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

See also

• Charles Addams (1912–1988), American cartoonist
• Charlee Adams (born 1995), English football midfielder
• Charles Francis Adams (disambiguation)
• Charles Adam (disambiguation)
• Chuck Adams (born 1971), American tennis player
• Adams (surname)

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