Charles Williams

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There have been a number of notable people named Charles Williams:

[edit] United Kingdom

• Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708–1759), a British Member of Parliament and satirist.
• Charles Williams (1806–1877), a principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• Charles Williams (journalist) (1838–1904), a British newspaper editor and war correspondent
• Charles Williams (UK writer) (1886–1945), a British novelist, poet, and publisher (associate of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien)
• Charles Williams (UK politician) (1886–1955), a British Member of Parliament
• Charles Williams (composer) (1893–1978), a British composer
• Charlie Williams (comedian) (1927–2006), a British footballer and comedian
• Charles Williams (artist) (born 1965), an artist in the Stuckist movement
• Charles F. Williams, author of Dead Calm
• W. Charles Williams (Scouting) The Scout Association Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1985
• Charlie Williams (UK writer) (born 1971), author of The Mangel Trilogy
• Charles Wiliams, Baron Williams of Elvel (born 1933), life peer ennobled in 1985

[edit] United States

• Charles K. Williams (1782–1853), a governor of Vermont.
• Charles Grandison Williams (1829–1892), a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• Charles Williams (U.S. author) (1909–1975), a U.S. author of suspense novels
• Chuck Williams (1915- ), founder of the Williams-Sonoma cookery company
• Charlie Williams (umpire) (1943–2005), umpire in Major League Baseball
• Charlie Williams (basketball) (born 1943), a basketball player
• "Prince"Charles Williams (boxer)
• Charlie Williams (pitcher) (born 1947), baseball pitcher
• Charles Andrew Williams (born 1986), convicted murderer in shooting spree at Santana High School
• Charles Williams (pool player), a pool player, ranked 37th in the world as of 2006

[edit] See also

William Charles (1776–1820), a cartoonist and engraver, Scotland native who emigrated to America