Royalty and nobility •
Carl Bernadotte (1911–2003), Swedish prince •
Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916–2012), Swedish prince •
Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946), King of Sweden 1973 to present •
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (born 1979), Prince of Sweden •
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951), Swedish prince :Most other Swedish and Norwegian royalty so named – see
Carl of Sweden – are listed on English Wikipedia as
Charles. •
Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936–2022), head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 to 2022
As a given name •
Carl Abbott (urban historian) (born 1944), American historian •
Carl Abrahams (1911–2005), Jamaican artist •
Carl Adams (wrestler) (born 1950), American wrestler, coach and businessman •
Carl Albert (1908–2000), American politician and lawyer •
Carl Anderson (singer) (1945–2004), American singer and actor •
Carl Asercion (1909–1990), American steel guitar player •
Carl Ballantine (1917–2009), American actor •
Carl Banks (born 1962), American football player •
Carl Barât (born 1978), British musician •
Carl Barber (born 1956), Canadian Haskap berry grower •
Carl Barks (1901–2000), American cartoonist, author, and painter •
Carl Barron (born 1964), Australian comedian •
Carl Bengtström (born 2000), Swedish athlete •
Carl Benner, American electrical engineer •
Carl Bergenstråhle (1909–1977), Swedish diplomat •
Carl Berman (born 1985), American football player •
Carl Bildt (born 1949), Swedish politician and diplomat •
Carl August Björk (1837–1916), Swedish preacher •
Carl L. Boeckmann (1867–1923), Norwegian-American artist •
Carl Bradford (born 1992), American football player •
Carl "Charlie" Brandt (1957–2004), American serial killer •
Carl Brashear (1931–2006), U.S. Navy master diver •
Carl Braun (basketball) (1927–2010), American basketball player •
Carl Brewer (politician) (1957–2020), American politician •
Carl Byrum (born 1963), American football player •
Carl Caldenius (1887–1961), Swedish geologist •
Carl Carlton (born 1953), American singer-songwriter •
Carl Clark (1933–2015), American photographer •
Carl Cohen (businessman) (1913–1986), American gambling executive and Las Vegas casino manager •
Carl Cohen (philosopher) (1931–2023), professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, philosopher, and animal rights activist •
Carl Colpaert, American film director •
Carl Crawford (born 1981), American baseball player •
Carl Czerny (1791–1857), Austrian pianist •
Carl Davis (American football) (born 1992), American football player •
Carl Decaluwé (born 1960), Belgian politician •
Carl Dobkins Jr. (1941–2020), American singer and songwriter •
Carl Douglas (born 1942), Jamaican musician who wrote the disco song "Kung Fu Fighting" •
Carl E. Douglas (born 1955), American lawyer and member of the defense team during O.J. Simpson's murder trial •
Carl Earn (1921–2007), American tennis player •
Carl Edwards (born 1979), American NASCAR driver •
Carl Edwards Jr. (born 1991), American baseball player •
Carl Eller (born 1942), American football player •
Carl Erskine (1926–2024), American baseball pitcher •
Carl Etelman (1900–1963), American football back and coach •
Carl L. Faingold, American neuroscientist and professor •
Carl G. Fisher (1874–1939), American entrepreneur •
Carl Fodor (born 1963), American football player •
Carl Fogarty (born 1965), English motorcycle racer •
Carl Frampton (born 1987), Northern Irish boxer •
Carl Froch (born 1977), British boxer •
Carl Garrigus (1931–1975), American football player •
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist • Carl Giammerese (born 1947), guitar player for American pop group
The Buckinghams •
Carl Granderson (born 1996), American football player •
Carl Grubert (1911–1979), American cartoonist •
Carl Gutierrez (born 1941), American politician •
Carl Gunnarsson (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey player •
Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864), Swedish linguist •
Carl Hubbell (1903–1988), American baseball player •
Carl Hunter (born 1965), bassist in The Farm •
Carl Icahn (born 1936), American businessman • •
Carl von In der Maur (1852–1913), Austrian aristocrat and Liechtenstein government official •
Carl Jenkinson (born 1992), English footballer •
Carl Johan Ståhlberg (1865–1952), Finnish jurist and the First President of the Republic of Finland •
Carl Jung (1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder of analytical psychology •
Carl Kaiser (1927–2010), Canadian ice hockey player •
Carl Karcher (1917–2008), American businessman, founder of the
Carl's Jr. fast food restaurant chain •
Carl Kasell (1934–2018), American radio personality •
Carl Kline (psychiatrist) (1915–2005), Canadian psychiatrist and researcher •
