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