Cariou

Cariou is a surname, and may refer to:

The Breton etymology of Cariou (friend) is from Gallo-Roman name Carus and Carius (dear, darling).


 * Len Cariou (born 1939), Canadian actor.
 * Philippe Cariou, French actor.
 * Corentin Cariou (1898–1942), born in Loctudy, alderman of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, shot as a hostage during the occupation. An avenue in Paris and a subway station named after him in this district.
 * Corentin Cariou, born in Loctudy, French résistant died in deportation at Mittelbau-Dora, February 19, 1944.
 * Corentin Cariou, pseudonym of Yves Le Drézen (1899–1972) journalist.
 * Jacques Cariou, Eventing rider.
 * Warren Cariou writer and Associate Professor of English at the University of Manitoba.
 * Patrick Cariou, photographer, or Cariou v. Prince, a US Second Circuit copyright case about art
 * Eric Cariou, Lecturer in computer-science department in university of Pau