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 Stetter

First Name Karl

Last Name Stetter

Born on July 16, 1941 (age 84)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Otto Stetter is a German microbiologist and authority on astrobiology. He is an expert on microbial life at high temperatures.

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Karl Kleinschmidt

First Name Karl

Last Name Kleinschmidt

Born on April 26, 1902

Died on August 13, 1978 (aged 76)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony

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Karl Shell

First Name Karl

Last Name Shell

Born on May 10, 1938 (age 87)

Born in United States of America, New Jersey

Karl Shell is an American theoretical economist, specializing in macroeconomics and monetary economics.

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Karl Daubigny

Charles Pierre Daubigny

First Name Karl

Last Name Daubigny

Born on June 9, 1846

Died on May 23, 1886 (aged 39)

Born in France, Île-de-France

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Karl Friedrich Schlippe

First Name Karl

Last Name Schlippe

Born on November 22, 1798

Died on July 24, 1867 (aged 68)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Karl Friedrich Lessing

First Name Karl

Last Name Lessing

Born on February 15, 1808

Died on January 4, 1880 (aged 71)

Karl Friedrich Lessing was a German historical and landscape painter, grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

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Karl von Bardeleben

First Name Karl

Last Name Bardeleben

Born on March 7, 1849

Died on December 19, 1919 (aged 70)

Born in Germany, Hesse

Karl von Bardeleben was a German anatomist born in Giessen. He was the son of surgeon Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1819–1895).

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Karl Gruber

First Name Karl

Last Name Gruber

Born on May 3, 1909

Died on February 1, 1995 (aged 85)

Born in Austria, Tyrol

Karl Gruber was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time. He then became Foreign Minister of Austria until 1953.

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Karl, 3rd Prince of Hanau

First Name Karl,

Last Name Hanau

Born on November 29, 1840

Died on January 27, 1905 (aged 64)

Born in Germany, Hesse

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Karl Friedrich Hermann Freystedt

First Name Karl

Last Name Freystedt

Born on December 11, 1776

Died on August 29, 1851 (aged 74)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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