Karel

Gender:
Origin: German
1645 famous people named Karel found on Wikipedia.
1208 female, 527 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 11928-th in year 2009
Best ranking: 842-th in year 1939
Used in: Czech, Dutch, Slovene

Meanings

Karel is a given name in Dutch and Czech, equivalent to Charles, meaning Free Man.

Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of Charles: man, freeman, strong.

Famous People: 1645 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Karel Čapek 1890 Czech writer
2 Karel Roden 1962 Czech actor
3 Karel Čurda 1911 Czech parachutist
4 Karel Poborský 1972 Czech footballer
5 Karel Reisz 1926 Czech film reviewer and director
6 Karel Gott 1939 Czech painter and singer
7 Karel Márquez 1986 Filipino actor, vj, model and singer
8 Karel Susanteo 1999
9 Karel Vágner 1942 Czech bassguitarist, composer, contrabassist and entrepreneur
10 Karel Appel 1921 Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet
11 Karel Schwarzenberg 1937 Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister
12 Karel Doorman 1889 Dutch admiral
13 Tolga Karel 1978 Turkish actor
14 Karel Mark Chichon 1971 British conductor
15 Karel Soucek 1947 Czech stuntman
16 Karel Abraham 1990 Czech motorcycle racer
17 Helena Karel 1980 French pornographic actor
18 Karel van de Graaf 1950 Dutch television presenter / host
19 Karel Peterka 1950 Czech musician
20 Karel Janoušek 1893 Czechoslovakia army general
21 Karel Leunissen 1954 Dutch politician
22 Karel Richard Richter 1912 German spy
23 Karel Husa 1921 Czech conductor and composer
24 Karel Hynek Mácha 1810 Czech poet, traveller, dramatic, lawyer and writer
25 Karel van Mander I 1548 Painter from the Southern Netherlands
26 Karel Augusta 1935 Czech dabing actor, actor, comedian and presenter
27 Karel van Eerd 1938 Dutch Businessman
28 Karel Vaš 1916 Czechoslovakia soldier, public prosecutor and war criminal
29 Karel Jarolím 1956 Czech soccer player and soccer coach
30 Karel Ančerl 1908 Czech conductor, composer and director conductor of Czech Philharmonic
31 Karel Fraeye 1977 Belgian professional football manager
32 Karel Schoeman 1939 South African writer
33 Karel Dobrý 1969 Czech actor
34 Karel De Gucht 1954 Belgian politician
35 Karel Kryl 1944 Czech singer-songwriter
36 Karel Rachůnek 1979 Czech ice hockey player
37 Karel Nováček 1965 Czech tennis player
38 Karel Havlíček Borovský 1821 Czech writer
39 Karel Nešpor 1952 Czech yogin, doctor and pychiatrist
40 Karel Březina 1972 Czech minister without portfolio of the CR, director of Office of the government CR and local politician
41 Karel Jaromír Erben 1811 Czech archivist, poet, ethnographist, libretist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer
42 Karel Van Miert 1942 Belgian politician
43 Karel Frederik Wenckebach 1864 Dutch cardiologist
44 Karel Brückner 1939 Czech footballer
45 Karel Goeyvaerts 1923 Belgian composer
46 Karel Oliva 1958 Czech linguist and university educator
47 Karel Urbánek 1941 Czech member of Czech National Council and Czechoslovak politician
48 Karel Fialka 2000 British singer-songwriter
49 Karel Srp starší 1937 Czech music publicist
50 Karel Hanika 1996 Czech motoracer
51 Karel Janeček 1973 Czech philanthropist, mathematician, billionair and entrepreneur
52 Karel Martens 1939
53 Karel Teige 1900 Czech photographer, literature reviewer, theoretic of literature, translator, typographer and science writer
54 Karel Kyncl 1927 Czech actor, publicist, translator and writer
55 Karel Voříšek 1963 Czech presenter and publicist
56 Karel Mejta 1928 Czech rower, born 1928
57 Karel Kuttelwascher 1916 Czech pilot
58 Karel Van Eetvelt 1966
59 Karel Vasak 1929 Czech-French international official and university professor
60 Karel Dujardin 1622 Dutch painter
61 Karel Štěpánek 1899 Czech actor
