Carlo (name)

Carlo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name and a surname. As an Italian name it is a form of Charles. As a Spanish name it is a short form of Carlos. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

 * Carlo Agostoni (1909–1972), Italian fencer
 * Carlo Ancelotti (born 1959), Italian football player and manager
 * Carlo Arnaudi (1899–1970), Italian scientist and politician
 * Carlo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino actor and musician
 * Carlo Bagno (1920–1990), Italian actor
 * Carlo Bernini (1936–2011), Italian politician and businessman
 * Carlo Biado (born 1983), Filipino pool player
 * Carlo Alberto Biggini (1902–1945), Italian politician
 * Carlo Bonomi (1937–2022), Italian voice actor
 * Carlo Bomans (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
 * Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1894–1998), Italian film director
 * Carlo Buccirosso (born 1954), Italian actor, theatre director and playwright
 * Carlo Buonaparte (1746–1785), Italian diplomat and father of Napoleon
 * Carlo Cafiero (1846–1892), Italian anarchist
 * Carlo Canna (born 1992), Italian rugby player
 * Carlo J. Caparas (born 1958), Filipino comic strip creator/writer, director and producer
 * Carlo Carcano (1891–1965), Italian football player and manager
 * Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian painter
 * Carlo Cassola (1917–1987), Italian novelist and essayist
 * Carlo Cattaneo (1801–1869), Italian philosopher, writer, and rebel
 * Carlo Ceresoli (1910–1995), Italian footballer
 * Carlo Checchinato (born 1970), Italian rugby player
 * Carlo Chendi (1933–2021), Italian cartoonist
 * Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016), Italian politician
 * Carlo Chiti (1924–1994), Italian automotive engineer
 * Carlo Cignani (1628–1719), Italian painter
 * Carlo M. Cipolla (1922–2000), Italian historian
 * Carlo Clerici (1929–2007), Swiss cyclist
 * Carlo Contarini (1580–1656), Italian nobleman
 * Carlo Costamagna (1881–1965), Italian lawyer and academic
 * Carlo Costly (born 1982), Honduran football player
 * Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430 – 1495), Italian Renaissance painter
 * Carlo Croccolo (1927–2019), Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter
 * Carlo Cudicini (born 1973), Italian footballer
 * Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982), Italian general
 * Carlo Delle Piane (1936–2019), Italian film actor
 * Carlo Dolci (1616–1686), Italian painter
 * Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991) was an Italian politician
 * Carlo Emery (1848–1925), Italian entomologist
 * Carlo D'Este (1936–2020), American historian
 * Carlo Fassi (1929–1997), Italian figure skater and coach
 * Carlo Del Fava (born 1981), South African-born Italian rugby player
 * Carlo Festuccia (born 1980), Italian rugby player
 * Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), Italian architect
 * Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian writer and poet
 * Carlo Gaddi (born 1962), Italian rower
 * Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769–1846), Austrian Cardinal
 * Carlo Galetti (1882–1949), Italian road racing cyclist
 * Carlo Gambino (1902–1976), Italian mobster
 * Carlo Gatti (1817–1878), Swiss entrepreneur
 * Carlo Geloso (1879–1957), was an Italian general
 * Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Italian Prince
 * Carlo Ginzburg (born 1939), Italian historian
 * Carlo Giuffrè (1928–2018), Italian actor and director
 * Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), Italian conductor
 * Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian playwright and librettist
 * Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806), Italian playwright
 * Carlo Grande (born 1974), Italian rower
 * Carlo Grippo (born 1955), Italian middle-distance athlete
 * Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss skier
 * Carlo Katigbak (born 1970), Filipino executive
 * Carlo Lastimosa (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
 * Carlo Levi (1902–1975), Italian painter, writer
 * Carlo Lievore (1937–2002), Italian javelin athlete
 * Carlo Lizzani (1922–2013), Italian film director, screenwriter and critic
 * Carlo Maderno (1556–1629), Italian architect
 * Carlo Maratta (1625–1713), Italian painter
 * Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012), Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church
 * Carlo Marino (born 1968), Italian politician
 * Carlo Marochetti (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor
 * Carlo Marrale (born 1952), Italian singer, songwriter and musician
 * Carlo Martinenghi (1894–1944), Italian long-distance athlete
 * Carlo Masci (born 1958), Italian politician
 * Carlo Matteucci (1811–1868), Italian physicist and neurophysiologist
 * Carlo Mattioli (born 1954), Italian race walker
