 1898 to 1933 he engaged in the grocery business in Murray. He was active in the LDS Ch ...

(1873–1943), mayor of Murray, Utah, 1906–1909 *

Charles Brown (Wisconsin politician) Charles Brown (June 24, 1828 - ?) was an American farmer from Brookfield Center, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Waukesha County during the 1872 term (the 25th Wisconsin Legislature) ...

(born 1828), Wisconsin state assemblyman *

Charles Elwood Brown Charles Elwood Brown (July 4, 1834 – May 22, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brown attended the common schools and Greenfield Academy, He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1854. He we ...

(1834–1904), U.S. Representative from Ohio *

Charles Harrison Brown Charles Harrison Brown (October 22, 1920 – June 10, 2003) was a two-term U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district from 1957–61, and is the most recent Democrat to serve from that district. Brown was born in Coweta, ...

(1920–2003), U.S. Representative from Missouri *

Charles Henry Brown (politician) Charles Henry Brown (March 7, 1904 – April 26, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician who served as speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Early life Charles Henry Brown was born in Whiting, Vermont, on March 7, 1904. He gr ...

(1904–1959), Vermont lawyer and politician

Other countries

Charles Brown (Australian politician) Dr Charles Victor Watson Brown (24 May 1895 – 1 May 1970) was an Australian politician. He was the Independent member for Gregory in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1939 to 1941. Brown was born in Paddington in Sydney and w ...

(1895–1970), Australian politician from Queensland *

Charles Brown (Labour politician) Charles Brown (1884 – 22 December 1940) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Cromford in Derbyshire, Brown became a hosiery worker in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was involved in the labour movement, as an educational organiser for th ...

(1884–1940), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Mansfield, 1929–1940 *

Charles Brown (New Zealand politician) Charles Brown (1820 – 2 September 1901) was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area. Personal life Brown was born in London, England, the son of Charles Armitage Brown (the close friend and biographer of the poet John Keats) and Abig ...

(1820–1901), from Taranaki *

Charles Hunter Brown Charles Hunter Brown (1825–1898) was a New Zealand politician from Canterbury, New Zealand. He represented Christchurch Country Christchurch Country was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1853 to 1 ...

(1825–1898), New Zealand politician from Canterbury

Religion

Charles Arthur Brown Charles Arthur Brown, M.M. (August 20, 1919 – May 14, 1997) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Bolivia. He served as th ...

(1919–1997), American Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz, Bolivia * Charles E. Brown Jr. (1911–1996), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army *

Charles John Brown Charles John Brown (born 13 October 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an apostolic nuncio since 2012. He is currently the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. Before entering the diplomatic se ...

(born 1959), American Catholic Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines *

Charles John Brown (moderator) Charles John Brown (1806–1884) was a Scottish minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland from 1872 to 1873. Life He was born in Aberdeen on 21 August 1806, the youngest of five sons of Al ...

(1806–1884), Scottish minister *

Charles Oliver Brown Charles Oliver Brown lived to the age of 93 (1848–1941). His life experiences began early when at the age of 11 he drove a team on the canal from Toledo to Cincinnati ( Miami and Erie Canal). He served as a bugler in the American Civil War at age ...

(1848–1941), Congregational Minister and bugler in the American Civil War *

Charles Reynolds Brown Charles Reynolds Brown (October 1, 1862 – November 28, 1950) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator, born in Bethany, W. Va. He graduated at the University of Iowa in 1883 and studied theology in Boston University. He lectured ...

(1862–1950), American Congregational clergyman and educator *

Charles Rufus Brown Charles Rufus Brown (1849–1914) was an American Baptist clergyman and biblical scholar. He did not originally intend such a career, even though his father was a Baptist clergyman. Aiming at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ...

(1849–1914), American Baptist clergyman and Semitic scholar

Sports

American football

* Charlie Brown (defensive back) (born 1942), National Football League and Canadian Football League player *

Charlie Brown (running back) Charles Robert Brown (born October 16, 1945) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He attended the University of Missouri. He went on to play with the New Orleans Saints from 1967 to 1968. Foll ...

(born 1945), National Football League player * Charlie Brown (wide receiver, born 1948) (born 1948), National Football League player *

Charlie Brown (wide receiver, born 1958) Charles Brown (born October 29, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played for the Washington Redskins, helping them win Super Bowl XVII ...

(born 1958), National Football League player *

Charles Brown (offensive lineman) Charles Rashad Jamaal Brown (born April 10, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints, New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at USC. Early year ...

(born 1987), American football player * Charles Edwin Brown (born 1936), American football offensive lineman *

Charles H. Brown (American football) Charles Hunt Brown (October 10, 1886 – May 16, 1963) was an American college football player and coach and judge. He was a standout Guard (gridiron football), guard for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams at Vanderbilt Unive ...

(1886–1963), American college football player and coach, judge

Association football

* Charlie Brown (Australian footballer) (1896–1956), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood * Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1941), Australian rules footballer for Carlton *

Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1898) Charles Brown (14 January 1898 – 2 February 1979) was an English footballer who played at outside-right for Southampton and Queens Park Rangers in the 1920s. Football career Brown was born in Stakeford, Northumberland and played for his loc ...

