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People

Karl (given name) Karl is a Germanic languages, Germanic masculine name. It comes from Old High German, meaning 'man, husband, freeman' and was widely popularised in Central and Northern Europe by its status as a royal name, in particular through the Franks, Frank ...

, including a list of people and characters with the name *

Karl der Große Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united mo ...

, commonly known in English as Charlemagne *

Karl of Austria Charles I (, ; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was the ...

, last Austrian Emperor *

Karl (footballer) Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior (born 7 April 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily i ...

(born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer *

Karl (surname) Karl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805–1863), German prince of the House of Ascania * Allan Karl, American author, adventurer and speaker * Alois Karl (born 1950), German lawyer ...

In myth

Karl (mythology) Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...

, in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with

Drangey Drangey () or Drang Isle is an uninhabited island in the Skagafjörður fjord in northern Iceland. It is the remnant of a 700,000‑year‑old volcano, mostly made of volcanic palagonite tuff, forming a massive rock fortress. The island was fir ...

island

Vehicles

Opel Karl The Opel Karl is a city car with a hatchback manufactured by GM Korea and marketed by Opel as a rebadged and restyled variant of the fourth-generation Chevrolet Spark (M400), replacing the Suzuki-sourced Agila in Opel's range. Named after ...

, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman''

Other uses

* Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''

Karl-Gerät ''Karl-Gerät'' (040/041) ( in German), also known as ''Mörser Karl'', was a World War II German Self-propelled gun, self-propelled siege Mortar (weapon), mortar (''Mörser'') designed and built by Rheinmetall. Its heaviest munition was a di ...

'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system *

Korean Amateur Radio League The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) ( Korean, 한국아마추어무선연맹) is a non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea. KARL was founded in 1955 by Korean radio communication enthusiasts. Due to advocacy eff ...

, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea *

KARL Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...

, a radio station in Minnesota *

List of storms named Karl The name Karl has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#S ...

, a number of named tropical cyclones *

Karl Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...

is also a local San Francisco bay area term referring to the climatically reliable fog of the Bay- area. *

Karl's Building Karl's, also known as Karl's Shoes, is a historic two-story building located at 341-345 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. History Karl's was originally built as a four story structure ...

, a building in Los Angeles, California

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