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 Klein

First Name Karl
Last Name Klein
Born on January 31, 1956 (age 70)
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Karl Altenburger

First Name Karl
Last Name Altenburger
Born on August 27, 1909
Died on January 1, 1945 (aged 35)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Karl Altenburger was a German racing cyclist. He rode in the 1931 Tour de France.

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Karl Abetz

First Name Karl
Last Name Abetz
Born on March 29, 1896
Died on January 28, 1964 (aged 67)
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Karl Heinz Clasen

First Name Karl
Last Name Clasen
Died on April 16, 1979 (aged 9)
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Karl Gerhold

First Name Karl
Last Name Gerhold
Born on January 1, 1908
Died on January 1, 1985 (aged 77)
Born in Austria
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Karl Reger

First Name Karl
Last Name Reger
Born on September 7, 1930 (age 96)
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Karl Albert Agathon Benary

First Name Karl
Last Name Benary
Born on January 17, 1807
Died on December 4, 1860 (aged 53)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Karl Albert Agathon Benary was a German classical philologist. He was the brother of orientalist Franz Ferdinand Benary (1805–1880).

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Karl Bendetsen

First Name Karl
Last Name Bendetsen
Born on October 11, 1907
Died on June 28, 1989 (aged 81)

Karl Robin Bendetsen was an American colonel who served in Washington Army National Guard during World War II and later as the Under Secretary of the Army. Bendetsen is remembered primarily for his role as an architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Karl Tischlinger

First Name Karl
Last Name Tischlinger
Born on November 7, 1910
Died on August 4, 1983 (aged 72)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
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Karl Mack von Leiberich

First Name Karl
Last Name Leiberich
Died on December 22, 1828
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich was an Austrian soldier. He is best remembered as the commander of the Austrian forces that capitulated to Napoleon's Grande Armée in the Battle of Ulm in 1805. Mack makes a brief appearance as a character in book two of Volume I of Tolstoy's War and Peace.

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