Carolus (name)

Carolus is the medieval Latin form of the name Charles, notably the name of Charlemagne (742–814).

The given name also gave rise to a surname in the 17th century.

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First name or title[]

Carolus Andriamatsinoro (born 1989), Malagasy footballer
Carolus Arretinus or Carlo Marsuppini (1399–1453), Italian humanist and chancellor
Carolus Clusius (Charles de l'Écluse), Flemish doctor and botanist
Carolus de Tilly (1642–1698), French Roman Catholic prelate
Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand), French painter
Carolus Fernández de Velasco (1596-1665) Belgian Roman Catholic clergy
Carolus Antonius Fodor or Carel Anton Fodor (1768 – 1846), Dutch composer
Carolus Gallus (1530 – 1616), Dutch minister and polemicist
Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640 - after 1686), Flemish composer
Carolus Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794 – 1845), German industrialist
Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (born 1954), Dutch orchidologist, botanical writer and taxonomist
Carolus Lassila (1922 – 1987), Finnish diplomat
Carolus Luython (1557 – 1620), Belgian composer
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Linnaeus or Carl von Linné), Swedish botanist and physician
Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (Carl Linnaeus the Younger), Swedish naturalist
Carolus Luython, 17th-century composer
Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne), Holy Roman Emperor
Carolus Maneken (1419-1493), professor
Carolus Mulerius (1601 – 1638), Dutch Hispanist and grammarian
Carolus Niellius (1576 – 1652), Dutch Remonstrant minister
Carolus Nolet (born 1940/41), Dutch businessman
Carolus Polodig (1671–1714), Czech Roman Catholic prelate
Carolus Johannes Reinecke (born 1941), South African rector
Carolus Rex (Charles XII of Sweden), King of Sweden
Carolus Sigonius (c. 1524 – 1584), Italian humanist
Carolus Souliaert (died 1540), 16th-century composer
Carolus Stoffels (1893 – 1957), Dutch modern pentathlete
Carolus Wimmer (born 1948), German politician
Carolus Wrede (1860 — 1927), Finnish industrialist

Middle name[]

Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa (1718 – 1793), Dutch Lutheran pastor
Francis Carolus Eeles (1876 – 1954), English liturgical scholar and ecclesiastical historian

Last name[]

Cheryl Carolus, South African politician
Jean Carolus, 19th-century Belgian artist
Johann Carolus, 17th-century newspaper publisher
Joris Carolus, 17th-century Dutch cartographer
Louis Carolus-Barré (1910 – 1993), French librarian and medievalist

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