Charles Frederick Marvin (October 7, 1858 – June 5, 1943) was an American meteorologist and chief of the United States Weather Bureau from 1913 – 1934.

He graduated from Michigan State University in 1883 and, on September 1, 1884, joined the civilian corps of the United States Army Signal Service (which at the time carried out the duties of nation's first weather service) as a junior professor of meteorology.

In 1913, upon the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Marvin chief of the Weather Bureau.

[2] Marvin conducted important experiments for determining the amount of moisture in the air, invented instruments for automatically measuring and recording rainfall, snowfall, etc., and produced other advancements during the time when man first began the employment of powered aircraft.

Marvin wrote numerous pamphlets and papers published by the Weather Bureau.