List of Famous people named Karl

Name Karl is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Shortened forms: Charles. Similar names: Charles, Karla, Karlie, Kaarlo, Karle, Karly, Kaarle. Here are some famous Karls:

Karl Grob

First Name Karl
Last Name Grob
Born on May 30, 1946
Died on April 20, 2019 (aged 72)

Karl Grob was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Grob is considered to be a legend for Zürich, as he was there for 20 years and helped the team win a total of five Swiss Super Leagues and four Swiss Cups.

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Karl Ritter

First Name Karl
Last Name Ritter
Born on November 7, 1888
Died on April 7, 1977 (aged 88)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Ritter was a German film producer and director responsible for many Nazi propaganda films. He had previously been one of the first German military pilots. He spent most of his later life in Argentina.

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Karl Wald

First Name Karl
Last Name Wald
Born on February 17, 1916
Died on July 26, 2011 (aged 95)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Karl Wald was a German football referee.

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Karl Emil Franzos

First Name Karl
Last Name Franzos
Born on October 25, 1848
Died on January 28, 1904 (aged 55)

Karl Emil Franzos was a popular Austrian novelist of the late 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in western Ukraine, where the Habsburg and Russian empires met. This area became so closely associated with his name that one critic called it "Franzos country". A number of his books were translated into English, and Gladstone is said to have been among his admirers.

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Karl Harrer

First Name Karl
Last Name Harrer
Born on October 8, 1890
Died on September 5, 1926 (aged 35)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Harrer was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in January 1919, the predecessor to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, more commonly known as the Nazi Party.

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Karl von Weizsäcker

First Name Karl
Last Name Weizsäcker
Born on February 25, 1853
Died on February 2, 1926 (aged 72)

Karl Hugo Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg, and a member of the prominent Weizsäcker family.

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Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

First Name Karl
Last Name Taxis
Died on November 13, 1805
Born in Germany, Hesse

Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Karl Anselm Fürst von Thurn und Taxis was the fourth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 17 March 1773 until his death on 13 November 1805. Karl Anselm served as Prinzipalkommissar at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Regensburg for Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1773 to 1797.

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Karl Wendlinger

First Name Karl
Last Name Wendlinger
Born on December 20, 1968 (age 57)
Born in Austria, Tyrol

Karl Wendlinger is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver.

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Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg

First Name Karl
Last Name Guttenberg
Born on May 23, 1921
Died on October 3, 1972 (aged 51)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Theodor Maria Georg Achaz Eberhardt Josef Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). He was parliamentary secretary of state in the Chancellor's Office in the government of Kurt Georg Kiesinger from 1967 until 1969, as well as the foreign policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag. Guttenberg was perceived as a hardline conservative anticommunist as well as a convinced proponent of European integration. His work was mostly within the field of foreign policy.

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Karl Babor

First Name Karl
Last Name Babor
Born on August 23, 1918
Died on January 18, 1964 (aged 45)
Born in Austria

Karl Babor was a Nazi, SS doctor of the Third Reich, and officer at Camp Gross-Rosen with the rank of Hauptsturmführer. He was an expert in assassination by syringe of phenol.

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