List of Famous people named Carl

Carl von Marr was an American-born German painter. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of the engraver John Marr (1831–1921) and his wife Bertha Bodenstein Marr (1836–1911).

Carl Wilhelm Petersen was a German lawyer, politician for the German Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg.

Karl (Carl) Christian Gmelin was a German botanist. He was the brother of engraver Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin (1760–1820).

Carl Schotten was a German chemist who, together with Eugen Baumann, discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction. The Schotten-Baumann reaction is a method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides. Examples of this reaction include the synthesis of N-vanillyl nonanamide, also known as synthetic capsaicin.

Carl Gangolf Kayser was an Austrian architect at the service of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, during the Second Mexican Empire. In the later part of his life he returned to Austria and worked on restoring medieval castles.

Carl August Hugo Froelich was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin.

Carl Friedrich Nägelsbach, was a German classical philologist.

Karl or Philipp Carl Sprengel was a German botanist from Schillerslage.