Charles Hamilton Bell AO (November 7, 1960 – January 17 2005) was an Australian business executive. He served as president of the American-based fast-food chain McDonald's from December 2002, and additionally as chief executive officer from April to November of 2004. Bell was the first non-American to hold that position.

Charlie grew up in Sydney, Australia, and attended Marcellin College Randwick. Bell began his career at McDonald's at the age of 15, working at the Kingsford restaurant in Sydney. At the age of 19, he became the youngest store manager in Australian McDonald's history. At age 29 he was on the board of the Australian subsidiary, becoming its managing director at 33.

He quickly rose through the ranks of corporate McDonald's and when CEO Jim Cantalupo died suddenly on April 19th, 2004, Bell was chosen to take his place. During his short time at the head of the company, its greatest problem was criticism of the healthiness of its food, which was exacerbated by the release of the documentary film Super Size Me. Bell led efforts to add more healthier choices to the McDonald's menu, and allow parents to substitute juice and apple slices for fries and soft drinks for their children. The "Supersize" option was also eliminated. During his brief tenure, his initiatives resulted in a successful turnaround in McDonald's fortunes. Bell was also responsible for introducing the McCafe, a coffeehouse franchise that serves gourmet coffee, cakes and pastries and premium teas.

Soon after becoming CEO, Bell was diagnosed with colon cancer. He had surgery on May 7th, 2004, just over two weeks after taking over as CEO. He continued working for a time, but eventually resigned to battle the disease, which became incurable. In December 2004, McDonald's paid for the terminally-ill Bell to be returned to his native Australia in a specially equipped jet. He passed away shortly afterwards.

The deaths of Cantalupo and Bell, who died relatively young, have led some to wonder whether being an executive at a company which produced allegedly unhealthy food led to their illnesses, particularly as Bell was known to eat McDonald's products often. Similarly, two successive CEOs of Wendy's, Jim Near and Gordon Teter, died in their fifties of heart attacks. It is not known whether Bell's diet contributed to his cancer.

Bell was posthumously made an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 2005.

Charlie Will Bell III (born March 12, 1979 in Flint, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.

He began playing basketball at Flint Southwestern Academy High School, and had an excellent college career at Michigan State University, appearing in 3 NCAA Final Fours, and being named Michigan State Defensive Player of the Year in each of the four years he played. He went undrafted, but was signed by the Phoenix Suns on July 23, 2001 as a free agent and played five games for them. After being released by the Suns, he signed with the Phoenix Eclipse of the ABA and played four games for them. He initially signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks on January 10, 2002, and was then signed for the remainder of the season on January 15, 2002, but only appeared in two games.

After a rather brief stint in the NBA, Bell took his career to Europe to play in the Italian and Spanish Leagues where he was regarded as a superstar. In March 2002, he signed with Benetton Treviso of the Italian League and won the Italian League with Treviso. In the 2002-03 season, he played for Virtus (Kinder) Bologna, but was injured in December 2002 and was sidelined for most of the season. In August 2003, he signed with Mabo Livorno also of the Italian League. In July 2004, he signed with Leche Rio Breogan Lugo of the Spanish League and was named to the Spanish League 1st Team for the 2004-05 season. He was also the top scorer and 4 times player of the month. He became a local hero and a legend while he was playing in Breogan.

He signed with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2005-06 season, and on March 28, 2006, Bell had his greatest game in the NBA thus far. He recorded his first career triple-double in the Bucks' 132-110 win over the Suns. Bell had career highs of 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds to lead Milwaukee. Bell, who played only seven games in his other NBA season in 2001-02, is enjoying success with the Bucks. He appeared in 59 games (starting in six) for the Bucks in the 2005-2006 regular season, and finished with averages of 8.4 points, 2.2 assists, and 2.0 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game. He improved those numbers the following season, to 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per games in 35 minutes of average, while appearing to work in all 82 games.

On September 17, 2007, being a restricted free agent he signed an offer sheet from the Miami Heat worth $18,500,000 over 5 years . Although Bell stated that he didn't want to play for Milwaukee, they decided to match the offer 3 days later . He currently wears jersey number 42.