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See Carl (name) for information about the name.

Charlie, a name in English-speaking countries, is usually a nickname for Charles or Charlotte; German in origin, they mean 'free man'.

Charlie may also refer to:

• The letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet and FAA aviation phonetic letters
• Charlie, short for "Victor Charlie", or VC, military slang for the Viet Cong
• Charlie class submarines of the Soviet Navy
• Charlie (parrot), the name of a pet possibly owned by Winston Churchill
• Charlie (band), a British rock band in the 1980s
• "Charlie" (song), a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot for StarKist Tuna
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a series of novels and films, and their main character, Charlie Bucket
• Charlie's Angels and the unseen boss, Charles "Charlie" Townsend
• Charlie Dog, Chuck Jones' late 1940s cartoon character
• CharlieCard, a smart card used for electronic ticketing by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Charlie, a fragrance sold by Revlon, a cosmetics company
• "Charlie X", an episode of the original Star Trek series

Charlie may also be used for:

• The Charles S. Roberts Award, nicknamed Charlie in the wargaming hobby
• "Charlie" (The Mighty Boosh episode), an episode of the cult BBC comedy The Mighty Boosh
• "The MTA Song" aka "Charlie on the MTA"
• Slang for cocaine

Famous people with the given name Charlie

• Charlie (porn star), a Latin American actress
• Charlie Darenne, a French Comics creator
• Charlie Dearden, newsreader for the world famous radio station, Darwen Vale Radio
• Charlie Chaplin, the iconic British film actor/director/composer
• Charlie George, ex-football player
• Charlie Laine, adult nude model, and porn actress
• Charlie Reid, a member of the Proclaimers.
• Charlie Rose, an American television interviewer and journalist
• Charlie Watts, drummer for The Rolling Stones
• Charlie Haas, a professional wrestler for the WWE.
• The Hungarian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Fictional

• Charlie (Street Fighter), a video game character
• Charlie Andrews (Heroes), from the TV series Heroes
• Charlie Brown, lead character of the Peanuts
• Charlie Bucket, the title character of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
• Charlie Pace, one of the main characters in the Lost TV series
• Charlie Sonner, from the books and cartoons Charlie and Lola
• Charles "Charlie" Townsend, the unseen boss in Charlie's Angels
• The name of Wally/Waldo in the French editions of Where's Wally?

See also

• Charley
• Charly (disambiguation)

References

• Disambiguation pages