Browse Historical People

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 133,342 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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133,342 people found

Charles Wood

Charles Wood

1856–1945 jockey

Charles Woodruff

1845–1920 Burke

Charles Woodward

1899–1999 association football player Argentina

Charles Wordsworth

1806–1892 Anglican priest, classical scholar, cricketer, philologist, rower Lambeth

Charles Wright Conant

b. 1833 politician

Charles Wylie

Charles Wyzanski

Charles Yelverton O'Connor

1843–1902 civil engineer, engineer, surveyor County Meath

Charles Yerkes

1837–1905 art collector, art historian, businessperson Philadelphia

Charles Yeung Siu-cho

b. 1934 politician Yeung Uk Tsuen

Charles Zidler

1831–1897 impresario Saint-Cloud

Charles d'Espinay

1902–1969 film director

Charles d'Orbigny

1806–1876 botanist, entomologist, geologist, naturalist Couëron

Charles de Beaurepaire

1828–1908 archivist, historian Avranches

Charles de Bordeu

1857–1926 writer Izeste

Charles de Bruyères

1821–1905 collector, lawyer, painter Remiremont

Charles de Chambrun

Count

Charles de Choiseul-Praslin

1805–1847 politician Paris

Charles de Courcy

1834–1917 journalist, playwright Passy

Charles de Freycinet

1828–1923 engineer, official, politician, writer Foix

Charles de La Guéronnière

1827–1866 official Le Dorat

Charles de Lacombe

1832–1904 politician Paris

Charles de Luesemans

1808–1882 lawyer, politician Tienen

Charles de Moüy

1834–1922 diplomat, internationalist, journalist former 10th arrondissement of Paris

Charles de Pelleport-Burète

1827–1900 politician Bordeaux

Charles de Ribbe

1827–1899 historian Aix-en-Provence

Charles de Vaux

1843–1915 sports journalist Bailleul

Charles de Verninac

1803–1834 diplomat Paris

Charles de Wolff

1932–2011 conductor, organist Mussel

Charles du Trémolet de Lacheisserie

1800–1885 politician Valence

Charles le Bargy

1858–1936 actor, film actor, film director, teacher La Chapelle

Charles van Isterdael

1873–1962 cellist Mons

Charles van der Sluis

1919–2001 resistance fighter, student

Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq

1826–1895 painter former 10th arrondissement of Paris

Charles Édouard Guillaume

1861–1938 physicist, researcher Fleurier

Charles Édouard Lardy

1847–1923 diplomat, jurist Neuchâtel

Charles Émile La Chambre

1816–1907 politician Saint-Malo

Charles Émile Salomon

1833–1913 architect Strasbourg

Charles-Albert Reichen

1907–1992 teacher, writer Pontarlier

Charles-Alexandre Geoffroy de Grandmaison

1858–1931 historian, lawyer, writer former 9th arrondissement of Paris

Charles-Antoine Cambon

1802–1875 painter, scenographer former 11th arrondissement of Paris

Charles-Arthur Maitrot

1849–1924 military personnel La Fère

Charles-Auguste Grivot

1814–1856 writer Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Charles-Auguste Martenot

1827–1900 engineer, politician Ancy-le-Franc

Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty

1916–2004 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Pipriac

Charles-Edmond Veil-Picard

1856–1947

Charles-Eugène Cœuret de Saint-Georges

1833–1893 soldier Coulanges-la-Vineuse

Charles-Eugène Hesse

1801–1890 carcinologist, conchologist, parasitologist

Charles-François Turinaz

1838–1918 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Chambéry