Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Charles Napier
Charles Napier — American character actor
Charles O. Finley
Charles O. Finley — Owner and Innovator of the Oakland Athletics
Charles of Valois
Charles of Valois: Founder of the Valois Dynasty and Count of Valois (1270–1325)
Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault — founder of the literary fairy-tale tradition
Charles Portis
Charles R. Larson
Charles R. Larson: U.S. Navy Four-Star Admiral and Naval Academy Superintendent
Charles Reis Felix
Charles Reis Felix — Luso‑American writer and memoirist (1923–2017)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Scottish architect and designer
Charles Richter
Charles F. Richter
Charles Robert Jenkins
Charles Russell
Charles Russell (Black Douglas) — Australian bushranger
Charles Sibley
Charles G. Sibley
Charles Simic
Charles Simic — Serbian American poet, translator, and essayist
Charles Spence Bate
Charles Templeton
Charles the Fat
Charles the Fat (Charles III) — Carolingian Emperor and King
Charles the Simple
Charles Thone
Charles Toubé
Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Charles V of France
Charles V of France (the Wise) — King of France, 1364–1380
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
Habsburg ruler who reigned over Spain, the Burgundian Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire; confronted the Reformation, fought France and the Ottomans, enacted legal reforms, and
Charles VI of France
Charles VI of France (1368–1422): reign, mental illness, and political crisis
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles Wood (playwright)
Charles Wood (1932–2020): British Playwright and Screenwriter
Charles Wyrsch
Charles Wyrsch (1920–2019): Swiss Painter of Figuration and Abstraction
Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII of Sweden (Karl XII)
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter
Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter: French librettist, translator and librarian
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charley Marouani
Charlie Beasley
Charlie Beasley (American professional basketball player)
Charlie Gardiner
Charlie Hodge
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker: Alto Saxophonist and Architect of Bebop
Charlie Sanders
Charlie Sands (ice hockey)
Charlie Sifford
Charlie Sifford: Pioneer who broke golf's racial barriers
Charlie Silvera
Charlie Silvera: American Major League Baseball Catcher and Coach
Charlie Villanueva
Charlie White
Charlie White (American ice dancer)
Charlie Whiting
Charlie Wilson (criminal)
Charlie Wilson (member of the Great Train Robbery)
Charlotte
Charlotte (given name)
Charlotte Arnold
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday (Marie‑Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont)
Charlotte Evans
Charlotte Evans — British alpine skiing sighted guide
Charlotte Moore Sitterly
Charlotte Moore Sitterly — American solar spectroscopist and atomic data compiler