# Carlo (name)

Carlo is an Italian, Dutch and Spanish masculine given name and a surname. As an Italian name it is a short form of Charles. As a Spanish name it is a short form of Carlos. Notable people with this name include the following:

## Given name

* Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), Italian beatified teenager
* Carlo Agostoni (1909–1972), Italian fencer
* Carlo Amoretti (1741–1816), Italian explorer and scientist
* Carlo Ancelotti (born 1959), Italian football player and manager
* Carlo Arnaudi (1899–1970), Italian scientist and politician
* Carlo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino actor and musician
* Carlo Bagno (1920–1990), Italian actor
* Carlo Bernini (1936–2011), Italian politician and businessman
* Carlo Biado (born 1983), Filipino pool player
* Carlo Alberto Biggini (1902–1945), Italian politician
* Carlo Bonomi (1937–2022), Italian voice actor
* Carlo Bomans (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
* Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1894–1998), Italian film director
* Carlo Buccirosso (born 1954), Italian actor, theatre director and playwright
* Carlo Buonaparte (1746–1785), Italian diplomat and father of Napoleon
* Carlo Cafiero (1846–1892), Italian anarchist
* Carlo Canna (born 1992), Italian rugby player
* Carlo J. Caparas (born 1958), Filipino comic strip creator/writer, director and producer
* Carlo Carcano (1891–1965), Italian football player and manager
* Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian painter
* Carlo Cassola (1917–1987), Italian novelist and essayist
* Carlo Cattaneo (1801–1869), Italian philosopher, writer, and rebel
* Carlo Ceresoli (1910–1995), Italian footballer
* Carlo Checchinato (born 1970), Italian rugby player
* Carlo Chendi (1933–2021), Italian cartoonist
* Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016), Italian politician
* Carlo Chiti (1924–1994), Italian automotive engineer
* Carlo Cignani (1628–1719), Italian painter
* Carlo M. Cipolla (1922–2000), Italian historian
* Carlo Clerici (1929–2007), Swiss cyclist
* Carlo Contarini (1580–1656), Italian nobleman
* Carlo Costamagna (1881–1965), Italian lawyer and academic
* Carlo Costly (born 1982), Honduran football player
* Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430 – 1495), Italian Renaissance painter
* Carlo Croccolo (1927–2019), Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter
* Carlo Cudicini (born 1973), Italian footballer
* Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982), Italian general
* Carlo Delle Piane (1936–2019), Italian film actor
* Carlo Dolci (1616–1686), Italian painter
* Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) was an Italian politician
* Carlo Emery (1848–1925), Italian entomologist
* Carlo D'Este (1936–2020), American historian
* Carlo Fassi (1929–1997), Italian figure skater and coach
* Carlo Del Fava (born 1981), South African-born Italian rugby player
* Carlo Festuccia (born 1980), Italian rugby player
* Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), Italian architect
* Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian writer and poet
* Carlo Gaddi (born 1962), Italian rower
* Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769–1846), Austrian Cardinal
* Carlo Galetti (1882–1949), Italian road racing cyclist
* Carlo Gambino (1902–1976), Italian mobster
* Carlo Gatti (1817–1878), Swiss entrepreneur
* Carlo Geloso (1879–1957), was an Italian general
* Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Italian Prince
* Carlo Ginzburg (born 1939), Italian historian
* Carlo Giuffrè (1928–2018), Italian actor and director
* Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), Italian conductor
* Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian playwright and librettist
* Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806), Italian playwright
* Carlo Grande (born 1974), Italian rower
* Carlo Grippo (born 1955), Italian middle-distance athlete
* Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss skier
* Carlo Katigbak (born 1970), Filipino executive
* Carlo Lastimosa (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
* Carlo Levi (1902–1975), Italian painter, writer
* Carlo Lievore (1937–2002), Italian javelin athlete
* Carlo Lizzani (1922–2013), Italian film director, screenwriter and critic
* Carlo Maderno (1556–1629), Italian architect
* Carlo Maratta (1625–1713), Italian painter
* Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012), Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church
* Carlo Marino (born 1968), Italian politician
* Carlo Marochetti (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor
* Carlo Marrale (born 1952), Italian singer, songwriter and musician
* Carlo Martinenghi (1894–1944), Italian long-distance athlete
* Carlo Masci (born 1958), Italian politician
* Carlo Matteucci (1811–1868), Italian physicist and neurophysiologist
