List of Famous people named Karl

Karl Ritter von Stremayr was an Austrian statesman. He served as the 9th Minister-President of Cisleithania.

Karl Grobben was an Austrian biologist. He graduated from, and later worked at, the University of Vienna, chiefly on molluscs and crustaceans. He was also the editor of a new edition of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus' Lehrbuch der Zoologie, and the coiner of the terms protostome and deuterostome.

Karl Strölin was a German Nazi politician and from 1933 to 1945, was the mayor of Stuttgart.

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of 395 minor planets.

Karl Mey was a prominent German industrial physicist who directed the research and development branch of Osram AG. His presidency of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, starting the year Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, was crucial in that organization’s ability to assert its independence from National Socialist policies.

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici was a German political economist.

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt was a German mathematician who used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic.

Karl Dane was a Danish-American comedian and actor known for his work in American films, mainly of the silent film era. He became a star after portraying “Slim”, a supporting role in one of the most successful silent films of all time, The Big Parade (1925), directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert.