Karl

See Carl (name) for information about the name. See Carl and Charles for similar names.

Famous people

• Karl Marx - German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer
• Carolus Magnus - king of the Franks, the Lombards and Rome (also called "Charlemagne", "Karl/Charles the Great")
• Carl XVI Gustaf - King of Sweden
• Karl Otto Lagerfeld - Designer
• Karl XV - King of Sweden-Norway
• Karl XIV Johan - King of Sweden-Norway
• Karl XIII - King of Sweden-Norway
• Karl XII - King of Sweden
• Karl XI - King of Sweden
• Karl X Gustav - King of Sweden
• Karl IX - King of Sweden
• Karl Knutsson Bonde - King of Sweden and Norway
• Karl Kruszelnicki - an Australian television/radio personality
• Karl Sverkersson - King of Sweden
• Karl of Austria - last Austrian Emperor (1916-18)
• Karl (mythology), information in Ríg, the ancestor of the peasants according to Norse mythology
• Karl Willetts - British singer
• Karl Wendlinger, race car driver
• Karl Malone - NBA star
• Karl of Tait - New Zealand folk hero
• Karl Blossfeldt - German Atrist
• Karl Dönitz - German Admiral during World War II

Other uses of Karl:

• Karl (comedy prize) - an Austrian comedy prize.
• KARL - acronym for the hardware description language Kaiserslautern Register Transfer Language.
• Mörser Karl was name of series of mortars built during World War II
• Karl Pilkington - ex XFM producer and producer of the world's most popular podcast.
• Christin Karl - recipient of the Grand Austrian State Prize for literature, 1982.