Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Chuck Wilson may refer to:

Entertainment

Charles Heath Wilson Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882) was an Anglo-Scottish art teacher and author. Life The eldest son of Andrew Wilson, the landscape-painter, he was born in London in September 1809. He studied art under his father, and in 1826 accompanied him to ...

(1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author *

Charles C. Wilson Charles Cahill Wilson (July 29, 1894 – January 7, 1948) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in numerous films during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to late 1940s. Biography Born in New York City in 1894, the ...

(1894–1948), American film actor *

Charles Banks Wilson Charles Banks Wilson (August 6, 1918 – May 2, 2013) was an List of American artists 1900 and after, American artist. Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas in 1918; his family eventually moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he spent his childho ...

(1918–2013), American artist *

Charles Wilson (composer) Charles Mills Wilson (8 May 1931 – 13 June 2019) was a Canadian composer, choral conductor, and music educator. Early life and education Wilson was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began studying piano at age six with Wilfred Powell and later stu ...

(1931–2019), Canadian composer and choral conductor *

Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) Charles Dee Wilson (July 31, 1948 – October 16, 2018) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Wilson began playing saxophone at age 11, and led his own trio while still in high school. He attended North Texas Stat ...

(born 1948), American jazz musician *

Charlie Wilson (singer) Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and the former lead vocalist of the Gap Band. As a solo artist Wilson has been nominated for 13 Grammy awards and 11 NAACP Im ...

(born 1953), American R&B singer known as the frontman of the Gap Band *

Ricky Wilson (singer) Charles Richard Wilson (born 17 January 1978) is an English singer-songwriter, artist and the frontman of five-piece band Kaiser Chiefs. Before the formation of the band, in 2003, Wilson was a member of the band Runston Parva (later known as Par ...

(Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on ''The Voice''

Government and politics

Australia

Charles Wilson (Australian politician) Charles Graham Wilson (c. 1842 – 21 August 1926) was an Australian politician. Biography Wilson was born at Crossan House near Omagh, around 1842, the eighth of 12 children born to William Wilson and Elizabeth Graham. On coming to Austr ...

(1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament

Canada

Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) Charles Wilson (April 1808 – May 4, 1877) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Background Wilson was born at Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, in 1808. He was the son of Alexander Wilson (b.1758), a native of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, who came to ...

(1808–1877), member of the Legislative Council of Quebec, Canadian senator *

Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) Charles Wilson (February 5, 1841 – March 1, 1924) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1882 to 1886 as an Independent member and Vancouver City from 1903 to 1906 as a Conservative ...

(1841–1924), first leader of the B.C. Conservative Party

New Zealand

Charles Wilson (librarian) Charles Wilson (1 January 1857 – 9 February 1932) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Liberal Party, Liberal Party. He was the first chief librarian of the New Zealand Parliamentary Library, General Assembly Library. Early life Wil ...

(1857–1932), Member of Parliament and parliamentary librarian *

Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) Charles Kendall Wilson (1862 – 19 November 1934) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Sydney, Australia and came to New Zealand aged 16 with his parents. He was elected to the Taumarunui electorate in t ...

(1862–1934), Member of Parliament

United Kingdom

Charles Rivers Wilson Sir Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916) was a British civil servant and financier. Biography Wilson was born in London on 19 February 1831. He studied at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He entered the Treasury in 1856, and was private ...

(1831–1916), British civil servant and financier *

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (22 April 1833 – 21 October 1907), was a prominent English shipowner who became head of the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. shipping business. Together with his brother he expanded the activities of the ...

(1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) *

Charles Wilson (Conservative politician) Sir Charles Henry Wilson (13 January 1859 – 30 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central, 26 July 1923 – 30 May 1929. Wilson was a councillor and alderman on Leeds C ...

(1859–1930), MP for Leeds Central *

Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, CB, DSO, (24 January 1875 – 15 August 1924), was a British peer, and one of the heirs to the Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., a Hull-based shipping company that built a near-monopoly over af ...

(1875–1924), Liberal MP for Hull West, son of the 1st Baron

United States

Charles Burnett Wilson Charles Burnett "C.B." Wilson (4 July 1850 – 12 September 1926) was a British and Tahitian superintendent of the water works, fire chief under King Kalākaua, and Marshal of the Kingdom under Queen Liliuokalani. Wilson was also the father of Jo ...

(1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii *

Charles Edward Wilson (businessman) Charles Edward Wilson (November 18, 1886 – January 3, 1972) was a CEO of General Electric. Early life Wilson left school at the age of 12 to work as a stock boy at the Sprague Electrical Works, which was acquired by the General Electric Compa ...

(1886–1972), CEO of GE and member of the Truman Administration *

Charles Erwin Wilson Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie", he was prev ...

(1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors *

Malcolm Wilson (governor) Charles Malcolm Wilson (February 26, 1914 – March 13, 2000) was the 50th governor of New York from December 18, 1973, to December 31, 1974. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1958. He also served in the Navy during Worl ...

(Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York *

Charles H. Wilson Charles Herbert Wilson (February 15, 1917 – July 21, 1984) was a California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1981.Ralph Nader, "Charles H. Wilson, Democrat ...

