Carel is a given name, and may refer to:
Arts
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Carel Blotkamp, Dutch artist and art historian
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Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter
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Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils
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Carel van Mander
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembe ...
, Flemish painter, poet and biographer
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Carel Vosmaer, Dutch poet and art-critic
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Jacques-Philippe Carel
Jacques-Philippe Carel () was a Parisian cabinet-maker (''ébéniste''), who was admitted to the cabinetmakers' guild in 1723 and specialized in rococo case pieces of high quality veneered in end-grain (''bois de bout'') floral marquetry. Two almo ...
(), Parisian cabinet-maker
Education
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Carel Gabriel Cobet, Dutch classical scholar
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Carel van Schaik
Carolus Philippus "Carel" van Schaik (born 15 June 1953, Rotterdam) is a Dutch primatologist who since 2004 is professor and director of the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Van Schaik studied biolog ...
, Dutch professor and director of the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich, Switzerland
Other fields
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Carel Godin de Beaufort, Dutch nobleman and Formula One driver
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Carel Victor Gerritsen (1850–1905), Dutch radical politician
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Carel Jan Scheneider, Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer
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Carel Struycken, character actor in film, television, and stage
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Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck, Dutch naval officer and naval historian
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist
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Dutch masculine given names
Masculine given names