Gender:
Origin:
German
9076 famous people named Karl found on Wikipedia.
100045 male, 913 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1288-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
135-th in year 1960
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
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.
See Carl.
Derived from the common Germanic element heri: army, warrior. German and Scandinavian form of Charles: free man.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Marx | 1818 | German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist |
| 2 | Karl Urban | 1972 | New Zealand actor |
| 3 | Karl Malone | 1963 | Basketball player |
| 4 | Karl Lagerfeld | 1933 | German fashion designer |
| 5 | Karl Dönitz | 1891 | President of Germany; admiral in command of German submarine forces during World War II |
| 6 | Karl Landsteiner | 1868 | Austrian biologist, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| 7 | Karl Pilkington | 1972 | English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer |
| 8 | Karl Anderson | 1980 | American professional wrestler |
| 9 | Karl Popper | 1902 | Austrian-British philosopher of science |
| 10 | Carl Benz | 1844 | Automotive and engine designer and manufacturer |
| 11 | Karl Rove | 1950 | American political consultant and policy advisor |
| 12 | Karl Malden | 1912 | American actor |
| 13 | George Karl | 1951 | American basketball player and coach |
| 14 | Karl Glusman | 1988 | American actor |
| 15 | Karl von Habsburg | 1961 | Austrian politician |
| 16 | Karl Ove Knausgård | 1968 | Norwegian author |
| 17 | Andy Karl | 1973 | American actor |
| 18 | Karl Stefanovic | 1974 | Australian television presenter. |
| 19 | Karl Barth | 1886 | Swiss Protestant theologian |
| 20 | Karl Hanke | 1903 | German general and last Reichsführer-SS |
| 21 | Karl Davies | 1982 | Actor |
| 22 | Karl Pearson | 1857 | English mathematician and biometrician |
| 23 | Karl Ruprecht Kroenen | ||
| 24 | Karl Howman | 1953 | British actor |
| 25 | Karl Wallenda | 1905 | German stunt performer |
| 26 | Karl Wolff | 1900 | SS general |
| 27 | Karl Polanyi | 1886 | Economist, philosopher and historian |
| 28 | Karl Darlow | 1990 | Footballer |
| 29 | Karl Jaspers | 1883 | German psychiatrist and philosopher |
| 30 | Karl Albrecht | 1920 | Entrepreneur from Germany |
| 31 | Karl Jenkins | 1944 | Welsh musician and composer |
| 32 | Karl Yune | 1975 | American actor |
| 33 | Karl May | 1842 | German writer |
| 34 | Karl Hermann Frank | 1898 | Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and german nation politician |
| 35 | Karl Liebknecht | 1871 | German socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany |
| 36 | Karl Brandt | 1904 | German general |
| 37 | Karl Silberbauer | 1911 | Austrian SS Officer |
| 38 | Karl Gotch | 1924 | Professional wrestler |
| 39 | Karl Joseph | 1993 | |
| 40 | Lotto King Karl | 1967 | German musician and actor |
| 41 | Karl Mozart | 1784 | Mozart's music |
| 42 | Karl Beattie | 1967 | British television producer |
| 43 | Karl Robinson | 1980 | English footballer and manager |
| 44 | Karl Swenson | 1908 | American actor |
| 45 | Karl Weierstraß | 1815 | German mathematician |
| 46 | Karl Geary | 1972 | American actor |
| 47 | Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern | 1952 | German noble |
| 48 | Karl Kruszelnicki | 1948 | Australian medical researcher |
| 49 | Karl Hyde | 1957 | Musician |
| 50 | Karl Rahner | 1904 | German Catholic theologian |
| 51 | Karl Schwarzschild | 1873 | German astronomer |
| 52 | Karl Blossfeldt | 1865 | German photographer, sculptor and teacher |
| 53 | Karl Gebhardt | 1897 | Nazi doctor and war criminal |
| 54 | Karl Radek | 1885 | German politician |
| 55 | Karl Haushofer | 1869 | German general |
| 56 | Karl Kautsky | 1854 | Czech-Austrian philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician |
| 57 | Karl Bushby | 1969 | British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe |
| 58 | Karl Kani | 1970 | American fashion designer |
| 59 | Karl Kennedy | Fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours | |
