Charles Dean Kimball (September 13, 1859 – December 8, 1930) was an American politician and the 47th Governor of Rhode Island.

Kimball worked for changes in the State constitution to give the governor veto powers and change state elections from an annual to a biennial basis, both of which were eventually achieved.

In 1925, he was admitted as an honorary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati.

During World War I he served as Chairman of the Draft Board for Division 1 in Rhode Island.

Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island.