NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Charles

Charles is a given name for males, and has its origins in Common Germanic where it originally was used to indicate a free man, but not one belonging to the nobility. It may also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Charles is a surname, and may refer to: Bob Charles (Australian politician) Bob Charles (golfer) Craig Charles David Charles David Atiba Charles Ed Charles Eugenia Charles Ezzard Charles Gary Charles George Charles Glen Charles Jeanette Charles Jennifer Charles John Charles Josh Charles Keith Charles Larry Charles Les Charles Lorenzo Charles... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The word male has the following meanings: In biology, it refers to one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the female is the other half. ... Map of the Pre-Roman Iron Age culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, ca 500 BC-50 BC. The area south of Scandinavia is the Jastorf culture Proto-Germanic, the proto-language believed by scholars to be the common ancestor of the Germanic languages, includes among its descendants Swedish, Norwegian...

People

Nobility

In Bohemian nobility: Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (de: Erzherzog Karl von Ã–sterreich, Herzog von Teschen, also known as Karl von Ã–sterreich-Teschen) (September 5, 1771â€“April 30, 1847) was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747â€“1792) and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745â€“1792). ... Emperor Charles I of Austria The Blessed Charles I (Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) (17 August 1887 â€“ 1 April 1922) (Hungarian: IV. KÃ¡roly (KÃ¡roly Ferenc JÃ³zsef)) was (among other titles) the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary and Bohemia...

In French nobility: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Charles VI, (German Karl VI; in full Karl Josef Franz)Holy Roman Emperor (October 1, 1685 â€“ October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. ...

In German nobility: Charlemagne (left) and Pippin the Hunchback. ... Charles the Bald (Charles II of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles II) (823_877), Roman emperor and king of the West Franks, was the son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his second wife Judith. ... Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Romantic portrait of Charles. ... Charles the Simple or Charles (September 17, 879 - October 7, 929) was a member of the Carolingian dynasty. ... Charles IV of France, also Charles I of Navarre, called the Fair (French: le Bel) (11 December 1294 â€“ 1 February 1328), was the King of France and Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: the last French king of the senior Capetian lineage. ... Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 21, 1338 â€“ September 16, 1380) was king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... Charles VI Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-AimÃ©, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 â€“ October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 â€“ 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 â€“ April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ... Charles IX (June 27, 1550 â€“ May 30, 1574) born Charles-Maximilien, was a member of the Valois Dynasty, King of France from 1560 until his death. ... Charles X (October 9, 1757 â€“ November 6, 1836) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1824 until the French Revolution of 1830, when he abdicated. ... Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851 â€“ June 28, 1921) was a grandson of JÃ©rÃ´me Bonaparte (the youngest brother of the French emperor Napoleon I), and a member of the United States Cabinet. ... Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt (March 20, 1811 â€“ July 22, 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French. ... This article is about the President of the French Republic and Emperor of the French. ... Portrait of Prince Napoleon by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin in 1860 NapolÃ©on Joseph Charles Paul, Prince Napoleon (September 9, 1822 â€“ March 17, 1891) was the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of WÃ¼rttemberg. ... Statue of Charles I of Anjou by Arnolfo di Cambio, Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori. ... â€œMontesquieuâ€ redirects here. ... Count LÃ©on Charles (1806 - 1881) was the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Catherine ElÃ©onore Denuelle de la Plaigne (1787 - 1868). ... Charles of Valois, Duc dOrlÃ©ans (November 24, 1394 â€“ January 5, 1465) became Duke of OrlÃ©ans in 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis of Valois on the orders of Duke John-the-Fearless of Burgundy. ... Charles of Blois (died September 29, 1364), was duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death. ... Rogier van der Weyden painted Charles the Bold in about 1460, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece. ... Charles I of Bourbon (1401â€“1456, ChÃ¢teau de Moulins) was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, although due to the imprisonment of his father after the Battle of Agincourt, he acquired control of the duchy before this... Charles II of Bourbon (1434 – 1488) was Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne for a short period of time in 1488, succeeding his elder brother, John II. Charles was a man of the clergy, Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon and, thus, had no legitimate issue. ... The archbishop of Lyon is the head of the Roman Catholic diocese of the French city of Lyon. ... Charles III de Bourbon, engraved portrait by Thomas de Leu Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier, Eighth Duke of Bourbon (February 17, 1490 â€“ May 6, 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. ... Charles II (February 15, 1543 â€“ May 14, 1608), known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. ... Charles III (February 15, 1543 â€“ May 14, 1608), known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. ... Charles IV (* April 5, 1604 in Nancy â€“ September 18, 1675 in Allenbach), was the titular Duke of Lorraine from 1661 to 1670 See also: Dukes of Lorraine family tree Categories: French people stubs | Dukes of Lorraine | 1604 births | 1675 deaths ... Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, (March 26, 1554 - October 3, 1611), or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman and military leader. ... Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (December 12, 1712 â€“ July 4, 1780) was the son of Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine. ...

