Charles Thornton

Charles Thornton may refer to:


 * Tex Thornton (1913–1981), American businessman
 * Charles Thornton (cricketer) (1850–1929), English cricketer
 * Charles "Cookie" Thornton, resident of Kirkwood, Missouri involved, in Kirkwood City Council shooting
 * Charles Irving Thornton (1841–1842), American infant from the state of Virginia
 * Charles Jonas Thornton (1850–1932), political figure in Durham, Ontario
 * Charles Wade Thornton (1764–1854), British military officer
 * Charles E. Thornton (1930s–1985), medical reporter and the first American journalist killed in Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion of 1979