(1898–1979), English footballer with Southampton and Queens Park Rangers * Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1999), English footballer with Milton Keynes Dons * Charlie Brown (Scottish footballer) (1924–2019), Scottish footballer who played for Queen of the South

Other sports

* Charlie Brown (baseball) (1871–1938), American baseball player * Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball) (born 1997), American professional basketball player *

Charlie Brown (basketball, born 1936) Charles Brown (February 24, 1936 – August 26, 2022), nicknamed Sweet Charlie, was an American basketball player, known for his All-American college career at Seattle University, as well as his role as a part of two championship teams at DuSab ...

, American college basketball player *

Charles Brown (boxer) Charles Brown (born February 28, 1939) is a former amateur boxer from the United States who won the bronze medal in the Featherweight (−57 kg) division at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. At the Pan American Games he won a silver medal in 1959 and a b ...

(born 1939), American Olympic bronze medalist *

Charlie Brown (boxer) Charlie "Choo Choo" Brown (born April 5, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional boxer who was the IBF Lightweight champion of the world. Pro career Known as "Choo-Choo" Brown, Brown turned pro in 1979 and capture ...

(born 1958), American boxer * Charles Brown (cricketer, born 1815) (1815–1875), English cricketer * Charles Brown (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1917), Australian-born English cricketer * Charles Brown (ice hockey) (born 1947), American ice hockey player *

Charles Brown (roque player) Charles Brown (March 12, 1867 – June 7, 1937) was an American roque player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an internat ...

(1867–1937), American Olympic bronze medalist *

Charles Brown (rugby union, born 1887) Charles Brown (19 December 1887 – 2 April 1966) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Brown represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913 and 1920. He played nine ma ...

(1887–1966), New Zealand rugby union player *

Charlie Brown (rugby union, born 1878) Charlie Brown (29 January 1878 – 18 June 1944) was a South African international rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th cent ...

(1878–1944), South African international rugby union player * Charles Brown (water polo), New Zealand water polo player

Science and engineering

Charles Brown (British engineer) Charles Brown (30 June 1827 – 6 October 1905) was a British engineer. He was born in Uxbridge on 30 June 1827 and was apprenticed to Maudslay, Sons and Field. Career In 1851 he moved to Switzerland to join the Sulzer company. In 1871 he le ...

(1827–1905), British engineer *

Charles Barrington Brown Charles Barrington Brown (23 August 1839, Cape Breton Island – 13 February 1917, London) was a Canadian geologist and explorer. On April 24, 1870, he was one of two English-based geologists appointed government surveyors to the colony of Brit ...

(1839–1917), British-Canadian geologist and explorer *

Charles D. Brown II Charles D. Brown II is an American physicist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, studying many-body physics of ultracold atoms in optical lattices. Brown is also a lead organiser of Black In Physics, #BlackInPhy ...

, American physicist *

Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown Brown c. 1900 Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown (17 June 1863 – 2 May 1924) was a Swiss businessman and engineer who co-founded Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC), which later became ASEA Brown Boveri. Biography Brown was born on 17 June 1863 in Winterth ...

(1863–1924), Swiss engineer and founder of railway companies

Other people

Charles Armitage Brown Charles Armitage Brown (14 April 1787 – 5 June 1842) was a close friend of the poet John Keats, as well as a friend of artist Joseph Severn, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, Walter Savage Landor and Edward John Trelawny. He was the fat ...

(1787–1842), British businessman, friend of poet John Keats *

Charles E. Brown (photographer) Charles E. Brown (20 January 1896, Wimbledon, London – 9 October 1982, Storrington, West Sussex, UK) was a commercial aviation photographer (but also other types of aviation photography) working for United Kingdom newspapers, the aviation indus ...

(1896–1982), British commercial aviation photographer * Charles F. Brown (1844–1929), American lawyer and judge * Charles H. Brown (New York judge) (1858–1933), American lawyer and judge * Charles Harvey Brown (1875–1960), American librarian *

Charles N. Brown Charles Nikki Brown (June 24, 1937 – July 12, 2009) was an American publishing editor, the co-founder and editor of ''Locus (magazine), Locus'', the long-running news and reviews magazine covering the genres of science fiction and fantasy litera ...

(1937–2009), American publisher, founder of magazine ''Locus'' *

Charles Philip Brown Charles Philip Brown (10 November 1798 – 12 December 1884) was a British official of the East India Company. He worked in what is now Andhra Pradesh, and became an important scholarly figure in Telugu language literature. Background Telugu li ...

(1798–1884), British official of the East India Company * Charles Stuart Brown (1918–1997), Wyoming Supreme Court judge

Songs

* "Charlie Brown" (The Coasters song), a 1959 hit song written by Leiber and Stoller * "Charlie Brown", a 1974 song by

Benito di Paula Uday Vellozo, with stage name of Benito di Paula (born 28 November 1941), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and writer. He is known for his characteristic samba that started when he was young and sang in hotels and nightclubs in R ...

* "Charlie Brown" (Coldplay song), a 2011 song from Coldplay's album ''Mylo Xyloto'' * "Charlie Brown", a 2020 song from the album ''

Fake It Flowers ''Fake It Flowers'' is the debut studio album by Filipino-British singer and songwriter Beabadoobee. It was released under British independent label Dirty Hit on 16 October 2020. Continuing the departure from her previous lo-fi bedroom pop soun ...

'' by Beabadoobee

Other uses

Charlie Brown Charles "Charlie" Brown is the principal character of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser," Charlie Brown is one of the great American ar ...

, ''Peanuts'' comic strip character * ''

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...

'', the musical comedy based on the ''Peanuts'' comic strip *

Charlie Brown Jr. Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in ...

, a Brazilian rock band (1993–2013) * Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton, Massachusetts, United States