Charles or Charlie King may refer to:

Academics and writers

* Charles King (Columbia University president) (1789–1867), American academic, politician and newspaper editor *

Charles Ray King Charles Ray King (March 16, 1813 – April 5, 1901) was an American physician, farmer and author. He was the second child of John A. King, Governor of New York from 1857 to 1858, and grandson of Constitution signer Rufus King. He authored the bo ...

(1813–1901), American physician and author, son of John Alsop King, grandson of Rufus King * Charles William King (1818–1888), English writer and collector of gems *

Charles Glen King Charles Glen King (October 22, 1896 – January 23, 1988) was an American biochemist who was a pioneer in the field of nutrition research and who isolated vitamin C at the same time as Albert Szent-Györgyi. A biography of King states that m ...

(1896–1988), American biochemist *Charles King, pen name of

E. Lee Spence Edward Lee Spence (born November 1947) is a pioneer in underwater archaeology who studies shipwrecks and sunken treasure. He is also a published editor and author of non-fiction reference books; a magazine editor (''Diving World'', ''Atlantic C ...

(born 1947), American author/editor of non-fiction * Charles King (professor of international affairs) (born 1967), American academic and author

Designers

* Charles Brady King (1868–1957), American inventor and automobile pioneer * Charles Spencer King (1925–2010), English designer of Land Rovers

Military

* Charles King (general) (1844–1933), American military leader and author * Charles King (British Army officer) (1890–1967), British engineer and army officer *Colonel Charles B. King (c.1910–1944), American intelligence officer killed in World War II (see Camp King § Post World War II (1945-1953)) *Charles Monroe King, United States Army soldier and subject of the book ''A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor'' by

Dana Canedy Dana Canedy (born June 8, 1965) is an American journalist, author, and publishing executive who worked at the '' New York Times'' for over 20 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. She was appointed senior vice president and publisher of Simo ...

and the upcoming film ''A Journal for Jordan''

Performers

Charles King (musical actor) Charles Joseph King (October 31, 1886 – January 11, 1944) was a vaudeville and Broadway actor who also starred in several movies. He starred as the leading actor in the hit MGM movie, ''The Broadway Melody'' (1929), the first all-talking film t ...

(1886–1944), American vaudevillian actor *

Charles King (character actor) Charles Lafayette King (February 21, 1895 – May 7, 1957) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1956. King was born in Dallas, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California, from cirrhosis of liver. Se ...

(1895–1957), American film actor *

Charlie King (folk singer) Charlie King (born 1947) is an American folk singer and activist. Biography He was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts and cites the folk music revival of the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War era as his musical influ ...

(born 1947), American folk singer and activist * Charlie King (''The Only Way Is Essex''), English participant in scripted reality show

Politicians

* Charles D. B. King (1875–1961), President of Liberia *

Charles J. King Charles James "Jim" King (February 3, 1925 – February 21, 2016) was a politician in the American state of Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida ...

(1925–2016), member of the Florida House of Representatives * Charlie King (politician) (born 1959), American politician and attorney from New York City

Sports

* Charles King (English cricketer) (1832–1872), English cricketer *

Charles King (New Zealand cricketer) This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Auckland cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. A * John Ackla ...

(1847–1917), New Zealand cricketer *

Charles King (footballer) Charles James Stuart King (2 June 1860 – 28 April 1928) was an English schoolmaster and footballer. Early life King was the fifth son of Rev. Walker King (1827–1892), Rector of Leigh-on-Sea from 1859 to 1892, and Juliana Stuart (1825–1897). ...

(1860–1928), English footballer; played in 1880 FA Cup Final * Charles King (athlete) (1880–1958), American Olympic silver medalist * Charles King (cyclist) (1911–2001), British Olympic cyclist * Charlie King (baseball) (1912–1969), American baseball player * Charlie King (Australian footballer) (born 1926), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * Charlie King (sports broadcaster), first indigenous Australian sports commentator at Olympic Games * Charlie King (footballer, born 1979), Scottish footballer

Others

* Charles King (composer) (1687–1748), English composer and musician * Charles Bird King (1785–1862), American portrait painter *

Charles W. King The of 1837 occurred when the American merchant ship, ''Morrison'' headed by Charles W. King, was driven away from "sakoku" (isolationist) Japan by cannon fire. This was carried out in accordance with the Japanese Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels ...

(before 1805–after 1849), American merchant in 1837 Morrison incident * Charles Henry King (1853–1930), American businessman and banker in Nebraska * Charles E. King (1874–1950), educator, Hawaii territorial legislator and songwriter *Charles King (1912–1972), American TV executive and founder of King World Productions *Charles King, co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Housing Works