Carlos (given name)
Carlos is a masculine given name, the Portuguese, Spanish, and Tagalog variant of the English name Charles, from the Germanic Karl.
Notable people with the name include:
Royalty
- Carlos I of Portugal, second to last King of Portugal
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain
- Carlos II of Spain, last Habsburg King in Spain
- Carlos, Prince of Asturias, son of King Philip II
- Carlos III, King of Spain from 10 August 1759 to 14 December 1788
- Carlos IV, King of Spain from 14 December 1788, until his abdication on 19 March 1808
- Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, first of the Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain
- Carlos , king of the Calusa people of Florida
People in media
- Carlos Bernard, US-American actor
- Carlos , UK Radio Presenter
- Carlos Caridad-Montero, Venezuelan film director
- Carlos Castro , Portuguese journalist & murder victim
- Carlos Irwin Estévez, US-American actor
- Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- Carlos Mencia, comedian, host of Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central
- Carlos Ray Norris, US-American actor and martial artist
- Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian director
- Carlos Watson , American television host, lawyer, and businessman
People in music
- Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and educator
- Carlos Alomar, American guitarist, composer and arranger
- Carlos Gardel, prominent figure in the history of tango music
- Carlos Montoya, prominent flamenco guitarist
- Carlos Santana, Mexican musician, leader of the band Santana
- Carlos Vives, Colombian singer
- Carlos Pena Jr. American singer, dancer and actor
- Carlos Cavazo, guitarist in Quiet Riot
- Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality
- Carlos Ward, jazz alto saxophonist and flautist
- Carlos Dengler, American actor, bassist, and founding member of the band Interpol
People in sport
- Carlos Davis , American football player
- Carlos Garay, American football player
- Carlos Henderson, American football player
- Carlos Hendricks, American football player
- Carlos Huertas Colombian racing driver
- Carlos James , American football player
- Carlos Moyá, Spanish tennis player
- Carlos Muñoz , Colombian racing driver
- Carlos Nieto, Italian-Argentine rugby union player
- Carlos Sainz, Spanish World Rally Championship driver, 1990 and 1992 champion.
- Carlos Sainz Jr., Formula 1 driver for Mclaren,
- Carlos Watkins, American football player
Baseball players
- Carlos Almanzar, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Bernier, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Casimiro, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Castillo, American baseball player
- Carlos Corporán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Crawford, American baseball player
- Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Diaz, American baseball player
- Carlos Diaz, American baseball player
- Carlos Febles, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Fisher, American baseball player
- Carlos García, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Guevara, American baseball player
- Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
- Carlos Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos López, Mexican baseball player
- Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Maldonado, Panamanian baseball player
- Carlos Marmol, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos May, American baseball player
- Carlos Méndez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Mendoza, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Monasterios, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Moore, American baseball player
- Carlos Muñiz, American baseball player
- Carlos Pascual, Cuban baseball player
- Carlos Paula, Cuban baseball player
- Carlos Peguero, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Peña, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Pulido, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Quentin, American baseball player
- Carlos Quintana, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Reyes, American baseball player
- Carlos Rivera, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player
- Carlos Rosa, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Ruiz , Panamanian baseball player
- Carlos Santana, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Silva, Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Torres, American baseball player
- Carlos Triunfel, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Valderrama , Venezuelan baseball player
- Carlos Valdez, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Carlos Villanueva, Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Zambrano, American baseball player
Basketball players
- Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
- Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Carlos Delfino,, Argentine NBA basketball player
- Carlos Boozer,, American NBA basketball player
Cyclists
- Carlos Jaramillo, Colombian road cyclist
- Carlos Alberto Contreras, Colombian road cyclist
- Carlos Humberto Cabrera, Colombian road cyclist
- Carlos Silva , Colombian cyclist
- Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
