List of Famous people named Carl

Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm (1705–1769) was a Freiherr and Chamberlain (kammarherre) in Sweden. His father was the royal adviser (riksråd) Josias Cederhielm, and his mother was Anna Åkerhielm.

Carl Adolph Dahl was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

Carl Tighe was a prolific British writer, academic, essayist, novelist, and poet. He taught in Poland during the Cold War and was the first Professor of Creative Writing in the UK at the University of Derby.

Carl Buchheister was a German constructivist artist noted for his multiple series of "model paintings" at Galerie Lambert Weyl, Paris. which he began in 1925.

Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop was a Norwegian Lutheran priest, educator and Bishop of Oslo.

Carl Gottlieb Reißiger was a German Kapellmeister and composer.

Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. The founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation today, he played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark. Notably also forming conglomerates, several of Tietgen's companies attained a monopoly-like status, which cemented their durability.

Carl Frederick Mengeling is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lansing, Michigan from 1996 to 2008.

Carl Sigman was an American songwriter.

Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced both comics and magicians.