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 (born 1936), 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)