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Karl Kuhn Karl Kuhn ( July 7, 1875 - November 9, 1923) was a headwaiter in a restaurant and also early party member of the Nazi Party who was killed in the failed Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler would later dedicated his book Mein Kampf to him and the others who died during the failed coup attempt.
Karl Lake Karl Lake, one of the set designers of Chappelle's Show, also plays a supporting role in several episodes of the show. His appearances are brief, and consist of him doing the "Robot dance" in random places, like a barbershop, a night club, and a courtroom (in a deleted scene).
Karl Löffler Karl Löffler was head of the "Jewish Desk" (or Jewish Affairs) department of the Gestapo in Cologne, Germany during in the 1930s and 1940s. As such he was in charge in coordinating the deportations of the Jewish community of Cologne to concentration camps.
Karl Löwith Karl Löwith (January 9, 1897 in Munich – May 26, 1973 in Heidelberg) was a German-Jewish philosopher, a student of Heidegger. Like most of his ethnicity and profession he left Germany during the Nazizeit, but returned in 1952 to teach as Professor of Philosophy at Heidelberg.
Karl Lehenbauer Karl Lehenbauer (born April 5, 1958) was the founder of NeoSoft in the early 1990s, which was the first Internet Service Provider in the southern United States as well as the first to offer cable modem service in Houston, Texas, among other technological milestones. NeoSoft was later sold to Internet America in 1998.
Karl Lennart Oesch Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August1892, Pyhäjärvi, Karelian Isthmus - 28 March 1978, Helsinki) was one of the leading Finnish generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War fully two-thirds of the Finnish ground forces were under his command.
Karl Lentzner Karl Lentzner was a linguist who published works pertaining to Australian English vocabulary in the late 19th century. His Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages was published in 1892.
Karl Liebknecht (film) Karl Liebknecht is a East German duology film directed by GĂĽnter Reisch, about the German Communist leader Karl Liebknecht (1871 - 1919), starring Horst Schulze in the part as Liebknecht, and Lyudmila Kasyanova as Sophie Liebknecht.
Karl Linnas In 1981 the Federal District Court in Westbury, NY stripped 67-year-old Karl Linnas of his citizenship for having lied to immigration officials thirty years earlier about his Nazi past. Linnas's crimes, the judge said, "were such as to offend the decency of any civilized society.
Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger (1826-1898), German palaeontologist and geologist, was born at Dillenburg, Nassau, on the 22nd of November 1826. He was educated at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Giessen, at the last of which he graduated Ph.
Karl Ludwig Hencke Karl Ludwig Hencke (April 8 1793 in Driesen, Brandenburg (now Drezdenko, Poland) – September 21 1866 in Marienwerder, Prussia (now Kwidzyn, Poland)) was a German astronomer. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer.
Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (December 28, 1828, Driesen - April 15, 1899) was a German psychiatrist who practiced medicine at Wehlau and Königsberg before becoming director of the mental hospital at Görlitz, Prussia in 1867. He would remain at Gorlitz for the remainder of his life.
Karl Ludwig Sand Karl Ludwig Sand (Wunsiedel, then in Prussia, October 5, 1795 - Mannheim, May 20, 1820) was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association). He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in Mannheim.
Karl Malden Karl Malden (born on March 22, 1912) is an Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, known for his expansive manner. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he starred in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks, with the late Marlon Brando, and also starred in the blockbuster movie, Patton.
Karl Mannheim Karl Mannheim (March 27, 1893, Budapest - January 9, 1947, London) was a Jewish Hungarian-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of classical sociology. Mannheim rates as a founder of the sociology of knowledge.
Karl Maria Wiligut Karl Maria Wiligut (alias Weisthor, Jarl Widar, Lobesam and Karl Maria Weisthor) (December 10, 1866 - January 3, 1946) was a major influence on Nazi mysticism and Germanic Neopaganism. He has been called "Himmler's Rasputin".
Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. Marx addressed a wide range of issues; he is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the Communist Manifesto (1848): "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
Karl Marx House The Karl Marx House museum (German: Karl-Marx-Haus) is the house in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) in which Karl Marx was born in 1818; it is now a museum. The significance of the house went unnoticed until 1904, at which point the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) worked hard to buy it, succeeding in 1928.
