# Carroll (given name)

Carroll is an English unisex given name and a surname (Carroll). As an English given name, it is a form of Charles and Caroline. Notable people known by this name include the following:

## Given name

* Carroll Edward Adams (1923–1970), American brigadier general
* Carroll Alley (1927–2016), American physicist
* Carroll Arnett, baptismal name of Gogisgi, Cherokee poet
* Carroll Baker (born 1931), American actress
* Carroll Baker (singer) (born 1949), Canadian singer/songwriter
* Carroll Ballard (born 1937), American film director
* Carroll L. Beedy (1880–1947), American politician
* Carroll Beringer (1928–2011), American baseball player and coach
* Carroll Thayer Berry (1886–1978), American artist
* Carroll Bierman (1918–1970), American horse racing jockey
* Carroll Bloom (1928–1991), Canadian gridiron football player
* Carroll Parrott Blue (1943–2019), African-American filmmaker, director and author
* Carroll C. Boggs (1844–1923), American jurist
* Carroll Bond (1873–1943), American jurist
* Carroll Borland (1914–1994), American actress
* Carroll Broussard, American basketball player
* Carroll Burling (born 1934), American politician
* Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (1940–2005), American politician
* Carroll Carstairs (1888–1948), American art dealer and British army officer
* Carroll Chaplin (1882–1953), American politician
* Carroll Chase (1878–1960), American philatelist
* Carroll Clark (1894–1968), American art director
* Carroll Cloar (1913–1993), American painter
* Carroll Coates (1929–2023), American songwriter, composer, and lyricist
* Carroll L. Coburn (1907–1975), American politician
* Carroll Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer
* Carroll Cook (1855–1915), American judge
* Carroll Cooney (1887–1947), American gridiron football and squash player, hammer throw athlete, and businessman
* Carroll Cutler (1829–1894), American academic administrator
* Carroll Dale (born 1938), American gridiron football player
* Carroll John Daly (1889–1958), American writer
* Carroll C. Davis, American chemist
* Carroll Dawson, American assistant coach and general manager
* Carroll Dickerson (1895–1957), American jazz violinist and bandleader
* Carroll William Dodge (1895–1988), American mycologist and lichenologist
* Carroll Thomas Dozier (1911–1985), American prelate
* Carroll A. Edson (1891–1986), American scouting pioneer
* Carroll Lane Fenton (1900–1969), American geologist, paleontologist, neoichnologist, and historian of science
* Carroll Freeman, American operatic tenor, opera director, and music educator
* Carroll Gartin (1913–1966), American politician
* Carroll Gibbons (1903–1954), American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer
* Carroll Gibson (born 1945), American politician
* Carroll Glenn (1918–1983), American violinist
* Carroll Haff (1892–1947), American track and field athlete
* Carroll C. Halterman (1919–2005), American management development authority
* Carroll Hardy (1933–2020), American baseball player
* Carroll C. Hincks (1889–1964), American judge
* Carroll Hollensworth (1900–1959), American politician
* Carroll Hooser (born 1944), American basketball player
* Carroll Hubbard (1937–2022), American politician
* Carroll Huntress (1924–2015), American football coach
* Carroll Izard (1923–2017), American research psychologist
* Carroll N. Jones III (1944–2017), American artist
* Carroll D. Kearns (1900–1976), American politician
* Carroll Kendall (1890–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
* Carroll F. King (1924–2010), American businessman and politician
* Carroll N. Kirk, American gridiron football player and college sports coach
* Carroll Knicely (c. 1929 – 2006), American editor and publisher
* Carroll Leavell (1936–2023), American politician
* Carroll LeTellier (1928–2019), US Army Major General
* Carroll Levis (1910–1968), Canadian radio personality
* Carroll Martin (1914–1985), American gridiron football executive
* Carroll McClure Lewin (1942–2022), American anthropologist
* Carroll W. McColpin (1914–2003). American Air Force officer
* Carroll McComas (1886–1962), American stage, film, and television actress
* Carroll McCray (born 1962), American gridiron football coach
* Carroll Meins (1892–1953), American politician
* Carroll Metzner (1919–2008), American politician
* Carroll Moran (born 1945), Irish judge
* Carroll Morgan (boxer) (1947–2018), Canadian boxer
* Carroll Morgan (computer scientist) (born 1952), American computer scientist
* Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904–1990), American educator
* Carroll Nye (1901–1974), American film actor
* Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), American actor, producer, and director
* Carroll D. Osburn, American theologian
* Carroll S. Page (1843–1925), American businessman and politician
* Carroll Phillips (born 1992), American football
* Carroll Pickett (1933–2022), American minister
* Carroll Pratt (1921–2010), American sound engineer
* Carroll C. Pratt (1894–1979), American psychologist and musicologist
* Carroll Quigley (1910–1977), American historian and theorist
* Carroll Righter (1900–1988), American astrologer
* Carroll Roberson (born 1955), American evangelist, gospel singer-songwriter, and author
* Carroll Rosenbloom (1907–1979), American businessman
* Carroll Seghers II (1924–2004), American photographer
* Carroll Sembera (1941–2005), American baseball player
* Carroll Seron American sociologist
* Carroll Sheehan, American real estate executive and political figure
* Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), American automotive designer, racing driver, entrepreneur, and author
* Carroll H. Shilling (1885–1950). American jockey
* Carroll Eugene Simcox (1912–2002), American priest
* Carroll Smith (1932–2003), American race car driver, engineer, and author
* Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, scholar of women's history, gender studies, and sexuality
* Carroll Sockwell (1943–1992), American abstract artist
* Carroll O. Switzer (1908–1960), American judge
* Carroll Thompson (born 1960), British singer
* Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist, writer and political official
* Carroll Van West, American historian
* Carroll Livingston Wainwright (1899–1967), American artist
* Carroll Snow Wales (1917–2007), art restorer and conservator
* Carroll S. Walsh Jr. (1921–2012), American jurist
* Carroll Widdoes (1903–1971), American gridiron football coach and college athletics administrator
* Carroll Williams (1916–1991), American zoologist
* Carroll Williams (Canadian football) (fl. 1963 –1969) American gridiron football player
* Carroll L. Wilson (1910–1983), American professor of management and technology
* Carroll D. Wood (1858–1941), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* Carroll D. Wright (1840–1909), American statistician
* Carroll Yerkes (1903–1950), American baseball player