62 Karel Deruwe 1956 Belgian actor
63 Karel Hašler 1879 Czech theater manager, dramatic, film director, actor, composer, guitarist, scriptwriter and singer
64 Karel Vaněk 1887 Czech humorist, publicist and writer
65 Karel Weinlich 1930 Czech director
66 Karel Kramář 1860 Czech politician, political prisoner and lawyer
67 Karel Steigerwald 1945 Czech dramatic, publicist and scriptwriter
68 Karel Šebek 1941 Czech poet and artist
69 Karel Bossart 1904 Rocket scientist
70 Karel Šiktanc 1928 Czech poet, publicist and translator
71 William Karel 1940 French film director
72 Karel Hlušička 1924 Czech dabing actor, actor and director
73 Karel Vingerhoets 1953 Belgian actor
74 Karel Kosík 1926 Czech philosopher, theoretic of literature and university educator
75 Karel Želenský 1865 Czech theater manager, dramatic, actor, publicist, translator and writer
76 Karel Němec 1839 Czech educator and gardener
77 Karel van Wolferen 1941 Dutch journalist
78 Karel Komárek 1969 Czech entrepreneur
79 Karel Hvížďala 1941 Czech dramatic, publicist and writer
80 Karel Kachyňa 1924 Czech actor and director
81 Karel Lamač 1887 Czech film producer, actor, actor, enterpreneur and director
82 Karel Šíp 1945 Czech musician
83 Karel C. Berkhoff 1965 Dutch historian
84 Karel Meulemans 1934 Belgian pigeon fancier
85 Karel Svoboda 1912 Czechoslovakia parachutist
86 Karel Rada 1971 Czech football defender
87 Karel Roden mladší 1914 Czech actor
88 Karel Loprais 1949 Czech rally driver
89 Karel Randák 1955 Czech politician, former director of the Office for Foreign Relations and Information
90 Karel Pařík 1857 Czech architect
91 Karel Lismont 1949 Athlete
92 Karel Dufek Czechoslovak diplomat
93 Karel Albert Ralahalu 1946
94 Karel Zima 1971 Czech actor
95 Karel Heřmánek 1947 Czech actor
96 Karel Pečko 1920 Slovenian artist
97 Karel deLeeuw 1930 American mathematician
98 Karel Janák 1970 Czech director
99 Karel Pavlík 1900 Czech warrior
100 Karel Klapalek 1893 Czechoslovakia legioneer and army general
101 Karel V of Schwarzenberg 1886
102 Karel Domin 1882 Czechoslovak politician, botanist and university educator
103 Karel Holas Czech violinist and singer
104 Karel Gržan 1958
105 Karel Dyba 1940 Czech diplomat and economist
106 Karel Verleyen 1938 Belgian writer (1938-2006)
107 Karel Škréta 1610 Czech painter
108 Karel Malich 1924 Czech painter and sculptor
109 Karel Traxler 1866 Czech chess player
110 Karel Kaers 1914 Cyclist
111 Karel Zich 1949 Czech composer, guitarist and singer
112 Karel Kovařovic 1862 Czech conductor and composer
113 Karel Roden starší 1891 Czech actor
114 Karel Aalbers 1949 Former president of Dutch soccer club Vitesse
115 Rudolf Karel 1880 Czech conductor and composer
116 Karel Lažnovský 1906 Czech publicist and publicist
117 Karel Absolon 1877 Czech archeologist, geographer, paleonthologist, professor, speleologist, university educator and zoologist
118 Karel Koželuh 1896 Association footballer and tennis player
119 Karel Poláček 1892 Czech humorist, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer
120 Karel Klíč 1841 Czech painter
121 Karel Dobbelaere 1933 Dobbelaere is a sociologist of religion, educator and author
122 Karel Heřmánek Jr. 1989 Czech actor
123 Karel van het Reve 1921 Dutch writer, translator, literary historian
124 Karel Geraerts 1982 Footballer
125 Karel Sýs 1946 Czech poet
126 Karel Smouter 1983 Dutch writer and journalist
127 Karel Halíř 1859 Czech violinist
128 Karel Valdauf 1913 Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster
129 Karel Pech 1917 Czech actor, presenter and director
130 Karel Scholten van Aschat 1923 Dutch writer (1923-2013)
131 Karel Paleček 1896 Czechoslovakia legioneer and general
132 Karel Sabina 1813 Czech poet, theater reviewer, playwright, essayist, philosopher, libretist, literature historian, literary critic, publicist, translator, bookwriter and writer
133 Karel „Káša“ Jahn 1949 Czech drummer
134 Karel Satsuit Tubun 1928
135 Karel Satoria 1953 Czech roman catholic priest
136 Karel Vacek 1902 Czech composer
137 Karel van der Toorn 1956 Dutch biblical scholar
138 Karel Čermák 1934 Czech minister of justice of the CR and attorney
139 Karel IV of Schwarzenberg 1859 Czech member of Czech council
140 Karel Srp 1958 Czech curator
141 Karel Sijmons 1908 Dutch architect
142 Karel Kalista 1890 Czech actor
143 Karel Werner 1925 Czech indologist, orientalist and religionist
144 Karel Komzák II 1850 Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster
145 Karel Destovnik 1922 Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav people's hero
146 Karel Černý 1922 Academy Award-winning Czech art director and production desginer
147 Karel Plicka 1894 Czech photographer and director
148 Karel Stromšík 1958 Czech footballer
149 Karel Kasteel 1934 Dutch priest
150 Karel van der Heijden 1826 Dutch officer (1826-1900)
151 Karel Ringoet
152 Karel Raška 1909 Czech physician
153 Karel Lukas 1897 Czech warrior
154 Karel van Rijckevorsel 1913 Dutch lawyer, politician and esperantist
155 Karel Poma 1920 Politician
156 Karel Steklý 1903 Czech director
157 Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha 1865 Dutch philantropist and planter (Indonesia)
158 Karel Velebný 1931 Czech actor, music educator, musician and vibraphonist
159 Karel Lambert 1928 American philosopher
160 Karel III of Schwarzenberg 1824 Czech member of Czech council and nobleman
161 Karel Slavíček 1678 Czech astronomist, christian missionary, mathematician and roman catholic priest
162 Karel Berman 1919 Czech actor, music educator, composer, opera singer, professor and translator
163 Karel Eliáš 1955 Czech lawyer
164 Karel Ooms 1845 Painter
165 Karel Plíhal 1958 Czech guitarist and singer
166 Karel Ludwig 1919 Czech photographer
167 Karel Thole 1914 Dutch painter
168 Karel Fiedler 1961 Czech member of Czech Parliament (2013–2017)
169 Karel Bendl 1838 Czech conductor, music educator, composer, publicist and choirmaster
170 Karel Biddeloo 1943 Belgian comics artist (1943-2004)
171 Karel Reiner 1910 Czech composer and pianist
172 Karel Fajfr 1943 German figure skating coach
173 Karel Burian 1870 Tenorista
174 Karel Declercq 1957 Flemish cabaret performer
175 Karel Štorkán 1923 Czech scriptwriter and writer
176 Karel Kovanda 1944 Czech diplomat
177 Karel Dostál-Lutinov 1871 Czech poet and writer
178 Karel Malý 1930 Czech lawyer
179 Karel Höger 1909 Czech dabing actor, esperantist, actor, professor, publicist and university educator
180 Karel Maydl 1853 Czech surgeon and doctor
181 Karel Řepa 1895 Czech architect
182 Karel Miljon 1903 Boxer
183 Karel Pilař 1977 Czech ice hockey player
184 Karel Fiala 1925 Czech actor and opera singer
185 Karel Vereertbrugghen Belgian writer and actor
186 Karel Hofman 1906 Czech painter
187 Karel Vachek 1940 Czech director and university educator
188 Karel Honzík 1900 Czech architect, designer and university educator
189 Karel Kolský 1914 Czech footballer
190 Karel Čížek 1913 Czech public prosecutor
191 Karel Soukup 1951 Czech singer
192 Karel Schulz 1899 Czech poet, publicist, bookwriter, writer and historic literature writer
193 Karel Prášek 1868 Czech member of Czech council and Czechoslovak politician
194 Karel Komzák I 1823 Czech conductor and composer
195 Karel Zaalberg 1873 Indonesian politician
196 Karel Hrbáček 1944 Mathematician
197 Karel Purkyně 1834 Czech painter, portrait painter and art reviewer
198 Karel Styblo 1921 Physician
199 Karel Kaufman 1898 Dutch footballer and manager
200 Karel Pražák 1945 Czech member of Czech Parliament (2013–2017), ice hockey coach and ice hockey player