In United Kingdom nobility: For the Carlist claimant King Carlos V, see Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. ... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII Emperor Charles VII Albert (Brussels August 6, 1697 â€“ January 20, 1745 in Munich), a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from January 24, 1742 until his death in 1745. ...

In Hungarian nobility: Charles I (19 November 1600 â€“ 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 â€“ 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 â€“ 31 January 1788), known in Scots Gaelic as TeÃ rlach Eideard StiÃ¹bhairt, was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ... â€œCornwallisâ€ redirects here. ... â€œPrince Charlesâ€ redirects here. ...

In Spanish nobility: Charles I of Hungary Charles I of Hungary (Anjou France 1288 or 1291â€“VisegrÃ¡d, Hungary July 16, 1342), also called Charles Robert, Carobert and Charles I Robert, was the king of Hungary from August 27, 1310. ... Charles III, King of Naples, also known as Charles II of Hungary and Charles of Durazzo, Charles the Short, reigned as King of Naples from 1382 to 1386 and as King of Hungary (under the name of King Károly II the Small) for one year only from 1385 to...

In Italian nobility: Charles II (1332–1387), called Charles the Bad, was King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387. ... Charles III of Navarre (1361, Mantes â€“ September 8, 1425, Olite), surnamed the Noble, was King of Navarre 1387â€“1425, Count of Ã‰vreux 1387â€“1404, and Duke of Nemours 1404â€“1425. ... Charles (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516_1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V (Carlos Quinto or Carlos V) in Spain and Latin America. ... Charles II of Spain. ... Charles III of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Charles IV (November 11, 1748 - January 20, 1819) was King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808. ... Juan Carlos I (baptized as Juan Carlos Alfonso VÃctor MarÃa de BorbÃ³n y BorbÃ³n-Dos Sicilias; born January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy) is the reigning King of Spain. ...

In Monaco nobility: Charles I (1468â€“1490), surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490. ... Charles II or Charles John Amadeus (Carlo Giovanni Amedeo in Italian) (1489-1496), was the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496 but his mother Blanche of Montferrat (1472-1519) was the actual ruler as a Regent. ... Charles III, Duke of Savoy Charles III of Savoy (October 10, 1486 â€“ August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death. ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Albert (October 2, 1798_July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ... Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto Amedeo di Savoia; October 2, 1798 â€“ July 28, 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ... Charles Emmanuel I (b. ... Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Savoy after Victor Amadeus I. Charles Emmanuel II (Italian: Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia, June 20, 1634 â€“ June 12, 1675) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine Marie of France until 1663. ... Medal of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. ... Charles Emmanuel IV. Charles Emmanuel IV (May 24, 1751 â€“ October 6, 1819) was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802. ... Charles Felix I of Sardinia (Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria, April 6, 1765â€“April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. ... Statue of Charles I of Anjou by Arnolfo di Cambio, Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori. ... Charles II, known as the Lame (Fr. ...

In Romanian nobility: Charles I of Monaco (died August 15, 1357), was the first true Lord of Monaco, and is thus widely considered the founder of the dynasty. ... Charles III, Prince of Monaco (8 December 1818 â€“ 10 September 1889) was reigning Prince of Monaco from 20 June 1856 to his death. ...

In Swedish nobility: King Charles (right) and Queen Elizabeth of Romania Carol I, original name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected prince of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881. ... King Carol II of Romania Carol II of Romania (15 October 1893 _ 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940. ...

