title: Charles Bennett
text: # Charles Bennett
  
  Charles Bennett may refer to:
  
  ## Peers
  
  * Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674–1722), British peer
  * Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1697–1753), British peer and politician
  * Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1716–1767), British peer and politician
  * Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (1743–1822), cricket pioneer
  * Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville (1776–1859), British politician
  * Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810–1899), British peer and Conservative politician
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * Charles Bennett (Australian politician) (1894–1968), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  * Charles Bennett (high commissioner) (1913–1998), New Zealand soldier and public servant
  * Charles E. Bennett (politician) (1910–2003), American Congressman
  * Charles Fox Bennett (1793–1883), merchant and politician in Newfoundland
  * Charles G. Bennett (1863–1914), American Congressman and Secretary of the Senate
  
  ## Sportspeople
  
  * Charles Bennett (athlete) (1870–1949), British track and field athlete
  * Charles Bennett (cricketer) (1872–1921), English cricketer
  * Charles Bennett (defensive end, born 1963), American football defensive end
  * Charles Bennett (defensive end, born 1983), American football defensive end
  * Charles Bennett (fighter) (born 1979), known as "Krazy Horse", mixed martial arts fighter
  * Charles Bennett (footballer) (1882–?), English footballer
  * Charlie Bennett (1854–1927), American baseball player
  * Chuck Bennett (1907–1973), American football halfback and coach
  
  ## Scientists and academics
  
  * Charles E. Bennett (scholar) (1858–1921), American classical scholar
  * Charles H. Bennett (physicist) (born 1943), American physicist and information theorist
  * Charles L. Bennett (born 1956), American astrophysicist
  
  ## Other people
  
  * Charles Bennett (actor) (1889–1943), American actor
  * Charles Bennett (screenwriter) (1899–1995), English playwright and screenwriter
  * Charles Alan Bennett, British barrister and judge
  * Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) (1829–1867), Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration
  * Charles H. Bennett (soldier) (1811–1855), present at start of California Gold Rush
  * Charles Harper Bennett (1840–1927), English photographer and inventor
  * Charles Henry Allan Bennett, English Buddhist monk
  