Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
(1890 - 1970), French general and statesman. An opponent of the Vichy regime led by Petain, he fled to Britain in 1940, where he led the Free French forces. In 1958 he became the first president of the Fifth Republic.Charles Augustus Lindbergh
(1902 - 74), American aviator. In 1927 he was the first man to fly the Atlantic solo and nonstop with his monoplane the Spirit of St Louis.Charles Babbage
(1792 - 1871), English mathematician. His
primitive 'calculating machines' are regarded as the forerunners of the modern computer.Charles Gates Dawes
(1865 - 1951), American banker. In 1924 he devised the Dawes Plan for German reparation payments after World War I. He was US vice-president from 1925 to 1929 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.Charles Laughton
(1899 - 1962), English-born American stage and movie actor, producer and director. He made many movies including "The Private Life of Henry VIII", "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Jamaica Inn" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".Charles Robert Darwin
(1809 - 82), English naturalist. He sailed on HMS Beagle as a naturalist to South America and the Pacific (1831-36) where his studies among the rich animal and plant life of the area formed the basis for his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection 'The Origin of Species'.Charles Stewart Rolls
(1877-1910), English motor car manufacturer and aviator. In 1906 together with Henry Royce he formed the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company.