Carlo is an Italian, Dutch and Spanish masculine

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. As an Italian name it is a short 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 ''* ...

. As a Spanish name it is a short form of Carlos. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

* Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), Italian beatified teenager * Carlo Agostoni (1909–1972), Italian fencer * Carlo Amoretti (1741–1816), Italian explorer and scientist * Carlo Ancelotti (born 1959), Italian football player and manager * Carlo Arnaudi (1899–1970), Italian scientist and politician * Carlo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino actor and musician * Carlo Bagno (1920–1990), Italian actor * Carlo Bernini (1936–2011), Italian politician and businessman * Carlo Biado (born 1983), Filipino pool player * Carlo Alberto Biggini (1902–1945), Italian politician * Carlo Bonomi (1937–2022), Italian voice actor * Carlo Bomans (born 1963), Belgian cyclist *

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ...

(1894–1998), Italian film director * Carlo Buccirosso (born 1954), Italian actor, theatre director and playwright * Carlo Buonaparte (1746–1785), Italian diplomat and father of Napoleon * Carlo Cafiero (1846–1892), Italian anarchist * Carlo Canna (born 1992), Italian rugby player * Carlo J. Caparas (born 1958), Filipino comic strip creator/writer, director and producer * Carlo Carcano (1891–1965), Italian football player and manager * Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian painter * Carlo Cassola (1917–1987), Italian novelist and essayist * Carlo Cattaneo (1801–1869), Italian philosopher, writer, and rebel * Carlo Ceresoli (1910–1995), Italian footballer * Carlo Checchinato (born 1970), Italian rugby player * Carlo Chendi (1933–2021), Italian cartoonist *

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician, statesman and banker who was the President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and the Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994. A World War II veteran, C ...

(1920–2016), Italian politician * Carlo Chiti (1924–1994), Italian automotive engineer * Carlo Cignani (1628–1719), Italian painter * Carlo M. Cipolla (1922–2000), Italian historian * Carlo Clerici (1929–2007), Swiss cyclist * Carlo Contarini (1580–1656), Italian nobleman * Carlo Costamagna (1881–1965), Italian lawyer and academic * Carlo Costly (born 1982), Honduran football player * Carlo Crivelli (1495), Italian Renaissance painter * Carlo Croccolo (1927–2019), Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter * Carlo Cudicini (born 1973), Italian footballer * Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982), Italian general * Carlo Delle Piane (1936–2019), Italian film actor * Carlo Dolci (1616–1686), Italian painter * Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) was an Italian politician *

Carlo Emery Carlo Emery (25 October 1848, Naples – 11 May 1925) was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasitism (biology), social parasites are often closely related to their hosts. Early in hi ...