Karl May Karl Friedrich May (Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony, February 25, 1842 - Radebeul, Germany, March 30, 1912) was the best selling German writer of all time, noted chiefly for wild west books set in the American West and similar books set in the Middle East; in addition, he also wrote some lesser-known stories set in his native Germany, Russia, China and South America, some poetry, an autobiography, and a play. May also dabbled as a musical composer, writing two very famous romantic German songs, "Forget Me Not" and a version of "Ave Maria".
Karl Mayr Karl Mayr (1883 – 1945) General Staff officer and Hitler's immediate superior in an Army Intelligence Division in the Reichswehr, 1919-1920. He later became Hitler's opponent, and wrote in his memoirs that it was General Ludendorff who had personally ordered him to have Hitler join the Nazi party and build it up.
Karl Münchinger Karl Münchinger (May 29, 1915 – March 13, 1990) was a German conductor of European classical music. He helped to revive the now-ubiquitous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, through recording it with his Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1960.
Karl Menninger Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 - July 18, 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the famous Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
Karl Metzger Karl Metzger is a guard on the HBO dramatic series Oz, played by Bill Fagerbakke. A former member of a White Supremacist organization, he assists the Aryan Brotherhood gang while in Oz until he is discovered by unit manager Tim McManus.
Karl Michael Vogler Karl Michael Vogler (b.28 August 1928, in Remscheid, Germany) is a German actor probably best-known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films of the 1960s and 1970s, including playing Erwin Rommel in the film Patton.
Karl Michael Ziehrer Karl Michael Ziehrer (also Carl M Ziehrer) (2 May 1843 - 14 November 1922) was an Austrian composer and military bandmaster. In his lifetime, he was better known as one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family, especially Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss.
Karl Mollweide Karl Brandan Mollweide, (* February 3, 1774 in Wolfenbüttel; † March 10, 1825 in Leipzig) was a German mathematician and astronomer in Halle and Leipzig. He discovered trigonometric formulas and invented a map projection that are both named after him.
Karl Nikolas Fraas Karl Nikolas Fraas (1810-1875), German botanist and agriculturist, was born at Rattelsdorf, near Bamberg, on the 8th of September 1810. After receiving his preliminary education at the gymnasium of Bamberg, he in 1830 entered the University of MĂĽnich, where he took his doctor's degree in 1834.
Karl of Tait Karl of Tait is a famous Folk Hero, widely renowned during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in New Zealand. The Tait part of his name stems from the Tait farm he told people he was from back home in England.
Karl Olson Karl Arthur Olson (born July 6, 1930 in Kentfield, California) is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1951, 1953-55), Washington Senators (1956-57) and Detroit Tigers (1957). He batted and threw right handed.
Karl Otto Koch Karl Otto Koch (August 2 1897 – April 5 1945), a colonel in the German Schutzstaffel (SS), was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald (from 1937 to 1941), and later at Lublin (Majdanek camp).
Karl Paul Caspari Karl Paul Caspari (8th of February 1814 Dessau, Anhalt - 11th of April 1892 Christiania) was a German Lutheran theologian and orientalist born of Jewish parents. He studied at Leipzig and Berlin, and became a Christian in 1838, in 1857 was appointed professor of theology at Christiania, having declined invitations to Rostock and Erlangen.
Karl Peters Karl Peters (September 27, 1856 - September 10, 1918), German traveller in Africa, one of the founders of German East Africa (East Africa, today's Tanzania), was born at Neuhaus on the Elbe, the son of a Lutheran clergyman.
Karl Philipp Moritz Karl Philipp Moritz (September 15 1756 - June 26 1793) was a German author, editor and essayist of the Sturm und Drang, late enlightenment, and classicist periods, influencing early German Romanticism as well. He led a colourful life as a hatter's apprentice, teacher, journalist, literary critic, professor of art and linguistics, and member of both of Berlin's academies.
