Charley (name)

Charley is an English unisex given name and a surname. As an English given name, it is a diminutive form of Charles and a feminine form of Charlie. Notable people known by this name include the following:

Given name

• Charley Armey (born 1939), American football coach, scout, and executive
• Charley Aull (1869–1958), American gridiron football player
• Charley Aylett (1913–1966), Australian politician
• Charley Barden (1874–1962), British cyclist
• Charley Barnes (born 1939), American gridiron football player
• Charley Barrett (1893–1924), American gridiron football player
• Charley Bassett (1863–1942), American baseball player
• Charley Belanger (1901–1970), Canadian boxer
• Charley Booker (1925–1989), American singer and guitarist
• Charley Boorman (born 1966), English TV presenter, travel writer and actor
• Charley Borah (1905–1980), American sprint athlete
• Charley Boswell (1916–1995), American gridiron football player and blind golf player
• Charley Bowser (1898–1989), American football coach
• Charley Brewer (fullback) (1873–1958), American gridiron football player
• Charles Brewer (American football), American gridiron football player
• Charley Britt (born 1938), American gridiron football player
• Charley Brock (1916–1987), American gridiron football player
• Charley Bryan, nickname of Charles S. Bryan (born 1942), American infectious disease physician, researcher, and author
• Charley Burley (1917–1992), African American boxer
• Charley Casserly (born ), American gridiron football sportscaster and executive
• Charley Chase (1893–1940), American comedian, screenwriter and film director
• Charley Cobb, American football coach
• Charlie Conerly (1921–1996), American gridiron football quarterback
• Charley Cowan (1938–1998), American gridiron football player
• Charley Crockett (born 1984), Americana singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• Charley Czarnecki, nickname of Walter Czarnecki (1916–1996), American basketball player
• Charley Dewberry, American ichthyologist and author
• Charley Diamond (1936–2020), American gridiron football player
• Charley L. Diaz (born 1959), United States Coast Guard captain
• Charley Dickens, nickname of Charles Dickens Jr., son of Charles Dickens
• Charley Donnelly (1885–1967), American educator, golfer, and college football and golf coach
• Charley Drayton (born 1965), American multi-instrumental musician and producer
• Charley Eckman (1921–1995), American basketball coach, referee, broadcaster, and author and baseball player
• Charley Edge (born 1997), Welsh footballer
• Charley Ellis (1944–2018), American boxer
• Charley Ewart (1915–1990), American gridiron football player
• Charley Ferrer (born 1963), Puerto Rican Doctor of Human Sexuality
• Charley Feeney (1924–2014), American sportswriter
• Charley Ferguson (1939–2023), American gridiron football player
• Charley Roussel Fomen (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer
• Charley Ford, nickname of Charles Ford (outlaw) (1857–1884), American outlaw, James Gang member, and brother of Robert Ford
• Charley Fox (1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant
• Charley Foy (1898–1984), American actor
• Charley Frazier (1939–2022), American gridiron football player
• Charley Fusari (1924–1985), Italian-American boxer
• Charley Genever, British poet
• Charley Goldman (1887–1968), Polish boxing trainer
• Charley Grapewin (1869–1956), American vaudeville performer and a stage and film actor
• Charley Griffith (1929–1999), American NASCAR driver
• Charley Hall (1884–1943), American baseball player
• Charley Hamrick (1912–1963), American gridiron football player
• Charley Hannah (born 1955), American gridiron football player
• Charley Harper (1922–2007), American artist
• Charley Harraway (born 1944), American gridiron football player
• Charley Hearn (born 1983), English footballer
• Charley Hennigan or Charlie Hennigan, nicknames for Charles Taylor Hennigan Sr., (1935–2017), American gridiron football player
• Charley Henley, visual effects artist
• Charley Hoffman (born 1976), American golfer
• Charley Horton, nickname of Charles Horton, American gridiron football player
• Charley Hughlett (born 1990), American gridiron football player
• Charley Hull (born 1996), English golfer
• Charley Hyatt (1908–1978), American basketball player
• Charley Eugene Johns (1905–1990), American politician
• Charley Johnson (born 1938), American gridiron football player
• Charley Johnson (wrestler) (1887–1967), American wrestler
• Charley Jones (1852–1911), American baseball player
• Charley Jones (American football) (1929–2000), American gridiron football player
• Charley E. Jones, publisher of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine
• Charley Jordan (1890–1954), American musician
• Charley Leundeu Keunang, 2015 police shooting victim
• Charley Koontz (born 1987), American actor
• Charley Kurtsinger, nickname of Charles Kurtsinger (1906–1946), American jockey
• Charley Langer, American saxophonist and composer
• Charley Lau (1933–1984), American baseball player and coach
• Charley Lincoln (1900–1963), American musician
• Charley Lockhart (1876–1954), American politician and dwarf
• Charley Malone (1910–1992), American gridiron football player
• Charley Marcuse, American hot dog vendor
• Charley Marlowe (born 2000), English media personality
• Charley Marouani (1926–2017), Tunisian impresario and celebrity agent
• Charley McDowell, nickname of Charles McDowell Jr. (journalist), (1926–2010), American writer and syndicated columnist
• Charley McVeigh (1898–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charley Mitchell (American football) (1940–2025), American gridiron football player
• Charley Mitchell (boxer) (1861–1918), English boxer
• Charley Molnar (born 1961), American football coach
• Charley Moore (1884–1970), American baseball player and manager
• Charley Moran (1878–1949), American baseball player and umpire and gridiron football coach
• Charley Morin, nickname of Charles R. Morin (1870–1947), American billiards player
• Charley Morgan (1929–2023), American sailboat racer and designer
• Charley O'Leary (1875–1941), American baseball player
• Charley Paddock (1900–1943), American sprint athlete
• Charley Parkhurst (1812–1879), American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher
• Charley Patton (?? – 1934), American musician
• Charley Pell (1941–2001), American gridiron football coach
• Charley Pettys (born 1990), American-born, Filipino footballer
• Charley Pierce (1895), American outlaw
• Charley Price (1890–1967), English cricketer
• Charley Pride (1934–2020), American country singer
• Charley Reese (1937–2013), American syndicated columnist
• Charley Retzlaff (1904–1970), American boxer
• Charley Reynolds (1842–1876), American scout
• Charley Riley (1922–1994), American boxer
• Charley Robinson (1925–2007), American gridiron football player
• Charley Rogers (1887–1956), English film actor, director and screenwriter
• Charley Rosen (born 1941), American author and basketball coach
• Charley Phil Rosenberg or Charlie Phil Rosenberg professional names of Charles Green (1902–1976), American boxer
• Charley Ross (1870 - ?), murder victim; first American kidnapping victim for purely ransom reason
• Charley Palmer Rothwell (born 1992), English actor
• Charley Sarratt (1922–2018), American gridiron football player
• Charley Scales (1938–2023) American gridiron football player
• Charley Scalies, American actor
• Charley Schanz (1919–1992), American baseball player
• Charley Seabright (1918–1981), American gridiron Football player
• Charley Shin, founder of Charleys Philly Steaks
• Charley Shipp (1913–1988), American basketball player and coach
• Charley Smith (1937–1994), American baseball player
• Charley Stanceu (1916–1969), American baseball player
• Charley Steinberg, nickname for Charles M. Steinberg (1932–1999), American immunobiologist
• Charley Steiner (born 1949), American sportscaster
• Charley Stis (1884–1979), American baseball infielder, manager, scout and umpire
• Charley Stone English musician
• Charley Straight (1891–1940), American pianist, bandleader and composer
• Charley Suche (1915–1984), American baseball player
• Charley Taylor (1941–2022), American football player
• Charley Thomas (born 1986), Canadian curler
• Charley Thornton (1936–2004), American college athletics administrator
• Charley Trudeau, nickname of Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau (1887–1935), Canadian entrepreneur, father of Pierre Trudeau and grandfather of Justin Trudeau
• Charley Toomey American lacrosse coach
• Charley Toorop (1891–1955), Dutch artist
• Charley Trippi (1921–2022), American football player
• Charley Tolar or Charlie Tolar, nickname for Charles Guy Tolar, (1937–2003), American gridiron football player
• Charley Trujillo (born 1949), Chicano novelist, editor, publisher, and filmmaker
• Charley Turner (1862–1913), American boxer
• Charley Valera (born 1957), American author
• Charley van de Weerd (1922–2008), Dutch football player
• Charley Walters (born 1947), American baseball player
• Charley Warner (1940–2016), American gridiron football player
• Charley Way (1897–1988), American football player and coach
• Charley Webb of The Webb Sisters (born 1978) - one half of the Webb Sisters
• Charley Wensloff (1915–2001), American baseball player
• Charley White (1891–1959), English boxer
• Charley Wilkinson (born 1955), American musician
• Charley Williams (1928–2009), American boxer
• Charley Winner (1924–2023), American gridiron football coach
• Charley Young (born 1952), American gridiron football player
• Charley Zivic (1925–1984), American boxer

