A philanthropist and businessman, Charles Reed Bishop founded the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools and First Hawaiian Bank.

Charles Reed Bishop was a businessman and government official in Hawaii during the 1800s. He was the husband of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, late heir to the Hawaiian throne and one of the first trustees of the Kamehameha Schools, and the founder of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.