 * Carlo Mattogno (born 1951), Italian writer
 * Carlo Mazzacurati (1956–2014), Italian film director and screenwriter
 * Carlo Mazzone (born 1937), Italian football player and manager
 * Carlo de' Medici (1595–1666), Italian Cardinal
 * Carlo Monti (1920–2016), Italian sprint athlete
 * Carlo Montuori (1885–1968), Italian cinematographer
 * Carlo Mornati (born 1972), Italian rower
 * Carlo Ninchi (1896–1974), Italian actor
 * Carlo Oriani (1888–1917), Italian cyclist
 * Carlo Paalam (born 1998), Filipino boxer
 * Carlo Parola (1921–2000), Italian football player and coach
 * Carlo Pellegrini (1839–1889), Italian artist
 * Carlo Pedersoli (1929–2016), Italian swimmer and actor (Bud Spencer)
 * Carlo Pietzner (1915–1986), American artist and anthroposophist
 * Carlo Pinsoglio (born 1990), Italian footballer
 * Carlo Pisacane (1818–1857), Italian patriot
 * Carlo Ponti (1912–2007), Italian film producer
 * Carlo Alberto Quario (1913–1984), Italian football player and coach
 * Carlo Rambaldi (1925–2012), Italian special effects artist
 * Carlo Recalcati (born 1945), Italian basketball coach and player
 * Carlo Rigotti (1906–1983), Italian football player
 * Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant (1826–1888), Italian statesman and diplomat
 * Carlo Rolandi (1926–2020), Italian sailor
 * Carlo Romano (1908–1975), Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter
 * Carlo Rosselli (1899–1937), Italian Jewish political leader
 * Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775–1849), Italian architect
 * Carlo Rota (born 1961), British actor
 * Carlo Rovelli (born 1956), Italian physicist
 * Carlo Rubbia (born 1934), Italian physicist
 * Carlo Rustichelli (1916–2004), Italian film composer
 * Carlo Ruzzini (1653–1735), Italian diplomat
 * Carlo Saraceni (1579–1620), Italian painter
 * Carlo Salvemini (born 1966), Italian politician
 * Carlo Savina (1919–2002), Italian composer and conductor
 * Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), Italian architect
 * Carlo Schanzer (1865–1953), Italian jurist and politician
 * Carlo Scognamiglio (born 1944), Italian economist and politician
 * Carlo Sforza (1872–1952), Italian politician
 * Carlo Sibilia (born 1986), Italian politician
 * Carlo De Simone (1885–1951), Italian Army officer
 * Carlo Simionato (born 1961), Italian sprint athlete
 * Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858–1926), Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist
 * Carlo Speroni (1895–1969), Italian long-distance athlete
 * Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742), Italian Cardinal and Archbishop
 * Carlo Tamberlani (1899–1980), Italian actor
 * Carlo Thränhardt (born 1957), German high jumper
 * Carlo I Tocco (died 1429), Italian Count and Despot
 * Carlo Tognoli (1938–2021), Italian politician
 * Carlo Trigilia (born 1951), Italian academic and politician
 * Carlo Ubbiali (1929–2020), Italian motorcycle racer
 * Carlo van Dam (born 1986), Dutch racing driver
 * Carlo Vanzina (1951–2018), Italian film director, producer and screenwriter
 * Carlo Verdone (born 1950), Italian actor, screenwriter and film director
 * Carlo Vergara (born 1971), Filipino graphic designer and illustrator
 * Carlo Maria Viganò (born 1941), Italian Catholic archbishop
 * Carlo Vittori (1931–2015), Italian sprinter and athletics coach
 * Carlo, Duke of Calabria (1775–1778), heir to Naples and Sicily.
 * Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963), French-born Italian nobleman

Nickname/stage name

 * Carlo Collodi, pen name of Carlo Lorenzini (1826–1890), Italian author known for The Adventures of Pinocchio
 * Carlo Corazzin, nickname of Giancarlo Michele Corazzin (born 1971), Canadian football player
 * Carlo Little, stage name of Carl O'Neil Little (1938–2005), British drummer
 * Carlo Montagnese, real name of Illangelo (born 1987), Canadian musician

Middle name

 * Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
 * Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1795–1859), Italian Archbishop
 * Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708), Italian nobility
 * Gian Carlo Muzzarelli (born 1955), Italian politician
 * Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999), Italian mathematician
 * Luigi Carlo Farini (1812–1866), Italian statesman

Surname

 * Brandon Carlo (born 1996), American ice hockey player
 * Monti Carlo (born 1975), Puerto Rican host, chef and blogger
 * Philip Carlo (1949–2010), American journalist and author
 * Phoebe Carlo (1874–1898), British actress

Fictional characters

 * Carlo Hesser, character from One Life to Live
 * Carlo Gervasi, character from The Sopranos
 * Carlo Renzi, character from The Sopranos
 * Carlo Rizzi character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather
 * Carlo Zota, character from Marvel Comics
 * Don Carlo, Baritone in Verdi opera, Ernani