Kārlis

Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
• Kārlis AÅ¡manis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer
• Kārlis Balodis (1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist
• Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer
• Kārlis Bētiņš (1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies
• Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer
• Kārlis BÅ«meisters (born Riga), Latvian musician and politician
• Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider
• Kārlis GailÄ«tis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop
• Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija
• Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist
• Kārlis IrbÄ«tis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane designer
• Kārlis Johansons (1890–1929), Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist
• Kārlis Lācis (born 1977), Latvian composer
• Kārlis LeiÅ¡kalns (born 1951), Latvian politician
• Kārlis Lejnieks (born 1988), retired Latvian tennis player currently pursuing interest in coaching
• Kārlis Kepke (1890–????), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor
• Kārlis Klāsens (1895–1973), Latvian sailor and Olympic competitor
• Kārlis Klāsups (1922–1991), Latvian chess master
• Kārlis Kļava (1907–1941), Latvian sports shooter and Olympic competitor
• Kārlis Lasmanis (born 1994), Latvian basketball player and Olympic competitor
• Kārlis Lobe (1895–1985), Latvian Nazi collaborator and high-ranking Waffen-SS officer
• Kārlis MÄ«lenbahs (1853–1916), the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics
• Kārlis MÅ«siņš (1919–1955), Latvian Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during WWII
• Kārlis Muižnieks (born 1964), former basketball player, head coach of Barons LMT
• Karlis Osis (1917–1997), Latvian-born American parapsychologist
• Karlis Ozols (1912–2001), Latvian-Australian chess player
• Kārlis Padegs (1911–1940), Latvian artist
• Kārlis Paegle (1911–1997), Latvian ice hockey player
• Kārlis Prauls (1895–1941), Latvian general, from 1930 to 1940 was a commander of Aizsargi organization
• Kārlis Sensbergs, Waffen-Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
• Kārlis Skalbe (1879–1945), Latvian writer, poet, and activist
• Kārlis Skrastiņš (born 1974), Latvian ice hockey player
• Kārlis Smilga (born 1975), Latvian curler
• Kārlis Å teins (1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer
• Kārlis TÄ«ls (1906–196?), Latvian international football defender and football manager
• Kārlis Ulmanis (1877–1942), prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia
• Kārlis Vērdiņš (born 1979), Latvian poet
• Kārlis Vilciņš (1892–1972), Latvian wrestler and Olympic competitor
• Kārlis Zāle (1888–1942), Latvian sculptor
• Kārlis Zariņš (1879–1963), Latvian diplomat
• Kārlis Zariņš (1889–1978), Latvian writer
• Kārlis ZilpauÅ¡s (1918–1944), Latvian ice hockey player
• Kārlis Zirnis (born 1977), Latvian ice hockey player

See also

• Karli (name)
• Rich Karlis (born 1959), former American Football placekicker