Carroll (surname)
Carroll is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Ó Cearbhaill and Cearbhall, meaning "fierce in battle". Other equivalent forms of spelling the surname include Carrol, Caroll and Carol.
Notable people with the surname include:
A
- Adam Carroll (racing driver), Northern Irish racing driver
- Adam Carroll (American musician), American musician
- Ahmad Carroll, American professional football player
- Aileen Carroll, Canadian politician from Ontario
- Alfred Carroll, Canadian politician
- Alma Carroll, American actress
- Alma Carroll, Irish singer with The Swarbriggs Plus Two
- Andrea Carroll, American pop singer
- Andrea Carroll (soprano), American opera and concert soprano
- Andrew Carroll (ice hockey), American professional ice hockey player
- Andy Carroll, English footballer
- Anna Ella Carroll, American politician, pamphleteer and lobbyist
- Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll, producer and director, from 2001–present, of Spanish-language telenovelas
B
- Barbara Carroll, American jazz pianist
- Benajah Harvey Carroll, American pastor and theologian
- Bill Carroll (broadcaster), Scottish-born Canadian radio and television personality
- Bill Carroll (musician), American musician
- Bill Carroll (rower), New Zealand rower
- Billy Carroll, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Carroll, American soccer player
- Brian Patrick Carroll, American guitarist
- Brigid Carroll, New Zealand professor of management
- Bryan H. Carroll, American director, producer, screenwriter and editor.
- Bob Carroll (author), American historian and sportswriter
- Bob Carroll (singer/actor), American singer and actor
- Bob Carroll Jr., American TV writer
C
- Charles Carroll of Annapolis, wealthy Maryland planter and lawyer
- Charles Carroll the Settler, Irish-born Maryland lawyer and planter
- Charles Carroll, Barrister, American statesman from Maryland, delegate to the Continental Congress
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American politician, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, sometimes referred to as Charles Carroll III
- Charles H. Carroll, American politician, representative from New York 1843-1847
- Charles J. Carroll, American lawyer and politician
- Chuck Carroll, American football player
- Clay Carroll, American baseball player
- Clinton Derricks-Carroll, American actor and musician
- Corbin Carroll, Taiwanese-American baseball player
D
- Daniel Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- David Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Carroll, English rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Deborah Carroll, actor
- DeMarre Carroll, American professional basketball player and coach
- Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
- Dina Carroll, English singer
- Donald Martin Carroll, American Roman Catholic priest
E
- Eddie Carroll, Canadian-born American voice actor and comedian
- Edward Gonzalez Carroll, American bishop
- E. Jean Carroll, American advice columnist
- Ernie Carroll, Australian entertainer and TV personality
F
- Francis Carroll (nuncio), Irish archbishop in Liberia
- Francis Carroll, Australian metropolitan archbishop
- Frank Carroll, American figure skating coach
- Fred Carroll, American baseball player
G
- Gabriel D. Carroll, American professor
- George Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Greg Carroll, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gregory Carroll, American musician
- Gregory Carroll, American operatic tenor
H
- Harry Carroll, American musician and songwriter
- Helena Carroll, Scottish stage actress
- Henry Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Howard Joseph Carroll, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Howard W. Carroll, American politician
J
- Jack Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
- James Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Carroll, American film, stage and television character actress
- Jason Carroll (journalist), CNN correspondent
- Jason Carroll (researcher), cancer researcher
- Jason Michael Carroll, American country music artist
- Jean Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- * Jean Carroll, American actress and comedian
- * Jean Carroll (cricketer), Irish cricketer
- Jeff Carroll, American scientist and Huntington's disease advocate
- Jeff Carroll
- Jill Carroll, American journalist and kidnapping victim
- Jim Carroll, several people, see James Carroll (disambiguation)
- Joan Carroll, American actress
- Joan Carroll (soprano), American coloratura soprano
- Jock Carroll, Canadian journalist
- Joe Barry Carroll, American basketball player
- John Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Jon Carroll, American newspaper columnist
- Jonathan Carroll, American author of fantasy fiction
- Jono Carroll, Irish professional boxer
- Joseph Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Josie Carroll, Canadian horse trainer
- Julian Carroll, American Governor of Kentucky 1974-1979
K
- Kevin Carroll (gridiron football), American football player
L
- Lara Carroll, American swimmer
- Lee Carroll, American New Age writer
- Leo G. Carroll, British actor
- Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of British author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- Liane Carroll, English musician
- Liz Carroll, Canadian fiddler
- Louise Carroll, Scottish field hockey defender
- Luke Carroll, Australian actor
M
- Madeleine Carroll, English actress
- Madeline Carroll, American actress
- Matthew Carroll
- Mark Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Mary Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Carroll (disambiguation), several people
- Mavis B. Carroll, American statistician
- Mella Carroll
- Michael Carroll (disambiguation), several people, including those named Mickey or Mike Carroll
N
- Nancy Carroll, American actress
- Nina Carroll, British painter
- Nyla Carroll, New Zealand long-distance runner
O
- Ownie Carroll, American baseball player and college coach
P
- P. J. Carroll, founder of eponymous Irish tobacco company
- Pat Carroll, American actress
- Pat Carroll (baseball), American baseball player
- Pat Carroll (basketball), American basketball player
- Paul T. Carroll American Brigadier General
- Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks Head Coach
- Peter Carroll (disambiguation), several people, including those named Pete Carroll
- Philip J. Carroll, American businessman and government advisor
R
- Rick Carroll, program director for influential radio station KROQ-FM in Los Angeles
- Robert L. Carroll, American vertebrate paleontologist
- Robert Todd Carroll, American professor, author, and keeper of the Skeptic's Dictionary website
- Ron Carroll, American DJ, singer, songwriter and producer
- Ronnie Carroll, Northern Irish singer and entertainer
- Rory Carroll, Irish journalist working for The Guardian
- Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
S
- Sean B. Carroll, American biologist and author
- Sean M. Carroll, theoretical physicist
- Shelley Carroll, Canadian politician from Toronto
- Sidney Carroll, American film and television screenwriter
- Stacey Carroll, American politician from Virginia
T
- Thomas Carroll (disambiguation), several people, including those named Tom or Tommy Carroll
- Tonie Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
- Tony Carroll (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Trent Carroll, Australian rules footballer
W
- Walter Carroll, English composer, music lecturer, and author
- Warren H. Carroll, American historian, author, and professor
- Wes Carroll, American percussionist
- William Carroll (Tennessee politician), American, Governor of Tennessee 1821-1827 and 1829-1835
- William F. Carroll, Canadian politician
- William Henry Carroll, American Civil War Confederate general, son of Governor Carroll
- Will Carroll, American sportswriter
Z
- Zach Carroll, American soccer player