Carl


Gender:
Origin: English, German
7368 famous people named Carl found on Wikipedia.
503040 male, 3192 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 700-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 22-th in year 1915
Used in: Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Meanings

A male given name, form of Charles.

Carl is a North Germanic male name meaning "strong man" or "free man". The name originates in Scandinavia. The name equates royal status; it is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is popular in Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and was largely popularized in the United States by Scandinavian descendants. Karl is a Germanic spelling which is very popular in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Norway, and was also popularized by German speaking descendants in the USA. Other variants include the Anglo-Saxon-Frankish variant Charles, popular in Australia, Philippines, Canada, France, New Zealand, the UK and the United States; Carlo, very popular in Italy and southern Switzerland; Carlos, popular in Spain and Hispanic Latin America; and Karol, a variant in Poland and Slovakia.

C. 1300, "bondsman; common man, man of low birth," from Old Norse karl "man, male, freeman," from Proto-Germanic *karlon-, the same root that produced Old English ceorl "man of low degree" (see churl). The Mellere was a stout carle for the nones [Chaucer]

Means: manly, brave in German; form of Charles. Derived from the Old English ceorl, means: freeman, peasant, man; short form of Carlton.

Famous People: 7368 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Carl Sagan 1934 American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
2 Carl Weathers 1948 Actor; Former American Football Player
3 Carl Jung 1875 Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
4 Carl Icahn 1936 American businessman
5 Carl Lewis 1961 US track & field athlete
6 Carl Linnaeus 1707 Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist
7 Carl Reiner 1922 American actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
8 Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777 German mathematician and physical scientist
9 Carl Wilson 1946 Musician
10 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 1946 King of Sweden
11 Carl Switzer 1927 Actor
12 Carl Grimes Fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead
13 Carl Frampton 1987 Northern Irish boxer
14 Carl Panzram 1891 American serial killer
15 Carl Froch 1977 English professional boxer
16 Carl Tanzler 1877 Necrophiliac
17 Carl Bernstein 1944 American journalist
18 Carl Rogers 1902 American psychologist
19 Carl Crawford 1981 Major League Baseball left fielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
20 Carl Brashear 1931 U.S. Navy diver
21 Carl Perkins 1932 American rockabilly musician
22 Shay Carl 1980 Vlogger
23 Carl von Clausewitz 1780 German-Prussian soldier and military theorist
24 Carl Edwards 1979 American racing driver
25 Carl Emil Pettersson 1875 Swedish sailor (1875-1937)
26 Carl Palmer 1950 English drummer
27 Carl Jenkinson 1992 English footballer
28 Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1867 Finnish military leader and statesman
29 Carl Cox 1962 British house, techno, DJ and producer
30 Carl Yastrzemski 1939 American baseball player
31 Carl Sandburg 1878 American writer and editor
32 Carl E. Douglas 1955 American lawyer
33 Carl Vinson 1883 Democratic United States Congressman
34 Carl Orff 1895 German composer
35 Carl Schmitt 1888 German jurist, political theorist and professor of law
36 Carl Fogarty 1965 British motorcycle racer
37 Carl Edwards Jr. 1991 Baseball player from the United States
38 Carl Marino 1970 American actor
39 Carl Lumbly 1951 American actor
40 Carl Anderson 1945 American singer, film and theatre actor
41 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1714 German harpsichordist and composer
42 Carl Hiaasen 1953 Journalist, columnist and novelist from the United States
43 Carl Maria von Weber 1786 German composer
44 Carl Larsson 1853 Swedish painter
45 Carl Betz 1921 American stage, film and television actor
46 Carl Paladino 1946 American politician
47 Carl Barât 1978 English musician
48 Carl Hagelin 1988 Swedish ice hockey player
49 Carl Gallagher
50 Carl Anthony Payne II 1969 American actor
51 Carl Zeiss 1816 German optical physicist
52 Carl Bildt 1949 Swedish politician, prime minister between 1991-1994, foreign minister between 2006-2014
53 Carl Benjamin 1979 British YouTuber
54 Carl Levin 1934 American politician
55 Carl Van Vechten 1880 American writer and photographer
56 Carl Albert 1908 Politician
57 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi 1804 German mathematician
58 Carl Barks 1901 American cartoonist, author, and painter
59 Carl Landry 1983 American basketball player
60 Carl Smith 1927 American musician
61 Carl Ouellet 1967 Professional wrestler
62 Carl McCunn 1946 American photographer
63 Carl Douglas 1942 Jamaica singer
64 Carl Laemmle 1867 American film producer
65 Carl Ikeme 1986 Footballer
66 Carl J. Shapiro 1913 American philanthropist and businessman
67 Carl Nielsen 1865 Danish composer
68 Carl Brutananadilewski
69 Carl Eugene Watts 1953 Serial killer
70 Carl Schurz 1829 Union Army general, politician
71 Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1742 Swedish chemist
72 Carl von Ossietzky 1889 German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
73 Carl Woese 1928 American microbiologist and biophysicist
74 Carl Thomas 1972 Singer
75 Carl Boenish 1941 American cinematographer and BASE jumper
76 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler 1884 Politician and member of the 20 July plot
77 Carl Karcher 1917 American businessman