## Nickname

* Carroll Carroll, professional name of Carroll S. Weinschenk, (1902–1991), American writer
* Carroll Burleigh Colby, full name of C. B. Colby (1904–1977), American writer
* Carroll Malone, pseudonym of William B. McBurney (died 1892), Irish poet
* Carroll Mather Capps, who used the pseudonym C. C. MacApp, (1917–1971), American science fiction author
* Carroll Ray Mothell, known as Dink Mothell, (1897–1980), American Negro leagues baseball player
* Carroll Watson Rankin pen name of Caroline Clement Watson Rankin, (1864–1945), American author
* Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, full name of J. A. C. Chandler, (1872–1934), American historian, author and educator

## Middle name

* Othilia Carroll Beals (1875–1970) American lawyer and judge
* James Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917), American painter
* Abner Carroll Binder (1896–1956), American journalist
* F. Carroll Brewster (1825–1898), American lawyer and judge
* Charles Carroll Colby (1827–1907), Canadian politician
* Jo-Carroll Dennison (1923–2021), Miss America 1942
* Daniel Carroll Digges (died 1860), American politician
* Lewis Carroll Epstein, American physics author
* Charles Carroll Everett (1829–1900), American divine and philosopher
* Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805–1875), American abolitionist
* Hugh Carroll Frazer (1891–1975), American Naval officer
* Charles Carroll Glover Jr. (1888–1976), American banker and philanthropist
* Lillie May Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), American civil rights activist
* Robert Carroll Johnson Jr. (1938–2014), American Bishop
* John Carroll LeGrand (1814–1861), American politician and jurist
* John Carroll Lynch (born 1963), American actor and film director
* Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836–1869), British physician and botanist
* C. Carroll Marsh (1829–?), American Army officer
* J. Carroll McCormick (1907–1996), American prelate
* Ronald Carroll McDonald (1926–2011), American child rapist
* Anne Carroll Moore (1871–1961), American educator, writer and advocate
* Ernest Carroll Moore (1871–1955), American educator
* James Carroll Napier (1845–1940), American politician, and civil rights leader
* Raymond Carroll Osburn (1872–1955), American zoologist
* J. Carroll Payne (1855–1936), American lawyer, banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts
* Vernon Carroll Porter (1896–1982), American artist
* John Carroll Power (1819–1894), American historian
* Brazilla Carroll Reece, known as B. Carroll Reece (1889–1961), American politician
* James Carroll Robinson (1823–1886), American politician
* Charles Carroll Simms (1824–1884), American and Confederate Naval officer
* Charles Carroll Soule (1842–1913), American bookman
* Henry Carroll Timmonds (1853–1913), American judge and state legislator
* Washington Carroll Tevis (1829–1900), American mercenary
* Charles Carroll Webster (1824-1893), American lawyer and politician
* Myra Carroll Winkler (1880–1963), American educator and politician

## Fictional characters

* Carroll, a character in the Adventure Time episode "Elements Part 3: Winter Light"