Nicknames

• Chilly Charley or Snarley Charley, pseudonyms for Charles Clark (publisher, born 1806), (1806–1880), English publisher, farmer and satirist
• Charley (singer), an Australian singer whose real name is Claire Howell
• Mountain Charley (disambiguation)
• "One Armed" Charley Monell, owner of Hole-in-the-Wall (saloon), New York City underworld saloon
• Piano Charley, nickname of Charles W. Bullard, American criminal

Surname

• Boston Charley (1854–1873), North American warrior
• Dele Charley (1948–1993), Sierra Leonean writer
• Germaine Charley (1887–1959), French actress
• Honest Charley (1905–1974), American businessman
• Peter Charley, Australian journalist, documentary film maker and television producer
• Reginald Charley (1892–1986), British flying ace
• Scarface Charley (1896), chief of the Modoc tribe of Native Americans
• Simone Charley (born 1995), American football player and athlete
• William Thomas Charley (1833–1904), British judge and politician

Fictional characters

• Charley, the main protagonist and subject of the titular British animated educational short film series produced by Halas & Batchelor for the Central Office of Information from 1946 to 1947
• Charley, animated cat subject of 1970s and 1980s Charley Says cartoon information films from the British government's Central Office of Information, subject of Little Charley Bear BBC show
• Charley, subject of Canadian Charley and Mimmo series
• Charley, Willy Loman's neighbor from the stage play Death of a Salesman
• Charley, John Steinbeck's companion poodle for his 1962 travelogue Travels with Charley
• Charley, subject of Charley Skedaddle
• Charley Appleby, Fred MacMurray role opposite the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-nominated role in Charley and the Angel
• Charley Bates from Oliver Twist
• Charley Bones, from Mona the Vampire
• Charley Bourne, the protagonist in the comic strip Charley's War
• Charley Brewster, the protagonist in the film Fright Night
• Charley Pollard, from the audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who
• Charley Shallow, a character in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines prequel series Fever Crumb
• Charley Varrick, Walter Matthau BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role-winning character from Charley Varrick
• Charley Wykeham, Oxford University student character from Charley's Aunt, and its adaptations and derivatives
• Charley, Fred Williamson character in The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) and The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)
• Little Charley Bear, subject of Little Charley Bear BBC show

• Charley, a character from Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Charley (or Charlie), a lady from Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
• Charley Kringas, one of the three main characters in the musical Merrily We Roll Along

See also

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