Charley (name)

Charley is an English unisex given name and a surname. As an English given name, it is a diminutive form of Charles and a feminine form of Charlie. Notable people known by this name include the following:

Given name

 * Charley Armey (born 1939), American football coach, scout, and executive
 * Charley Aull (1869–1958), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Aylett (1913–1966), Australian politician
 * Charley Barden (1874–1962), British cyclist
 * Charley Barnes (born 1939), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Barrett (1893–1924), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Bassett (1863–1942), American baseball player
 * Charley Belanger (1901–1970), Canadian boxer
 * Charley Booker (1925–1989), American singer and guitarist
 * Charley Boorman (born 1966), English TV presenter, travel writer and actor
 * Charley Borah (1905–1980), American sprint athlete
 * Charley Boswell (1916–1995), American gridiron football player and blind golf player
 * Charley Bowser (1898–1989), American football coach
 * Charley Brewer (fullback) (1873–1958), American gridiron football player
 * Charles Brewer (American football), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Britt (born 1938), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Brock (1916–1987), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Bryan, nickname of Charles S. Bryan (born 1942), American infectious disease physician, researcher, and author
 * Charley Burley (1917–1992), African American boxer
 * Charley Casserly (born c. 1949), American gridiron football sportscaster and executive
 * Charley Chase (1893–1940), American comedian, screenwriter and film director
 * Charley Cobb, American football coach
 * Charlie Conerly (1921–1996), American gridiron football quarterback
 * Charley Cowan (1938–1998), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Crockett (born 1984), Americana singer, guitarist, and songwriter
 * Charley Czarnecki, nickname of Walter Czarnecki (1916–1996), American basketball player
 * Charley Dewberry, American ichthyologists and author
 * Charley Diamond (1936–2020), American gridiron football player
 * Charley L. Diaz (born 1959), United States Coast Guard captain
 * Charley Dickens, nickname of Charles Dickens Jr., son of Charles Dickens
 * Charley Donnelly (1885–1967), American educator, golfer, and college football and golf coach
 * Charley Drayton (born 1965), American multi-instrumental musician and producer
 * Charley Eckman (1921–1995), American basketball coach, referee, broadcaster, and author and baseball player
 * Charley Edge (born 1997), Welsh footballer
 * Charley Ellis (1944–2018), American boxer
 * Charley Ewart (1915–1990), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Ferrer (born 1963), Puerto Rican Doctor of Human Sexuality
 * Charley Feeney (1924–2014), American sportswriter
 * Charley Ferguson (1939–2023), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Roussel Fomen (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer
 * Charley Ford, nickname of Charles Ford (outlaw) (1857–1884), American outlaw, James Gang member, and brother of Robert Ford
 * Charley Fox (1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant
 * Charley Foy (1898–1984), American actor
 * Charley Frazier (1939–2022), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Fusari (1924–1985), Italian-American boxer
 * Charley Genever, British poet
 * Charley Goldman (1887–1968), Polish boxing trainer
 * Charley Grapewin (1869–1956), American vaudeville performer and a stage and film actor
 * Charley Griffith (1929–1999), American NASCAR driver
 * Charley Hall (1884–1943), American baseball player
 * Charley Hamrick (1912–1963), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Hannah (born 1955), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Harper (1922–2007), American artist
 * Charley Harraway (born 1944), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Hearn (born 1983), English footballer
 * Charley Hennigan or Charlie Hennigan, nicknames for Charles Taylor Hennigan Sr., (1935–2017), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Henley, visual effects artist
 * Charley Hoffman (born 1976), American golfer
 * Charley Horton, nickname of Charles Horton, American gridiron football player
 * Charley Hughlett (born 1990), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Hull (born 1996), English golfer
 * Charley Hyatt (1908–1978), American basketball player
 * Charley Eugene Johns (1905–1990), American politician
 * Charley Johnson (born 1938), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Johnson (wrestler) (1887–1967), American wrestler
 * Charley Jones (1852–1911), American baseball player
 * Charley Jones (American football) (1929–2000), American gridiron football player
 * Charley E. Jones, publisher of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine
 * Charley Jordan (1890–1954), American musician
 * Charley Leundeu Keunang, 2015 police shooting victim
 * Charley Koontz (born 1987), American actor
 * Charley Kurtsinger, nickname of Charles Kurtsinger (1906–1946), American jockey
 * Charley Langer, American saxophonist and composer
 * Charley Lau (1933–1984), American baseball player and coach
 * Charley Lincoln (1900–1963), American musician
 * Charley Lockhart (1876–1954), American politician and dwarf
 * Charley Malone (1910–1992), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Marcuse, American hot dog vendor
 * Charley Marouani (1926–2017), Tunisian impresario and celebrity agent
 * Charley McDowell, nickname of Charles McDowell Jr. (journalist), (1926–2010), American writer and syndicated columnist
 * Charley McVeigh (1898–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Charley Mitchell (American football) (1948–1993), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Mitchell (boxer) (1861–1918), English boxer
 * Charley Molnar (born 1961), American football coach
 * Charley Moore (1884–1970), American baseball player and manager
 * Charley Moran (1878–1949), American baseball player and umpire and gridiron football coach
 * Charley Morin, nickname of Charles R. Morin (1870–1947), American billiards player
 * Charley Morgan (1929–2023), American sailboat racer and designer
 * Charley O'Leary (1875–1941), American baseball player
 * Charley Paddock (1900–1943), American sprint athlete
 * Charley Parkhurst (1812–1879), American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher
 * Charley Patton (?? – 1934), American musician
 * Charley Pell (1941–2001), American gridiron football coach
 * Charley Pettys (born 1990), American-born, Filipino footballer
 * Charley Pierce (c. 1866 – 1895), American outlaw
 * Charley Price (1890–1967), English cricketer
 * Charley Pride (1934–2020), American country singer
 * Charley Reese (1937–2013), American syndicated columnist
 * Charley Retzlaff (1904–1970), American boxer
 * Charley Reynolds (1842–1876), American scout
 * Charley Riley (1922–1994), American boxer
 * Charley Robinson (1925–2007), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Rogers (1887–1956), English film actor, director and screenwriter
 * Charley Rosen (born 1941), American author and basketball coach
 * Charley Phil Rosenberg or Charlie Phil Rosenberg professional names of Charles Green (1902–1976), American boxer
 * Charley Ross (1870 - ?), murder victim; first American kidnapping victim for purely ransom reason
 * Charley Palmer Rothwell (born 1992), English actor
 * Charley Sarratt (1922–2018), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Scales (1938–2023) American gridiron football player
 * Charley Scalies, American actor
 * Charley Schanz (1919–1992), American baseball player
 * Charley Seabright (1918–1981), American gridiron Football player
 * Charley Shin, founder of Charleys Philly Steaks
 * Charley Shipp (1913–1988), American basketball player and coach
 * Charley Smith (1937–1994), American baseball player
 * Charley Speed (born 1979), British model and actor
 * Charley Stanceu (1916–1969), American baseball player
 * Charley Steinberg, nickname for Charles M. Steinberg (1932–1999), American immunobiologist
 * Charley Steiner (born 1949), American sportscaster
 * Charley Stis (1884–1979), American baseball infielder, manager, scout and umpire
 * Charley Stone English musician
 * Charley Straight (1891–1940), American pianist, bandleader and composer
 * Charley Suche (1915–1984), American baseball player
 * Charley Taylor (1941–2022), American football player
 * Charley Thomas (born 1986), Canadian curler
 * Charley Thornton (1936–2004), American college athletics administrator
 * Charley Trudeau, nickname of Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau (1887–1935), Canadian entrepreneur, father of Pierre Trudeau and grandfather of Justin Trudeau
 * Charley Toomey American lacrosse coach
 * Charley Toorop (1891–1955), Dutch artist
 * Charley Trippi (1921–2022), American football player
 * Charley Tolar or Charlie Tolar, nickname for Charles Guy Tolar, (1937–2003), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Trujillo (born 1949), Chicano novelist, editor, publisher, and filmmaker
 * Charley Turner (1862–1913), American boxer
 * Charley Valera (born 1957), American author
 * Charley van de Weerd (1922–2008), Dutch football player
 * Charley Walters (born 1947), American baseball player
 * Charley Warner (1940–2016), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Way (1897–1988), American football player and coach
 * Charley Webb of The Webb Sisters (born 1978) - one half of the Webb Sisters
 * Charley Wensloff (1915–2001), American baseball player
 * Charley White (1891–1959), English boxer
 * Charley Wilkinson (born 1955), American musician
 * Charley Williams (born 1928), American boxer
 * Charley Winner (born 1924), American gridiron football coach
 * Charley Young (born 1952), American gridiron football player
 * Charley Zivic (1925–1984), American boxer

