Charles Smith Explained

Charles or Charlie Smith may refer to:

Academics

• C. Alphonso Smith (1864–1924), American professor, college dean, philologist, and folklorist
• Charles Emrys Smith aka Dr.Charles Smith Brocca, British economist, educator, Swansea Metropolitan University / University of Wales
• Charles Roach Smith (1806–1890), founding member of the British Archaeological Association
• Charles Saumarez Smith (born 1954), British art historian
• Charles Smith (topographer) (1715–1763), Irish topographer and writer
• Charles Sprague Smith (1853–1910), founder and director of the People's Institute
• Charles Piper Smith (1877–1955), American botanist
• Charles Smith (mathematician) (1844–1916), British academic
• Charles Forster Smith, American classical philologist

Arts and entertainment

• Bubba Smith (Charles Aaron Smith, 1945–2011), American actor and football player
• Charles A. Smith (architect) (1866–1948), American architect
• Charles Alexander Smith (1864–1915), Canadian painter from Ontario
• Charles Martin Smith (born 1953), American actor and director
• Charles Patrick Smith (1877–1963), Australian journalist
• Charles Smith (actor) (1920–1988), American actor
• Charles Smith (artist) (1749–1824), Scottish artist
• Charles Smith (singer) (1786–1856), English tenor and bass, organist and composer
• Charles Smith (songwriter), American record producer and songwriter
• Charlie Smith, character in Class
• Charlie Smith (musician) (born 1979), American jazz musician
• Charlie Smith (drummer) (1927–1966), American jazz drummer
• Charlie Smith (footballer) (1915–1984), Welsh footballer
• Charlie Smith (American poet) (born 1947), American poet and novelist
• Charlie Smith (Romani poet) (1956–2005), British poet
• Charles Smith (playwright), American playwright and educator
• Charles Edward Smith (jazz) (1904–1970), American jazz author and critic
• Charles Harriott Smith (1792-1864) English sculptor
• Charles Raymond Smith (1798-1888) English sculptor
• Dr. Charles Smith (born 1940), artist and activist

Military

• Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935), Australian aviator in WWI and afterwards
• Charles Aitchison Smith (1871–1940), Indian army officer and administrator
• Charles Douglass Smith (–1855), British army officer and colonial administrator
• Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859), British artist, soldier and spy
• Charles Felix Smith (1786–1858), British army officer
• Charles Bean Smith, later Sir Charles Euan-Smith (1842–1910), British soldier and diplomat
• Charles Bradford Smith (1916–2004), American army officer and Silver Star recipient
• Charles Ferguson Smith (1807–1862), Union General of the American Civil War
• Charles Henry Smith (Navy Medal of Honor) (1826–1898), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Henry Smith (Army Medal of Honor) (1827–1902), American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

Australia

• Charles Smith (Victorian politician) (1833–1903), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1883–1892
• Charles Smith (Western Australian politician) (born 1970), member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2017

Canada

• Charles A. Smith (Canadian politician) (1845–?), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia
• Charles L. Smith (Canadian politician) (1853–?), Canadian politician in New Brunswick
• Charles Napier Smith (1866–1919), Canadian politician in Ontario
• Charles Rhodes Smith (1896–1993), Canadian politician in Manitoba

United Kingdom

• C. A. Smith (1895–?), British socialist and anti-communist activist
• Charles Culling Smith (1775–1853), British politician and courtier
• Charles Harding Smith (1931–1997), loyalist leader in Northern Ireland
• Charles Smith (MP) (1756–1814), British politician, Member of Parliament

United States

• Charles Aurelius Smith (1861–1916), governor of South Carolina
• Charles Bennett Smith (1870–1939), U.S. Representative from New York
• Charles Brooks Smith (1844–1899), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
• Charles C. Smith (Virginia politician), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1924–1926
• Charles C. Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1908–1970), American representative from Pennsylvania
• Charles Emory Smith (1842–1908), American journalist and politician
• Charles F. Smith (politician) (1912–1962), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• Charles F. Smith Jr. (1918–2001), American politician in Wisconsin senate
• Charles Henry Smith (1826–1903), American politician in Georgia senate and writer under the nom de plume Bill Arp
• Charles H. Smith (Wisconsin politician) (1863–1915), Wisconsin state legislator
• Charles K. Smith (1799–1866), American politician, lawyer, and first secretary of Minnesota Territory
• Charles L. Smith (Seattle politician) (1892–1982), mayor of Seattle, Washington
• Charles Lynwood Smith Jr. (born 1943), U.S. federal judge
• Charles Manley Smith (1868–1937), governor of Vermont, 1935–37
• Charles P. Smith (1926–2014), Wisconsin State Treasurer
• Charles P. Smith (judge), United States Tax Court judge
• Charles Plympton Smith (born 1954), American banker and former member of the Vermont House of Representatives
• Chuck Smith (Florida politician) (Charles R. Smith, born 1928), American politician
• Charles Sydney Smith (mayor) (1828–1907), jeweler and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Charles Z. Smith (1927–2016), retired Washington State Supreme Court Justice
• Charles Wallace Smith (1864–1939), former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Charlie Smith (Louisiana lobbyist) (1942–2012), American lobbyist

