Karol (name)
Karol is a Basque, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene, and Swedish masculine given name that is a form of Karl and a short form of Karolus. Notable people with the name include the following:
Given name
- Karol Adamiecki, Polish economist, engineer and management researcher
- Karol Adwentowicz, Polish actor and theater director
- Karol Anders, Polish Army officer
- Karol Angielski, Polish footballer
- Karol Antoniewicz, Polish Jesuit and missionary
- Karol Bachura, Polish diplomat
- Karol Bačo, Slovak water polo player
- Karol Bahrke, Polish printer and publisher
- Karol Baliński, Polish poet
- Karol Becker, Czech sprint canoer
- Karol Berger, American musicologist
- Karol Bermúdez, Uruguayan footballer
- Karol Bielecki, Polish handball player
- Karol Biermann, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol J. Bobko, an American astronaut
- Karol Bohdanowicz, Russian mining engineer, geographer and geologist
- Karol Olgierd Borchardt, Polish writer and Merchant Marine captain
- Karol Borhy, Slovak football coach
- Karol Borsuk, Polish mathematician
- Karol Boscamp-Lasopolski, Dutch diplomat
- Karol Bučko, Slovak football coach
- Karol-Ann Canuel, Canadian racing cyclist,
- Karol Cariola, Chilean midwife
- Karol Castillo, Peruvian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Karol Chmiel, Polish military officer
- Karol Chodura, Polish cinematographer
- Karol Csányi, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol Danielak, Polish footballer
- Karol Dejna, Polish linguist
- Karol Divín,, Hungarian figure skater
- Karol Dobay, Slovak footballer
- Karol Dobiaš, Slovak football player and coach
- Karol Domagalski, Polish racing cyclist
- Karol John Drewienkiewicz British Army Major General
- Karol Drzewiecki, Polish tennis player
- Karol Durski-Trzaska, Austro-Hungarian and Polish Army officer
- Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville , Polish soldier
- Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville , Polish politician
- Karol Estreicher , Polish historian of art, writer and bibliographer
- Karol Estreicher , Polish historian, literary critic and bibliographer
- Karol Fageros, American tennis player
- Karol Fila, Polish footballer
- Karol Foltán, Slovak ice dancer
- Karol Fryzowicz, Polish footballer
- Karol Galba, Slovak football official
- Karol Gregorek, Polish footballer
- Karol Grossmann, Slovenian film maker
- Karol Gruszecki, Polish basketball player
- Karol Grycz-Śmiłowski, Polish Lutheran priest
- Karol Gwóźdź, Polish poet, musician, DJ, composer and music producer
- Karol Hanke, Polish footballer
- Karol Hiller, Polish artist
- Karol Hławiczka, Polish composer, pianist, teacher and Chopinologist
- Karol Hochberg, Hungarian Holocaust collaborator
- Karol Hoffmann, Polish triple jump athlete
- Karol Hoffmann , Polish triple jump and high jump athlete
- Karol Boromeusz Hoffman, Polish political writer, historian, lawyer and publisher
- Karol Hutten-Czapski,, Polish philanthropist
- Karol Ihring, Slovak football referee
- Karol Irzykowski, Polish writer, literary critic, film theoretician, and chess player
- Karol Itauma, Slovak boxer
- Karol Jabłoński Polish sailor
- Karol Jakubowicz, Polish journalism and communication science academic
- Karol Jokl, Slovak football player and manager
- Karol Daniel Kadłubiec, Polish ethnographer, folklorist and historian
- Karol Karlík, Slovak footballer
- Karol Karski, Polish politician
- Karol Kennedy, American figure skater
- Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer
- Karol Kłos, Polish volleyball player
- Karol Kmetko, Slovak Roman Catholic Bishop
- Karol Kniaziewicz, a Latvian/Polish general and activist
- Karol Korím, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol Kossok, Polish footballer
- Karol Kostrubała, Polish footballer
- Karol Kot, Polish serial killer
- Karol Kozun, Polish Paralympian throwing athlete
- Karol Križan, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol Józef Krótki, Polish demographer
- Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
- Karol Kulisz, Polish Lutheran pastor
- Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue
- Karol Kuryluk, Polish journalist, editor, activist, politician and diplomat
- Karol Kuzmány, Slovak Lutheran pastor, writer, and theologian
- Karol Lanckoroński, Polish writer, art collector, and historian
- Karol Gwido Langer, Polish army officer
- Karol Langner, Polish priest
- Karol Łazar, Polish rower
- Karol Libelt, Polish philosopher, writer, activist, social worker and politician
- Karol Linetty, is a Polish footballer
- Karol Lipinski, a Polish violinist and composer
- Karol Ignacy Lorinser, Austrian physician
- Karol Lucero, Chilean radio personality and televisión host
- Karol Mackiewicz, Polish footballer
- Karol Madaj, Polish board game designer
- Karol Maleczyński, Polish historian
- Karol Mannion, Gaelic footballer
- Karol Marcinkowski, a Polish physician and social activist
- Karol Marko, Slovak football manager and player
- Karol Martesko-Fenster, American innovator and entrepreneur
- Karol Mason, American attorney, government appointee, and academic administrator
- Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
- Karol Mészáros, Slovak footballer
- Karol Meyer, nickname of Karoline Mariechen Meyer, Brazilian free-diver
- Karol Mikloš, Slovak recording artist
