Charles Wilson

Charles Wilson is the name of:

Government and politics

• Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative then State Senator
  • Charlie Wilson's War, a 2007 book and film about the aforementioned politician's career
• Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), former U.S. Congressman 2007–2010, previously State Representative then State Senator
• Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California, 1963–1981; State Assemblyman, 1954–1962
• Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and Head of General Motors (also known as "Engine Charlie")
• Charles E. Wilson (1886–1972), CEO of GE and member of the Truman Administration (also known as "Electric Charlie")
• Charles Wilson (Canadian politician) (1808–1877), member of the Legislative Council of Quebec in Lower Canada, Canadian Senator
• Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), 19th-century member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, first leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party
• Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), New Zealand MP and parliamentary librarian
• Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP)
• Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (1875–1924), son of the 1st Baron, Liberal MP for Hull West, 1906–1907
• Sir Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician) (1859–1930), MP for Leeds Central
• Charles Wilsonn (1752–1829), Member of Parliament for Bewdley, 1814–1818
• Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
• Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916), British civil servant and financier
• Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand
• Charles-Avila Wilson (1869–1936), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
• Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Malcolm Wilson (governor) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York

Music

• Charles Wilson (composer) (born 1931), Canadian composer and choral conductor
• Charlie Wilson (singer) (born 1953), American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and lead singer of The Gap Band (also known as "Uncle Charlie")
• Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) (born 1948), American jazz musician
• Ricky Wilson (British musician), Charles Richard Wilson, lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on The Voice

Sports

• Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), former England footballer
• Charles Wilson (cricketer) (1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand
• Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), former NFL wide receiver
• Charlie Wilson (baseball) (1905–1970), former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player
• Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer
• Charlie Wilson (footballer born 1877) (1877–?), played for Liverpool and Stockport County
• Charlie Wilson (footballer born 1895) (1895–1971), played for Tottenham Hotspur, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City
• Charlie Wilson (footballer born 1905) (1905–1985), played for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday and several other clubs
• Chuck Wilson (athlete) (born 1968), American former sprinter

Science, architecture, and medicine

• Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran (1882–1977), British physician
• Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) (1810–1861), Scottish architect
• Charles Coker Wilson (1864–1933), an American architect who worked on the design of the exterior of the State House in South Carolina
• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist

Others

• Charles Wilson (journalist), Scottish-born editor of The Times, 1985–1990 and The Independent, 1995 – 96
• Charles Wilson (sailor) (1836–?), U.S. Navy sailor during the War Between the States
• Charles Edward Wilson (painter) (1854-1941), British painter
• Charles Edward Wilson (1871–1914), British military officer who was killed in World War I
• Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), British geographer and military officer, for whom Jerusalem's Wilson's Arch is named
• Charles Banks Wilson (born 1918), an American artist
• Charles Wilson (political scientist) (1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator
• Charles M. Wilson, Catholic activist who works in San Antonio, Texas
• Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) (born 1968), multimedia executive
• Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) (born 1954), regular host of GameNight on ESPN Radio
• Charlie Wilson (criminal) (1932–1990), English career criminal. Part of and the treasurer of the Great Train Robbery gang
• Charles Kemmons Wilson
• Charles Wilson (Medal of Honor)

See also

• List of people with surname Wilson
• Charles Henry Wilson (disambiguation)
• Charles R. Wilson (disambiguation)

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