Károly is a very common Hungarian male

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. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian

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. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means

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. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or

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(because the

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Carolus is very close to Károly).Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009,

Given names

Charles I of Hungary Charles I, also known as Charles Robert ( hu, Károly Róbert; hr, Karlo Robert; sk, Karol Róbert; 128816 July 1342) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of ...

(1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia *

Károly Aggházy Károly Aggházy (30 October 1855, Budapest – 8 October 1918, Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer. Aggházy was a pupil of Robert Volkmann, Anton Bruckner, and Franz Liszt. He later taught at the Franz Liszt Academy ...

(1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer *

Károly Andrássy Count Károly Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (February 29, 1792 – August 22, 1845) was a Hungarian politician, who served as emissary to Gömör és Kis-Hont County in the Diets of 1839 and 1844. Background His parents were ...

(1792–1845), Hungarian politician *

Károly Bajkó Károly Bajkó (1 August 1944 – 9 June 1997) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Békés. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1968, and in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling ...

(1944–1997), Hungarian Olympic wrestler *

Károly Balzsay Károly Balzsay (born 23 July 1979) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2012. He won the WBO super-middleweight title in 2009 by defeating Denis Inkin, making one successful defence before losing to Robert Stie ...

(born 1979), Hungarian boxer * Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) (1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician *

Károly József Batthyány Count Károly József Batthyány of Németújvár ( hu, németújvári gróf Batthyány Károly József, Károly József Batthyány, german: Karl Josef Graf Batthyány, hr, Karlo Josip grof Baćan; 28 April 1697, Rohonc – 15 April 1772, Vienn ...

(1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia *

Károly Binder Károly Binder (born 2 April 1956) is a Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator. Early life Binder was born in Budapest on 2 April 1956. He was five years old when he started playing the piano and studied jazz in Budapest at the Béla Bart ...

(born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator *

Károly Brocky Károly Brocky, or Charles Brocky ( Temesvár, 22 May 1808 – London, 8 July 1855) was a Hungarian painter. He was the son of a hairdresser, who died whilst his son was still young. To gain a living the youth joined a body of strolling actors. ...

(1808–1855), Hungarian painter *

Károly Doncsecz Károly Doncsecz ( sl, Karel Dončec, 30 May 1918 – 12 November 2002) was a Slovene potter in Hungary and in 1984 he received the award "Master of folk art" for his work. Doncsecz was born in Orfalu, ( Vas County). He graduated from the app ...

(1918–2002), Slovene potter * Károly Ecser (1931–2005), Hungarian weightlifter *

Károly Eperjes Károly Eperjes (born 17 February 1954 in Hegykő) is a Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian stage and film actor, member of the National Theatre in Budapest. Eperjes appeared in more than fifty films since 1982. Selected filmography Awards * J� ...

(born 1954), Hungarian actor *

Károly Ferencz Károly Ferencz (14 October 1913 – 21 June 1984) was a Hungarian sport wrestler. He was born in Budapest. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, lightweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capita ...

(1913–1984), Hungarian wrestler *

Károly Ferenczy Károly Ferenczy (February 8, 1862 – March 18, 1917) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian painter and leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony.Ilona Sármány-Parsons"Károly Ferenczy" Oxford Art Online He was among several artists who ...

(1862–1917), Hungarian painter *

Károly Frenreisz Károly Frenreisz (born 8 November 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and songwriter. Life Frenreisz first studied piano and then learned to play the clarinet, saxophone, and bass. He was from 1965 to 1971 part of the band Me ...

(born 1946), Hungarian singer and songwriter *

Károly Gesztesi Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth; 16 April 1963 – 4 January 2020) was a Hungarian actor. He was best known for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek from the movie of the same name. Life and career He graduated from the Academy of ...

(1963–2020), Hungarian actor *

Károly Grósz Károly Grósz (1 August 1930 – 7 January 1996) was a Hungary, Hungarian communism, communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989. Early career Grósz was born in Misko ...

(1930–1996), Hungarian politician *

Károly Hieronymi Károly Hieronymi (1 October 1836 – 4 May 1911) was a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1892 and 1895. He was a supporter of former Prime Minister Kálmán Tisza. As Minister of Trade he modernized the ...

(1836–1911), Hungarian engineer and politician * Károly Horvath (born 1947), Hungarian singer known as Charlie *

Károly Kárpáti Károly Kárpáti (also Károly Kellner, born July 2, 1906 in Eger – September 23, 1996 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion of Jewish heritage. Career Károly Kárpáti was born on July 2, 1906 in the Austro-Hungarian ...