In other nobility: kaka Charles Sverkersson - seal Charles VII Sverkersson or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish was king of Sweden and Earl of GÃ¶taland from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated, he was the first Swedish king with the name Charles. ... Charles VIII of Sweden, Charles I of Norway, a. ... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 â€“ October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ... Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav) (November 8, 1622 â€“ February 13, 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. ... Charles XI (Karl XI) (November 24, 1655 â€“ April 5, 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death. ... Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 â€“ November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as DemirbaÅŸ Åžarl (Charles the HabituÃ©), was King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718. ... Charles XIII (Swe: Karl XIII) (October 7, 1748 - February 5, 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Carl II) from 1814 until his death. ... Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 â€“ March 8, 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. ... Karl XV (Karl Ludvig EugÃ©n) (May 3, 1826 â€“ September 18, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl IV) from 1859 until his death. ... His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus), styled HM The King (born April 30, 1946), King of Sweden, is the son of Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947) and Sibylla of Saxe_Coburg_Gotha (1908-1972), and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf. ...

Prince Charles, Charles ThÃ©odore Henri Antoine Meinrad, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium (October 10, 1903â€”June 1, 1983), was the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elizabeth. ... Carlos, King of Portugal (Eng. ... Charles Martel (or, in modern English, Charles the Hammer) (23 August 686 â€“ 22 October 741) was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace, ruling the Franks in the name of a titular King, and proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks (the last four years of his reign he did not even bother...

Acting

Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 â€“ August 26, 1978) was a French-American actor who starred in several classic Hollywood films, TV director and TV producer. ... Roger Charles Carmel (born September 27, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York; died November 11, 1986 in Hollywood, California) was an American character actor. ... â€œCharles Chaplinâ€ redirects here. ... Charley Chase (October 20, 1893-June 20, 1940) was an American comedian, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. ... Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor. ... Charles Gray (August 29, 1928 - March 7, 2000) was an English actor, born Donald Marshall Gray in Bournemouth, Hampshire, (now Bournemouth, Dorset) Charles Gray as Ernst Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever Donald Gray attended Bournemouth School along side Benny Hill, whose school had been evacuated to the same buildings, during... Grodin on The Charles Grodin Show Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and former cable talk show host. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 â€“ 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... Chas Licciardello on The Chasers War on Everything Chas John Licciardello (born in 1977) is a comedian and satirist from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the Australian comedy team. ... Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931â€“May 25, 2007) was an American actor, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, childrens television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game. ... Charles Chuck Reisner (March 14, 1887- September 24, 1962 ) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. ...

Art

Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912â€“September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. ... Allosaurus by Charles R. Knight. ... Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 _ February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... For other uses, see Peanut (disambiguation). ...

Crime & Law Enforcement

Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd. ... Charles Douglas Langford (December 9, 1922â€“February 11, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an Alabama state senator and was a lawyer for Rosa Parks. ... Charles Sobhraj in France. ... Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is a career criminal who led the so-called Manson Family, a commune or cult that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. ... Charley Ross, born Charles Brewster Ross in 1870, was the primary victim of the first kidnapping for ransom in America to recieve widespread attention from the media. ...

Fictional

Charles in Charge was an American sitcom series broadcast on CBS which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a college student working as a live-in babysitter. ... Duckman was an animated sitcom developed by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn, based on characters created by Everett Peck in his Dark Horse comic. ... Walter Deverell,The Mock Marriage of Orlando and Rosalind, 1853 William Shakespeares As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written in 1599 or early 1600. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Joanie Loves Chachi was an American TV spin-off of the popular American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983. ... This article is about the character from Peanuts. ... For other uses, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (disambiguation). ... Mr. ... Chuck E. Cheese is a franchise of giant video arcades complemented by small rides, pizza (a central focus), and other popular diversions for young children, including ball pits, climbing equipment and giant slides. ... Charles Adam Goebel Crandall Finster III is Tommy Pickles best friend from the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and All Grown Up!. The character is voiced by Christine Cavanaugh and Nancy Cartwright. ... Information Gender Male Age 78 (at time of death) Date of birth 1863 (estimated) Date of death 1941 Occupation Newspaper tycoon Family Mary Kane (mother) Relationships Emily Monroe Norton Kane (first wife) Susan Alexander Kane (second wife) Children Charles Foster Kane III Portrayed by Buddy Swan (as a child) Orson... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. ... Charles Gunn (born 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Garry Campbell for the cult television program, Angel. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lamb Chops Play-Along. ... Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 â€“ August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and childrens television show host, most popular during the 1960s. ... Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 _ September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... Sam Bermans caricature of Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen for 1947 NBC promotion book Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 â€“ September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... This article is about the 1976 American film. ... McHales Navy was an American television sitcom series. ... Commander Charles Tucker III, (2121-2161) known as Trip (for triple, since he is the third generation of his family to be called Charles Tucker), is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Clifford Arquette (December 28, 1905–September 23, 1974) was an actor and comedian, famous for his role as Charley Weaver. ... Major Charles Emerson Winchester III is a principal character on the television series, M*A*S*H, played by David Ogden Stiers. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the... Professor X Professor X (full name Charles Francis Xavier) is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Literature

