Károly () is a common Hungarian male

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. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or

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 ''* ...

(because the

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

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Charles I of Hungary Charles I, also known as Charles Robert (; ; ; 128816 July 1342), was King of Hungary and Croatia in the union with Hungary, Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of Charles Martel of A ...

(1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia * Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer * Károly Andrássy (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 (born 1979), Hungarian boxer *

Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) Vitéz Károly Bartha de Dálnokfalva (18 June 1884 – 22 November 1964) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1938 and 1942. During World War I, he had several high commander offices in B ...

(1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician *

Károly József Batthyány Prince Károly József Batthyány-Strattmann (, , ; 28 April 1697, Rohonc – 15 April 1772, Vienna) was a Hungarian general and field marshal. He served as ban (viceroy) of Croatia from 1743 to 1756. Biography Born into an ancient House of ...

(1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia * Károly Binder (born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator * Károly Brocky (1808–1855), Hungarian painter * Károly Doncsecz (1918–2002), Slovene potter *

Károly Ecser Károly Ecser (22 October 1931 – 6 April 2005) was a Hungarian weightlifter who competed in the heavyweight class and represented Hungary at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 1965 World Weightlifting Championships in th ...

(1931–2005), Hungarian weightlifter * Károly Eperjes (born 1954), Hungarian actor * Károly Ferencz (1913–1984), Hungarian wrestler * Károly Ferenczy (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 Met ...

(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 also known as voice actor, in particular for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek (character), Shrek from the Shrek, movie of the same name ...

(1963–2020), Hungarian actor *

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

(1930–1996), Hungarian politician * Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911), Hungarian engineer and politician * Károly Horvath (born 1947), Hungarian singer known as Charlie * Károly Kárpáti (1906–1996), Hungarian Olympic wrestling * Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891), Hungarian politician and Minister of Finance *

Károly Kernstok Károly Kernstok (23 December 1873, in Budapest – 9 June 1940, in Budapest) was a Hungary, 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 Ei ...

(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, ...

(1788–1830), Hungarian dramatist and artist *

Károly Knezić Károly Knezić (; 6 September 1808, Veliki Grđevac – 6 October 1849, Arad, Romania, Arad) was a Royal Hungarian Landwehr, honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. On his father's side he had Croatian roots, while his mother was a Hungarian. He ...

(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-Hun ...

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

Károly Leiningen-Westerburg Károly 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 German House of Leiningen. He was executed for his ...

(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 Germans, German-Hungarian people, Hungarian Painting, painter. Career Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Taunus, Höhe, Germany, the 7th an ...

(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 w ...

(1925–2017), Hungarian film director and screenwriter * Károly Markó the Elder (1793–1860), Hungarian painter * Károly Reich (1922–1988), Hungarian artist * Károly Sándor (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 Physic ...

(1916–2001), Hungarian physicist, father of

Charles Simonyi Charles Simonyi (; , ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian Americans, Hungarian-American software architect. He introduced the graphical user interface to Bill Gates for the first time who later described it as the first of two revolutiona ...

* Károly Szabó (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) was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. He is the third known ...

(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 (1803–1849), Hungarian Army general * Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942), Austrian-born Hungarian engineer

Surnames

* David Karoly (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 f ...

(1886–1926), Hungarian footballer

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