Chares () is the name of three prominent ancient Greeks:
Chares of Athens - a 4th-century BC general; Chares of Mytilene - a historian who lived at the court of Alexander the Great; Chares of Lindos - a sculptor who created the Colossus of Rhodes
A chare may also be: Chare - a dialect term in north-east England for an alleyway
See also
Charls