Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) was an American guitarist known for performing jazz, Brazilian music, and classical music. Byrd grew up in Chuckatuck, Virginia, where he began studying music with his father. While serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Byrd met the guitarist Django Reinhardt in Paris. After returning to the United States, Byrd began playing classical guitar, eventually studying with Sophocles Papas and Andrés Segovia in the 1950s. He lived in Washington, D.C., performing with small ensembles that sometimes included his brother, bassist Joe Byrd (a 1962 Peabody Conservatory graduate), and his first wife, singer Ginny Byrd.

A 1961 tour to South America sponsored by the U.S. State Department helped fuel Byrd's interest in Brazilian music, particularly bossa nova. The following year he recorded the album Jazz Samba with saxophonist Stan Getz. He made several State Department tours during his career, including trips to India and the Philippines.

In the 1970s Byrd played in a group known as the Great Guitars with Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis. In the 1980s and 1990s he led the Charlie Byrd Trio with Joe Byrd and percussionist Chuck Redd, and performed with the Washington Guitar Quintet and the Annapolis Brass Quintet.

Byrd is credited on dozens of published recordings, most of which were for the Riverside, Columbia, or Concord record labels. He also recorded music for the Great Chefs television program.

Byrd lived in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1973 until his death in 1999.