# Charles Williams

Charles, Charlie, Charley, Chuck or Chuckie Williams may refer to:

## Actors

* Charles Williams (English actor) (1693–1731), at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
* Charles Williams (American actor) (1898–1958), screenwriter
* Charlie Williams (comedian) (1927–2006), English Yorkshire stand-up, former footballer

## Artists

* Charles Williams (caricaturist) (before 1775—1830), British illustrator
* Charles Insco Williams (1853–1923), American artist and architect in Dayton, Ohio
* Charles David Williams (1875–1954), American book and magazine illustrator (Cross burning)
* Charles Williams (artist) (born 1965), American-English Stuckist movement painter
* Charles T. Williams (1918–1966), American sculptor

## Music and dance

* Charles Holston Williams (1886–1978), American founder of dance company
* Charles Williams (composer) (1893–1978), English film music
* Charles Williams (musician) (born 1932), American jazz saxophonist
** Charles Williams (album), 1971 release by saxophonist
* Charles "Hungry" Williams (1935–1986), American R&B drummer from New Orleans

## Politics

* Charles Williams (of Llangibby) (1591–1641), English MP in 1621
* Charles Hanbury Williams (1708–1759), Welsh MP and satirist
* Charles K. Williams (1782–1853), American governor of Vermont
* Charles Williams (before 1825—after 1865), American mayor of Rockford, Illinois, 1859–64
* Watkin Williams (Liberal politician) (Charles James Watkin Williams, 1828–1884), Welsh MP for Caernarvonshire, 1880
* Charles G. Williams (1829–1892), American congressman from Wisconsin
* Charles Henry Williams (1834–1908), English MP for Barnstaple, 1868–1874
* Charles Williams (Wisconsin state legislator) (1844–1922), American Democrat
* Morgan Williams (politician) (Charles Morgan Williams, 1878–1970), New Zealand politician
* Charles Williams (Torquay MP) (1886–1955), English politician
* Charles Cromwell Williams (1896–1975), Canadian member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
* Charles Williams (Australian politician) (1890–1952), Labor member of Western Australian Legislative Council, 1928–1948
* Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel (1933–2019), English MP, cricketer, businessman

## Sports
### American football

* Charles M. Williams (coach), football and basketball at Temple University, 1894–99
* Chuck Williams (American football) (1934–2020), coach
* Charles Williams (gridiron football) (born 1953), Canadian defensive back
* Charlie Williams (American football) (born 1972), NFL safety for Dallas Cowboys

### Association football

* Charlie Williams (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1952), English goalkeeper and manager
* Charles Williams (footballer, born 1912) (1912—after 1934), English footballer
* Charlie Williams (footballer, born 1944), Maltese midfielder
* Charlie Williams (comedian) (1927–2006), English centre-half, later performer

### Baseball

* Charles Williams (baseball) (1894–1952), American pitcher in Negro leagues
* Charlie Williams (shortstop) (1903–1931), American shortstop in Negro leagues
* Charlie Williams (umpire) (1943–2005), first African American behind home plate in World Series
* Charlie Williams (pitcher) (1947–2015), American with Mets and Giants

### Basketball

* Charlie Williams (basketball) (born 1943), American point guard
* Chuck Williams (basketball) (born 1946), American point guard
* Chuckie Williams (born 1953), American shooting guard
* Chaz Williams (born 1991), American point guard in Macedonian First League
* Charles Williams (basketball) (born 1996), American shooting guard

### Combat sports

* Charley Williams (born 1928), American boxer
* Charles Williams (boxer) (born 1962), American light heavyweight
* Rockin' Rebel (Charles Williams, 1966–2018), American professional wrestler

### Other sports

* Charles Williams (cricketer, born 1800) (1800–1830), English underarm bowler with Marylebone
* Charles Williams (Australian footballer) (1881–1969), with Richmond in VFL
* Charles Williams (athlete) (1887–1971), English 1908 Olympian in track and field
* Charles Williams (rackets) (1888–1935), English world champion and Titanic survivor
* Charlie Williams (motorcyclist) (born 1950), English motorcyclist
* Charles Williams (rugby union) South African player, 1976–1980
* Charlie Williams (pool player) (born 1977), Korean-born American
* Charles Williams (ice hockey) (born 1992), American goaltender

## Writers
### Fiction

* Charles Williams (British writer) (1886–1945), English novelist, member of Inklings
* Charles Williams (American author) (1909–1975), American author of suspense novels (Dead Calm, Hotspot,...)
* C. K. Williams (Charles Kenneth Williams, 1936–2015), American poet
* Charlie Williams (British writer) (born 1971), English author of The Mangel Trilogy
* Charles Williams (film director) (born 1982), Australian screenwriter-director

### Non-fiction

* Charles Greville Williams (1829–1910), English scientist and analytical chemist
* Charles Frederick Williams (1838–1904), Irish-Scottish newspaper editor and war correspondent
* Charles Theodore Williams (1838–1912), English physician
* Charles Tudor Williams (1839–1914), American businessman and educator
* Charles D. Williams (1860–1923), American Episcopal bishop and theologian
* C. Dickerman Williams (1900–1998), American lawyer and freedom-of-speech advocate
* Charles Williams (priest) (1906–1961), Welsh Anglican theologian and chaplain of Merton College
* Chuck Williams (author) (1915–2015), American cookbook writer, founder of Williams-Sonoma
* Charles M. Williams (academic) (1917–2011), American professor at Harvard Business School

## Other

* Charles Williams (academic) (1807–1877), English principal of Jesus College, Oxford
* Charles Williams (brewer) (1850–1936), Australian pioneer in Adelaide
* Charles Williams (Royal Navy officer) (1925–2015), South African-born rear admiral
* Charles James Blasius Williams (1805–1889), English physician
* Charles Q. Williams (1933–1982), American Army major, Medal of Honor recipient
* Charles Andrew Williams (born 1986), perpetrator of the Santana High School shooting