Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II * Kārlis Ašmanis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer *

Kārlis Balodis Kārlis Balodis (; June 20, 1864 – January 13, 1931) was a notable Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist. Most notably, he is the author of civilian rationing, which was first used in Germany during the First World ...

(1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist *

Kārlis Baumanis Kārlis Baumanis (11 May 1835 – 10 January 1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was an ethnic Latvian people, Latvian composer in the Russian Empire. He is the author of the lyrics and music of '' Dievs, svētī Latviju! '' (“God bless La ...

(1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer *

Kārlis Bētiņš Kārlis Bētiņš (german: Carl Behting; 27 October 1867, Bērzmuiža – 28 March 1943, Riga) was a Latvian chess master and composer of studies. He tied for 3rd-5th at Riga 1899 (the 1st Baltic Congress, his brother Roberts Bētiņš won), too ...

(1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies * Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer *

Kārlis Būmeisters Kārlis Būmeisters (born December 13, 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian musician, artist, guitarist and TV host once using the stage name Kaža. He is now in politics in the European Parliament in Brussels as a press secretary for the European Parliamen ...

(born Riga), Latvian musician and politician *

Karlis Ezergailis Karlis Andrejs Ezergailis (born 8 April 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career Karlis started out with the Newport Mavericks in 2004 and with good form rode himself into the 2005 Newport Wasp ...

, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop * Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist * Kārlis Irbītis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane designer *

Kārlis Johansons Karl Johansson (January 16, 1890 in Cēsis, Latvia, as Kārlis Johansons in his native Latvian; Russian: Карл Вольдемарович Иогансон, ''Karl Voldemarovich Ioganson;'' German: ''Karl Ioganson'' – October 18, 1929 in Mos ...

(1890–1929), Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist *

Kārlis Lācis Kārlis Lācis (born September 21, 1977) is a Latvian contemporary composer. Along with the scores for theatre productions, movies, and musical arrangements, a large part of his work is dedicated to vocal and choral music, symphonic, and instrume ...

(born 1977), Latvian composer * Kārlis Leiškalns (born 1951), Latvian politician *

Kārlis Lejnieks Kārlis Lejnieks (born March 16, 1988) is a retired Latvian tennis player, who now pursues an interest in coaching. Through his career Lejnieks has won one Futures doubles title and has one runner-up in singles. Lejnieks made his ATP debut in ...

(born 1988), retired Latvian tennis player currently pursuing interest in coaching * Kārlis Kepke (1890–????), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor * Kārlis Klāsens (1895–1973), Latvian sailor and Olympic competitor * Kārlis Klāsups (1922–1991), Latvian chess master * Kārlis Kļava (1907–1941), Latvian sports shooter and Olympic competitor *

Kārlis Lasmanis Kārlis Pauls Lasmanis (born 8 April 1994) is a Latvian basketball player for the Latvian 3x3 national team. He represented Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, sinking the game-winning two-pointer that won Latvia the gold medal. With 76 points ...

(born 1994), Latvian basketball player and Olympic competitor *

Kārlis Lobe Kārlis Lobe (26 March 1895 – 9 July 1985) was a Latvian officer in the Imperial Russian Army, Latvian Army and the Latvian Legion, recipient of the Order of the Three Stars. Biography Kārlis Lobe was born in "Janēni" homestead in Jaunpie ...

(1895–1985), Latvian Nazi collaborator and high-ranking Waffen-SS officer *

Kārlis Mīlenbahs Kārlis Mīlenbahs (his surname was formerly also written as Mühlenbach, Mühlenbachs, Mǖlenbachs or Mīlenbachs) (18 January 1853 in Courland – 27 March 1916 in Võru, Estonia) was the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career t ...

(1853–1916), the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics *

Kārlis Mūsiņš Between 1925 and 1945, the German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million ''Waffen-SS'' and over a million ''Allgemeine-SS'' members. Other members included the ''SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS-TV), which ran t ...

(1919–1955), Latvian Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during WWII *

Kārlis Muižnieks Kārlis Muižnieks (born March 17, 1964 in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former basketball player and currently is the head coach of Prometey Kamianske of the UA SuperLeague. Career in basketball Muižnieks had solid career as player ...

(born 1964), former basketball player, head coach of Barons LMT *

Karlis Osis Karlis Osis (26 December 1917 – 26 December 1997) was a Latvian-born parapsychologist who specialised in exploring deathbed phenomena and life after death. Biography Karlis' first research, conducted in the 1940s, was inspired by the wo ...

(1917–1997), Latvian-born American parapsychologist *

Karlis Ozols Karlis Aleksandrs Ozols ( lv, Kārlis Aleksandrs Ozols; 9 August 1912, in Riga – 23 March 2001, in Australia) was a Latvian lieutenant in the Nazi-controlled Latvian Auxiliary Police and a member of Heinrich Himmler's SS during WW2. After later ...

(1912–2001), Latvian-Australian chess player *

Kārlis Padegs Kārlis Padegs (8 October 1911 – 19 April 1940) was a Latvian artist. He studied under Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis at the Latvia Art Academy. His best-known work is '' Madonna with Machine Gun'', which belongs to the Latvian National ...

(1911–1940), Latvian artist * Kārlis Paegle (1911–1997), Latvian ice hockey player * Kārlis Prauls (1895–1941), Latvian general, from 1930 to 1940 was a commander of Aizsargi organization * Kārlis Sensbergs, Waffen-Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II *

Kārlis Skalbe Kārlis Skalbe ( — 1945 April 14) was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales which are really written for adults. He has been called the 'King of Fairytales', and his words, ''Tēvzemei un Brīvībai'' ('' ...

(1879–1945), Latvian writer, poet, and activist *

Kārlis Skrastiņš Kārlis Skrastiņš (July 9, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the leag ...

(born 1974), Latvian ice hockey player *

Kārlis Smilga Kārlis Smilga (born 13 September 1975) is a Latvian curler from Jelgava. He was skip of the Latvian men's team at the 2004, 2006 and 2017 European Curling Championships where Latvia finished 19th,17th and 18th, respectively. The 2005 he skipped ...

(born 1975), Latvian curler *

Kārlis Šteins Kārlis Šteins (October 13, 1911 – April 4, 1983) was a Latvian and Soviet astronomer and populariser of this science. Biography Šteins was born on October 13, 1911 in Kazan, Russian Empire. In 1925 he finished the Riga 2nd Secondary school. ...

(1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer * Kārlis Tīls (1906–196?), Latvian international football defender and football manager *

Kārlis Ulmanis Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to ...

(1877–1942), prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia *

Kārlis Vērdiņš Kārlis Vērdiņš (born July 28, 1979 in Riga) is a Latvian poet. Biography Vērdiņš grew up in Jelgava. He studied for his B.A. and M.A. in Cultural Theory at the Latvian Academy of Culture. In 2009 he received his Ph.D. in Philology fro ...

(born 1979), Latvian poet * Kārlis Vilciņš (1892–1972), Latvian wrestler and Olympic competitor *

Kārlis Zāle Kārlis Zāle (28 October 1888 – 19 February 1942) was a Latvian sculptor. Zāle was born in Mažeikiai, but grew up in Liepāja. After training in Russia at the Kazan Art School under Alexander Matveyev and in Germany, he returned to Riga in ...

(1888–1942), Latvian sculptor * Kārlis Zariņš (1879–1963), Latvian diplomat * Kārlis Zariņš (1889–1978), Latvian writer * Kārlis Zilpaušs (1918–1944), Latvian ice hockey player * Kārlis Zirnis (born 1977), Latvian ice hockey player

See also