Charles Wilson

Charles Wilson may refer to:

Government and politics

Australia

• Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament

Canada

• Charles Wilson (Canadian politician) (1808–1877), member of the Legislative Council of Quebec, Canadian Senator
• Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), first leader of the B.C. Conservative Party

New Zealand

• Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), Member of Parliament and parliamentary librarian
• Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), Member of Parliament

United Kingdom

• Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916), British civil servant and financier
• Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician) (1859–1930), MP for Leeds Central
• Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (1875–1924), Liberal MP for Hull West, son of the 1st Baron
• Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), British military officer and geographer

United States

• Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Charles Edward Wilson (General Electric executive) (1886–1972), CEO of GE and member of the Truman Administration
• Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors
• (Charles) Malcolm Wilson (1914–2000), Governor of New York
• Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman
• Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator
• Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Charles Wilson (composer) (born 1931), Canadian composer and choral conductor
• Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) (born 1948), American jazz musician
• Charlie Wilson (singer) (born 1953), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer and lead singer of The Gap Band
• Ricky Wilson (British musician) (Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on The Voice

Painters

• Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author
• Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), American artist

Actor

Charles C. Wilson (1894-1948), American film actor

Sports

• Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), England footballer
• Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer
• Charles Wilson (cricketer) (1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand
• Charles Wilson (rugby player) (born 1931), Australian rugby union player and manager
• Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), former National Football League wide receiver
• Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), played for Liverpool and Stockport County
• Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1971), played for Spurs, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City
• Charlie Wilson (baseball) (1905–1970), Major League Baseball player
• Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1985), played for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday
• Chuck Wilson (athlete) (born 1968), American former sprinter

Science

• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize
• Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist

Architecture

• Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) (1810–1861), Scottish architect
• Charles Coker Wilson (1864–1933), American architect

Academics

• Charles Wilson (historian) (1914-1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor
• Charles Wilson (political scientist) (1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator
• Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India

Business

• Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP)
• Charles Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels
• Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) (born 1968), multimedia executive

In the military

• Charles Wilson (sailor) (1836–?), Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War
• Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), British geographer and major general
• Charles Edward Wilson (rugby player and soldier) (1871–1914), British military officer and rugby union player
• Charles E. Wilson (Medal of Honor), American Civil War sergeant - see List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z

Others

• Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran (1882–1977), British physician
• Charlie Wilson (criminal) (1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang
• Charles Wilson (journalist) (born 1940), Scottish-born newspaper editor
• Charles M. Wilson, Catholic activist who works in San Antonio, Texas
• Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) (born 1954), regular host of GameNight on ESPN Radio
• Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), U.S. Court of Appeals judge

See also

• Charles-Avila Wilson (1869–1936), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
• Charles Wilsonn (1752–1829), Member of Parliament for Bewdley, 1814–1818