Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62243 persons found

Charles Vyner Brooke

b. 1874

3rd Rajah of Sarawak

Charles W. Bagnal

United States Army general

Charles W. Chesnutt

b. 1858

African-American writer, activist, and lawyer (1858–1932)

Charles W. Clark

b. 1865

American baritone singer

Charles W. Fairbanks

b. 1852

Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909

Charles W. Pickering

b. 1937

American judge (born 1937)

Charles W. Woodworth

b. 1865

American entomologist (1865–1940)

Charles Wade

Australian politician

Charles Walker (British politician)

b. 1967

British Conservative politician

Charles Wang

b. 1944

Chinese-American computer company businessman and billionaire (1944–2018)

Charles Waterhouse (artist)

b. 1924

American painter, illustrator and sculptor (1924–2013)

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

b. 1730

Prime Minister of Great Britain (1765–1766; 1782)

Charles Webb (author)

b. 1939

American writer (1939–2020)

Charles Weeghman

German-American restaurant entrepreneur and sports executive

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington

b. 1945

British peer and politician (born 1945)

Charles Wells (brewer)

b. 1842

British brewer (1842–1914)

Charles Werner

American cartoonist (1909–1997)

Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland

b. 1639

Charles Wheeler (journalist)

British journalist and broadcaster

Charles Whitman

American mass murderer (1941–1966)

Charles William Eliot

American academic (1834–1926)

Charles William Miller

Brazilian sportsman (1874–1953)

Charles William Train

b. 1890

British Army soldier

Charles Williams (British writer)

British writer, theologian, and literary critic (1886-1945)