Charles Washington Baird (1828–1887) was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, historian, and author who graduated from the University of the City of New York and Union Theological Seminary, served as chaplain in Rome and later as pastor in Brooklyn and Rye, New York. His scholarly work included influential liturgical histories and other writings such as Eutaxia, or the Presbyterian Liturgies and History of the Huguenot Emigration to America.