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Charles Smith

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ411055
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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 (1852–1931), 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 (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 and politician

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 (c. 1761–1855), 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 Throsby Smith (1798–1876), Australian explorer and mayor

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 (politician) (1926–2014), Wisconsin state treasurer

Charles P. Smith (judge) (1878–1948), 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, 1928–2021), American politician

Charles Sydney Smith (mayor) (1828–1907), jeweler and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island

Charles Z. Smith (1927–2016), Washington State Supreme Court justice

Charles Wallace Smith (1864–1939), 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

Charles Smith (basketball coach) (born 1949), American high school basketball coach

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 (born 1964), American prosecutor in Frederick County, Maryland

Fictional characters

Charles Smith, character in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2

Charlie Smith, character in the television series Class

Other uses

Charles E. Smith Co.

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