Carl (name)
Carl is the English spelling of North Germanic masculine name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus.
List of people named Carl
Royalty and nobility
- Carl Bernadotte, Swedish prince
- Carl Johan Bernadotte, Swedish prince
- Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 1973 to present
- Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Prince of Sweden
- Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince
- Carl, Duke of Württemberg, head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 to 2022
As a given name
- Carl Abbott (urban historian), American historian
- Carl Abrahams, Jamaican artist
- Carl Adams (wrestler), American wrestler, coach and businessman
- Carl Albert, American politician and lawyer
- Carl Anderson (singer), American singer and actor
- Carl Asercion, American steel guitar player
- Carl Ballantine, American actor
- Carl Banks, American football player
- Carl Barât, British musician
- Carl Barber, Canadian Haskap berry grower
- Carl Barks, American cartoonist, author, and painter
- Carl Barron, Australian comedian
- Carl Bengtström, Swedish athlete
- Carl Benner, American electrical engineer
- Carl Berman, American football player
- Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat
- Carl August Björk, Swedish preacher
- Carl L. Boeckmann, Norwegian-American artist
- Carl Bradford, American football player
- Carl "Charlie" Brandt, American serial killer
- Carl Brashear, U.S. Navy master diver
- Carl Braun (basketball), American basketball player
- Carl Brewer (politician), American politician
- Carl Byrum, American football player
- Carl Caldenius, Swedish geologist
- Carl Carlton, American singer-songwriter
- Carl Clark, American photographer
- Carl Cohen (businessman), American gambling executive and Las Vegas casino manager
- Carl Cohen (philosopher), professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, philosopher, and animal rights activist
- Carl Colpaert, American film director
- Carl Crawford, American baseball player
- Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist
- Carl Davis (American football), American football player
- Carl Decaluwé, Belgian politician
- Carl Dobkins Jr., American singer and songwriter
- Carl Douglas, Jamaican musician who wrote the disco song "Kung Fu Fighting"
- Carl E. Douglas, American lawyer and member of the defense team during O.J. Simpson's murder trial
- Carl Earn, American tennis player
- Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
- Carl Edwards Jr., American baseball player
- Carl Eller, American football player
- Carl Erskine, American baseball pitcher
- Carl Etelman, American football back and coach
- Carl G. Fisher, American entrepreneur
- Carl Fodor, American football player
- Carl Fogarty, English motorcycle racer
- Carl Frampton, Northern Irish boxer
- Carl Froch, British boxer
- Carl Garrigus, American football player
- Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist
- Carl Giammerese, guitar player for American pop group The Buckinghams
- Carl Granderson, American football player
- Carl Grubert, American cartoonist
- Carl Gutierrez, American politician
- Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Carl August Hagberg, Swedish linguist
- Carl Hubbell, American baseball player
- Carl Hunter, bassist in The Farm
- Carl Icahn, American businessman
- Carl von In der Maur, Austrian aristocrat and Liechtenstein government official
- Carl Jenkinson, English footballer
- Carl Johan Ståhlberg, Finnish jurist and the First President of the Republic of Finland
- Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder of analytical psychology
- Carl Kaiser, Canadian ice hockey player
- Carl Karcher, American businessman, founder of the Carl's Jr. fast food restaurant chain
- Carl Kasell, American radio personality
- Carl Kline (psychiatrist), Canadian psychiatrist and researcher
- Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures
- Carl Laemmle Jr., producer and businessman
- Carl Landry, American basketball player
- Carl Lawson (American football), American football player
- Carl Lewis, American track and field athlete
- Carl Limberger, Australian tennis player
- Carl Lindner Jr., American businessman
- Carl Linnaeus, Swedish biologist and physician
- Carl J. Luksic, American flying ace during World War II
- Carl Lumbly, American actor
- Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews
- Carl Mann, American rockabilly singer
- Carl Menger, Austrian economist
- Carl Muckler, American politician from Missouri
- Carl Nickolas, American taekwondo practitioner
- Carl Nicks (American football), American football player
- Carl Oliver, Bahamian sprinter and Olympic medallist
- Carl Ona-Embo, Congolese basketball player
- Carl Orff German composer
- Charles "Carl" Panzram, American serial killer
- Carl Anthony Payne II, American actor
- Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer and musician
- Carl Posy, Israeli philosopher
- Carl Pursell, American politician
- Carl Reiner, American actor, comedian, and director
- Carl Glennis Roberts, American surgeon, civil rights activist
- Carl Robie, American swimmer
- Carl Robinson, Welsh footballer
- Carl Rogers, American psychologist and psychotherapist
- Carl Hancock Rux, American poet, playwright, writer, singer
- Carl Sagan, American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist
- Carl Sandburg, American poet, writer, editor
- Carl Sargeant, Welsh politician
- Carl Schueler, American race walker
- Carl L. Sitter, U.S. Marine Corps officer
- Carl Smith (American football), American football coach
- Carl Smith (musician), American country music singer
- Carl Söderberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- Carl Starfelt, Swedish footballer
- Carl Stockdale, American actor
- Carl Heinrich Stratz, German-Russian gynecologist
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, American actor and singer, best known as "Alfalfa" from the Our Gang comedy shorts
- Carl Olof Tallgren, Finnish politician and businessman
- Carl Thomas (singer), American R&B singer
- Carl Valeri, Australian association football player
- Carl Van Doren, American critic
- Carl Vinson, American politician
- Carl Voss-Schrader, Finnish colonel, business director, lawyer and interior minister
- Carl Wachtmeister (disambiguation), several people
- Carl E. Walz, American astronaut
- Carl Weathers, American actor and football player
- Carl "Charles" Webb, formerly unidentified man known as "Somerton Man"
- Carl Maria von Weber, German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist
- Carl Wieland, Australian creationist
- Carl Wilson, American musician and lead guitar player for The Beach Boys
- Carl Wittrock, Dutch composer and conductor
- Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
- Carl Young (storm chaser), American meteorologist and storm chaser
- Carl Zeiss, German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman
As a family name
- Barry Carl, American voice actor
- Christian Thomsen Carl, Danish navy officer. Middle name also given as Thomasen, Thomesen, or Thomasen.
- Fred Carl (politician), American politician
- Howie Carl, American basketball player
- Jann Carl, American television host
- Max Carl, American songwriter
- Renée Carl, French actress
- Steve Carl, American mixed martial artist
As a stage name
- Carl Carl, stage name of Karl Andreas Bernbrunn, Polish-born actor and theatre director
- Margarethe Carl, stage name of Margarethe Bernbrunn, German soprano and actress
- Carl Wayne, stage name of Colin David Tooley, British singer and musician best known as a member of the Move
Fictional characters
- Carl, a character from the video game Brawl Stars
- Carl, a character from Carl the Collector
- Carl, a character from Family Guy
- Carl, a character in the web series Llamas with Hats
- Carl, a character from Disney's 2007 film Meet the Robinsons
- Carl, a character from Waltzes from Vienna
- Carl Alphonse, a character from the 1995 film Billy Madison
- Carl Bentley, a character from the 1995 film Jumanji
- Carl Bruner, in Ghost
- Carl Brutananadilewski, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Carl Carlson, a character from The Simpsons
- Carl Casagrande, a character from The Casagrandes
- Carl Chryniszzswics, a character from Johnny Bravo
- Carl Clover, a playable character in the Blazblue fighting game series
- Carl Conrad Coreander, a character in The Neverending Story
- Carl "Crusher" Creel alter ego of supervillain Absorbing Man
- Carl Denham, a character from the 1933 film King Kong and its 2005 remake
- Carl Elias, a recurring antagonist from the science fiction drama Person of Interest
- Carl Fredricksen, a character from Disney-Pixar's 2009 film Up
- Carl Gallagher, a character in the TV series Shameless
- Carl Gould, a minor character in the Arthur television show
- Carl Grimes, a notoriously elusive character from the comic/TV series The Walking Dead
- Carl Hamilton, a Swedish secret agent of novels by Jan Guillou
- Carl Hanratty, FBI agent in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can
- Carl Johnson, a character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
- Carl Kolchak, a character from Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Carl Rader, a character from the 1940 film Santa Fe Trail
- Carl Saxe, a character from the 1947 film Unconquered
- Carl Spackler, a character from the 1980 film Caddyshack
- Carl Stephans, a character from 711 Ocean Drive
- Carl the Grim Rabbit, a character from Looney Tunes
- Carl Wheezer, a character from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
- Carl Winslow, a character from the TV series ''Family Matters''