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 Georg Külb

First Name Karl
Last Name Külb
Born on January 28, 1901
Died on July 20, 1980 (aged 79)

Karl Georg Külb (1901–1980) was a German screenwriter and film director.

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Karl Lamers

First Name Karl
Last Name Lamers
Born on November 11, 1935
Died on August 27, 2022 (aged 86)

Karl Lamers is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

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Karl Weinhold

Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold
First Name Karl
Last Name Weinhold
Born on October 26, 1823
Died on August 15, 1901 (aged 77)

Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold was a German folklorist and linguist who specialized in German studies.

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Karl Maybach

First Name Karl
Last Name Maybach
Born on July 6, 1879
Died on February 6, 1960 (aged 80)
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Karl Erb

First Name Karl
Last Name Erb
Born on July 13, 1877
Died on July 13, 1958 (aged 81)

Karl Erb was a German tenor who made his career first in opera and then in oratorio and lieder recital. He excelled in all these genres, and before 1920 gave classic performances of key roles in modern works, and created lead roles in those of Hans Pfitzner. He was the first husband of Maria Ivogün and was considered by many the ideal Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion.

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Karl Kupelwieser

First Name Karl
Last Name Kupelwieser
Born on October 30, 1841
Died on September 16, 1925 (aged 83)
Born in Austria
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Karl Winnacker

First Name Karl
Last Name Winnacker
Born on January 1, 1903
Died on January 1, 1989 (aged 86)
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Karl A. Lamers

First Name Karl
Last Name Lamers
Born on February 12, 1951 (age 75)

Karl A. Lamers is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Parliament from 1994 until 2021. From 2010 to 2012 he was the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

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Karl Alexander Müller

First Name Karl
Last Name Müller
Born on April 20, 1927 (age 99)

Karl Alexander Müller is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.

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Karl Maria Hettlage

First Name Karl
Last Name Hettlage
Born on November 28, 1902
Died on September 3, 1995 (aged 92)
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