Famous People with Name Karl

Karl Anthony Malone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karl Anthony Malone: is a retired American professional basketball player.

Karl Malden            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karl Malden: is an Emmy Award–winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe–nominated American actor of Serbian origin, known for his expansive manner. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he was featured in classic films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks, with Marlon Brando, and also starred in the blockbuster movie, Patton. Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll and Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won both starring Carroll Baker. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco.

Karl Diedrich Bader            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karl Diedrich Bader: Bader was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Gretta, a sculptor, and William Bader, a foundation executive who worked in politics.[1] At the age of two, his family moved to Paris, France, but he returned to the U.S. to attend Groveton High School; g

Karl Mecklenburg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karl Mecklenburg: is a former American football player for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League.In 1983, the Denver Broncos drafted Karl Mecklenburg in the 12th round with the 310th pick overall. In spite of his low selection, Mecklenburg went on to become an integral part of the Broncos' Super Bowl teams of the 1980s

Karl Guthe Jansky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karl Guthe Jansky: was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.Karl Jansky attended college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his BS in physics in 1927. In 1928 he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories site in Holmdel, New Jersey. Bell Labs wanted to investigate atmospheric and ionospheric properties using "short waves" (wavelengths of about 10-20 meters) for use in transatlantic radio telephone service. As a radio engineer, Jansky was assigned the job of investigating sources of static that might interfere with radio voice transmissions.

Andy Karl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andy Karl: (April 8, 1914 - April 8, 1989) was a former professional baseball player.

Scott Karl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Karl: (born August 9, 1971 in Fontana, California), is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1995-2000.

Coby Karl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Coby Karl: is a 6' 5" (1.96 m), 215 lb (98 kg) American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He is the son of George Karl, head coach of the Denver Nuggets.Karl attended Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin) in Mequon, Wisconsin and was a good student and a letterman in basketball. In basketball, as a senior, he was an All-Suburban selection, a first team All-Conference selection, and an All-State Honorable Mention selection. As a junior, he just averaged 8 points and 2 rebounds per game. Coby Karl graduated from Homestead High School in 2001.

George Matthew Karl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Matthew Karl: is an American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player and current head coach of the Denver Nuggets. Karl is currently 12th on the all-time win list for coaches in the NBA.