Charles Jackson

Charles Jackson is the name of:

Politics and law

• Charles Jackson (judge) (1775–1855), American judge
• Charles Jackson (Rhode Island) (1797–1876), Governor of Rhode Island
• Charles Douglas Jackson (1902–1964), adviser of Dwight Eisenhower

Arts, music, and literature

• Charles Kains Jackson (1857–1933), English poet
• Charles R. Jackson (1903–1968), author best known for The Lost Weekend
• Charles R. Jackson (USMC) (1898–1970), best known for posthumous memoir I Am Alive:A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp
• Charles Samuel Jackson (1860–1924), newspaper publisher
• Papa Charlie Jackson (1885–1938), American blues singer
• Chuck Jackson (born 1937), R&B singer
• Chuck Jackson (musician) (born 1953), Canadian musician and lead singer of the Downchild Blues Band
• Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932–2006), African-American gospel guitarist and singer on St. George Records

Sports

• Charles Jackson (linebacker) (born 1955), American football player
• Charles Jackson (defensive back) (born 1962), American football player
• Charlie Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football coach
• Charlie Jackson (baseball), (1894–1968), MLB outfielder for the 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates
• Chuck Jackson (baseball) (born 1963), MLB third baseman for the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros

Other people:

• Charles Thomas Jackson (1805–1880), American physician, chemist, author, inventor, surveyor, and geologist
• Charles Loring Jackson (1847–1935), American chemist
• Charlie Jackson (software), Software entrepreneur