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 canonized 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 Aquino (born 1985), Filipino actor and musician
• Carlo Arnaudi (1899–1970), Italian scientist and politician
• Carlo Bagno (1920–1990), Italian actor
• Carlo Bellini (1735–1804), Italian–American secretary and educator
• Carlo Bernini (1936–2011), Italian politician and businessman
• Carlo Biado (born 1983), Filipino pool player
• Carlo Alberto Biggini (1902–1945), Italian politician
• Carlo Bomans (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
• Carlo Bonomi (1937–2022), Italian voice actor
• 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 Cecchi (1939–2026), Italian actor and theater director
• 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 Collodi (1826–1890), Italian author, humourist, and journalist
• Carlo Contarini (1580–1656), Italian nobleman
• Carlo Costamagna (1881–1965), Italian lawyer and academic
• Carlo Costly (born 1982), Honduran football player
• Carlo Crivelli (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 Magri (c. 1617–1693), Maltese priest, scholar, and dramatist
• 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 Nicoli (1843–1915), Italian sculptor
• 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 Santi (born 1974), Italian Formula One engineer
• Carlo Savina (1919–2002), Italian composer and conductor
• Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza (1920–2004), Italian politician
• 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 von Tiedemann (1943–2025), German television presenter
• 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 Villani (footballer, born 1970), Australian former soccer player and coach
• 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
• Don Carlo, Baritone in Verdi opera, Ernani

See also

• Carbo (disambiguation)
• Cardo (disambiguation)
• Cargo (disambiguation)
• Carmo (disambiguation)
• Carl (name)
• Carla
• Carle, surnames
• Carle (given name)
• Carli (given name)
• Carli (surname)
• Carlon
• Carlos (given name)
• Carlos (surname)
• Carlow (disambiguation)
• Carly
• Calò (surname)
• Caló (surname)
• Caro (surname)
• Carol (given name)
• Carro (surname)
• De Carlo
• DeCarlo
• Di Carlo
• DiCarlo
• Karlo (name)

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