title: Charke
text: # Charke
  
  Charke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Charlotte Charke, (1713–1760), English actress
  * Derek Charke (born 1974), Canadian classical composer and flutist
  * Richard Charke (c. 1709–c. 1738), English violinist, composer, operatic baritone, and playwright
  