(1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman *

Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was a United States naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress int ...

(1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator *

Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) Charles A. Wilson Jr. (January 18, 1943 – April 14, 2013) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio ...

(1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator *

Charles G. Wilson Charles G. Wilson (fl. 1883–1929) was an American financier and businessman. Wilson was president of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange of New York from 1883 until 1900. As of December 1894, he was serving as President of the New York ...

, former New York businessman and New York Director of Health

Military

Charles Wilson (sailor) USS ''Wilson'' (DD-408), was a of the United States Navy. Namesake Charles Wilson was born in 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Navy on 15 October 1861, at Chicago, Illinois. Assigned to the gunboat commanded by Commander He ...

(1836–?), Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War *

Charles Edward Wilson (rugby union) Charles Edward Wilson (2 June 1871 – 17 September 1914) was an England rugby international and British Army officer who was killed during the First World War. Early life Born at Fermoy, County Cork, Wilson was the son of Major General F. E. ...

(1871–1914), British military officer and rugby union player *

Charles E. Wilson (Medal of Honor) Charles E. Wilson (1840August 15, 1915) was an American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. Biography Wilson was born in 1840 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died August 15, 1915, in Trenton, New Jer ...

, American Civil War sergeant *

Chuck Wilson (pilot) Charles Paul Wilson II (born November 22, 1953) is a retired United States Air Force colonel who is notable for his work in political-military affairs, national security policy, defense acquisition, and business development. He commanded four ...

(born 1953), American USAF military officer

Science

Charles Branch Wilson Charles Branch Wilson (October 20, 1861 – August 18, 1941) was an American scientist, a marine biologist. He is known for his extensive work on copepods, minute crustaceans. Early life and education Charles Branch Wilson was born in Exeter, Ma ...

(1861–1941), American marine biologist *

Charles Byron Wilson Charles Byron Wilson (August 31, 1929 – February 24, 2018) was an American neurosurgeon. Education When Wilson's college football career was cut short due to an ankle injury, he studied medicine, finishing first in his class in 1954. He se ...

(1929–2018), America neurosurgeon *

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. Education and early life Wilson was born in the parish ...

(1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize *

Charles William Wilson Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Wilson, KCB, KCMG, FRS (14 March 1836 – 25 October 1905) was a British Army officer, geographer and archaeologist. Early life and career He was born in Liverpool on 14 March 1836. He was educated at ...

(1836–1905), English geographer, archaeologist and major general *

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran Charles McMoran Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, MC, PRCP (10 November 1882 – 12 April 1977) was personal doctor to Winston Churchill from 1940 until the latter's death in 1965. His book ''The Struggle for Survival'' revealed much about Churchill's ...

(1882–1977), British, Winston Churchill's private physician

Sports

Charles Plumpton Wilson Charles Plumpton Wilson (12 May 1859 – 9 March 1938) was an English amateur footballer who played at wing-half. He made two appearances for England in 1884. He was also capped for the England national rugby union team in 1881, and was one ...

(1859–1938), England footballer * Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer *

Charles Wilson (cricketer) Charles Geldart "Gillie" Wilson (9 January 1869 – 28 June 1952) was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria and played with Otago and Wellington in New Zealand. He also played Australian rules football for St Kilda in th ...

(1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand *

Chilla Wilson Charles 'Chilla' Roy Wilson (4 May 1931 – 2 September 2016) was an Australian national representative rugby union flanker and national captain. He was tour manager on a number of Wallaby international tours of the 1980s including the 1984 Wal ...

(Charles Roy Wilson, 1931–2016), Australian rugby union player and manager *

Charles Wilson (American football) Charles Joseph Wilson II (born July 1, 1968) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1990–1991), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992–1994), and ...

(born 1968), former National Football League wide receiver *

Charley Wilson Charles Wilson Jr. (June 26, 1895 – December 15, 1965) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s. A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Wilson made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Dayton Marcos. He went on to play for the Columb ...

(1895–1965), American Negro leagues baseball player *

Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1877) Charlie Wilson (born February 1877, in Stockport) was an English association football, footballer who played for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and Stockport County F.C., Stockport County. He won the English Football Champions, League Title with Liv ...

(1877–?), played for Liverpool and Stockport County *

Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1895) Charles Wilson (30 March 1895 – May 1971) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City. Career Wilson was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire and began his career with local ...

(1895–1971), played for Spurs, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City *

Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1904) Charles Henry Wilson (10 February 1904 – 1994) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

(1904–1994), played for Grimsby Town *

Charlie Wilson (Burnley footballer) Charles Wilson was a footballer who made one FA Cup appearance for Burnley as a wing half. Personal life Wilson served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviate ...

, played for Burnley *

Charlie Wilson (baseball) Charles Woodrow Wilson (January 13, 1905 – December 19, 1970) was a professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Swamp Baby", he played parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals, mostly as either ...

