Kārlis

Kārlis or Karlis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Kārlis Aperāts (1892–1944), Latvian Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
 * Kārlis Ašmanis (1898–1962), Latvian footballer
 * Kārlis Balodis (1864–1931), Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist
 * Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, a Latvian composer
 * Kārlis Bētiņš (1867–1943), Latvian chess master and composer of studies
 * Kārlis Bone (1899–1941), Latvian footballer
 * Kārlis Būmeisters (born Riga), Latvian musician and politician
 * Karlis Ezergailis, Australian Motorcycle speedway rider
 * Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop
 * Kārlis Goppers (1876–1941), Latvian military officer and the founder and President of Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija
 * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884–1951), Latvian painter, classified as a Realist
 * Kārlis Irbītis (1904–1997), Latvian aeroplane designer
 * Kārlis Johansons (1890–1929), Latvian-Soviet avant-garde artist
 * Kārlis Lācis (born 1977), Latvian composer
 * Kārlis Leiškalns (born 1951), Latvian politician
 * Kārlis Lejnieks (born 1988), retired Latvian tennis player currently pursuing interest in coaching
 * Kārlis Kepke (1890–????), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor
 * Kārlis Klāsens (1895–1973), Latvian sailor and Olympic competitor
 * Kārlis Klāsups (1922–1991), Latvian chess master
 * Kārlis Kļava (1907–1941), Latvian sports shooter and Olympic competitor
 * Kārlis Lasmanis (born 1994), Latvian basketball player and Olympic competitor
 * Kārlis Lobe (1895–1985), Latvian Nazi collaborator and high-ranking Waffen-SS officer
 * Kārlis Mīlenbahs (1853–1916), the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics
 * Kārlis Mūsiņš (1919–1955), Latvian Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during WWII
 * Kārlis Muižnieks (born 1964), former basketball player, head coach of Barons LMT
 * Karlis Osis (1917–1997), Latvian-born American parapsychologist
 * Karlis Ozols (1912–2001), Latvian-Australian chess player
 * Kārlis Padegs (1911–1940), Latvian artist
 * Kārlis Paegle (1911–1997), Latvian ice hockey player
 * Kārlis Prauls (1895–1941), Latvian general, from 1930 to 1940 was a commander of Aizsargi organization
 * Kārlis Sensbergs, Waffen-Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
 * Kārlis Skalbe (1879–1945), Latvian writer, poet, and activist
 * Kārlis Skrastiņš (born 1974), Latvian ice hockey player
 * Kārlis Smilga (born 1975), Latvian curler
 * Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer
 * Kārlis Tīls (1906–196?), Latvian international football defender and football manager
 * Kārlis Ulmanis (1877–1942), prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia
 * Kārlis Vērdiņš (born 1979), Latvian poet
 * Kārlis Vilciņš (1892–1972), Latvian wrestler and Olympic competitor
 * Kārlis Zāle (1888–1942), Latvian sculptor
 * Kārlis Zariņš (1879–1963), Latvian diplomat
 * Kārlis Zariņš (1889–1978), Latvian writer
 * Kārlis Zilpaušs (1918–1944), Latvian ice hockey player
 * Kārlis Zirnis (born 1977), Latvian ice hockey player