Karol
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Karol is a Polish
and Slovak
version of the name Charles
or Carl
. It is also used as a Polish translation of Charles or Karl, especially when referring to Charles Dickens
(Polish: Karol Dickens), Karl Marx
(Polish: Karol Marks), and Prince Charles (Polish: książę Karol).
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
and Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
version of the name Charles
Charles
Charles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus Charles is a given name for males and is borrowed from the French form of the Latin Carolus...
or Carl
Carl (name)
.Carl is a popular given name as well as the name of various places. The most popular male variations are Karl, Charles; the popularity stems from the long lines of historical nobility using these names. There also exist many female variations such as Charlotte and Carla...
. It is also used as a Polish translation of Charles or Karl, especially when referring to Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
(Polish: Karol Dickens), Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
(Polish: Karol Marks), and Prince Charles (Polish: książę Karol).
People with the first name Karol
- Karol AdamieckiKarol Adamiecki-External links:* * *...
, a PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
economist, engineer and management researcher - Karol BeckKarol BeckKarol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...
, a Slovak tennis player - Karol J. BobkoKarol J. BobkoKarol Joseph "Bo" Bobko is an engineer, retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut.-Personal:Bobko was born in New York City, New York to a Lithuanian-American family...
, a Polish American NASA astronaut - Karol BorsukKarol BorsukKarol Borsuk was a Polish mathematician.His main interest was topology.Borsuk introduced the theory of absolute retracts and absolute neighborhood retracts , and the cohomotopy groups, later called Borsuk-Spanier cohomotopy groups. He also founded the so called Shape theory...
, a Polish mathematician - Karol John DrewienkiewiczJohn DrewienkiewiczMajor General Karol John Drewienkiewicz CB CMG is a retired British Army officer.-Early life and education:Drewienkiewicz attended Stamford School, an independent boarding school in southern Lincolnshire, alongside Mike Jackson, with whom he later served in Kosovo and who went on to become the...
, a retired British Army Major-General - Karol GregorekKarol GregorekKarol Gregorek is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Chojniczanka Chojnice.-Club:He was released from GKS Bełchatów on 4 July 2011.In August 2011, he joined Chojniczanka Chojnice.-External links:...
, a Polish football player - Karol KennedyKarol KennedyKarol Estelle Kennedy Kucher was an American pair skater. With her brother, Peter, she won five U.S. Championship titles from 1948-1952...
, an American figure skater - Karol KniaziewiczKarol KniaziewiczBaron Karol Otto Kniaziewicz was a Polish general and political activist....
, a Polish general and political activist - Karol KučeraKarol KuceraKarol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...
, a Slovak tennis player - Karol Kudyba, a Polish Canadian writer
- Karol LibeltKarol LibeltKarol Libelt was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, president of the PTPN.-Life and work:...
, a Polish philosopher, writer, and social and political activist - Karol LipinskiKarol LipinskiKarol Józef Lipiński was a Polish virtuoso violinist and composer.-Life:Lipiński was born in Radzyń Podlaski. In 1810 he became the first violin and two years later the conductor of the opera orchestra at Lwów . In 1817 he went to Italy in the hope of hearing Niccolò Paganini...
, a Polish virtuoso violinist and composer - Karol MarcinkowskiKarol MarcinkowskiKarol Marcinkowski was a Polish physician, social activist in the Greater Poland region , supporter of the basic education programmes, organizer of the Scientific Help Society and the Poznań Bazar - the Polish mall in Poznań that...
, a Polish physician and social activist - Karol OlszewskiKarol OlszewskiKarol Stanisław Olszewski was a Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist.-Life:Olszewski was a graduate of Kazimierz Brodziński High School in Tarnów . He studied at Kraków's Jagiellonian University in the departments of mathematics and physics, and chemistry and biology...
, a Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist - Karol RzepeckiKarol RzepeckiKarol Rzepecki was a Polish bookseller, social and political activist, editor of Sokół magazine.-References:...
, a Polish bookseller, and social and political activist - Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
- Karol Stanisław Radziwill a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic, voivod of Vilnius and starosta of Lwów
- Karol SirokyKarol SirokyKarol Siroky was a minor political figure in Ontario, Canada during the 1980s. He is most notable for his abortive legal challenge to declare invalid the 1985 provincial election....
, a Canadian politician - Karol SzymanowskiKarol SzymanowskiKarol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'...
, a Polish pianist and composer - Karol ŚwierczewskiKarol SwierczewskiKarol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...
, a Polish Soviet military officer and general - Karol Wojtyła, name at birth of Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
People with the middle name Karol
- Jan Karol ChodkiewiczJan Karol ChodkiewiczJan Karol Chodkiewicz was a famous Lithuanian military commander and one of the most prominent noblemen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.-Biography:...
, a famous Polish-Lithuanian military commander - Adam Karol CzartoryskiAdam Karol CzartoryskiPrince Adam Karol Jezus Maria Józef Franciszek Salezy and all the Saints Czartoryski, es. Adán Carlos Jesús María José Francisco de Sales y todos los Santos Czartoryski-Bórbon Krasinski y Orléans is a Polish-Spanish aristocrat, the creator of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation, and a patron of the...
, a creator of the Princes Czartoryski FoundationPrinces Czartoryski FoundationThe Princes Czartoryski Foundation was established by Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski in 1991 and administering the Czartoryski Museum under the auspices of the National Museum in Kraków, Poland.* Founder & President: Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski... - Jozef Karol HellJozef Karol HellJozef Karol Hell was a Hungarian mining engineer and inventor, who invented the water-pillar in 1749 . It is mainly used today for oil extraction...
, a Slovak mining engineer and inventor - Józef Karol LubomirskiJózef Karol LubomirskiPrince Józef Karol Lubomirski was a Polish noble.He was owner of Dubno, Wiśnicz, Tarnów and Zesław, Koniuszy of the Crown since 1683, Court Marshals of the Crown since 1692, Grand Marshal of the Crown in 1702, Starost of Sandomierz and Zator....
, a Polish noble - Jan Karol Tarło, a Polish noble
- Aleksander Karol WazaAlexander Charles VasaAlexander Charles Vasa , , was the fifth son of King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance of Austria....
(Alexander Charles Vasa), the fifth son of King Sigismund III VasaSigismund III VasaSigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
and Constance of AustriaConstance of AustriaArchduchess Constance of Austria was a Queen consort of Poland.-Biography:...
People with the last name Karol
- Tina KarolTina KarolTina Karol , born Tatiana Grigorievna Liberman , is a Ukrainian singer. Karol represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006.- Biography :...
(stage nameStage nameA stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
/pseudonymPseudonymA pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
), a UkrainianUkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
singer
Other
- Karol is also a short title of the movie Karol: A Man Who Became PopeKarol: A Man Who Became PopeKarol: A Man Who Became Pope is a 2005 TV miniseries directed by Giacomo Battiato, and created as a Polish-Italian-French-German and Canadian joint cooperation project...
, based on the early life of Pope John Paul II