Charles of Orléans was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti.

Charles Michel, Marquis de Villette was a French writer and politician.

Charles François Dupuis was a French savant, a professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, who studied for the law in his spare time and was received as avocat in 1770. He also ventured into the field of mathematics and served on the committee that developed the French Republican Calendar.

Charles-François Panard, or Pannard, was an 18th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier

Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey was an 18th-century French playwright.

Charles-Guillaume Étienne was a 19th-century French playwright.

Charles-Jean-François Hénault was a French writer and historian.

Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour was a French art critic, mathematician, financier, and essayist.

Charles-Louis Philippe French novelist, was born in Cérilly, Allier, Auvergne, on 4 August 1874, and died in Paris on 21 December 1909.

Charles-Louis Richard was a Catholic theologian and publicist.