# Charles Williams

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**Charles**, **Charlie**, **Charley**, **Chuck**, or **Chuckie Williams** may refer to:

## Actors

- [Charles Williams (English actor)](/source/Charles_Williams_(English_actor)) (1693–1731), at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- [Charles Williams (American actor)](/source/Charles_Williams_(American_actor)) (1898–1958), screenwriter
- [Charlie Williams (comedian)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(comedian)) (1927–2006), English Yorkshire stand-up, former footballer

## Artists

- [Charles Williams (caricaturist)](/source/Charles_Williams_(caricaturist)) (before 1775—1830), British illustrator
- [Charles Insco Williams](/source/Charles_Insco_Williams) (1853–1923), American artist and architect in Dayton, Ohio
- Charles David Williams (1875–1954), American book and magazine illustrator ([Cross burning](/source/Cross_burning#Sign_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan))
- [Charles Williams (artist)](/source/Charles_Williams_(artist)) (born 1965), American-English Stuckist movement painter
- [Charles T. Williams](/source/Charles_T._Williams) (1918–1966), American sculptor

## Music and dance

- [Charles Holston Williams](/source/Charles_Holston_Williams) (1886–1978), American founder of dance company
- [Charles Williams (composer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(composer)) (1893–1978), English film music
- [Charles Williams (musician)](/source/Charles_Williams_(musician)) (born 1932), American jazz saxophonist - [*Charles Williams* (album)](/source/Charles_Williams_(album)), 1971 release by saxophonist
- [Charles "Hungry" Williams](/source/Charles_%22Hungry%22_Williams) (1935–1986), American R&B drummer from New Orleans

## Politics

- [Charles Williams (of Llangibby)](/source/Charles_Williams_(of_Llangibby)) (1591–1641), English MP in 1621
- [Charles Hanbury Williams](/source/Charles_Hanbury_Williams) (1708–1759), Welsh MP and satirist
- [Charles K. Williams](/source/Charles_K._Williams) (1782–1853), American governor of Vermont
- Charles Williams (before 1825—after 1865), American [mayor of Rockford, Illinois](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Rockford,_Illinois), 1859–64
- [Watkin Williams (Liberal politician)](/source/Watkin_Williams_(Liberal_politician)) (Charles James Watkin Williams, 1828–1884), Welsh MP for Caernarvonshire, 1880
- [Charles G. Williams](/source/Charles_G._Williams) (1829–1892), American congressman from Wisconsin
- [Charles Henry Williams](/source/Charles_Henry_Williams) (1834–1908), English MP for Barnstaple, 1868–1874
- [Charles Williams (Wisconsin state legislator)](/source/Charles_Williams_(Wisconsin_state_legislator)) (1844–1922), American Democrat
- [Morgan Williams (politician)](/source/Morgan_Williams_(politician)) (Charles Morgan Williams, 1878–1970), New Zealand politician
- [Charles Williams (Torquay MP)](/source/Charles_Williams_(Torquay_MP)) (1886–1955), English politician
- [Charles Cromwell Williams](/source/Charles_Cromwell_Williams) (1896–1975), Canadian member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
- [Charles Williams (Australian politician)](/source/Charles_Williams_(Australian_politician)) (1890–1952), Labor member of Western Australian Legislative Council, 1928–1948
- [Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel](/source/Charles_Williams,_Baron_Williams_of_Elvel) (1933–2019), English MP, cricketer, businessman
- Charles A. Williams (1950-), [Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)](/source/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Energy,_Installations_and_Environment)), 2020-2021

## Sports

### American football

- [Charles M. Williams (coach)](/source/Charles_M._Williams_(coach)), football and basketball at Temple University, 1894–99
- [Chuck Williams (American football)](/source/Chuck_Williams_(American_football)) (1934–2020), coach
- [Charles Lee Williams](/source/Monk_Williams) (1945–2003), American football player
- [Charles Williams (gridiron football)](/source/Charles_Williams_(gridiron_football)) (born 1953), Canadian defensive back
- [Charlie Williams (American football)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(American_football)) (born 1972), NFL safety for Dallas Cowboys

### Association football

- [Charlie Williams (footballer, born 1873)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(footballer,_born_1873)) (1873–1952), English goalkeeper and manager
- [Charles Williams (footballer, born 1912)](/source/Charles_Williams_(footballer,_born_1912)) (1912—after 1934), English footballer
- [Charlie Williams (footballer, born 1944)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(footballer,_born_1944)) (1944–2026), Maltese midfielder
- [Charlie Williams (comedian)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(comedian)) (1927–2006), English centre-half, later performer

