Kaarle is a
Finnish masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
that is a form of
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
.
Notable people with this name include the following:
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Kaarle Knuutila
Kaarle Oskari Knuutila (7 December 1868, Vampula - 29 April 1949) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1908 and again from 1910 to 1913, representing the Finnish Party
The Finnish Party ( ...
(1868 - 1949), Finnish politician
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Kaarle Krohn
Kaarle Krohn (10 May 1863 – 19 July 1933) was a Finnish folklorist, professor and developer of the geographic-historic method of folklore research. He was born into the influential Krohn family of Helsinki. Krohn is best known outside of Finlan ...
(1863 – 1933), Finnish folklorist
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Kaarle Leivonen
Kaarle Leivonen (17 September 1886 – 23 September 1938) was a Finnish wrestler
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other gr ...
(1886 – 1978), Finnish wrestler
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Kaarle McCulloch
Kaarle McCulloch (born 20 January 1988) is an Australian former professional track cyclist and four time World Champion in the team sprint. She also won three golds at the Commonwealth Games and an Olympic bronze medal. She qualified for the Tok ...
(born 1988), Australian track cyclist
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Kaarle Nordenstreng (born 1941), Finnish sociologist
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Kaarle Ojanen
Kaarle Sakari Ojanen (4 December 1918 – 9 January 2009) was a Finnish chess player. Born in Helsinki in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leading Finnish player between Eero Böök and Heikki Westerinen. He was perhap ...
(1918 – 2009), Finnish chess player
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Kaarle Pekkala
Kaarle Pekkala (4 October 1919 – 18 June 2000) was a Finnish sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the ...
(1919 – 2000), Finnish sports shooter
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Kaarle Tapper
Kaarle Tapper (born 19 September 1995) is a Finnish competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's Laser class.
He has qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The , offic ...
(born 1995), Finnish competitive sailor
*Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa full name of
Väinö Voionmaa
Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa (to 1906 Wallin) (12 February 1869 in Jyväskylä – 24 May 1947 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor, diplomat, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influentia ...
(1869 – 1947), Finnish diplomat, politician, minister and chancellor
See also
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Kaarel
Kaarel is an Estonian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the North Germanic names Karl and Carl and the French and English Charles.
Kaarel may refer to:
*Kaarel Eenpalu (1888–1942), Estonian journalist, politician and former Prime Min ...
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Kaarlo
Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Kaarlo Bergbom (1843–1906), Finnish theatre director
* Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist
* Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Fin ...
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Karle (name)
Notes
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Finnish masculine given names