- Karol Miklosz, Ukrainian footballer
- Karol Mikrut, Polish luger
- Karol Mikuli, Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher
- Karol Modzelewski, Polish historian, writer, politician and academic
- Karol Mondek, Slovak footballer
- Karol Myśliwiec, Polish egyptologist
- Karol Niemczycki, Polish footballer
- Karol Niemira, Polish Roman Catholic priest
- Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist
- Karol Pavelka, Slovak football
- Karol Pawlica, Polish patriot
- Karol Pecze, Slovak football manager
- Karol Piątek, Polish footballer
- Karol Piegza, Polish teacher, writer, folklorist, photographer, and painter
- Karol Piltz, Polish chess master
- Karol Pniak, Polish flying ace
- Karol Podczaszyński, Polish architect
- Karol Pollak, Polish electrotechnician, inventor and businessman
- Karol Popiel, Polish politician
- Karol Marian Pospieszalski, Polish lawyer and historian
- Karol Praženica, Slovak football player and manager
- Karol Dominik Przezdziecki, Polish count
- Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman
- Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł a Polish prince
- Karol Radziwonowicz, Polish pianist
- Karol Rathaus was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish composer
- Karol Robak, Polish taekwondo athlete
- Karol Rómmel, Belarus military officer, sportsman and horse rider
- Karol G. Ross, American scientist
- Karol Hubert Rostworowski, Polish playwright, poet and musician
- Karol Rotner, Israeli footballer
- Karol Rovelto, American high jumper
- Karol Rusznyák, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol Rzepecki, Polish bookseller, editor, and activist
- Karol Sabath 1963 – 2007), Polish biologist, paleontologist and paleoartist
- Karol Sakr, Lebanese singer
- Karol Schayer, Polish educator
- Karol Sevilla, professional name of Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros, a Mexican singer and actress
- Karol Sidon, Czech rabbi, writer and playwright
- Karol Sidor, Slovak nationalist politician
- Karol Sikora, British oncology physician
- Karol Skórkowski, Polish bishop
- Karol Skowerski, Polish pool player
- Karol Śliwka, Polish politician
- Karol Sloboda, Slovak ice hockey player
- Karol Šmidke, Slovak politician
- Karol Herman Stępień, Polish Roman Catholic martyr
- Karol Stricker, American painter
- Karol Stryja, Polish conductor and teacher
- Karol Stuchlák, Slovak luger
- Karol Świderski, Polish footballer
- Karol Świerczewski, Polish Soviet military officer and general
- Karol Świtalski, Polish Lutheran priest and military chaplain
- Karol Juliusz Sym, known as Igo Sym, Polish actor
- Karol Szajnocha, Polish writer, historian, and activist
- Karol Szenajch, Polish ice hockey player
- Karol Szreter, Polish classical pianist
- Karol Szwedowski, Polish builder
- Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer
- Karol Szymański, Polish footballer
- Karol Tarło, Polish politician
- Karol Tchorek, Polish sculptor, art dealer and collector
- Karol Telbizov, Bulgarian lawyer, journalist and editor
- Karol Točík, Slovak Roman Catholic priest, dean, and historian
- Karol Chester Tollstam, known as Chet Tollstam, American basketball player
- Karol Turno, Polish Brigadier General
- Karol Ferdynand Vasa, Polish noblemansza
- Karol Wedel, German confectioner
- Karol Wight, American museum administrator
- Karol D. Witkowski, a Polish artist
- Karol Wolfram, Polish Evangelical priest and professor
- Karol Józef Wojtyła, birthname of Pope John Paul II, Polish head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State
- Karol Fryderyk Woyda, Polish politician
- Karol Ząbik, Polish speedway rider
- Karol Zachar, Slovak director, actor, art director, costume designer and pedagogue
- Karol Zając, Polish alpine skier
- Karol Zalewski, Polish sprint athlete
- Karol Zaremba, Polish architect
- Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, who used the pseudonym Karol de Johne,, Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature
- Karol Ziemski, Polish Army general
- Karol Zine Indian television actress
- Karol Żurek, Polish ice hockey player
- Karol Życzkowski, Polish physicist and mathematician
Nickname
- Karol Conká, whose birthname is Karoline dos Santos Oliveira,, Brazilian entertainer
- Karol G, stage name of Carolina Giraldo Navarro Colombian singer and songwriter
- Tina Karol, stage name of Tetyana Hryhorivna Liberman, Ukrainian singer
Middle name
- Józef Karol Konrad Chełmicki, Polish military officer
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Lithuanian military commander
- Adam Karol Czartoryski, Spanish aristocrat
- Jan Karol Czolański, Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate
- Jan Karol Dolski, Polish nobleman
- Jozef Karol Hell, known by his Hungarian name József Károly Hell, Hungarian mining engineer and inventor
- Juliusz Karol Kunitzer, Polish industrialist, activist, and philanthropist
- Jerzy Karol Kurnatowski, Polish lawyer, economist, academic, author, politician, public official, and political scientist
- Józef Karol Lubomirski, a Polish nobleman
- Jan Karol Opaliński, Polish starost and kasztelan
- Zygmunt Karol Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble
- Jan Karol Tarło, a Polish noble
Surname
- Davida Karol, Czech tennis player
- Erik Karol, French singer author & composer
- Sanjay Karol, Indian Judge
- Yuliya Karol, Belarusian middle-distance athlete