--- title: Royal Baby Name: Famous Charlottes description: Authors, revolutionaries, assassins and spies have all carried the name canonical: https://time.com/3845926/royal-baby-charlotte-famous/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T22:20:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:35.170Z og:title: Here Are 8 Other Famous Charlottes og:description: Authors, revolutionaries, assassins and spies have all carried the name og:url: https://time.com/3845926/royal-baby-charlotte-famous/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are 8 Other Famous Charlottes twitter:description: Authors, revolutionaries, assassins and spies have all carried the name twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here Are 8 Other Famous Charlottes  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent May 4, 2015 10:20 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent May 4, 2015 10:20 PM UTC Kensington Palace announced that the [newest member of the royal family](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/595227874933739520) will be called Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a decision that [delighted many](http://time.com/3445327/charlotte-royal-baby-name/) and [disappointed just a few](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/595227874933739520). The baby’s name pays clear tribute to her great-grandmother, grandmother and [other family members](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20910362%5F20920442,00.html), but will also likely cause the name to skyrocket in popularity. Here, meet the other Charlottes who came before the new princess. ### Charlotte Brontë  Charlotte Bronte Getty Images The eldest of the three literary Brontë sisters is best known for writing the classic novel, _Jane Eyre._ ### Charlotte York Goldenblatt  Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt in "Sex and the City." New Line Cinema The character of Charlotte, played by Kristen Davis, was considered the most traditional and romantic of the _Sex and the City_ foursome. ### Charlotte Perkins Gilman  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, circa 1896. Getty Images Gilman was a utopian feminist who agitated for social reform. She’s best known as the author of the short story _The Yellow Wallpaper,_ about postpartum depression. ### Charlotte Corday  Charlotte Corday Getty Images A moderate French revolutionary, Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, who led the more radical wing of the revolution. She stabbed him in the bathtub, an incident that was later depicted in a famous Jacques-Louis David painting. Corday was later beheaded. ### Charlotte Church  Charlotte Church sings during the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on Jan. 22, 2005. Reuters Charlotte Church is a Welsh soprano who has sold over $10 million records worldwide. ### Charlotte d’Ambroise  Charlotte d'Amboise attends an after party marking the 7,486th performance of 'Chicago.' Noam Galai— Getty Images Charlotte d’Ambroise is a Broadway actress who has frequently starred as Roxie Hart in _Chicago._ She’s also starred in _Sweet Charity_ and _A Chorus Line._ ### Charlotte Hawkins Brown  Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, N.C., in 1902 The Charlotte Observer/MCT/Getty Images Brown was a prominent African-American educator in the early 20th century who started a school, the Palmer Institute, to educate black students in the south. ### Charlotte de Suave  The Marquise of Noirmoutier, Charlotte de Beaune Semblancay seeking to dissuade Henry I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, called the Scarred, to go to the meeting of the States of Blois before his assassination at the Chateau de Blois. Leemage/Corbis Charlotte de Suave was a French noblewoman who became mistress of King Henry of Navarre in order to spy on him for Catherine de’Medici. 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