(1848–1925), Italian entomologist * Carlo D'Este (1936–2020), American historian * Carlo Fassi (1929–1997), Italian figure skater and coach * Carlo Del Fava (born 1981), South African-born Italian rugby player * Carlo Festuccia (born 1980), Italian rugby player * Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), Italian architect * Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian writer and poet * Carlo Gaddi (born 1962), Italian rower * Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769–1846), Austrian Cardinal * Carlo Galetti (1882–1949), Italian road racing cyclist * Carlo Gambino (1902–1976), Italian mobster * Carlo Gatti (1817–1878), Swiss entrepreneur * Carlo Geloso (1879–1957), was an Italian general * Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Italian Prince * Carlo Ginzburg (born 1939), Italian historian * Carlo Giuffrè (1928–2018), Italian actor and director * Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), Italian conductor * Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian playwright and librettist * Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806), Italian playwright * Carlo Grande (born 1974), Italian rower * Carlo Grippo (born 1955), Italian middle-distance athlete * Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss skier * Carlo Katigbak (born 1970), Filipino executive * Carlo Lastimosa (born 1990), Filipino basketball player * Carlo Levi (1902–1975), Italian painter, writer * Carlo Lievore (1937–2002), Italian javelin athlete * Carlo Lizzani (1922–2013), Italian film director, screenwriter and critic * Carlo Maderno (1556–1629), Italian architect * Carlo Maratta (1625–1713), Italian painter * Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012), Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church * Carlo Marino (born 1968), Italian politician * Carlo Marochetti (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor * Carlo Marrale (born 1952), Italian singer, songwriter and musician * Carlo Martinenghi (1894–1944), Italian long-distance athlete * Carlo Masci (born 1958), Italian politician * Carlo Matteucci (1811–1868), Italian physicist and neurophysiologist * Carlo Mattioli (born 1954), Italian race walker * Carlo Mattogno (born 1951), Italian writer * Carlo Mazzacurati (1956–2014), Italian film director and screenwriter * Carlo Mazzone (born 1937), Italian football player and manager * Carlo de' Medici (1595–1666), Italian Cardinal * Carlo Monti (1920–2016), Italian sprint athlete * Carlo Montuori (1885–1968), Italian cinematographer * Carlo Mornati (born 1972), Italian rower * Carlo Ninchi (1896–1974), Italian actor * Carlo Oriani (1888–1917), Italian cyclist * Carlo Paalam (born 1998), Filipino boxer * Carlo Parola (1921–2000), Italian football player and coach * Carlo Pellegrini (1839–1889), Italian artist * Carlo Pedersoli (1929–2016), Italian swimmer and actor (Bud Spencer) * Carlo Pietzner (1915–1986), American artist and anthroposophist * Carlo Pinsoglio (born 1990), Italian footballer * Carlo Pisacane (1818–1857), Italian patriot * Carlo Ponti (1912–2007), Italian film producer * Carlo Alberto Quario (1913–1984), Italian football player and coach * Carlo Rambaldi (1925–2012), Italian special effects artist * Carlo Recalcati (born 1945), Italian basketball coach and player * Carlo Rigotti (1906–1983), Italian football player * Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant (1826–1888), Italian statesman and diplomat * Carlo Rolandi (1926–2020), Italian sailor * Carlo Romano (1908–1975), Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter * Carlo Rosselli (1899–1937), Italian Jewish political leader * Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775–1849), Italian architect * Carlo Rota (born 1961), British actor * Carlo Rovelli (born 1956), Italian physicist * Carlo Rubbia (born 1934), Italian physicist * Carlo Rustichelli (1916–2004), Italian film composer * Carlo Ruzzini (1653–1735), Italian diplomat * Carlo Saraceni (1579–1620), Italian painter * Carlo Salvemini (born 1966), Italian politician * Carlo Savina (1919–2002), Italian composer and conductor * Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), Italian architect * Carlo Schanzer (1865–1953), Italian jurist and politician * Carlo Scognamiglio (born 1944), Italian economist and politician * Carlo Sforza (1872–1952), Italian politician * Carlo Sibilia (born 1986), Italian politician * Carlo De Simone (1885–1951), Italian Army officer * Carlo Simionato (born 1961), Italian sprint athlete * Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858–1926), Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist * Carlo Speroni (1895–1969), Italian long-distance athlete * Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742), Italian Cardinal and Archbishop * Carlo Tamberlani (1899–1980), Italian actor *

Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt (, ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 metres ranks him second on the indoor ...

(born 1957), German high jumper * Carlo von Tiedemann (1943–2025), German television presenter * Carlo I Tocco (died 1429), Italian Count and Despot * Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021), Italian politician * Carlo Trigilia (born 1951), Italian academic and politician * Carlo Ubbiali (1929–2020), Italian motorcycle racer * Carlo van Dam (born 1986), Dutch racing driver * Carlo Vanzina (1951–2018), Italian film director, producer and screenwriter * Carlo Verdone (born 1950), Italian actor, screenwriter and film director * Carlo Vergara (born 1971), Filipino graphic designer and illustrator * Carlo Maria Viganò (born 1941), Italian Catholic archbishop * Carlo Vittori (1931–2015), Italian sprinter and athletics coach * Carlo, Duke of Calabria (1775–1778), heir to Naples and Sicily. * Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963), French-born Italian nobleman

Nickname/stage name

* Carlo Collodi, pen name of Carlo Lorenzini (1826–1890), Italian author known for ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' * Carlo Corazzin, nickname of Giancarlo Michele Corazzin (born 1971), Canadian football player * Carlo Little, stage name of Carl O'Neil Little (1938–2005), British drummer *Carlo Montagnese, real name of Illangelo (born 1987), Canadian musician

Middle name

* Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921), Italian Roman Catholic prelate * Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1795–1859), Italian Archbishop * Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708), Italian nobility * Gian Carlo Muzzarelli (born 1955), Italian politician * Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999), Italian mathematician * Luigi Carlo Farini (1812–1866), Italian statesman

Surname

* Brandon Carlo (born 1996), American ice hockey player * Monti Carlo (born 1975), Puerto Rican host, chef and blogger * Philip Carlo (1949–2010), American journalist and author * Phoebe Carlo (1874–1898), British actress

Fictional characters

* Carlo Hesser, character from ''One Life to Live'' *Carlo Gervasi, character from ''

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'' *Carlo Renzi, character from ''

'' * Carlo Rizzi character in Mario Puzo's novel ''The Godfather'' *Carlo Zota, character from

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*Don Carlo, Baritone in Verdi opera, ''Ernani''

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