Other

• Charles Abercrombie Smith (1834–1919), scientist, politician and civil servant of the Cape Colony
• Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (Charles Robert Smith, 1887–1959), British colonial administrator and Governor of North Borneo

Science and technology

• Charles H. Smith (historian) (born 1950), American historian of science
• Charles Smith (pathologist), Canadian forensic pathologist reprimanded for his evidence in shaken baby cases since 1992
• Charles Michie Smith (1854–1922), Scottish astronomer

Sports

American football

• Charles H. Smith (American football) (active 1883–1894), American football center
• Charles Smith (American football) (1924–2013), American football back
• Charlie Smith (tackle) (1889–1961), American football tackle
• Charlie Smith (running back) (born 1946), American football running back
• Charlie Smith (wide receiver) (born 1950), American football wide receiver
• Bubba Smith (Charles Aaron Smith, 1945–2011), American football defensive end and actor

Baseball

• Charles R. Smith (coach) (died 1969), American baseball and basketball coach
• Charley Smith (1937–1994), American MLB third baseman
• Charlie Smith (pitcher) (1880–1929), American MLB pitcher
• Charlie Smith (infielder) (1840–1897), American MLB infielder
• Chino Smith (Charles Smith, 1903–1932), Negro league baseball player
• Pop Smith (Charles Marv Smith, 1856–1927), Canadian MLB infielder, 1880–1891
• Red Smith (pitcher) (Charles Smith), American Negro league baseball player

Basketball

• Charles Smith (basketball, born 1965), University of Pittsburgh and New York Knicks
• Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967), Georgetown University and Boston Celtics
• Charles Smith (basketball, born August 1975), University of New Mexico and Portland Trail Blazers
• Charles Smith (basketball, born October 1975), American-English basketball player

Cricket

• Sir C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948), English actor and cricketer
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1949), English cricketer
• Charlie Smith (South African cricketer) (1872–1947), South African cricketer
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1861) (1861–1925), English cricketer
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1920), New Zealand cricketer and administrator
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1930), English cricketer
• Charles Smith (South African cricketer) (1905–1967), South African cricketer
• Charlie Smith (English cricketer) (1859–1942), English cricketer
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1909), English cricketer
• Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1955), English cricketer

Other sports

• Charles Smith (sailor) (1889–1969), American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Charles Sydney Smith (1876–1951), British three times Olympic water polo champion
• Charles Eastlake Smith (1850–1917), British football player
• Charles Smith (polo) (active 1972–1981), American polo player
• Charles Smith (rugby) (1909–1976), New Zealand rugby football player
• Charles C. Smith (boxer) (1860–1924), African American boxer
• Charles Smith (Australian footballer) (1901–1968), Australian footballer
• Charles Smith (English footballer), English footballer
• Charlie Smith (golfer) (1931–2011), American golfer

Other people

• Charles Smith (cowboy) ("Hairlip" Charlie Smith; 1844–1907), frontiersman and lawman in the Old West, member of Wyatt Earp's posse
• Charles Lee Smith (1887–1964), American atheist activist
• Charlie Smith (centenarian) (1874–1979), claimed to be the oldest person in the United States
• Charles Pressley Smith (1862–1935), Anglican priest
• Charles John Smith (1803–1838), English engraver
• Charles Rattray Smith (1859–1941), schoolteacher in Britain and New South Wales, Australia
• Charles Smith (developer) (1901–1995), American real estate developer and philanthropist in the Washington DC area
• Charles Smith (priest), English Anglican priest
• Charles Spencer Smith (1852–1923), American bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church
• Charles Edward Smith (Baptist) (1835–1929), American author and Baptist ecclesiologist and apologist
• Charles R. Smith, head of the Menasha Wooden Ware Co., who named Ladysmith, Wisconsin, after his wife
• Charles "Chip" Smith, an alias of German murderer Christian Gerhartsreiter
• Charles Howard Smith (1888–1942), British diplomat
• Charles Howard Smith (trade unionist) (1875–1965), British trade union leader
• Charles Loraine Smith (1751–1835), sportsman, artist and politician
• J. Charles Smith III, American prosecutor in Frederick County, Maryland

Other uses

• Charles E. Smith Co.
• Chuck Smith (disambiguation)
• Charles Smyth (disambiguation)