金融史上的傳奇人物－查爾斯·亨利·道（Charles Henry Dow，1851年11月6日）生於康乃狄克州斯特林－1902年12月4日逝於紐約布魯克林）是美國的記者，他創建了道瓊斯公司和「華爾街日報」。他的素描：身高六尺多，有點駝背，200多磅重，黑眼睛黑眉毛，烏黑濃密的鬍鬚……超級保守，很低調。兩個原因讓他成為華爾街最重要的傳奇人物之​​一：創辦了《華爾街日報》，以及第一個市場指示器——道瓊斯指數。

Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-foundedDow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.

Dow also founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial publications in the world. He also invented the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements. He developed a series of principles for understanding and analyzing market behavior which later became known asDow theory, the groundwork for technical analysis.