â€œDickensâ€ redirects here. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (January 27, 1832 â€“ January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Charles G. Finney (December 1, 1905 â€“ April 16, 1984) was an American newspaperman, story writer, and fantastical novelist, and part time night club owner, whose full name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently in honor of the famous evangelist. ... The Circus of Dr. Lao is a 1935 novel written by Arizona newspaperman Charles G. Finney, and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. ... Charles Henri Ford (February 10, 1913 - September 27, 2002) was an American novelist, poet, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist best known for his brilliant editorship of the Surrealist magazine View in New York City in the 1940s, and as the partner of the artist Pavel Tchelitchew. ... This article is not about Charles Forte. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For the song from The Rocky Horror Show, see Science Fiction/Double Feature. ... Charles is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in Mademoiselle in July 1948. ... This article is about the author. ...

Music

Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born 18 October 1926, St. ... Charles Edward Charlie Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 â€“ January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ... Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ... Sean Charles Watkins, (born February 18, 1977) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, and is one third of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek. ... Nickel Creek is an American acoustic music trio. ... Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... â€œRolling Stonesâ€ redirects here. ...

Political

Charles Bent (1799-1847) was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September, 1846. ... Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851 â€“ June 28, 1921) was a grandson of JÃ©rÃ´me Bonaparte (the youngest brother of the French emperor Napoleon I), and a member of the United States Cabinet. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... Charles Wendell Chuck Colson (born October 16, 1931) was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and was one of the Watergate Seven, jailed for Watergate-related charges. ... â€œWatergateâ€ redirects here. ... Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804â€“February 11, 1878) was an American political figure. ... The Secretary of War was a member of the Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 â€“ October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929â€“1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 â€“ April 23, 1951) was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Charles Devens (April 4, 1820â€“January 7, 1891) was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). ... Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 â€“ June 4, 1918) was a Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Charles Arthur Ford is a United States diplomat and the current United States Ambassador to Honduras. ... Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 â€“ August 27, 1948) was Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States. ... The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Charles Lee may refer to: Charles Lee (general) (1732â€“1782), American Revolutionary War Charles Lee (Attorney General) (1758â€“1815) This human name article is a disambiguation page â€” a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a persons or persons name. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... Charles Pearson (October 1793 - September 1862) was Solicitor to the City of London and an early promoter of the need for an underground railway in central London. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaningâ€”see below). ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Charles Spittal Chuck Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician. ... Charles Grandison Rose III (better known as Charlie Rose) (born August 10, 1939) was a Democratic United States congressman. ... For the Charles Scott who was British ambassador to Imperial Russia, 1898-1904 see Charles Scott (ambassador). ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. ... For other persons named Charles Taylor, see Charles Taylor (disambiguation). ...

Religion

Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore. ... Categories: LDS stubs ... Charles Haddon Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was Englands best-known and most-loved preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. ... Charles Wesley (12 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination, and the second-largest Protestant one, in the United States. ...

Science

Babbage redirects here. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Mechanical engineering is the application of physical principles to the creation of useful devices, objects and machines. ... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... Charles L. Bennett Dr. Charles L. Bennett (born November 1956) is an American observational astrophysicist and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. ... Charles Herbert Best, CC, (February 27, 1899 – March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Charles Dawson (1864â€“1916) was an amateur British archeologist who is credited or blamed with discoveries that turned out to be imaginative frauds, including that of the Piltdown man, which he presented in 1912. ... The portrait painted by John Cooke in 1915. ... Charles Thomas Jackson (21 June 1805 - 28 August 1880) was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. ... Charles Thomas Kowal (born November 8, 1940) is an American astronomer. ... Chiron and Achilles In Greek mythology, Chiron (hand) â€” sometimes transliterated Cheiron or rarely Kiron â€” was held as the superlative centaur among his brethren. ... Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 - March 18, 1899) was one of the pre-eminent paleontologists of the 19th century, who discovered and named many fossils found in the American West. ... Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 â€“ February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. ... Charles Hazelius Sternberg ( 1850- 1943) was an American fossil collector and amateur paleontologist. ... Bone Wars - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885 â€“ 1981) was an American fossil collector and paleontologist, son of Charles Hazelius Sternberg. ... Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH (February 14, 1869 â€“ November 15, 1959) was a Scottish physicist. ... Jacques Alexandre CÃ©sar Charles, 1820. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Constructing school science lab equipment/Making Charles law tubes AARON IS SO COOL!!!!! Charles law (sometimes called the Law of Charles) is one of the gas laws. ...

