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)
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Karl Shell

First Name Karl
Last Name Shell
Born on May 10, 1938 (age 88)

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)
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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)
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