| 60 | Karl Denke | 1860 | Serial killer and organist from germany |
| 61 | Karl Friedrich Schinkel | 1781 | Prussian architect, city planner, and painter |
| 62 | Karl von Frisch | 1886 | Austrian biologist |
| 63 | Karl Fritzsch | 1903 | SS officer |
| 64 | Coby Karl | 1983 | American basketball player |
| 65 | Karl Oyston | 1969 | British businessman |
| 66 | Karl Wolf | 1979 | Canadian musician |
| 67 | Karl Kraus | 1874 | Czech dramatic and publicist |
| 68 | Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel | 1772 | German poet, critic and scholar |
| 69 | Karl Obermayr | 1931 | German actor |
| 70 | Karl Ferdinand Braun | 1850 | German inventor and physicist |
| 71 | Karl Ravech | 1965 | Sportscaster |
| 72 | Jonathan Karl | 1968 | ABC News Chief White House Correspondent |
| 73 | Aaron Karl | 1990 | |
| 74 | Karl Lueger | 1844 | Austrian politician |
| 75 | Karl Drais | 1785 | German inventor of early form of bicycle and typewriter |
| 76 | Karl Fischer | 1956 | Austrian actor |
| 77 | Karl Renner | 1870 | First President of Austria |
| 78 | Karl Frenzel | 1911 | SS officer |
| 79 | Karl Dunbar | 1967 | American football player and coach |
| 80 | Karl Heinrich Ulrichs | 1825 | German jurist, writer and pioneer of LGBT human rights |
| 81 | Karl Mannheim | 1893 | Hungarian sociologist |
| 82 | Karl Carstens | 1914 | President of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 83 | Karl Plagge | 1897 | German military officer |
| 84 | Karl Kranzkowski | 1953 | German actor |
| 85 | Karl Agathon | ||
| 86 | Karl Eberhard Schöngarth | 1903 | German general |
| 87 | Karl Henry | 1982 | English professional footballer |
| 88 | Karl Sanders | 1963 | American singer and guitarist |
| 89 | Karl Diebitsch | 1899 | SS officer and German artist |
| 90 | Karl Maria Wiligut | 1866 | SS general |
| 91 | Karl Bartos | 1952 | Former member of Kraftwerk |
| 92 | Karl Gordon Henize | 1926 | American astronomer |
| 93 | Karl Koecher | 1934 | Czechoslovak spy |
| 94 | Karl Alzner | 1988 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 95 | Karl Kotzenberg | 1866 | German patron and merchant |
| 96 | Karl Mayer | Fictional character on Desperate Housewives | |
| 97 | Karl Mecklenburg | 1960 | American football player |
| 98 | Karl Böhm | 1894 | Austrian conductor |
| 99 | Karl Ernst von Baer | 1792 | Russian scientist |
| 100 | Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg | 1771 | Czech nobleman |
| 101 | Karl Patterson Schmidt | 1890 | American herpetologist |
| 102 | Karl von Terzaghi | 1883 | Civil engineer, Geotechnical engineer |
| 103 | Karl Slym | 1962 | English businessman |
| 104 | Karl Wallinger | 1957 | Welsh musician |
| 105 | Karl Bryullov | 1799 | Russian painter (1799-1852) |
| 106 | Karl Denson | 1956 | American musician |
| 107 | Karl Hopfner | 1952 | Businessperson |
| 108 | Karl Hess | 1923 | American journalist |
| 109 | Karl Deisseroth | 1971 | Optogeneticist |
| 110 | Karl Guthe Jansky | 1905 | American astronomer |
| 111 | Karl Theobald | 1969 | English actor and comedian |
| 112 | Karl Marlantes | 1944 | Businessman, novelist |
| 113 | Karl Richter | 1926 | German organist, harpsichordist, and conductor |
| 114 | Karl E. Weick | 1936 | Organisational psychologist |
| 115 | Karl Dean | 1955 | American mayor |
| 116 | Karl Mueller | 1963 | American musician |
| 117 | Karl Munro | ||
| 118 | Karl Rapp | 1882 | German engineer |
| 119 | Karl H. Pribram | 1919 | Austrian neuroscientist |
| 120 | Karl Lashley | 1890 | American psychologist |
| 121 | Karl Schmidt-Rottluff | 1884 | German artist |
| 122 | Karl Menninger | 1893 | American psychiatrist |
| 123 | Karl Wendlinger | 1968 | Austrian racecar driver |
| 124 | Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann | 1834 | Dog breeder |
| 125 | Karl Alvarez | 1964 | Musician |
| 126 | Karl Marginson | 1970 | Footballer and manager |
| 127 | Karl Edward Wagner | 1945 | American writer |
| 128 | Karl Koller | 1898 | German general |
| 129 | Karl Barry Sharpless | 1941 | American chemist |
| 130 | Karl Ouimette | 1992 | Canadian association football player |
