Kārlis
Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Kārlis Aperāts, Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
- Kārlis Ašmanis, Latvian footballer
- Kārlis Balodis, Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist
- Kārlis Baumanis, better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer
- Kārlis Bētiņš, Latvian chess master and composer of studies
- Kārlis Bone, Latvian footballer
- Kārlis Būmeisters, Latvian musician and politician
- Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider
- Kārlis Gailītis, Latvian Lutheran archbishop
- Kārlis Goppers, Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija
- Hugo Kārlis Grotuss, Latvian painter, classified as a Realist
- Kārlis Irbītis, Latvian aeroplane designer
- Kārlis Johansons, Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist
- Kārlis Lācis, Latvian composer
- Kārlis Leiškalns, Latvian politician
- Kārlis Lejnieks, retired Latvian tennis player currently pursuing interest in coaching
- Kārlis Kepke, Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor
- Kārlis Klāsens, Latvian sailor and Olympic competitor
- Kārlis Klāsups, Latvian chess master
- Kārlis Kļava, Latvian sports shooter and Olympic competitor
- Kārlis Lasmanis, Latvian basketball player and Olympic competitor
- Kārlis Lobe, Latvian Nazi collaborator and high-ranking Waffen-SS officer
- Kārlis Mīlenbahs, the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics
- Kārlis Mūsiņš, Latvian Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during WWII
- Kārlis Muižnieks, former basketball player, head coach of Barons LMT
- Karlis Osis, Latvian-born American parapsychologist
- Karlis Ozols, Latvian-Australian chess player
- Kārlis Padegs, Latvian artist
- Kārlis Paegle, Latvian ice hockey player
- Kārlis Prauls, Latvian general, from 1930 to 1940 was a commander of Aizsargi organization
- Kārlis Sensbergs, Waffen-Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
- Kārlis Skalbe, Latvian writer, poet, and activist
- Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- Kārlis Smilga, Latvian curler
- Kārlis Šteins, Latvian and Soviet astronomer
- Kārlis Tīls, Latvian international football defender and football manager
- Kārlis Ulmanis, prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia
- Kārlis Vērdiņš, Latvian poet
- Kārlis Vilciņš, Latvian wrestler and Olympic competitor
- Kārlis Zāle, Latvian sculptor
- Kārlis Zariņš, Latvian diplomat
- Kārlis Zariņš, Latvian writer
- Kārlis Zilpaušs, Latvian ice hockey player
- Kārlis Zirnis, Latvian ice hockey player