* In the 1990 film Men At Work, Charlie Sheen's character, Carl Taylor, claims to be a Phrenologist in an attempt to both impress and deceive Leslie Hope's character, Susan Wilkins.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

In jazz one could cite a first wave of experimenters associated with bebop, such as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, and Bud Powell, and then a second wave associated with free jazz, including Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, and the later recordings of John Coltrane.

Charlie Peacock and Steve Taylor also played a prominent role in the project.

In 2008, headliners included Hank Williams Jr., ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Trace Adkins, and in 2009, headliners included Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels, Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn, The Black Crowes, Kid Rock and many more.

In 1967, Chris Taylor ( Charlie Sheen ) has dropped out of college and volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam.

Well-known Chicago blues players include singer / songwriters such as Muddy Waters, Howlin ' Wolf, Willie Dixon, and Koko Taylor ; guitar players such as Freddie King, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Syl Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy, Robert Lockwood Jr., McKinley Mitchell, Bo Diddley, Mike Bloomfield and Elmore James ; harmonica players such as Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells and Jimmy Reed ; and keyboardists such as Marty Sammon.

* Charlie Taylor, mechanic who built engine for Wrights ' historic first flight

Taylor cited drummers Paul Thompson of Roxy Music, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones and Tony Thompson of Chic as his key musical influences growing up.

* John Taylor ( composer ), wrote music for Charlie Girl

Musical acts have included: Bernard Allison, Luther Allison, Dave Alvin, Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Deke Dickerson, Bo Diddley, Chris Duarte, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Tinsley Ellis, Rick Estrin, Anson Funderburgh, Buddy Guy, the Hacienda Brothers, John Hammond, The Belairs, James Harman, Mark Hummel, Candye Kane, Jay McShann, Matt " Guitar " Murphy, Charlie Musselwhite, Rod Piazza, Ana Popovic, Otis Rush, Doug Sahm, Curtis Salgado, Gina Sicilia, Magic Slim, Watermelon Slim, Son Seals, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, and Link Wray.

Hill, Pee Wee Crayton, Harry Choates, Lightnin ' Hopkins, Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, Big Mama Thorton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Mance Lipscomb, Scott Joplin, Hot Lips Page, Gene Ramey, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Ella Mae Morse, Charles Brown, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Leon Payne, Tex Ritter, Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton, George Strait, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet / Texas Tornados, Clifton Chenier, T-Bone Burnett, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Taylor, Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez Sr., Beto Villa, Narcisco Martinez, Archie Bell & the Drells, Dustin Adams, Johnny Guitar Watson, Yolanda Adams, Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Mickey Newbury, Phil Ochs, Townes Van Zandt, Selena Quintanilla, Pantera, Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Sexton, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson and many others.

Taylor brought the bossa nova to America with the Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd LP Jazz Samba as well as Getz / Gilberto.

Charles Taylor Hennigan, Sr., known as Charlie Hennigan ( born March 19, 1935 ), is a retired American football player with the former Houston Oilers who resides in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Famous guests have included Edward VII, Enrico Caruso, Charlie Chaplin, Harry Truman, Judy Garland, Babe Ruth, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, The Beatles and numerous others.

* left to right: Charlie Taylor,? unidentified official ( center ), Wilbur Wright at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, September-October 1909

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* Charlie Taylor ( footballer born 1985 ), English footballer

* Charlie Taylor ( mechanic ) ( 1868 – 1956 ), Wright Brothers ' mechanic, built the first aircraft engine

The tournament has awarded the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player award since 1939, and the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award (" Charlie Hustle "), that was the basis for Pete Rose's nickname give to him by Whitey Ford.

The Belle Stars furthered this with " The Clapping Song " ( their first top 20 hit ), a remake of the 1965 Shirley Ellis hit, and then " Mockingbird ", a hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx in 1969 and James Taylor and Carly Simon in 1974.

From small colleges and predominantly black colleges ( a source mainly ignored by the NFL ), the AFL signed stars such as Elbert Dubenion ( Bluffton ), Lionel Taylor ( New Mexico Highlands ), Tom Sestak ( McNeese State ), Charlie Tolar and Charlie Hennigan ( Northwestern State of Louisiana ), Abner Haynes ( North Texas State ), and a host of others.

During this time he played with musicians such as Dinah Washington, Gil Melle, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie Vinson, Paul Quinichette, Ernie Wilkins, Charlie Rouse, Lennie Tristano, Jutta Hipp, Johnny Hodges, Dorothy Ashby, Bud Powell, and Billy Taylor.

* Charlie Austin ( born 1989 ), English footballer

* Charlie Ide, English footballer

* 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer ( b. 1924 )

* 1924 – Charlie Tully, Irish footballer ( d. 1971 )

* 1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer

* July 27 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer ( b. 1924 )

* Charlie Jones ( footballer born 1899 ) ( 1899 – 1966 ), Welsh international footballer whose clubs included Oldham, Nottingham Forest and Arsenal

* Charlie Jones ( footballer born 1911 ) ( 1911 – 1985 ), Welsh-born footballer who played for Tottenham and Southend in the 1930s

* Charlie George, the legendary Arsenal footballer, grew up in this area and attended Holloway School.

* Charlie Buchan, footballer and writer

* Charlie Parry ( 1870 – 1922 ), Welsh footballer with Everton F. C.

* Charlie Moore ( footballer born 1898 ) ( 1898 – 1966 ), English footballer for Manchester United

* Charlie Moore ( footballer born 1905 ) ( 1905 – 1972 ), English footballer for Bradford City

* Charlie Moore ( Australian rules footballer ) ( 1875 – 1901 ), Australian rules footballer for Essendon

* Charlie Williams ( 1928 – 2006 ) Ex-professional footballer and stand-up comedian

* Charlie Stewart ( Australian rules footballer born 1880 ) ( 1880 – 1957 ), Australian sportsman and World War I veteran

* Charlie Stewart ( Australian rules footballer born 1939 ), Australian sportsman

* Charlie Stewart ( footballer ) ( born 1928 ), Australian association footballer

* Charlie Tickle ( 1883 – after 1919 ), English footballer