Charles Wilson Explained

Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Chuck Wilson may refer to:

Academics

Charles Edward Wilson (educationalist) (1815–1888), Scottish teacher and educationalist
Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India
Charles Wilson (political scientist) (1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator
Charles Wilson (historian) (1914–1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor
Charles Wilson (economist), American economist and academic administrator

Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author
Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) (1810–1861), Scottish architect
Charles C. Wilson (architect) (1864–1933), American architect
Charles J. A. Wilson (1880-1965), Scottish-born American artist, painter, etcher, and illustrator
Charles C. Wilson (1894–1948), American film actor
Charles Morrow Wilson (1905–1977), American writer
Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), American artist
Charles Wilson (composer) (1931–2019), Canadian composer and choral conductor
Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) (1948–2018), American jazz musician
Charlie Wilson (singer) (born 1953), American R&B singer; frontman of the Gap Band
Ricky Wilson (singer) (Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on The Voice

Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson (1827–1923), Australian civil engineer
Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916), British civil servant and financier
Charles Alfred Wilson (1855-1935), American civil engineer
Charles Corbett Powell Wilson (c.1857–c.1938), Australian civil engineer
Charles G. Wilson (fl. 1880s–1890s), American financier and businessman
Charles Edward Wilson (businessman) (1886–1972), American businessman; CEO of General Electric
Charles Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), American hotelier; founder of Holiday Inn chain
Charles T. Wilson (1879–1974), American businessman; crude rubber importer
Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) (born 1968), American entrepreneur

Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP)
Charles Wilson (Conservative politician) (1859–1930), British politician; MP for Leeds Central
Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (1875–1924), British politician; MP for Hull West

Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors
Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York
Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman
Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator
Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), American federal judge
Charles Wilson (Vermont politician), state legislator in Vermont

Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) (1808–1877), Canadian politician; senator and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec
Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), Canadian politician
Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament
Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), New Zealand politician; MP and parliamentary librarian
Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament

Charles Wilson (sailor) (1836–?), Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War
Charles E. Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1840–1915), American Civil War sergeant
Charles Edward Wilson (rugby union) (1871–1914), British military officer and rugby union player
Chuck Wilson (pilot) (born 1953), American USAF military officer

Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), English archaeologist
Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize
Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran (1882–1977), British physician; personal doctor to Winston Churchill
Charles Byron Wilson (1929–2018), American neurosurgeon

Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), English footballer
Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), English footballer for Liverpool and Stockport County
Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1971), English footballer for Spurs, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City
Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1994), English footballer for Grimsby Town
Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1985), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday
Charlie Wilson (Burnley footballer) (fl. 1940s), English footballer for Burnley

Charley Wilson (1895–1965), American Negro leagues baseball player
Charlie Wilson (baseball) (1905–1970), American baseball player for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals
Chuck Wilson (baseball) (1929–1983), American Negro leagues baseball player

Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer
Charles Wilson (cricketer) (1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand
Chilla Wilson (Charles Roy Wilson, 1931–2016), Australian rugby union player and manager
Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) (born 1954), American sports journalist
Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), American football wide receiver
Chuck Wilson (sprinter) (born 1968), American sprinter

Charlie Wilson (criminal) (1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang
Charles Wilson (journalist) (1935–2022), Scottish-born newspaper editor

Charles E. Wilson (1973 ship), a ship launched in 1973 named for Charles E. Wilson