# Karol (name)

Karol is a Basque, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene given name that is a form of Karl or Karolus. Notable people with the name include the following:

## Given name

* Karol Adamiecki (1866–1933), Polish economist, engineer and management researcher
* Karol Adwentowicz (1871–1958), Polish actor and theater director
* Karol Anders (1893–1971), Polish Army officer
* Karol Angielski (born 1996), Polish footballer
* Karol Antoniewicz (1807–1852), Polish Jesuit and missionary
* Karol Bachura (born 1964), Polish diplomat
* Karol Bačo (born 1978), Slovak water polo player
* Karol Bahrke (1868–1935), Polish printer and publisher
* Karol Baliński (1817–1864), Polish poet
* Karol Becker (fl. 1990s), Czech sprint canoer
* Karol Berger (born 1947), American musicologist
* Karol Bermúdez (born 2001), Uruguayan footballer
* Karol Bielecki (born 1982), Polish handball player
* Karol Biermann (born 1984), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol J. Bobko (1937–2023), an American astronaut
* Karol Bohdanowicz (1867–1947), Polish mining engineer, geographer and geologist
* Karol Olgierd Borchardt (1905–1986), Polish writer and Merchant Marine captain
* Karol Borhy (1912–1997), Slovak football coach
* Karol Borsuk (1905–1982), Polish mathematician
* Karol Boscamp-Lasopolski (died 1794), Dutch diplomat
* Karol Bučko (fl. 1951–1972), Slovak football coach
* Karol-Ann Canuel (born 1988), Canadian racing cyclist,
* Karol Cariola (born 1987), Chilean midwife
* Karol Castillo (1989–2013), Peruvian model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Karol Chmiel (1911–1951), Polish military officer
* Karol Chodura (1921–2001), Polish cinematographer
* Karol Csányi (born 1991), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol Danielak (born 1991), Polish footballer
* Karol Dejna (1911–2004), Polish linguist
* Karol Divín (1936–2022), Hungarian figure skater
* Karol Dobay (1928–1982), Slovak footballer
* Karol Dobiaš (born 1947), Slovak football player and coach
* Karol Domagalski (born 1989), Polish racing cyclist
* Karol John Drewienkiewicz (fl. 1966–2001), British Army Major General
* Karol Drzewiecki (born 1995), Polish tennis player
* Karl (Karol) Duldig (1902–1986), Austrian-Australian sculptor
* Karol Durski-Trzaska (1849–1935), Austro-Hungarian and Polish Army officer
* Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville (soldier) (1811–1849), Polish soldier
* Karol d'Abancourt de Franqueville (lawyer) (1851–1913), Polish politician
* Karol Estreicher (junior) (1906–1984), Polish historian of art, writer and bibliographer
* Karol Estreicher (senior) (1827–1908), Polish historian, literary critic and bibliographer
* Karol Fageros (1934–1988), American tennis player
* Karol Fila (born 1998), Polish footballer
* Karol Foltán (born 1959), Slovak ice dancer
* Karol Fryzowicz (born 1991), Polish footballer
* Karol Galba (1921–2009), Slovak football official
* Karol Gregorek (born 1983), Polish footballer
* Karol Grossmann (1864–1929), Slovenian film maker
* Karol Gruszecki (born 1989), Polish basketball player
* Karol Grycz-Śmiłowski (1885–1959), Polish Lutheran priest
* Karol Gwóźdź (born 1987), Polish poet, musician, DJ, composer and music producer
* Karol Hanke (1903–1964), Polish footballer
* Karol Hiller (1891–1939), Polish artist
* Karol Hławiczka (1894–1976), Polish composer, pianist, teacher and Chopinologist
* Karol Hochberg (1911–1944), Hungarian Holocaust collaborator
* Karol Hoffmann (born 1989), Polish triple jump athlete
* Karol Hoffmann (born 1913), Polish triple jump and high jump athlete
* Karol Boromeusz Hoffman (1798–1875), Polish political writer, historian, lawyer and publisher
* Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860–1904), Polish philanthropist
* Karol Ihring (born 1953), Slovak football referee
* Karol Irzykowski (1873–1944), Polish writer, literary critic, film theoretician, and chess player
* Karol Itauma (born 2000), Slovak boxer
* Karol Jabłoński (born 1962) Polish sailor
* Karol Jakubowicz (died 2013), Polish journalism and communication science academic
* Karol Jokl (1945–1996), Slovak football player and manager
* Karol Daniel Kadłubiec (born 1937), Polish ethnographer, folklorist and historian
* Karol Karlík (born 1986), Slovak footballer
* Karol Karski (born 1966), Polish politician
* Karol Kennedy (1932–2004), American figure skater
* Karol Kisel (born 1977), Slovak footballer
* Karol Kłos (born 1989), Polish volleyball player
* Karol Kmetko (1875–1948), Slovak Roman Catholic Bishop
* Karol Kniaziewicz (1762–1842), Polish general and activist
* Karol Korím (born 1993), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol Kossok (1907–1946), Polish footballer
* Karol Kostrubała (born 1988), Polish footballer
* Karol Kot (1946–1968), Polish serial killer
* Karol Kozun (born 1982), Polish Paralympian throwing athlete
* Karol Križan (born 1980), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol Józef Krótki (1922–2007), Polish demographer
* Karol Kučera (born 1974), Slovak tennis player
* Karol Kulisz (1873–1940), Polish Lutheran pastor
* Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857), Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue
* Karol Kuryluk (1910–1967), Polish journalist, editor, activist, politician and diplomat
* Karol Kuzmány (1806 –1866), Slovak Lutheran pastor, writer, and theologian
* Karol Lanckoroński (1848–1933), Polish writer, art collector, and historian
* Karol Gwido Langer (1894–1948), Polish army officer
* Karol Langner (1843–1912), Polish priest
* Karol Łazar (born 1976), Polish rower
* Karol Libelt (1807–1875), Polish philosopher, writer, activist, social worker and politician
* Karol Linetty (born 1995), Polish footballer
* Karol Lipinski (1790–1861), Polish violinist and composer
* Karol Ignacy Lorinser (1796–1853), Austrian physician
* Karol Lucero (born 1987), Chilean radio personality and television host
