Science and Engineering
- Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran (1882–1977), British physician
- Charles Coker Wilson (1864–1933), architect who worked on the exterior of the South Carolina State House
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist
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