Charles Atherton

• Charles Atherton (civil engineer), British civil engineer
• Charles G. Atherton, Democratic Representative and Senator from New Hampshire
• Charles Henry Atherton,, FAIA, was an American architect and former secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1960 to 2004
• Charles Humphrey Atherton, American lawyer, banker and politician from New Hampshire
• Charles Morgan Herbert Atherton, a Major League Baseball third baseman nicknamed "Prexy"