NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Charles Wilson

Charles Wilson (politician) is a US Congressman
Charles Wilson (physicist) was a 19th Century physicist
Charles Wilson (historian)
Charles Wilson (Montreal mayor) was the first elected mayor of Montreal in the 19th century
Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson Jr. is a member of the Ohio Senate
Charlie Wilson (train robber) was a member of the gang that performed the Great train robbery in 1963.

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Two different Charles E. Wilsons served in the United States government during the beginning of the Cold War:

Charles E. Wilson - ("Engine Charlie") was the head of General Motors and the United States Secretary of Defense from 1953-57 under President Eisenhower.
Charles E. Wilson - ("Electric Charlie") was the CEO of General Electric and the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization under President Truman.

The respectively nicknames were given at the time so that the two men could be more easily distinguished.

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Charles Erwin Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2029 words)
	Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 - September 26, 1961), American businessman and politician, was United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Eisenhower.
	Wilson indicated his intention to retire from office shortly after the start of the second Eisenhower term and left on 8 October 1957.
	Charles Erwin Wilson should not be confused with the Charles E. Wilson who was the CEO of General Electric and served President Truman as the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization.

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (268 words)
	Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (February 14, 1869 – November 15, 1959) was a Scottish physicist.
	He was born in the parish of Glencorse, Midlothian to a farmer, John Wilson, and his mother Annie Clerk Harper.
	The Wilson crater on the Moon is co-named for him, Alexander Wilson and Ralph Elmer Wilson.

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