| 131 | Karl Collins | 1971 | English actor |
| 132 | Karl Bodmer | 1809 | Swiss artist and hunter |
| 133 | Karl Malus | ||
| 134 | Karl Freund | 1890 | German film director and cinematographer |
| 135 | Karl Johnson | 1948 | Welsh actor |
| 136 | Karl Wilhelm Krause | 1911 | German SS officer |
| 137 | Karl Power | British prankster | |
| 138 | Karl Blau | American musician | |
| 139 | Karl Eikenberry | 1951 | United States general and former ambassador to Afghanistan |
| 140 | Karl Logan | 1965 | American musician |
| 141 | Karl Harris | 1979 | British motorcycle racer |
| 142 | Karl Dyall | 1967 | Swedish actor |
| 143 | Karl Herrligkoffer | 1916 | German mountaineer |
| 144 | Karl Hohenlohe | 1960 | Austrian television presenter and journalist |
| 145 | Karl Dorrell | 1963 | American football player and coach |
| 146 | Karl Mack von Leiberich | 1752 | Austrian general and nobleman |
| 147 | Karl Llewellyn | 1893 | American legal scholar |
| 148 | Karl Harrer | 1890 | German journalist and politician |
| 149 | Karl von Müller | 1873 | German naval officer and politician |
| 150 | Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch | 1888 | German Army general |
| 151 | Karl Heinz Oppel | 1924 | German actor and voice actor |
| 152 | Karl Mayr | 1883 | German officer |
| 153 | Karl Green | 1947 | Musician, songwriter |
| 154 | Karl Vannieuwkerke | 1971 | Belgian journalist |
| 155 | Karl Walter Diess | 1928 | Austrian actor and voice actor |
| 156 | Karl Jäger | 1888 | SS Officer |
| 157 | Karl Ziegler | 1898 | German chemist |
| 158 | Karl Stülpner | 1762 | German soldier |
| 159 | Karl Mildenberger | 1937 | German boxer |
| 160 | Karl Koch | 1965 | German hacker |
| 161 | Karl Maka | 1944 | Hong Kong actor and director |
| 162 | Karl Markovics | 1963 | Austrian actor, film director and screenwriter |
| 163 | Karl Michael Vogler | 1928 | German actor |
| 164 | Karl Olive | 1969 | French journalist |
| 165 | Karl Racine | 1963 | American lawyer |
| 166 | Karl Haas | 1913 | American musicologist |
| 167 | Karl Adolph Gjellerup | 1857 | Danish writer |
| 168 | Karl Deutsch | 1912 | Czech political scientist |
| 169 | Karl Heinrich Waggerl | 1897 | Austrian author |
| 170 | Karl Denver | 1931 | British singer |
| 171 | Karl Müllner | 1956 | |
| 172 | Karl Slover | 1918 | Actor |
| 173 | Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern | 1811 | German prince |
| 174 | Karl Bonhoeffer | 1868 | German psychiatrist |
| 175 | Karl Goldmark | 1830 | Hungarian composer |
| 176 | Karl Korsch | 1886 | German politician |
| 177 | Karl Toko Ekambi | 1992 | French footballer |
| 178 | Karl Christian Friedrich Krause | 1781 | German philosopher |
| 179 | Karl Shapiro | 1913 | Poet, essayist |
| 180 | Karl von Bülow | 1846 | German officer in WWI |
| 181 | Karl Behr | 1885 | US tennis player |
| 182 | Karl Valentin | 1882 | Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer |
| 183 | Karl Amoussou | 1985 | French martial artist |
| 184 | Karl Noten | 1966 | Dutch television presenter, columnist, writer and presenter |
| 185 | Karl Hardman | 1927 | American actor |
| 186 | Karl Bodenschatz | 1890 | German general |
| 187 | Karl Wittgenstein | 1847 | Austro-Hungarian steel tycoon (1847–1913) |
| 188 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann | 1905 | German composer |
| 189 | Karl Blecha | 1933 | Austrian politician |
| 190 | Karl King | 1891 | American composer and conductor |
| 191 | Karl Ernst | 1904 | German SA leader |
| 192 | Karl Dietrich Bracher | 1922 | German historian and political scientist |
| 193 | Karl McCartney | 1968 | British politician |
| 194 | Karl August von Hardenberg | 1750 | Chancellor of Prussia |
| 195 | Karl Mauss | 1898 | German World War II general; dentist |
| 196 | Karl Klug | 1988 | Professional Football Player |
| 197 | Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky | 1860 | German diplomat, noble |
| 198 | Karl Schaefer | 2000 | Television producer and writer |
| 199 | Karl Tellenbach | 1877 | Swiss hairdresser |
| 200 | Karl Olsberg | 1960 | German author |