Charles Anderson (November 18, 1875 – October 11, 1949) was mayor of Murray, Utah from 1920 to 1923. He was born in Fredrikstad, Norway to Julius and Elizabeth Erickson Anderson. He came to Murray in 1889 at the age of 14. Charles Anderson pursued a public school education supplemented by courses in the International Correspondence Schools in electric lighting and power. From the age of eighteen he was employed at the American Smelting & Refining Company (ASARCO) smelter in Murray.