(1905–1970), Major League Baseball player *

Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1905) Charles Wilson (20 July 1905 – 8 April 1985) was an English association football, footballer who played as an inside forward. Biography Wilson was born in Heeley, Sheffield. He joined West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion as an a ...

(1905–1985), played for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday * Chuck Wilson (athlete) (born 1968), American sprinter * Chuck Wilson (baseball) (1929–1983), American Negro leagues baseball player

Others

Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) Charles Wilson (19 June 1810 – 5 February 1863) was a Scottish architect from Glasgow. Biography Charles Wilson was the younger son of a Glasgow-based master mason and builder. After working for his father, he was articled to the architect ...

(1810–1861), Scottish architect *

Charles Alfred Wilson Charles Alfred Wilson (April 4, 1855 – June 3, 1935) was a leading nineteenth-century American railroad engineer and civil engineer. He was born in Conowingo, Maryland. Wilson married Carrie Ione Stevens Wilson (1858–1919) in 1883, and they h ...

(1855-1935) American civil engineer *

Charles Edward Wilson (educationalist) Dr Charles Edward Wilson FRSE FSA FEIS LLD (1815–1888) was a 19th-century Scottish teacher and educationalist who was Scotland's first HM Chief Inspector of Schools following the Education (Scotland) Act 1872. Life He was born on 31 August ...

(1815–1888), first Chief Inspector of Schools in Scotland *

Charles Robert Wilson Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904) was an English academic of the Indian Education Service, known as a historian of British India. Life Born at Old Charlton, Kent, on 27 March 1863, was only son of Charles Wilson, army tutor, by his wife Charlo ...

(1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India *

Charles C. Wilson (architect) Charles C. Wilson (November 20, 1864 – 1933), whose full name is Charles Coker Wilson, was an American architect based in Columbia, South Carolina. Wilson was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College with a ...

(1864–1933), American architect * Charles J. A. Wilson (1880-1965), Scottish-born American artist, painter, etcher, and illustrator *

Charles Wilson (political scientist) Sir Charles Haynes Wilson (16 May 1909 – 1 November 2002) was a Scottish political scientist and university administrator. As Principal of University College Leicester, he led the institution to university status in 1957 and served as the first ...

(1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator * Charles

Kemmons Wilson Charles Kemmons Wilson (January 5, 1913 – February 12, 2003) was an American hotelier. He is best known for founding the hotel chain Holiday Inn in the 1950s. Personal life He was born in Osceola, Arkansas, the only child of Kemmons and Ruby ...

(1913–2003), founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels *

Charles Wilson (historian) Charles Henry Wilson CBE (16 April 1914 – 1 August 1991) was an English business historian and Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge.Peter Mathias, ‘Wilson, Charles Henry (1914–1991)’, Oxford Dictionary of National B ...

(1914–1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor *

Charlie Wilson (criminal) Charles Frederick Wilson (30 June 1932 – 23 April 1990) was an English career criminal. A member of the Great Train Robbery (1963), Great Train Robbery gang, of which he was treasurer, he was murdered by gunshots on his Marbella doorstep in 199 ...

(1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang *

Charles Wilson (journalist) Charles Martin Wilson (18 August 1935 – 31 August 2022) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper executive. Early life and education Charles Martin Wilson was born in Glasgow on 18 August 1935, and educated at Eastbank Academy in the east end ...

(1935–2022), Scottish-born newspaper editor *

Charles R. Wilson (judge) Charles R. Wilson (born October 14, 1954) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Education Wilson was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1954. He is a graduate of Jesuit High School of Tampa. ...

(born 1954), U.S. Court of Appeals judge *

Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson (1827–1923) was an important figure in the history of engineering and bridge building in Victoria, Australia. Biography Wilson was born at Brompton Square, London, on 13 February 1827. His father was Charles Corb ...

, Australian civil engineer *

Charles Corbett Powell Wilson Charles Corbett Powell Wilson was a Victorian engineer and public servant, responsible for construction and Maintenance of bridges in Western Region of Victoria, Australia. He was the eldest son of Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson Charles Anth ...

, his son, Australian engineer and public servant *

Charles Morrow Wilson Charles Morrow Wilson (1905 - 1977) was a writer who also worked at agricultural product firms. He wrote about Liberia, biographies for children, about medicine, and about trade. He was the husband of Iris Woolcock. Wilson was born in Arkansas ...

, American writer *

Charles Wilson (economist) Charles Zachary Wilson is an American economist who is Professor Emeritus at UCLA's Graduate School of Education. He was the first Black individual to serve as an Academic Vice-Chancellor in the University of California System, and was among t ...

, American economist *

Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) Chuck Wilson (born February 8, 1954) is an American interviewer, reporter and sports talk radio host. Wilson was an original host when the ESPN Radio Network debuted on January 4, 1992, and has 20-years experience on national radio, including clo ...

(born 1954), regular host of ''GameNight'' on ESPN Radio *

Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) Charles "Chuck" Wilson Jr. (born April 23, 1968) is an American multimedia executive. He is currently the CEO of Triumph Media Holdings, a multimedia company. He is also the founder of Babygrande Records. Wilson has served as the executive produce ...

(born 1968)