Carl

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(For persons with this and similar names, see also Carl, Karl, and Charles).

Carl is a popular variant of the name Charles (see there).

List of people named Carl

• Carl Cebrecus
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, the current Swedish monarch
• Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Prince of Sweden
• Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

(other Swedish and Norwegian royalty so named are listed on English Wikipedia as Charles)

• Carl Ballantine (1917-2009), American actor
• Carl Barks
• Carl Crawford
• Carl Barat
• Carl Bildt
• Carl L. Boeckmann
• Carl Brashear, U.S. Navy Master Diver
• Carl Edwards
• Carl Fogarty
• Carl Froch
• Carl-Peter Forster
• Carl Friedrich Gauss
• Carl Grubert
• Carl August Hagberg, Swedish linguist
• Carl Jenkinson, Football (soccer) player
• Carl Jung
• Carl Karcher
• Carl Kasell, American radio personality
• Carl Lewis
• Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
• Carl Orff
• Carl Pursell, American politician
• Carl Reiner, American actor, director, and comedian
• Carl Rogers, American psychologist and psychotherapist
• Carl Sagan
• Carl Sandburg
• Carl Schueler, American race walker
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Carl Weathers
• Carl Wieland
• Carl Wilson
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Carl Zeiss

Fictional characters

• Carl Brutananadilewski, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, now titled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1.
• Carl Carlson, a character from The Simpsons
• Carl Fredricksen, a character from Disney-Pixar's Up (2009 film)
• Carl "CJ" Johnson, a character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
• Carl Hamilton (fictional character) (known as Carl G. G. Hamilton), a Swedish secret agent created by Jan Guillou
• Carl Winslow, a character from the TV series Family Matters

Derived surnames

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• Carlsen
• Carlson
• Carlsson
• Carlton
• Karlsen
• Karlson
• Karlsson

Derived placenames

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Many of these are in reference to Charlemagne. Carolina is named for Charles II of England.

• Carei/ Nagykároly / Grosskarol / Großkarl (Romania)
• Carlsbad, California (United States)
• Carlsbad, New Mexico (United States)
• Carlsbad, Texas (United States)
• Carlton (disambiguation) (England)
• Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Charlotte (United States)
• Charlton (disambiguation) (England)
• Charleville (disambiguation)
• Charleval (France)
• Karlovac (Croatia)
• Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
• Karlsbad (Baden) (Germany)
• Karlshamn (Sweden)
• Karlskoga (Sweden)
• Karlskrona (Sweden)
• Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Karlstad (Sweden)
• North Carolina (United States)
• South Carolina (United States)
• São Carlos (Brazil)

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