Charles T. Wardlaw (June 30, 1858 – February 24, 1928) was an American politician and financier.

He was a politician in Dawes County, Nebraska, and a financier and civic leader in Los Angeles, California.

Wardlaw was born on June 30, 1858, in Granville, Illinois, to A. F. and Nancy J.

He was a manager of the "great California-Mexico Ranch" and then moved to the San Fernando Valley in 1919, where he became a banker and a financier.

Sherman, he was a subdivider of the first building tract in Van Nuys, California.