Karo is an

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

given name, a shortened version of the Armenian given name Karapet (

Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian () is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...

) / Garabed (

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...

). The

variant of Karo is

Garo Garo may refer to: People and languages * Garo people, a tribal people in India ** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe Places * Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia * Garo, Colorado * Garo Hills, part of the ...

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* Karo Ghafadaryan (1907–1976), Soviet Armenian archaeologist, historian, and epigraphist *

Karo Haghverdian Karo Haghverdian (; ; born January 11, 1945) is a retired Iranian Armenian football player. Early life Haghverdian started playing football at the age of 13 when he joined amateur side Gohar F.C. Under the guidance of coach Areshavir Yeritsia ...

(born 1945), Iranian-Armenian football player * Karo Halabyan (1897-1959), Soviet Armenian architect * Karo Mkrtchyan (1951–2001), Armenian painter * Karo Murat (born 1983), Armenian-German professional boxer *

Karo Parisyan Karo Parisyan (born August 28, 1982) is an Armenian-American former mixed martial artist, who last competed in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 1999, Parisyan is a former WEC Welterweight Champion and has also compe ...

(born 1982), Armenian-American mixed martial arts fighter * Karo Bonas (born 1984), Persian born Legend and Personality * Karo Lumis (born 1980), Papua New Guinean cricketer

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* Aaron Karo (born 1979), American author and comedian * Armen Karo (or Garo) (1872–1923), Armenian nationalist politician * Ezekiel Karo (1844–1915), German rabbi and historian * Georg Karo (1872–1963), German archaeologist * Henry Arnold Karo (1903–1986), vice admiral in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey *

Isaac Karo Isaac Karo (1458-1535) was a famous posek, preacher, Rosh Yeshiva, and physician. He was born in Toledo, Spain and probably died in Jerusalem. He was the uncle and teacher of Rabbi Joseph Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch. Biography Rabbi Karo s ...

(1458–1535), Spanish rabbi *

Joseph Karo Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the ''Beit Yosef'', and its ...

(1488–1575), also known as Yosef Karo or Caro, Spanish-born rabbi and author of the

Shulchan Aruch The ''Shulhan Arukh'' ( ),, often called "the Code of Jewish Law", is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Rabbinic Judaism. It was authored in the city of Safed in what is now Israel by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in ...

Paul Karo Paul Karo (June 1935 – 4 April 2025) was a Scottish-born, New Zealand and Australian actor and producer. He was notable for his role in Crawford Productions' first television soap opera '' The Box'' (as well as the feature film version of th ...

(1935–2025), Australian actor

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