Carolus (name)

Template:Charles 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.

People

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