List of Famous people named Carl

Carl August Dohrn was a German entomologist.

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Leiningen was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and the first ruler of the Principality of Leiningen.

Carl Ludwig Nietzsche was a German Lutheran pastor and the father of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.

Carl Arnold Ruge was a German pathologist who was a native of Berlin. He is credited for contributions made in the early detection of uterine cancer. Ruge was a nephew of pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902).

Carl Gustaf Creutz (1660−1728) was a Swedish general.