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 Stauffer-Bern

First Name Karl
Last Name Stauffer-Bern
Born on September 2, 1857
Died on January 24, 1891 (aged 33)

Karl Stauffer, known as Karl Stauffer-Bern was a Swiss painter, etcher and sculptor.

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Karl Scharnagl

First Name Karl
Last Name Scharnagl
Born on January 17, 1881
Died on April 6, 1963 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Scharnagl was a German politician. He was Lord Mayor of Munich from 1925 to 1933 and again from 1945 to 1948, and in 1945 he co-founded the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU).

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Karl Sewart

First Name Karl
Last Name Sewart
Born on December 27, 1933
Died on January 2, 2019 (aged 85)
Born in Germany, Saxony
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Karl Senne

First Name Karl
Last Name Senne
Born on October 26, 1934
Died on August 15, 2022 (aged 87)
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Karl Dilthey

First Name Karl
Last Name Dilthey
Born on March 18, 1839
Died on March 4, 1907 (aged 67)
Born in Germany, Hesse, Wiesbaden

Karl Dilthey was a German classical scholar and archaeologist.

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Karl Karmarsch

First Name Karl
Last Name Karmarsch
Born on October 17, 1803
Died on March 24, 1879 (aged 75)
Born in Austria

Karl Karmarsch was an Austrian-born German educator, founding director of the Polytechnic School in Hanover, later to become the University of Hannover.

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Karl Kranzkowski

First Name Karl
Last Name Kranzkowski
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 73)
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Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger

First Name Karl
Last Name Solger
Born on November 28, 1780
Died on October 25, 1819 (aged 38)
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger was a German philosopher and academic. He is known as a theorist of Romanticism, and of irony.

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Karl Rathgen

First Name Karl
Last Name Rathgen
Died on November 4, 1921
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Karl Rathgen was a German economist. He was the first Chancellor of the University of Hamburg.

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Karl Blessing

First Name Karl
Last Name Blessing
Born on February 5, 1900
Died on April 25, 1971 (aged 71)

Karl Blessing was a German banker. He was President of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 1958 to 1969.

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