Nicknames

 * Chilly Charley or Snarley Charley, pseudonyms for Charles Clark (publisher, born 1806), (1806–1880), English publisher, farmer and satirist
 * Mountain Charley (disambiguation)
 * "One Armed" Charley Monell, owner of Hole-in-the-Wall (saloon), New York City underworld saloon
 * Piano Charley, nickname of Charles W. Bullard, American criminal

Surname

 * Boston Charley (1854–1873), North American warrior
 * Dele Charley (1948–1993), Sierra Leonean writer
 * Germaine Charley (1887–1959), French actress
 * Honest Charley (1905–1974), American businessman
 * Peter Charley, Australian journalist, documentary film maker and television producer
 * Reginald Charley (1892–1986), British flying ace
 * Scarface Charley (c. 1851 – 1896), chief of the Modoc tribe of Native Americans
 * Simone Charley (born 1995), American football player and athlete
 * William Thomas Charley (1833–1904), British judge and politician

Fictional characters

 * Charley, the main protagonist and subject of the titular British animated educational short film series produced by Halas & Batchelor for the Central Office of Information from 1946 to 1947
 * Charley, animated cat subject of 1970s and 1980s Charley Says cartoon information films from the British government's Central Office of Information, subject of Little Charley Bear BBC show
 * Charley, subject of Canadian Charley and Mimmo series
 * Charley, Willy Loman's neighbor from the stage play Death of a Salesman
 * Charley, John Steinbeck's companion poodle for his 1962 travelogue Travels with Charley
 * Charley, subject of Charley Skedaddle
 * Charley Appleby, Fred MacMurray role opposite the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-nominated role in Charley and the Angel
 * Charley Bates from Oliver Twist
 * Charley Bones, from Mona the Vampire
 * Charley Bourne, the protagonist in the comic strip Charley's War
 * Charley Pollard, from the audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who
 * Charley Shallow, a character in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines prequel series Fever Crumb
 * Charley Varrick, Walter Matthau BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role-winning character from Charley Varrick
 * Charley Wykeham, Oxford University student character from Charley's Aunt, and its adaptations and derivatives
 * Charley, Fred Williamson character in The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) and The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)
 * Little Charley Bear, subject of Little Charley Bear BBC show
 * Charley, a character from Clifford the Big Red Dog
 * Charley (or Charlie), a lady from Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs