Charles Adams

Charles or Charlie Adams may refer to:

Academics

 * Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), American educator and historian
 * Charles Joseph Adams (1924–2011), American educator and academic
 * Charles P. Adams (college president) (1873–1961), founding president of Grambling State University

Arts and entertainment

 * Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), English pioneer detective novelist, lawyer and anti-vivisectionist
 * Charles Follen Adams (1842–1918), American poet
 * Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), American landscape artist
 * Charles James Adams (1859–1931), English landscape artist
 * Charles Kingsley Adams (1899–1971), British civil servant; National Portrait Gallery director
 * Charles R. Adams (1834–1900), American opera singer
 * Charles Adams (1869–1937), pseudonym for Charles A. Prince, celesta soloist
 * Charlie Adams (drummer) (born 1954), American drummer

Military

 * Charles W. Adams (Confederate general) (1817–1878), Confederate States Army officer; grandfather of Helen Keller
 * Charles Powell Adams (1831–1893), Brigadier General in the Union Army
 * Charles W. Adams (Union general) (1834–1909), Union Army general during the American Civil War
 * Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915), Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
 * Charles Adams (Colorado Indian agent) (1845–1895), American Civil War soldier and diplomat
 * Charles J. Adams (U.S. Air Force general) (1921–2002), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General

Politics

 * Charles Adams (1770–1800), son of John Adams; brother of John Quincy Adams
 * Charles Adams (MP) (1753–1821), British Member of Parliament
 * Charles C. Adams Jr. (born 1947), American diplomat, former ambassador, and lawyer
 * Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman
 * Charles H. Adams (New York politician) (1824–1902), U.S. Representative from New York
 * Charles H. Adams (Massachusetts journalist) (1859–1952), American journalist and politician
 * Charles Edward Adams (politician) (1867–1936), 25th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
 * Charles Bayley Adams (1887–1961), Vermont politician, judge and attorney
 * Charles J. Adams (Vermont politician) (1917–2008), Vermont politician and Attorney General
 * Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), U.S. Navy secretary
 * Charles Edward Adams (industrialist) (1881–1957), director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 * Charles Adams (Manitoba politician) (1858–1931), Canadian entrepreneur and Manitoba politician
 * Charles Clinton Adams (1833–1906), American merchant and politician from New York

Science

 * Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853), American naturalist and academic
 * Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951), American astronomer
 * Charles Christopher Adams (1873–1955), American zoologist
 * Charles William Adams (surveyor) (1840–1918), New Zealand surveyor, astronomer and public servant
 * Charles Adams (seismologist) (1870–1945), New Zealand university lecturer, surveyor, astronomer and seismologist

Sports

 * Babe Adams (Charles Benjamin Adams, 1882–1968), American baseball pitcher
 * Charlie Adam (born 1985), Scottish football player
 * Charles Adams (ice hockey) (1876–1947), Boston Bruins founder
 * Charlie Adams (American football) (born 1979), American football player
 * Charlie Adams (Australian footballer) (1897–1986), Australian rules football player
 * Charlie Adams (English footballer) (born 1994), English football player

Other

 * Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), president of Raytheon
 * Charles Gilchrist Adams (1936–2023), American clergyman

Ships

 * Charles F. Adams-class destroyer, a ship class
 * USS Charles F. Adams