Carolus is the

medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It was also the administrative language in the former Western Roman Empire, Roman Provinces of Mauretania, Numidi ...

form of the name

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 ''* ...

. It was the name of various

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages, a group of Low Germanic languages also commonly referred to as "Frankish" varieties * Francia, a post-Roman ...

rulers, most notably of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

(742–814). The given name also gave rise to a surname in the 17th century.

People

First name or title

* Carolus Andriamatsinoro (born 1989), Malagasy footballer * Carolus Arretinus or

Carlo Marsuppini Carlo Marsuppini (1399–1453), also known as Carlo Aretino and Carolus Arretinus, was an Italian Renaissance humanist and chancellor of the Florentine Republic. Biography Marsuppini was born in Genoa into a family from Arezzo, but grew up and ...

(1399–1453), Italian humanist and chancellor *

Carolus Clusius Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius (19 February 1526 – 4 April 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th-century scientific horticulturists. Life C ...

(Charles de l'Écluse), Flemish doctor and botanist * Carolus de Tilly (1642–1698), French Roman Catholic prelate *

Carolus-Duran Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran (4 July 1837 – 17 February 1917), was a French painter and art instructor. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of Upper class, high society in French Third Republic, Third Rep ...

(Charles Auguste Émile Durand), French painter * Carolus Fernández de Velasco (1596–1665) Belgian Roman Catholic clergy * Carolus Antonius Fodor or Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846), Dutch composer * Carolus Gallus (1530–1616), Dutch minister and polemicist * Carolus Hacquart (after 1686), Flemish composer *

Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther (9 April 1794 – 10 November 1845) was a German industrialist and the founder of the Hutschenreuther, C.M. Hutschenreuther Porcelain Factory in Hohenberg an der Eger, Bavaria. Early years Carolus Magnus Hu ...

(1794–1845), German industrialist * Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (born 1954), Dutch orchidologist, botanical writer and taxonomist * Carolus Lassila (1922–1987), Finnish diplomat * Carolus Luython (1557–1620), Belgian composer * Carolus Linnaeus (

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

or Carl von Linné), Swedish botanist and physician * Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (

Carl Linnaeus the Younger Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné den yngre ( Swedish; abbreviated Carl von Linné d. y.), or ''Linnaeus filius'' (Latin for ''Linnaeus the son''; abbreviated L.fil. (outdated) or L.f. (modern) as a botani ...

), Swedish naturalist * Carolus Luython, 17th-century composer * Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne), Holy Roman Emperor * Carolus Maneken (1419–1493), professor *

Carolus Mulerius Carolus Mulerius (21 February 1601, Harlingen, Friesland, Harlingen – 13 August 1638, Groningen) was a Dutch people, Dutch Hispanist and grammarian. He was the son of Christina Maria Six (1566-1645) and Nicolaus Mulerius (1564-1630), who is mos ...

(1601–1638), Dutch Hispanist and grammarian * Carolus Niellius (1576–1652), Dutch Remonstrant minister * Carolus Nolet (born 1940/41), Dutch businessman * Carolus Polodig (1671–1714), Czech Roman Catholic prelate * Carolus Johannes Reinecke (born 1941), South African rector * Carolus Rex (

Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

), King of Sweden * Carolus Sigonius (1584), Italian humanist *

Carolus Souliaert Carolus Souliaert (died 1540?) (also known as: Swillaert, Swillart, Swilliart) was a Dutch composer active in the first half of the 16th century. Very little is known about the life of this composer. A few chanson A (, ; , ) is generally ...

(died 1540), 16th-century composer *

Carolus Stoffels Carolus Stoffels (4 October 1893 – 21 October 1957) was a Dutch modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, we ...

(1893–1957), Dutch modern pentathlete * Carolus Wimmer (born 1948), German politician * Carolus Wrede (1860–1927), Finnish industrialist

Middle name

* Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa (1718–1793), Dutch Lutheran pastor * Francis Carolus Eeles (1876–1954), English liturgical scholar and ecclesiastical historian

Surname

Cheryl Carolus Cheryl Carolus (born 27 May 1958) is a South African politician. She was born in Silvertown, on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. Carolus became involved in politics while still at school and became an activist after joining the United Democratic Fro ...

, South African politician * Jean Carolus, 19th-century Belgian artist *

Johann Carolus Johann Carolus (26 March 1575 − 15 August 1634) was a German publisher of the first newspaper, called ''Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien'' (). The ''Relation'' is recognised by the World Association of Newspapers, as ...

, 17th-century newspaper publisher * Joris Carolus, 17th-century Dutch cartographer * Louis Carolus-Barré (1910–1993), French librarian and medievalist {{given name Masculine given names French masculine given names German masculine given names Dutch masculine given names