Karel

Karel is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Karel is Czech or Dutch . It's a form of Karl .

Name bearer

First name

• Karel Abraham (* 1990), Czech motorcycle racer
• Karel Absolon (1877–1960), Czech prehistorian
• Karel Slavoj Amerling (1807-1884), Czech teacher
• Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), Czech conductor
• Karel Anděl (1884–1947), Czech astronomer
• Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter and sculptor
• Karel Baxa (1863–1938), Czech lawyer and politician
• Karel PC de Bazel (1869–1923), Dutch architect
• Karel Bělohoubek (1942–2016), Czech composer
• Karel Berka (1923-2004), Czech philosopher
• Karel Berman (1919–1995), Czech opera singer
• Karel Bodlák (1903–1989), Czech poet
• Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), Czech poet
• Karel Hendrik van Brederode (1827–1897), Dutch architect
• Karel Brückner (* 1939), Czech football player
• Karel Buchta (1897–1959), Czechoslovakian skier
• Karel Buchtela (1864–1946), Czech archaeologist
• Karel Buls (1837-1914), Belgian politician
• Karel Burian (1870–1924), Czech opera singer
• Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (1860–1927), Czech writer
• Karl Chotek von Chotkow (1783–1868), Austrian court chancellor
• Karl von Czyhlarz (1833–1914), Bohemian-Austrian lawyer and politician
• Karel De Schrijver (1908–1992), Belgian composer
• Karel De Wolf (1952–2011), Belgian composer, conductor and musician
• Karel Adriaan Deurloo (1936–2019), Dutch theologian and university professor
• Karel Dillen (1925–2007), Belgian politician
• Karel Dodal (1900–1986), Czech animation film director
• Karel Domin (1882–1953), Czech botanist
• Karel Doorman (1889–1942), Dutch rear admiral
• Karel Dujardin (1622–1678), Dutch painter
• Karel Eichler (1845–1918), Czech priest
• Karel Engliš (1880–1961), Czech economist and political scientist
• Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870), Czech writer
• Karel Fialka , British singer
• Karel Franta (1928–2017), Czech illustrator
• Karel Johannes Frederiks (1881–1961), Czech lawyer
• Karel Glastra van Loon (1962-2005), Dutch writer
• Karel Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk (1883–1975), Dutch football player
• Karel Gott (1939–2019), Czech pop singer
• Karel Gut (1927–2014), Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach
• Gustav Hartlaub (1814–1900), German doctor and zoologist
• Karel Heijting (1883–1951), Dutch football player
• Karel Hlaváček (1874–1898), Czech poet and painter
• Karel Husa (1921–2016), Czech-American composer
• Karel Boleslav Jirák (1891–1972), American composer
• Karel Kaers (1914–1972), Belgian racing cyclist
• Karel Kašpar (1870–1941), Archbishop of Prague
• Karel Leopold Klaudy (1822–1894), Czech lawyer and politician
• Karl Klietsch (1841–1926), Bohemian painter
• Karel Klostermann (1848–1923), Bohemian-German writer
• Karel Bohuš Kober (1849–1890), Czech athlete
• Karel Kodejška (* 1947), Czech ski jumper
• Karel Kolský (1914–1984), Czechoslovak football player and coach
• Karel Komzák (1823-1893), Bohemian composer, see Karl Komzák senior
• Karel Komzák (1850–1905), Bohemian composer, see Karl Komzák junior
• Karel Konrád (1899–1971), Czech writer and journalist
• Karel Blažej Kopřiva (also Karl Blasius Kopřiva ; 1756–1785), Czech organist and composer
• Karel Kosík (1926–2003), Czech philosopher
• Karel Koželuh (1895–1950), Czechoslovak tennis and soccer player
• Karel Kryl (1944–1994), Czech songwriter and poet
• Karel Kula (* 1963), Czech football player
• Karel Lamač (1897–1952), Czech director and actor
• Karel Lang (* 1958), Czech ice hockey player
• Karel Lismont (* 1949), Belgian long-distance runner
• Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836), Czech poet
• Karel van Mander (1548–1606) , Dutch writer and painter
• Karel Milota (also Karel Hroch ; 1937–2002), Czech poet and writer
• Karel Míšek (* 1945), Czech designer and illustrator
• Carel de Moor (1655–1738), Dutch portrait painter
• Karel Nováček (* 1965), Czech tennis player
• Karel Novy (* 1980), Swiss swimmer
• Karel Nový (also Karel Novák ; 1890–1980), Czech journalist and writer
• Karel Ooms (1845–1900), Belgian painter
• Karel Opočenský (1892–1975), Czech chess master
• Karel František Pič (also Karl Franz Pitsch ; 1786–1858), Bohemian organist and composer
• Karel Piták (* 1980), Czech football player
• Karel Poborský (* 1972), Czech football player
• Karel Poláček (1892–1945), Czech writer and journalist
• Karel Postl (1769–1818), Czech painter
• Karel Ptáčník (1921–2002), Czech writer
• Karel Rada (* 1971), Czech football player
• Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), Czech writer and journalist
• Karel Rechlík (* 1950), Czech painter
• Karel Reiner (1910–1979), Czech composer
• Karel Reisz (1926–2002), Czech-English director
• Karel Roden (* 1962), Czech actor
• Karel Sabina (1813–1877), Czech writer
• Karel Schoeman (1939-2017), South African writer
• Karel Schwarzenberg (* 1937), Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
• Karl Smolle (* 1944), Austrian politician
• Karel Svoboda (1938–2007), Czech composer
• Karel Teige (1900–1951), Czech publicist
• Karel Ignác Thám (1763–1816), Czech writer
• Karel Toman (1877-1946), Czech poet
• Karel Van Miert (1942–2009), Belgian politician
• Karel Vrána (also Antonín Bernášek ; 1925-2004), Czech theologian
• Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), internist
• Karel Zeman (1910–1989), Czech film director

Middle name

• Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834), Dutch statesman
• Johan Karel Jakob de Jonge (1828–1880), Dutch historian
• Josef Karel Ambrož (also Joseph Karl Ambrosch ; 1759–1822), Bohemian tenor and composer

Alias

• Jan Thijssen (1908–1945), Dutch resistance fighter

family name

• Rudolf Karel (1880–1945), Czech composer
• William Karel (* 1940), Tunisian photographer, writer and director

Others

• (1682) Karel , asteroid of the main belt
• Karel (programming language) for industrial robots from Fanuc