Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the

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Karul, which means

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. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or

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(because the

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

Given names

Charles I of Hungary Charles I, also known as Charles Robert ( hu, Károly Róbert; hr, Karlo Robert; sk, Karol Róbert; 128816 July 1342) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of ...

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

Károly Andrássy Count Károly Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (February 29, 1792 – August 22, 1845) was a Hungarian politician, who served as emissary to Gömör és Kis-Hont County in the Diets of 1839 and 1844. Background His parents were ...

(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 Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic 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 (1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia *

Károly Binder Károly Binder (born 2 April 1956) is a Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator. Early life Binder was born in Budapest on 2 April 1956. He was five years old when he started playing the piano and studied jazz in Budapest at the Béla Bart ...

(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 i ...

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

Károly Ferenczy Károly Ferenczy (February 8, 1862 – March 18, 1917) was a Hungarian painter and leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony.Ilona Sármány-Parsons"Károly Ferenczy" Oxford Art Online He was among several artists who went to Munich for ...

(1862–1917), Hungarian painter * Károly Frenreisz (born 1946), Hungarian singer and songwriter * Károly Gesztesi (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 joi ...

(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 (1873–1940), Hungarian painter * Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830), Hungarian dramatist and artist * Károly Knezić (1808–1849), Hungarian Army general * Károly Kós (1883–1977), Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician * Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (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 German- Hungarian painter. Career Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, the 7th and youngest surviving child of Wilhelm Chris ...

(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 wa ...

(1925–2017), Hungarian film director and screenwriter *

Károly Markó the Elder Károly Markó, also known as Carlo Marco (25 September 1791,
@ the Magyar Életrajzi Lexikonban. Károly Reich Károly Reich (8 August 1922 – 7 September 1988; also written Karoly Reich) was a Hungarian artist, best known for his children's books illustrations and for his original draughtsmanship. His illustrations were popular among Hungarian children th ...

(1922–1988), Hungarian artist * Károly Sándor (1928–2014), Hungarian footballer * Károly Simonyi (1916–2001), Hungarian physicist, father of

Charles Simonyi Charles Simonyi (; hu, Simonyi Károly, ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-American software architect. He started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office. He co-founded and led In ...

* 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)Profile
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(1910–1976), Hungarian Olympic sport shooter * Károly Tersztyánszky (1854–1921), Austro-Hungarian general in World War I *

Károly Than Károly Antal Than de Apát – also called as Carl von Than – (20 December 1834 – 5 July 1908) was a Hungarian chemist who discovered carbonyl sulfide in 1867. Life AKároly Than was born in Óbecse, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empir ...

(1834–1908), Hungarian chemist * Károly Vécsey (1803–1849), Hungarian Army general * Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942), Autrian-born Hungarian engineer

Surnames

David Karoly David John Karoly (born 1955) is an Australian atmospheric scientist, currently based at CSIRO. Education and academic career In the early 1970s David Karoly enrolled in applied mathematics at Monash University, Melbourne, but later became ...

(born 1955), Australian atmospheric scientist * Jenő Károly (1886–1926), Hungarian footballer

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