Karl 224993 223972754 2008-07-06T19:37:15Z SJP 2716074 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/69.255.157.94|69.255.157.94]] to last version by SJP (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Karl | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} {{Wiktionarypar2|Karl|karl}} :''See [[Carl (name)]] for information about the name. ==People== ===Nobility=== * [[Charlemagne]] (Carolus Magnus, Karl the Great, Charles the Great), a king of the Franks and of the Lombards and of Rome * [[Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden]], King of Sweden * [[Charles XV of Sweden]], King of Sweden and Norway * [[Charles XIV of Sweden]] - King of Sweden-Norway * [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] - King of Sweden-Norway * [[Charles XII of Sweden]] - King of Sweden * [[Charles XI of Sweden]] - King of Sweden * [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden]] - King of Sweden * [[Charles IX of Sweden]] - King of Sweden * [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] (Karl Knutsson Bonde) - King of Sweden and Norway * [[Charles VII of Sweden]] (Karl Sverkersson) - King of Sweden * [[Karl of Austria]] - last Austrian Emperor ===Karl as first name=== * Karl (mythology), the ancestor of the peasants according to Norse mythology, see [[Ríg]] * [[Karl Becker (general)|Karl Becker]], German engineer and officer * [[Karl Becker (painter)|Karl Becker]], German painter * [[Karl Becker (philologist)|Karl Becker]], German philologist * [[Karl Benz]], German engineer * [[Karl Blossfeldt]], German artist * [[Karl Dönitz]], German admiral * [[Karl Jaspers]], German philosopher * [[Karl Kruszelnicki]], Australian television and radio personality * [[Karl Landsteiner]], Austrian biologist and physician * [[Karl Malone]], American basketball player * [[Karl Marx]], Prussian philosopher * [[Karl Otto Lagerfeld]], German fashion designer * [[Karl Pilkington]], English radio presenter * [[Karl Popper]], Austrian/British philosopher * [[Karl Rapp]], German engineer * [[Karl Rove]], American political advisor * [[Karl Stromberg]], fictional James Bond villain * [[Karl Urban]], New Zealand actor * [[Karl Weierstrass]], German mathematician * [[Karl Wendlinger]], Austrian race car driver ===Karl as surname=== * [[George Karl]], American basketball coach ==Other uses of Karl== * [[Karl, Germany]], a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * [[Karl (comedy prize)]] - an [[Austria]]n comedy prize. * KARL, the '''''KA'''iserslautern '''R'''egister Transfer '''L'''anguage'', a [[register transfer language]]. * [[Mörser Karl]] was a series of German 600mm mortars designed to bombard heavily fortified positions during the World War II. * [[Korean Amateur Radio League]] ==See also== * [[Churl]] (also churl, ceorl, carl), a freeman peasant in the Scandinavian caste system. * [[Karl-Heinz]] {{disambig}} [[da:Karl]] [[de:Karl]] [[ja:カール (人名)]] [[nn:Karl]] [[sv:Karl]] [[tr:Karl]] [[uk:Карл]] [[zh:卡尔]]