Carlos (given name)

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Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the Germanic Carl.

Notable people with the name include:

Royalty[]

  • Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of Portugal
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558), Holy Roman Emperor (Karl V) and King of Spain (Carlos I)
  • Carlos II of Spain, last Habsburg King in Spain
  • Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545–1568), son of King Philip II
  • Carlos III (1716-1788), King of Spain from 10 August 1759 to 14 December 1788
  • Carlos IV (1748-1819), King of Spain from 14 December 1788, until his abdication on 19 March 1808
  • Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855), first of the Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain
  • Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king of the Calusa people of Florida
  • Carlos Felipe de Schwarzenberg

People in media[]

  • Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962), American stand-up comedian and actor
  • Carlos Bernard (born 1962), American actor
  • Carlos Bustamante, Canadian television personality; former YTV host from 2002-2018 and current reporter of Entertainment Tonight Canada since 2017
  • Carlos (DJ) (born in Swindon, Wiltshire), UK Radio Presenter
  • Carlos Caridad-Montero (born 1967), Venezuelan film director
  • Carlos Castro (journalist) (1945–2011), Portuguese journalist & murder victim
  • Carlos Irwin Estévez (Charlie Sheen, born 1965), American actor
  • Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
  • Carlos Mencia (born 1967), comedian, host of Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central
  • Carlos Ray Norris (Chuck Norris, born 1940), American actor and martial artist
  • Carlos Pesquera, (born 1956), Puerto Rican civil engineer
  • Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian director
  • Carlos Watson (journalist) (born 1969), American television host, lawyer, and businessman

People in music[]

  • Carlos Alomar (born 1951), American guitarist, composer and arranger
  • Carlos do Carmo (1939–2021), Portuguese fado singer
  • Carlos Cavazo, guitarist in Quiet Riot
  • Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), Mexican composer, conductor, and educator
  • Carlos Dengler (born 1974), American actor, bassist, and founding member of the band Interpol
  • Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), prominent figure in the history of tango music
  • Carlos Montoya (1903–1993), prominent flamenco guitarist
  • Carlos Pena Jr. (born 1989,) American singer, dancer and actor
  • Carlos Ponce (born 1972), Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality
  • Carlos Santana (born 1947), Mexican musician, leader of the band Santana
  • Carlos Vives (born 1961), Colombian singer
  • Carlos Ward (born 1940), jazz alto saxophonist and flautist

People in sport[]

Baseball players[]

Basketball players[]

Cyclists[]

Fighters[]

Footballers[]

Runners[]

  • Carlos Moreno (athlete) (born 1967), Chilean track and field sprinter
  • Carlos Patrício (born 1964), Portuguese long-distance runner
  • Carlos Retiz (born 1968), Mexican long-distance runner
  • Carlos Tarazona (born 1966), Venezuelan long-distance runner

Swimmers[]

Volleyball players[]

  • Carlos Weber (born 1966), Argentine volleyball player
  • Carlos Carreño (born 1973), Spanish volleyball player
  • Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player
  • Carlos Tejeda (born 1980), Venezuelan volleyball player

Gymnasts[]

Other people[]

Multiple people[]

  • Carlos Imperial (disambiguation)

Fictional characters[]

  • Carlos, a character in the video game Saints Row 2
  • Carlos, a character from The Magic School Bus series of children's books and video games
  • Carlos, a henchman to Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale
  • Carlos, a character from the PBS preschool television series Barney and Friends
  • Carlos, a meerkat in the 2005 to 2008 Animal Planet televisio. series Meerkat Manor
  • Carlos, a character from the Subway Surfers
  • Carlos, Cecil's husband from Welcome to Nightvale
  • Carlos, a protagonist from the video game Zero Time Dilemma
  • Carlos De Vil, son of Cruella in Descendants
  • Carlos Casagrande, one of the main characters of the Nickelodeon animated television series The Casagrandes
  • Carlos Lopez, a character in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy, voiced by Matt Hill
  • Carlos Miyamoto, one of the player characters in the SNES game, Final Fight 2
  • Carlos Nieto, a paramedic in the television series Third Watch
  • Carlos Oliveira (Resident Evil), one of the two protagonists in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
  • Carlos Rivera, a boxer from the manga and anime series Ashita no Joe
  • Carlos Solis, a character from Desperate Housewives
  • Carlos Vallerte, the character in two of the Power Rangers series
  • Carlos Molina, a character in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms.
  • Carlos, Ryder's pen pal and caretaker of Tracker from the Canadian animated preschool television series PAW Patrol
  • Don Carlos, the main character of Schiller's eponymous play and the Verdi opera inspired by it, based on a fictional retelling of the Spanish infante's life.

See also[]

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