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 (academic) (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 (caricaturist) (fl1797-1830), a British Caricaturist, etcher and illustrator.
• Charles Williams (artist) (born 1965), an artist in the Stuckist movement
• Charlie Williams (footballer), Manchester City goalkeeper and the first ever manager of the Danish national football team (1908-1910)
• Charlie Williams (motorcyclist), British motorcyclist
• 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 Williams, 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 (Dead Calm, Hotspot,...)
• Chuck Williams (1915- ), founder of the Williams-Sonoma cookery company
• Charles Q. Williams (1933-1982), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• 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 Williams (audio engineer) (born 1981), Audio Engineer in the United States. Also known as C.P. Sprowl.
• Charles Andrew Williams (born 1986), convicted murderer in shooting spree at Santana High School
• Charles Williams (pro pool player and TV producer), a pool player, ranked 9th in USA, and 37th in the world as of 2007.
• Charles Williams minister of New Union Church of Christ

[edit] See also

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