Carlos Varela

• Carlos Varela (singer), Cuban singer-songwriter
• Carlos Varela (bandleader), Cuban bandleader of the 1940s-era Orquestra Havana-Madrid
• Carlos Muñiz Varela, Cuban resident of Puerto Rico who was murdered under suspicious circumstances in 1979
• Carlos Varela (Spanish footballer), Spanish footballer
• Carlos Varela (Chilean footballer)
• Carlos Varela (wrestler), wrestler from Cuba
• Carlos Mendes Varela, Portuguese-born French rugby league player