* Karol Mackiewicz (born 1992), Polish footballer
* Karol Madaj (born 1980), Polish board game designer
* Karol Maleczyński (1897–1968), Polish historian
* Karol Mannion, Gaelic footballer
* Karol Marcinkowski (1800–1846), a Polish physician and social activist
* Karol Marko (born 1966), Slovak football manager and player
* Karol Martesko-Fenster (born 1961), American innovator and entrepreneur
* Karol Mason, American attorney, government appointee, and academic administrator
* Karol Mets (born 1993), Estonian footballer
* Karol Mészáros (born 1993), Slovak footballer
* Karol Meyer, nickname of Karoline Mariechen Meyer (born 1968), Brazilian free-diver
* Karol Mikloš (born 1972), Slovak recording artist
* Karol Miklosz (1915–2003), Ukrainian footballer
* Karol Mikrut (born 1992), Polish luger
* Karol Mikuli (1821–1897), Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher
* Karol Modzelewski (1937–2019), Polish historian, writer, politician and academic
* Karol Mondek (born 1991), Slovak footballer
* Karol Myśliwiec (born 1943), Polish egyptologist
* Karol Niemczycki (born 1999), Polish footballer
* Karol Niemira (1881–1965), Polish Roman Catholic priest
* Karol Olszewski (1846–1915), Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist
* Karol Pavelka (born 1983), Slovak football
* Karol Pawlica (1884–1970), Polish patriot
* Karol Pecze (born 1946), Slovak football manager
* Karol Piątek (born 1982), Polish footballer
* Karol Piegza (1899–1988), Polish teacher, writer, folklorist, photographer, and painter
* Karol Piltz (1903–1939), Polish chess master
* Karol Pniak (1910–1980), Polish flying ace
* Karol Podczaszyński (1790–1860), Polish architect
* Karol Pollak (1859–1928), Polish electrotechnician, inventor and businessman
* Karol Popiel (1887–1977), Polish politician
* Karol Marian Pospieszalski (1909–2007), Polish lawyer and historian
* Karol Praženica (born 1970), Slovak football player and manager
* Karol Dominik Przezdziecki (1782–1832), Polish count
* Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669–1719), Polish nobleman
* Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1734–1790) a Polish prince
* Karol Radziwonowicz (born 1958), Polish pianist
* Karol Rathaus (1895–1954) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish composer
* Karol Robak (born 1997), Polish taekwondo athlete
* Karol Rómmel (1888–1967), Polish military officer, sportsman and horse rider
* Karol G. Ross (born 1952), American scientist
* Karol Hubert Rostworowski (1877–1938), Polish playwright, poet and musician
* Karol Rotner, Israeli footballer
* Karol Rovelto (born 1969), American high jumper
* Karol Rusznyák (born 1967), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol Rzepecki (1865–1931), Polish bookseller, editor, and activist
* Karol Sabath (1963–2007), Polish biologist, paleontologist and paleoartist
* Karol Sakr (born 1969), Lebanese singer
* Karol Schayer (1900–1971), Polish architect and soldier
* Karol Semik (born 1953), Polish educator
* Karol Sevilla, professional name of Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros (born 1999), Mexican singer and actress
* Karol Sidon (born 1942), Czech rabbi, writer and playwright
* Karol Sidor (1901–1953), Slovak nationalist politician
* Karol Sikora (born 1948), British oncology physician
* Karol Skórkowski (1768–1851), Polish bishop
* Karol Skowerski (born 1984), Polish pool player
* Karol Śliwka (1894–1943), Polish politician
* Karol Sloboda (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey player
* Karol Šmidke (1897–1952), Slovak politician
* Karol Herman Stępień (1910–1943), Polish Roman Catholic martyr
* Karol Stopa (born 1948) Polish sports journalist, commentator and tennis player
* Karol Stryja (1915–1998), Polish conductor and teacher
* Karol Stuchlák (born 1990), Slovak luger
* Karol Świderski (born 1997), Polish footballer
* Karol Świerczewski (1897–1947), Polish Soviet military officer and general
* Karol Świtalski (1902–1993), Polish Lutheran priest and military chaplain
* Karol Juliusz Sym, known as Igo Sym (1896–1941), Polish actor
* Karol Szajnocha (1818–1868), Polish writer, historian, and activist
* Karol Szenajch (1907–2001), Polish ice hockey player
* Karol Szreter (1898–1933), Polish classical pianist
* Karol Szwedowski (1889–1941), Polish builder
* Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish pianist and composer
* Karol Szymański (born 1993), Polish footballer
* Karol Tarło (1639–1702), Polish politician
* Karol Tchorek (1904–1985), Polish sculptor, art dealer and collector
* Karol Telbizov (1915–1994), Bulgarian lawyer, journalist and editor
* Karol Točík (1890–1960), Slovak Roman Catholic priest, dean, and historian
* Karol Chester Tollstam, known as Chet Tollstam (1918–2003), American basketball player
* Karol Turno (1788–1860), Polish Brigadier General
* Karol Ferdynand Vasa (1613–1655), Polish noblemansza
* Karol Wedel (1813–1902), German confectioner
* Karol Wight, American museum administrator
* Karol D. Witkowski (1860–1910), a Polish artist
* Karol Wolfram (1899–1965), Polish Evangelical priest and professor
* Karol Józef Wojtyła, birth name of Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), Polish head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State
* Karol Fryderyk Woyda (1771–1845), Polish politician
* Karol Ząbik (born 1986), Polish speedway rider
* Karol Zachar (1918–2003), Slovak director, actor, art director, costume designer and pedagogue
* Karol Zając (1913–1965), Polish alpine skier
* Karol Zalewski (born 1993), Polish sprint athlete
* Karol Zaremba (1846–1897), Polish architect
* Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, who used the pseudonym Karol de Johne (1890–1949), Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature
* Karol Ziemski (1895–1974), Polish Army general
* Karol Zine, Indian television actress
* Karol Żurek (born 1949), Polish ice hockey player
* Karol Życzkowski (born 1960), Polish physicist and mathematician

