Charles Baxter may refer to: Charles Baxter (actor), actor in Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Charles Baxter (author) (born 1947), American author Charles Baxter (painter) (1809–1879), English painter Charles Baxter (politician) (1874–1950), Australian politician Charles Baxter (rugby union) (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player Charles H. Baxter (1841–?), American politician Charles R. Baxter (1929–2005), American physician Charles S. Baxter (1866–1927), mayor of Medford, Massachusetts