* Carlo Mattioli (born 1954), Italian race walker
* Carlo Mattogno (born 1951), Italian writer
* Carlo Mazzacurati (1956–2014), Italian film director and screenwriter
* Carlo Mazzone (born 1937), Italian football player and manager
* Carlo de' Medici (1595–1666), Italian Cardinal
* Carlo Monti (1920–2016), Italian sprint athlete
* Carlo Montuori (1885–1968), Italian cinematographer
* Carlo Mornati (born 1972), Italian rower
* Carlo Ninchi (1896–1974), Italian actor
* Carlo Oriani (1888–1917), Italian cyclist
* Carlo Paalam (born 1998), Filipino boxer
* Carlo Parola (1921–2000), Italian football player and coach
* Carlo Pellegrini (1839–1889), Italian artist
* Carlo Pedersoli (1929–2016), Italian swimmer and actor (Bud Spencer)
* Carlo Pietzner (1915–1986), American artist and anthroposophist
* Carlo Pinsoglio (born 1990), Italian footballer
* Carlo Pisacane (1818–1857), Italian patriot
* Carlo Ponti (1912–2007), Italian film producer
* Carlo Alberto Quario (1913–1984), Italian football player and coach
* Carlo Rambaldi (1925–2012), Italian special effects artist
* Carlo Recalcati (born 1945), Italian basketball coach and player
* Carlo Rigotti (1906–1983), Italian football player
* Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant (1826–1888), Italian statesman and diplomat
* Carlo Rolandi (1926–2020), Italian sailor
* Carlo Romano (1908–1975), Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter
* Carlo Rosselli (1899–1937), Italian Jewish political leader
* Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775–1849), Italian architect
* Carlo Rota (born 1961), British actor
* Carlo Rovelli (born 1956), Italian physicist
* Carlo Rubbia (born 1934), Italian physicist
* Carlo Rustichelli (1916–2004), Italian film composer
* Carlo Ruzzini (1653–1735), Italian diplomat
* Carlo Saraceni (1579–1620), Italian painter
* Carlo Salvemini (born 1966), Italian politician
* Carlo Savina (1919–2002), Italian composer and conductor
* Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), Italian architect
* Carlo Schanzer (1865–1953), Italian jurist and politician
* Carlo Scognamiglio (born 1944), Italian economist and politician
* Carlo Sforza (1872–1952), Italian politician
* Carlo Sibilia (born 1986), Italian politician
* Carlo De Simone (1885–1951), Italian Army officer
* Carlo Simionato (born 1961), Italian sprint athlete
* Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858–1926), Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist
* Carlo Speroni (1895–1969), Italian long-distance athlete
* Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742), Italian Cardinal and Archbishop
* Carlo Tamberlani (1899–1980), Italian actor
* Carlo Thränhardt (born 1957), German high jumper
* Carlo I Tocco (died 1429), Italian Count and Despot
* Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021), Italian politician
* Carlo Trigilia (born 1951), Italian academic and politician
* Carlo Ubbiali (1929–2020), Italian motorcycle racer
* Carlo van Dam (born 1986), Dutch racing driver
* Carlo Vanzina (1951–2018), Italian film director, producer and screenwriter
* Carlo Verdone (born 1950), Italian actor, screenwriter and film director
* Carlo Vergara (born 1971), Filipino graphic designer and illustrator
* Carlo Maria Viganò (born 1941), Italian Catholic archbishop
* Carlo Vittori (1931–2015), Italian sprinter and athletics coach
* Carlo, Duke of Calabria (1775–1778), heir to Naples and Sicily.
* Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963), French-born Italian nobleman

## Nickname/stage name

* Carlo Collodi, pen name of Carlo Lorenzini (1826–1890), Italian author known for The Adventures of Pinocchio
* Carlo Corazzin, nickname of Giancarlo Michele Corazzin (born 1971), Canadian football player
* Carlo Little, stage name of Carl O'Neil Little (1938–2005), British drummer
* Carlo Montagnese, real name of Illangelo (born 1987), Canadian musician

## Middle name

* Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
* Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1795–1859), Italian Archbishop
* Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708), Italian nobility
* Gian Carlo Muzzarelli (born 1955), Italian politician
* Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999), Italian mathematician
* Luigi Carlo Farini (1812–1866), Italian statesman

## Surname

* Brandon Carlo (born 1996), American ice hockey player
* Monti Carlo (born 1975), Puerto Rican host, chef and blogger
* Philip Carlo (1949–2010), American journalist and author
* Phoebe Carlo (1874–1898), British actress

## Fictional characters

* Carlo Hesser, character from One Life to Live
* Carlo Gervasi, character from The Sopranos
* Carlo Renzi, character from The Sopranos
* Carlo Rizzi character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather
* Carlo Zota, character from Marvel Comics
* Don Carlo, Baritone in Verdi opera, Ernani