## Nickname

* Karol Conká, birth name Karoline dos Santos Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian entertainer
* Karol G, stage name of Carolina Giraldo Navarro (born 1991), Colombian singer and songwriter
* Tina Karol, stage name of Tetyana Hryhorivna Liberman (born 1985), Ukrainian singer

## Middle name

* Józef Karol Konrad Chełmicki (born 1814–1890), Polish military officer
* Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (c. 1561–1621), Lithuanian military commander
* Adam Karol Czartoryski, Spanish aristocrat
* Jan Karol Czolański (died 1664), Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate
* Jan Karol Dolski (1637–1695), Polish nobleman
* Jozef Karol Hell, known by his Hungarian name József Károly Hell (1713–1789), Hungarian mining engineer and inventor
* Juliusz Karol Kunitzer (1843–1905), Polish industrialist, activist, and philanthropist
* Jerzy Karol Kurnatowski (1874–1934), Polish lawyer, economist, academic, author, politician, public official, and political scientist
* Józef Karol Lubomirski (1638–1702), a Polish nobleman
* Jan Karol Opaliński (1642–1695), Polish starost and kasztelan
* Zygmunt Karol Radziwiłł (1591–1642), Polish-Lithuanian noble
* Jan Karol Tarło (c. 1593–1645), Polish noble

## Surname

* Davida Karol (1917–2011), Israeli actress
* Dušan Karol (born 1983), Czech tennis player
* Erik Karol (born 1963), French singer, author and composer
* Sanjay Karol (born 1961), Indian judge
* Tina Karol (born 1985), Ukrainian singer, songwriter actress and TV presenter
* Yuliya Karol (born 1991), Belarusian middle-distance athlete