charlatan A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. Synonyms for ''charlatan'' include ''shy ...

is a trickster or con artist. Charlatan may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''The Charlatan'' (1917 film), a Hungarian film by Michael Curtiz * ''The Charlatan'' (1929 film), a Universal Pictures film by George Melford * ''Charlatan'' (2020 film), a film by Agnieszka Holland *''

O Tsarlatanos O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), ...

'' or ''The Charlatan'', a 1973 Greek film starring

Thanasis Veggos Thanasis Veggos (alternatively spelt Thanassis and/or Vengos; Greek: Θανάσης Βέγγος; pronounced: ''Thanássis Véngos''; 29 May 19273 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 fil ...

Music

* ''The Charlatan'' (operetta), an 1898 operetta by John Philip Sousa *

The Charlatans (American band) The Charlatans were an American folk rock and psychedelic rock band that played a role in the development of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury music scene during the 1960s. They are often cited by critics as being the first group to play in the st ...

, an psychedelic rock band in the 1960s ** ''The Charlatans'' (1969 album), an album by the American band The Charlatans *

The Charlatans (English band) The Charlatans are an English rock band formed in West Midlands, England in 1988. The current line-up comprises lead vocalist Tim Burgess (musician), Tim Burgess, guitarist Mark Collins (musician), Mark Collins, bassist Martin Blunt and key ...

, an alternative rock band active since 1989 ** ''The Charlatans'' (1995 album), an album by the English band The Charlatans *''

Šarlatán ''Šarlatán'' (English: ''The Charlatan''), Op. 14, is a tragicomic opera in three acts (seven scenes) by Pavel Haas to his own Czech libretto, after a 1929 German-language novel, ''Doktor Eisenbart'', by Josef Winckler (1881–1966), which ...

'', a 1936 opera by Pavel Haas * ''Charlatan'' (album), a 2011 album by Victorian Halls *"Charlatan", a 2008 song by Four Letter Lie from '' What a Terrible Thing to Say'' *"Charlatan", a 2011 song by Howling Bells from '' The Loudest Engine''

Books

*''The Charlatan'', an 1895 book by Robert Williams Buchanan and Henry Murray *''The Charlatan'', a 1934 book by Sydney Horler *''The Charlatan'', a 2002 book by

Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem '' Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott ...

*''Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam'', a 2008 book by Pope Brock about

John R. Brinkley John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American quack. He had no properly accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a "diploma mill". Brinkley became known as the ...

Other uses

* ''The Charlatan'' (Mei), a 1656 painting by Bernardino Mei * ''The Charlatan'' (student newspaper), a student newspaper at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada {{Disambiguation