(1906–1996), Hungarian Olympic wrestling *

Károly Kerkapoly Károly Kerkapoly or ''Kerkápoly'' (13 May 1824 - 31 December 1891) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1870 and 1873. He studied in Pápa, in the same school as Mór Jókai and Sándor Petőfi. He worked as a ...

(1824–1891), Hungarian politician and Minister of Finance *

Károly Kernstok Károly Kernstok (23 December 1873, in Budapest – 9 June 1940, in Budapest) is a Hungarian painter. In the early twentieth century, he was known for being among the leading groups of Hungarian painters known as the "Neos" and The Eight (190 ...

(1873–1940), Hungarian painter *

Károly Kisfaludy Károly Kisfaludy (5 February 1788 – 21 November 1830) was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama. Early life The youngest of eight children, his mother died in childbirth, an ...

(1788–1830), Hungarian dramatist and artist *

Károly Knezić Károly Knezić ( hu, Knézich Károly; 6 September 1808, Veliki Grđevac - 6 October 1849, Arad) was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. On his father's side he had Croatian roots, while his mother was a Hungarian. He was executed for hi ...

(1808–1849), Hungarian Army general *

Károly Kós Károly Kós (, born Károly Kosch; 16 December 1883 – 25 August 1977) was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania. Biography Born as Károly Kosch in Temesvár, Austria-Hung ...

(1883–1977), Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician *

Károly Leiningen-Westerburg Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (german: Karl August, Graf zu Leiningen-Westerburg; 11 April 1819, Ilbenstadt (today part of Niddatal, Germany) – 6 October 1849, Arad) was a German honvéd general in the Hungarian Army, and a member of the Ger ...

(1819–1849), German general in the Hungarian Army *

Károly Lotz Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833 – 13 October 1904) was a German- Hungarian painter. Career Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, the 7th and youngest surviving child of Wilhelm Chr ...

(1833–1904), German-Hungarian painter *

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He wa ...

(1925–2017), Hungarian film director and screenwriter *

Károly Markó the Elder Károly Markó, also known as Carlo Marco (25 September 1791,
@ the Magyar Életrajzi Lexikonban. Károly Reich (1922–1988), Hungarian artist *

Károly Sándor Károly Sándor (26 November 1928 – 10 September 2014) was a Hungarian international footballer who earned 75 caps between 1949 and 1964, scoring 27 goals. Sándor also participated in the World Cups in 1958 and 1962. Sándor, who played as a ...

(1928–2014), Hungarian footballer *

Károly Simonyi Károly Simonyi (18 October 1916 – 9 October 2001) was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book ''A Cultural History of Physics' ...

(1916–2001), Hungarian physicist, father of

Charles Simonyi Charles Simonyi (; hu, Simonyi Károly, ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-American software architect. He started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office. He co-founded and led In ...

Károly Szabó :''See also Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)'' Károly Szabó (November 17, 1916 – October 28, 1964) was an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest from 1944 to 1945 when he rescued Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. ...

(1916–1964), Austro-Hungarian assistant of Raoul Wallenberg in rescuing Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust *

Károly Takács Károly Takács (21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976)Profile
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(1910–1976), Hungarian Olympic sport shooter * Károly Tersztyánszky (1854–1921), Austro-Hungarian general in World War I * Károly Than (1834–1908), Hungarian chemist *

Károly Vécsey Count Károly Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskő (November 24, 1803 – October 6, 1849) was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 ...

(1803–1849), Hungarian Army general *

Károly Zipernowsky Károly Zipernowsky (born as Carl Zipernowsky, 4 April 1853 in Vienna – 29 November 1942 in Budapest) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian-born Hungarians, Hungarian electrical engineer. He invented the transformer with his colleagues (Miksa D� ...

(1853–1942), Autrian-born Hungarian engineer

Surnames

David Karoly David John Karoly (born 1955) is an Australian atmospheric scientist, currently based at CSIRO. Education and academic career In the early 1970s David Karoly enrolled in applied mathematics at Monash University, Melbourne, but later became in ...

(born 1955), Australian atmospheric scientist *

Jenő Károly Jenő Károly (15 January 1886 – 28 July 1926) was a Hungarian footballer and later manager born in Budapest. Outside his homeland he is particularly noted for being the first manager of Agnelli-era Juventus. As a player, Károly appeared ...

(1886–1926), Hungarian footballer

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