Charles Brown

Charlie Brown in most cases would refer to the Peanuts comic strip character of the same name.

Charles or Charlie Brown may also refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Charlie Brown (singer) (born 1986), British singer
• Charlie Brown (born 1970), American rapper and member of Leaders of the New School
• Charles Brown (musician) (1922–1999), American blues singer

Other arts and entertainment

• Charlie Brown (DJ) (c. 1942–2022), American radio DJ
• Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), American novelist
• Charles D. Brown (1887–1948), American stage and film actor
• Charles Brown (actor) (1946–2004), American actor with Negro Ensemble Company

Military

• Charlie Brown (pilot) (1922–2008), American World War II pilot
  • Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, 1943
• Charles Brown (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1678–1753), Royal Navy officer
• Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1841–1919), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Brown (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1849–?), American 1871 Korean Expedition Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Henry Brown (1872–1917), New Zealand Army officer who served during World War I
• Charles R. Brown (1899–1983), United States Navy four-star admiral
• Charles Q. Brown Jr. (born 1962), Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Sir Charles Richmond Brown, 4th Baronet (1902–1995), British soldier

Politics

United States

• Charlie Brown (Georgia politician) (1903–1995), Atlanta politician for whom the airport Charlie Brown Field is named
• Charlie Brown (Indiana politician) (born 1938), Indiana State Representative
• Charlie Brown (West Virginia politician) (born 1950), West Virginia attorney general
• Charles Brown (congressman) (1797–1883), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Charles Brown (mayor) (1873–1943), mayor of Murray, Utah, 1906–1909
• Charles Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1828–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman
• Charles Elwood Brown (1834–1904), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Charles Harrison Brown (1920–2003), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Charles Henry Brown (politician) (1904–1959), Vermont lawyer and politician

Other countries

• Charles Brown (Australian politician) (1895–1970), Australian politician from Queensland
• Charles Brown (Labour politician) (1884–1940), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Mansfield, 1929–1940
• Charles Brown (New Zealand politician) (1820–1901), from Taranaki
• Charles Hunter Brown (1825–1898), New Zealand politician from Canterbury

Religion

• Charles Arthur Brown (1919–1997), American Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Charles E. Brown Jr. (1911–1996), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army
• Charles John Brown (born 1959), American Catholic Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines
• Charles John Brown (moderator) (1806–1884), Scottish minister
• Charles Oliver Brown (1848–1941), Congregational Minister and bugler in the American Civil War
• Charles Reynolds Brown (1862–1950), American Congregational clergyman and educator
• Charles Rufus Brown (1849–1914), American Baptist clergyman and Semitic scholar

Sports

American football

• Charlie Brown (defensive back) (born 1942), National Football League and Canadian Football League player
• Charlie Brown (running back) (born 1945), National Football League player
• Charlie Brown (wide receiver, born 1948) (born 1948), National Football League player
• Charlie Brown (wide receiver, born 1958) (born 1958), National Football League player
• Charles Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1987), American football player
• Charles Edwin Brown (1936–2022), American football offensive lineman
• Charles H. Brown (American football) (1886–1963), American college football player and coach, judge

Association football

• Charles Brown (footballer), Scottish footballer who played for Tottenham.
• Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1979), English footballer with Southampton and Queens Park Rangers.
• Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1999), English footballer with Milton Keynes Dons.
• Charlie Brown (Scottish footballer) (1924–2019), Scottish footballer who played for Queen of the South.

Australian rules football

• Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1956), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood.
• Charlie Brown (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1941), Australian rules footballer for Carlton.

Other sports

• Charlie Brown (baseball) (1871–1938), American baseball player
• Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball) (born 1997), American professional basketball player
• Charlie Brown (basketball, born 1936) (1936–2022), American college basketball player
• Charles Brown (boxer) (born 1939), American Olympic bronze medalist
• Charlie Brown (boxer) (born 1958), American boxer
• Charles Brown (cricketer, born 1815) (1815–1875), English cricketer
• Charles Brown (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1917), Australian-born English cricketer
• Charles Brown (ice hockey) (born 1947), American ice hockey player
• Charles Brown (roque player) (1867–1937), American Olympic bronze medalist
• Charles Brown (rugby union, born 1887) (1887–1966), New Zealand rugby union player
• Charlie Brown (rugby union, born 1878) (1878–1944), South African international rugby union player
• Charles Brown (water polo), New Zealand water polo player

Science and engineering

• Charles Brown (British engineer) (1827–1905), British engineer
• Charles Barrington Brown (1839–1917), British-Canadian geologist and explorer
• Charles D. Brown II, American physicist
• Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown (1863–1924), Swiss engineer and founder of railway companies

Other people

• Charles Armitage Brown (1787–1842), British businessman, friend of poet John Keats
• Charles E. Brown (photographer) (1896–1982), British commercial aviation photographer
• Charles F. Brown (1844–1929), American lawyer and judge
• Charles H. Brown (New York judge) (1858–1933), American lawyer and judge
• Charles Harvey Brown (1875–1960), American librarian
• Charles N. Brown (1937–2009), American publisher, founder of magazine Locus
• Charles Philip Brown (1798–1884), British official of the East India Company
• Charles Stuart Brown (1918–1997), Wyoming Supreme Court judge

Songs

• "Charlie Brown" (The Coasters song), written by Leiber and Stoller, 1959
• "Charlie Brown" (Benito di Paula song), 1974
• "Charlie Brown" (Coldplay song), 2011
• "Charlie Brown", by Beabadoobee from Fake It Flowers, 2020

Other uses

• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the musical comedy based on the Peanuts comic strip
• Charlie Brown Jr. (band), a Brazilian rock band (1993–2013)
• Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton, Massachusetts, United States

See also

• Chuck Brown (disambiguation)
• Charlie Brown's (disambiguation)
• Charles Browne (disambiguation)
• Carlos Brown (disambiguation)
• Charles Wreford-Brown (1866–1951), British footballer