Sports

Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... Charles Meldrum Daniels (born March 21, 1885 in Dayton, Ohio â€“ died August 9, 1973 in Carmel Valley, California) was a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of five Olympic golds during his career. ... Chuck Hayes (born June 11, 1983 in Modesto, California is a professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was a standout player at the University of Kentucky. ... The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... Dr. Charles Madrid, more commonly known as Dr. Charles is one of the founding fathers of sport compact racing. ... Charlie McCarthy (born 1946) is a former Irish sportsperson. ... Hurler means someone who hurls, especially a player of hurling a pitcher in baseball This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Charles Radbourn on a 1887-1890 Goodwin & Company baseball card (Old Judge (N172)). Charles Gardner Radbourn (December 11, 1854 - February 5, 1897), nicknamed Old Hoss, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball prior to the turn of the 20th century. ... MLB and Major Leagues redirect here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other people

Charles McLean Andrews (1863â€“1943) was an American historian and professor. ... Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris on June 3, 1929) is an American game show producer of the 1960s and 1970s and author. ... Charles Black produced counterfeit British and U.S. currency together with travellers cheques for a number of years before being arrested. ... The French Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen, whose principles still have constitutional value Constitutional law is the study of foundational or basic laws of nation states and other political organizations. ... Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ... Charles Floyd (1782 - August 20, 1804) was a United States explorer, an officer and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ... â€œLewis and Clarkâ€ redirects here. ... Charles *Charley* W. Furnas (1880 - 16 October 1941) was born in West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, the second son of Tanzy and Elizabeth Furnas. ... Charles Charlie Dewolf Gibson (born March 9, 1943) is an American media personality best known as co-anchor of Good Morning America on ABC from January 1987 to May 1998 and from January 1999 to June 28, 2006, a span of 19 years. ... Chuck Jones in 1976 Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 â€“ February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. ... Charles Kuralt Charles Kuralt (10 September 1934 â€“ 4 July 1997) was an award-winning American journalist whose long career with CBS made him famous as the motor home-traveling reporter whose chronicling of out-of-the-news American people and living made him as much of a household name as... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 â€“ 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ... Lonesome Charley Reynolds was a scout in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. ... Charlie Rose Charles Peete Rose Jr. ... For other persons of the same name, see Charles Smith. ... Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot. ...

Places

also see: Charles City The Charles River from the Boston side, facing Cambridge and the main campus of Harvard University. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Providence neighborhoods with Charles in red Charles is a neighborhood in northern Providence, Rhode Island. ... â€œProvidenceâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Charles Bridge and Prague Old Town Charles Bridge as viewed from PetÅ™ÃnskÃ¡ rozhledna - lookout tower Charles Bridge (Czech: ) is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. ... Nickname: Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: , Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Pavel BÃ©m Area - City 496 kmÂ² (191. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... Nickname: Home of Hospitality, The most northern city of the South and the most southern city of the North, Chemicalville, The Capitol City C-Town Location of Charleston in West Virginia. ... Charleston may refer to: Charleston (dance) USS Charleston, the name of several ships of the United States Navy Charleston, novel by Alexandra Ripley Charleston (Texas Navy), a ship built for the Texas Navy In New Zealand: Charleston, New Zealand In Scotland: Charleston, Dundee, an area of Dundee Charleston, Angus, near... See also Charleston, West Virginia or Charlestown Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia USA. The population was 2,907 at the 2000 census. ... Charles City is the name of some places in the United States of America: Charles City, Iowa Charles City County, Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Charles Craig: The master of sideburns. His mom shaves them and his dad beats him. What a pathetic excuse for a human being. He is responsible for many lulz.

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