Browse Historical People

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 133,342 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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133,342 people found

Carl Mariboe

1800–1860 head teacher, textbook writer, translator Copenhagen

Carl McIntire

1906–2002 pastor Ypsilanti

Carl Meinhard Lehndorff-Steinort

1826–1883 politician Königsberg

Carl Meinhold

1926–2019 basketball player West Hazleton

Carl Meissner

1800–1874 botanist, university teacher Bern

Carl Mejenqvist

1823–1909 farmer, politician

Carl Mertens

1902–1932 journalist Kassel

Carl Meyers

Carl Michaelis

b. 1858 mathematician

Carl Michel

1843–1930 actor, stage actor, writer Stolberg

Carl Milton Jensen

1855–1928 painter Slagelse

Carl Mitman

Carl Moltke

Count

Carl Munthe

1880–1975 physicist Örebro

Carl Muusmann

1863–1936 journalist, screenwriter, writer Schleswig

Carl Naibo

b. 1982 sport cyclist Villeneuve-sur-Lot

Carl Nathorst

1861–1945 military personnel

Carl Nebe

1858–1908 opera singer Brunswick

Carl Neill

b. 1996 ice hockey player Boisbriand

Carl Neufeldt

1838–1921 businessperson Schwerte

Carl Nicolai Starcke

1858–1926 philosopher, politician, sociologist, teacher, textbook writer Copenhagen

Carl Nicolai Stoud Platou

1809–1888 jurist, politician

Carl Nielsen

1836–1910 businessperson, local politician Trondheim

Carl Nipperdey

1821–1875 archaeologist, classical philologist, university teacher Schwerin

Carl Norman

1915–2001 architect

Carl Norrthon

1872–1966 ship-owner

Carl Norstrand

1852–1912 merchant

Carl O'Neill Oxholm

1843–1914 chamberlain

Carl O. Alexius Olson

1872–1929 politician Skaraborg County

Carl Offermann

1850–1908 entrepreneur, lawyer, politician Brno

Carl Olaf Petersen

1881–1939 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, scenographer, writer Malmö

Carl Olof Rahm

1870–1946 electrical engineer Närkes Kil

Carl Olof Rosenius

1816–1868 hymnwriter, newspaper editor, preacher, theologian

Carl Oscar Lundberg

1837–1900

Carl Oscar Philip Creutz

1873–1941 politician

Carl Parrot

1867–1911 writer Castell

Carl Passavant

1854–1887 photographer Basel

Carl Pauli

1839–1901 linguist, secondary school teacher Barth

Carl Pedersen Stenseth

1841–1925 politician Nedre Eiker Municipality

Carl Peter Mazér

1807–1884 painter, photographer Stockholm

Carl Petersen

1902–1983 long-distance runner, merchant

Carl Pfann

1874–1928 film actor, opera singer, stage actor Vienna

Carl Plate

1909–1977 artist, painter Perth

Carl Posner

1854–1928 internist, university teacher, urologist Berlin

Carl Praefcke

1805–1869 Lutheran pastor, school teacher Friedland

Carl Praefcke

1866–1928 military officer Neubrandenburg

Carl R. Ajello

1932–2025 judge Ansonia

Carl R. Chindblom

Representative

Carl R. Eklund

1909–1962 explorer, geographer, geologist, ornithologist, polar explorer, zoologist Tomahawk

Carl R. Gray

Vice-Chairman, Union Pacific Railroad