### Baseball

- [Charles Williams (baseball)](/source/Charles_Williams_(baseball)) (1894–1952), American pitcher in Negro leagues
- [Charlie Williams (shortstop)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(shortstop)) (1903–1931), American shortstop in Negro leagues
- [Charlie Williams (umpire)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(umpire)) (1943–2005), first African American behind home plate in World Series
- [Charlie Williams (pitcher)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(pitcher)) (1947–2015), American with Mets and Giants

### Basketball

- [Charlie Williams (basketball)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(basketball)) (born 1943), American point guard
- [Chuck Williams (basketball)](/source/Chuck_Williams_(basketball)) (born 1946), American point guard
- [Chuckie Williams](/source/Chuckie_Williams) (born 1953), American shooting guard
- [Chaz Williams](/source/Chaz_Williams) (born 1991), American point guard in Macedonian First League
- [Charles Williams (basketball)](/source/Charles_Williams_(basketball)) (born 1996), American shooting guard
- [Charles Linwood Williams](/source/Buck_Williams) (born 1960), American basketball player

### Combat sports

- [Charley Williams](/source/Charley_Williams) (1928–2009), American boxer
- [Charles Williams (boxer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(boxer)) (born 1962), American light heavyweight
- [Rockin' Rebel](/source/Rockin'_Rebel) (Charles Williams, 1966–2018), American professional wrestler

### Other sports

- [Charles Williams (cricketer, born 1800)](/source/Charles_Williams_(cricketer,_born_1800)) (1800–1830), English underarm bowler with Marylebone
- [Charles Williams (Australian footballer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(Australian_footballer)) (1881–1969), with Richmond in VFL
- [Charles Williams (athlete)](/source/Charles_Williams_(athlete)) (1887–1971), English 1908 Olympian in track and field
- [Charles Williams (rackets)](/source/Charles_Williams_(rackets)) (1888–1935), English world champion and Titanic survivor
- [Charlie Williams (motorcyclist)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(motorcyclist)) (born 1950), English motorcyclist
- [Charles Williams (rugby union)](/source/Charles_Williams_(rugby_union)) South African player, 1976–1980
- [Charlie Williams (pool player)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(pool_player)) (born 1977), Korean-born American
- [Charles Williams (ice hockey)](/source/Charles_Williams_(ice_hockey)) (born 1992), American goaltender

## Writers

### Fiction

- [Charles Williams (British writer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(British_writer)) (1886–1945), English novelist, member of Inklings
- [Charles Williams (American author)](/source/Charles_Williams_(American_author)) (1909–1975), American author of suspense novels (*Dead Calm*, *Hotspot*,...)
- [C. K. Williams](/source/C._K._Williams) (Charles Kenneth Williams, 1936–2015), American poet
- [Charlie Williams (British writer)](/source/Charlie_Williams_(British_writer)) (born 1971), English author of *The Mangel Trilogy*
- [Charles Williams (film director)](/source/Charles_Williams_(film_director)) (born 1982), Australian screenwriter-director

### Non-fiction

- [Charles Greville Williams](/source/Charles_Greville_Williams) (1829–1910), English scientist and analytical chemist
- [Charles Frederick Williams](/source/Charles_Frederick_Williams) (1838–1904), Irish-Scottish newspaper editor and war correspondent
- [Charles Theodore Williams](/source/Charles_Theodore_Williams) (1838–1912), English physician
- [Charles Tudor Williams](/source/Charles_Tudor_Williams) (1839–1914), American businessman and educator
- [Charles D. Williams](/source/Charles_D._Williams) (1860–1923), American Episcopal bishop and theologian
- [C. Dickerman Williams](/source/C._Dickerman_Williams) (1900–1998), American lawyer and freedom-of-speech advocate
- [Charles Williams (priest)](/source/Charles_Williams_(priest)) (1906–1961), Welsh Anglican theologian and chaplain of Merton College
- [Chuck Williams (author)](/source/Chuck_Williams_(author)) (1915–2015), American cookbook writer, founder of Williams-Sonoma
- [Charles M. Williams (academic)](/source/Charles_M._Williams_(academic)) (1917–2011), American professor at Harvard Business School

## Other

- [Charles Williams (academic)](/source/Charles_Williams_(academic)) (1807–1877), English principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- [Charles Williams (brewer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(brewer)) (1850–1936), Australian pioneer in Adelaide
- [Charles Williams (Royal Navy officer)](/source/Charles_Williams_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1925–2015), South African-born rear admiral
- [Charles James Blasius Williams](/source/Charles_James_Blasius_Williams) (1805–1889), English physician
- [Charles Q. Williams](/source/Charles_Q._Williams) (1933–1982), American Army major, Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Andrew Williams (born 1986), perpetrator of the [Santana High School shooting](/source/Santana_High_School_shooting)

## See also

- [William Charles (disambiguation)](/source/William_Charles_(disambiguation))

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