Carl Laemmle (1867–1939), founder of
Universal Pictures •
Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), producer and businessman •
Carl Landry (born 1983), American basketball player •
Carl Lawson (American football) (born 1994), American football player •
Carl Lewis (born 1961), American track and field athlete •
Carl Limberger (born 1964), Australian tennis player •
Carl Lindner Jr. (1919–2011), American businessman •
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), Swedish biologist and physician •
Carl J. Luksic (1921–2009), American flying ace during World War II •
Carl Lumbly (born 1951), American actor •
Carl Lutz (1895–1975), Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews •
Carl Mann (1942–2020), American rockabilly singer •
Carl Menger (1840–1921), Austrian economist •
Carl Muckler (1941-2025), American politician from Missouri •
Carl Nickolas (born 2001), American taekwondo practitioner •
Carl Nicks (American football) (born 1985), American football player •
Carl Oliver (born 1969), Bahamian sprinter and Olympic medallist •
Carl Ona-Embo (born 1989), Congolese basketball player •
Carl Orff (1895–1982) German composer •
Carl Palmer (born 1950), English Drummer •
Charles "Carl" Panzram (1891–1930), American serial killer •
Carl Anthony Payne II (born 1969), American actor •
Carl Perkins (1932–1998), American singer-songwriter •
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), German composer and musician •
Carl Posy, Israeli philosopher •
Carl Pursell (1932–2009), American politician •
Carl Reiner (1922–2020), American actor, comedian, and director •
Carl Glennis Roberts (1886–1950), American surgeon, civil rights activist •
Carl Robie (1945–2011), American swimmer •
Carl Robinson (born 1976), Welsh footballer •
Carl Rogers (1902–1987), American psychologist and psychotherapist •
Carl Hancock Rux, American poet, playwright, writer, singer •
Carl Sagan (1934–1996), American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist •
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), American poet, writer, editor •
Carl Sargeant (1968–2017), Welsh politician •
Carl Sentance (born 1961), Welsh Rock Singer •
Carl Schueler (born 1956), American race walker •
Carl L. Sitter (1922–2000), U.S. Marine Corps officer •
Carl Smith (American football) (born 1948), American football coach •
Carl Smith (musician) (1927–2010), American country music singer •
Carl Söderberg (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player •
Carl Starfelt (born 1995), Swedish footballer •
Carl Stockdale (1874–1953), American actor •
Carl Heinrich Stratz (1858–1924), German-Russian gynecologist •
Carl Swartz (1858–1926), Swedish politician •
Carl Swartz (1920–2008), Swedish diplomat •
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959), American actor and singer, best known as "Alfalfa" from the
Our Gang (
Little Rascals) comedy shorts •
Carl Olof Tallgren (1927–2024), Finnish politician and businessman •
Carl Thomas (singer) (born 1972), American R&B singer •
Carl Valeri (born 1984), Australian association football player •
Carl Van Doren (1885–1950), American critic •
Carl Vinson (1883–1981), American politician •
Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director, lawyer and interior minister •
Carl Wachtmeister (disambiguation), several people •
Carl E. Walz (born 1955), American astronaut •
Carl Weathers (1948–2024), American actor and football player •
Carl "Charles" Webb, formerly unidentified man known as "Somerton Man" •
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist •
Carl Wieland (born 1950), Australian creationist •
Carl Wilson (1946–1998), American musician and lead guitar player for The Beach Boys •
Carl Wittrock (born 1966), Dutch composer and conductor •
Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), American baseball player •
Carl Young (storm chaser) (1968–2013), American meteorologist and storm chaser •
Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman
As a family name •
Barry Carl (born 1950), American voice actor •
Christian Thomsen Carl (1676–1713), Danish navy officer. Middle name also given as Thomasen, Thomesen, or Thomasen. •
Fred Carl (politician), American politician •
Howie Carl (1938–2005), American basketball player •
Jann Carl (born 1960), American television host •
Konrad Carl (1930–2026), German trade union leader •
Max Carl (born 1950), American songwriter •
Renée Carl (1875–1954), French actress •
Steve Carl (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
As a stage name •
Carl Carl, stage name of Karl Andreas Bernbrunn (1787–1854), Polish-born actor and theatre director •
Margarethe Carl, stage name of Margarethe Bernbrunn (1788–1861), German soprano and actress •
Carl Wayne, stage name of Colin David Tooley (1943–2004), British singer and musician best known as a member of
the Move ==Fictional characters==