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)

Born in Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Lamers

First Name Karl

Last Name Lamers

Born on November 11, 1935

Died on August 27, 2022 (aged 86)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Weinhold

Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold

First Name Karl

Last Name Weinhold

Born on October 26, 1823

Died on August 15, 1901 (aged 77)

Born in Poland, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Maybach

First Name Karl

Last Name Maybach

Born on July 6, 1879

Died on February 6, 1960 (aged 80)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Erb

First Name Karl

Last Name Erb

Born on July 13, 1877

Died on July 13, 1958 (aged 81)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Kupelwieser

First Name Karl

Last Name Kupelwieser

Born on October 30, 1841

Died on September 16, 1925 (aged 83)

Born in Austria

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Winnacker

First Name Karl

Last Name Winnacker

Born on January 1, 1903

Died on January 1, 1989 (aged 86)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl A. Lamers

First Name Karl

Last Name Lamers

Born on February 12, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Alexander Müller

First Name Karl

Last Name Müller

Born on April 20, 1927 (age 99)

Born in Switzerland, Basel-Stadt

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.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

Karl Maria Hettlage

First Name Karl

Last Name Hettlage

Born on November 28, 1902

Died on September 3, 1995 (aged 92)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

< Previous Next >