- Carlos Alzate, Colombian track and road cyclist
Fighters
- Carlos Augusto Filho, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
- Carlos Valcárcel, Puerto Rican boxer
- Carlos Varela , Cuban wrestler
- Carlos Julian Ortíz, Cuban freestyle wrestler
- Carlos Motta , Brazilian judoka
- Carlos Fonseca , Brazilian boxer
- Carlos Luis Campos, Venezuelan boxer
- Carly Colón, professional wrestler, WWE
- Carlos Condit, American mixed martial artist
- Carlos Honorato, Brazilian judoka
Footballers
- Carlos Abad, Spanish footballer
- Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
- Carlos Alberto Carvalho da Silva Júnior, Brazilian football forward
- Carlos Chaínho, Portuguese footballer
- Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
- Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
- Carlos Fernandes, Portuguese football defender
- Carlos Fernandes, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Carlos Fernández, Peruvian footballer
- Carlos Fernández, Spanish footballer
- Carlos Gruezo, Ecuadorian footballer
- Carlos Gruezo, Ecuadorian footballer
- Carlos Guirland, Paraguayan football midfielder
- Carlos Isaac , Spanish footballer
- Carlos Martins , Portuguese footballer
- Carlos Muñoz Cobo, Spanish footballer, known as "Carlos"
- Carlos Muñoz , Chilean footballer
- Carlos Muñoz , Ecuadorian footballer
- Carlos Muñoz , Mexican footballer
- Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
- Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese football manager
- Carlos Santos de Jesus, Brazilian football defender
- Carlos Pérez Salvachúa, Spanish football manager
- Carlos Soca, Uruguayan footballer
- Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
- Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer player known as El Pibe
Runners
- Carlos Moreno , Chilean track and field sprinter
- Carlos Patrício, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Carlos Retiz, Mexican long-distance runner
- Carlos Tarazona, Venezuelan long-distance runner
Swimmers
- Carlos Berrocal, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Carlos Ventosa, Spanish backstroke swimmer
Volleyball players
- Carlos Weber, Argentine volleyball player
- Carlos Carreño, Spanish volleyball player
- Carlos Teixeira, Portuguese volleyball player
- Carlos Tejeda, Venezuelan volleyball player
Other people
- Carlos Acosta, Cuban ballet dancer
- Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Prime Minister of Mozambique
- Carlos Anwandter, German political exile who emigrated to Chile
- Carlos Arroyo, Spanish architect
- Carlos Arruza, prominent Mexican bullfighter
- Carlos Camacho, the first elected governor of Guam
- Carlos Castaneda, American author
- Carlos Cheppi, Argentine diplomat
- Carlos Cisneros, New Mexico state senator
- Carlos Danger, 2013, alias used by New York City Mayoral Candidate Anthony Weiner for sexting
- Carlos Dominguez III, Filipino businessman
- Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer
- Carlos P. Garcia, eighth Filipino president and poet
- Carlos Ghosn, former chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
- Carlos Gustavo Moreira, Brazilian mathematician
- Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban American, 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kellogg Company
- Carlos Howard, Governor of West Florida between 1792 and 93
- Carlos Marighella, leading thinker on urban guerrilla warfare
- Brother Carlos Oliveira, Christian Exorcist, and deliverance minister
- Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino politician who was formerly a president of the UN General Assembly
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico from 1988-1994
- Carlos Simpson, American mathematician
- Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman
- Carlos Slim Domit, Mexican businessman and son of Carlos Slim Helú
- Carlos the Jackal, the nom de guerre of Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a Venezuelan assassin and terrorist serving a life sentence for murder in France
- Carlos Urbizo, Honduran politician and economist
- Carlos Isagani Zarate, Filipino politician
Multiple people
- Carlos Imperial
Fictional characters
- Carlos, a character in the video game Saints Row 2
- Carlos, a character from The Magic School Bus series of children's books and movies
- Carlos, a henchman to Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale
- Carlos, a character from the TV series Barney and Friends
- Carlos, a meerkat in the 2005 to 2008 Animal Planet TV series Meerkat Manor
- Carlos, a character from the Subway Surfers
- Carlos, Cecil's boyfriend from Welcome to Nightvale
- Carlos, a protagonist from the video game Zero Time Dilemma
- Carlos De Vil, son of Cruella in Descendants
- Carlos Lopez, a character in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy, voiced by Matt Hill
- Carlos Miyamoto, one of the player characters in the SNES game, Final Fight 2
- Carlos Nieto, a paramedic in the TV series Third Watch
- Carlos Oliveira, one of the two protagonists in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Carlos Rivera, a boxer from the manga and anime series Ashita no Joe
- Carlos Solis, a character from Desperate Housewives
- Carlos Vallerte, the character in two of the Power Rangers series