78 Carl Theodor Dreyer 1889 Danish film director
79 Carl Czerny 1791 Austrian composer and pianist
80 Carl Nassib 1993
81 Carl Johnson 1968 Character in Grand Theft Auto
82 Carl Barron 1964 Australian comedian
83 Carl Freer 1970 Swedish businessman
84 Carl Weiss 1906 Assassin of Huey Long
85 Carl Andre 1935 American artist
86 Carl Wayne 1943 English singer-actor
87 Carl Mays 1891 Baseball player
88 Carl Menger 1840 Founder of the Austrian School of economics
89 Carl Hooper 1966 West Indian cricketer
90 Carl Kasell 1934 American radio personlaty
91 Carl Franklin 1949 Actor, screenwriter, Film and television director
92 Carl Medjani 1985 Algerian footballer
93 Carl Steven 1974 American child actor
94 Carl Radle 1942 American musician
95 Carl Higbie
96 Carl Carlton 1952 American musician
97 Carl Robinson 1976 Welsh footballer
98 Carl Banks 1962 American football player
99 Carl Cort 1977 Footballer
100 Carl Quintanilla 1970 American journalist
101 Carl Hayden 1877 American federal politician
102 Carl Haas 1930 American racing driver
103 Carl Hester 1967 British dressage rider
104 Carl Ballantine 1917 American entertainer
105 Carl Gottlieb 1940 American screenwriter, actor, comedian and executive
106 Carl Hart 1966 American neuroscientist
107 Carl Djerassi 1923 American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright
108 Carl Andrew Spaatz 1891 United States Army general
109 Carl Eller 1942 Player of American football
110 Carl Cameron 1961 American journalist
111 Carl Stalling 1891 Composer, arranger
112 Carl Bosch 1874 German chemical engineer
113 Carl Hubbell 1903 American baseball player
114 Carl Clauberg 1898 German general
115 Carl Mayer von Rothschild 1788 German-Italian banker
116 Max Carl 1950 American musician
117 Carl Erskine 1926 American baseball player
118 Carl G. Fisher 1874 American entrepreneur
119 Carl Spitzweg 1808 German painter
120 Carl Denham
121 Carl Sanders 1925 American politician: governor of Georgia in U.S.
122 Carl Foreman 1914 American screenwriter and film producer
123 Carl Cheffers American football official
124 Carl Solomon 1928 American writer
125 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1912 German physicist
126 Carl Williams 1959 American boxer
127 Carl Beukes 1976 South African actor
128 Carl Wieman 1951 Physicist
129 Carl Pavano 1976 American baseball player
130 Carl Gustav Hempel 1905 German philosopher
131 Carl O. Sauer 1889 American geographer
132 Carl Craig 1969 American music producer
133 Carl Wernicke 1848 German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist, and neuropathologist
134 Carl David Anderson 1905 American scientist
135 Carl Everett 1971 American baseball player
136 Carl White
137 Carl Bloch 1834 Danish painter
138 Carl Zimmer 1966 Science writer and blogger
139 Carl Ritter 1779 German geographer (born 7 August 1779, died 28 September 1859)
140 Carl Lee 1926 American actor
141 Carl Gordon 1932 American actor
142 Carl Pohlad 1915 American financier (1915–2009)
143 Carl von Linde 1842 Engineer
144 Carl Akeley 1864 Taxidermist
145 Carl Bell 1967 American musician and producer
146 Carl Baker 1982 English footballer
147 Carl King
148 Carl Michael Bellman 1740 Swedish poet, songwriter, composer and performer
149 Carl Nicks 1985 American football player, offensive lineman
150 Carl Cook 1962 American businessman
151 Carl English 1981 Canadian basketball player
152 Carl Stamitz 1745 German composer of partial Czech ancestry
153 Carl Falk 1980 Swedish musician
154 Carl Værnet 1893 Danish holocaust perpatrator
155 Carl Costello
156 Carl Spitz 1894 German dog trainer
157 Carl Wilhelm Siemens 1823 Engineer and inventor
158 Carl McCoy 1963 British singer
159 Carl Morgan 1981 British rapper and murderer
160 Carl Lutz 1895 Swiss Righteous Among the Nations
161 Carl Rinsch Writer, director of commercials, shorts and film director
162 Carl Ng 1976 Actor and model
163 Carl Valeri 1984 Australian soccer player
164 Carl Rice 1980
165 Carl Heinz Choynski 1936 German actor
166 Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg 1916 Swedish prince
167 Carl Bass 1957 Businessperson
168 Carl Reinecke 1824 German composer, conductor and pianist
169 Carl Fletcher 1980 Football player and manager
170 Carl Gugasian 1947 American bank robber
171 Jann Carl 1960 American journalist
172 Carl Oberg 1897 SS general
173 Carl Giles 1916 English cartoonist
174 Steve Carl 1984 American martial artist
175 Carl Hilpert 1888 German general
176 Carl Furillo 1922 American baseball player
177 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf 1739 Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist
178 Carl Söderberg 1985 Swedish ice hockey player
179 Carl Verheyen 2000 American guitarist
180 Carl Spitteler 1845 Swiss writer
181 Carl David Tolmé Runge 1856 German mathematician and physicist
182 Carl Großmann 1863 German serial killer
183 Carl Baugh 1936 American Christian creationist
184 Carl Gabriel Yorke 1952 American actor
185 Carl Meeus 1967 French journalist
186 Carl Malamud 1959 Technologist, author, and public domain advocate
187 Carl Stiner 1936 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
188 Carl Gustaf von Rosen 1909 Swedish noble and mercenary
189 Carl Safina 1955 American biologist
190 Carl Hayman 1979 New Zealand rugby union player
191 Carl Magnay 1989 Footballer
192 Carl Bradford 1992 American football player
193 Carl Pickens 1970 American football player
194 Carl J. Danhammer Finnish politician
195 Carl Schuhmann 1869 Gymnast and Olympic wrestler
196 Carl Peters 1856 Explorer, politician, author
197 Carl Milles 1875 Swedish sculptor
198 Carl Bunch 1939 American musician
199 Carl Pelini 1965 American football player and coach
200 Carl Friedrich Abel 1723 German composer