Karl Philipp von Wrede Prince Karl Philipp von Wrede (April 29, 1767 – December 12, 1838), Bavarian field-marshal, was born at Heidelberg and educated for the career of a civil official under the Palatinate] government, but on the outbreak of the campaign of 1799 he raised a volunteer corps in the Palatinate and was made its colonel. This corps excited the mirth of the well-drilled [[Austrians with whom it served, but its colonel soon brought it into a good condition, and it distinguished itself during Kray's retreat on Ulm.
Karl Plagge Major Karl Plagge (July 10, 1897, in Darmstadt–July 1957 in Darmstadt) was a German officer and Nazi Party member who during World War II employed some 1,200 Jews—500 men, and the rest women and children—for forced labor, thus preventing many of them from being killed at Paneriai (Ponary), the site of mass-execution grounds outside Nazi-occupied Vilnius, Lithuania, or in Nazi extermination camps.
Karl Prachar Karl Prachar (1924 - 27 November 1994) was a mathematician who worked in the area of analytic number theory. He is known for his much acclaimed book on the distribution of the prime numbers, Primzahlverteilung (Springer Verlag, 1957).
Karl Proske Karl Proske (11 February, 1794, Upper Silesia - 20 December, 1861), was a German Catholic cleric, also known as Carolus Proske and Carl Proske. In his youth, Proske was a medical doctor, and worked for the Prussian military during the 1813-15 engagement.
Karl Ravech Karl Ravech (born January 19, 1965), is an American journalist who has worked for ESPN since 1993. A graduate of Ithaca College and Binghamton University, he previously was affiliated with local stations WHTM in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and WBNG in Binghamton, New York.
Karl Röderer Karl Röderer was a Swiss sports shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in pistol shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won twogold medals in Military Pistol and Military Pistol team for Switzerland.
Karl Reichsritter von Oberkamp SS-BrigadefĂĽhrer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ferdinand Reichsritter von Oberkamp (1893 - 1947) was a German Heer and Waffen-SS officer who commanded the 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen, 38.
Karl Reindler Karl Reindler (born April 18, 1985) is a racing driver from Perth, Western Australia. He raced in the 2005 and 2006 British F3 International Series for established team Alan Docking Racing, and part of the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season for A1 Team Australia.
Karl Ristenpart Karl Ristenpart (January 26, 1900 – December 24, 1967) was a German conductor born in Kiel, Germany, who studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and in Vienna. He was heavily involved in creating three orchestras in his lifetime, most notably the Chamber Orchestra of the Saar.
Karl Robert Osten-Sacken Baron Karl-Robert von Osten-Sacken (1828–1906) was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian General Counsel in New York during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877.
Karl Rothammel Karl Rothammel (1914 – 1987) was an amateur radio enthusiast, author and educator. He published articles in the journal Radioamatér for five years, and authored several books including Very High Frequencies and Practice of the Television Aerials.
Karl Ruberl Karl Ruberl was a Austrian swimmer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the 200 metre events. He participated in Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke and won the bronze medal in the 200 m Freestyle.
Karl Rudolf Brommy Rear Admiral Karl Rudolf Brommy (born September 10, 1804 in Anger near Leipzig, Saxony; died January 9, 1860 in St. Magnus near Bremen) was a German naval officer who helped establish the first unified German fleet, following the Revolutions of 1848.
Karl Ruprecht Kroenen Karl Ruprecht Kroenen is a villain of the 2004 film adaptation of Hellboy, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The character and film are based on the Dark Horse graphic novels of the same name by Mike Mignola, in which Kroenen played a more secondary role.
Karl Sapper Karl Theodor Sapper (1866–1945) was a German traveller, explorer, antiquarian and linguist, who is known for his research into the natural history, cultures and languages of Central America around the turn of the 20th century.
Karl Shapiro Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States poet, famous for his poetry written in the Pacific Theater while he served there during World War II. His collection V-Letter and Other Poems, written while Shapiro was stationed in New Guinea, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945, while Shapiro was still in the military.
Karl Schäfer (WWI Ace) Karl Emil Schäfer (December 17, 1891 – June 5, 1917) was a German pilot during World War One. Schäfer was born in Krefeld and became a flying ace during the war, credited with 30 victories and awarded the Pour le Mérite.
Karl Schefold Karl Schefold (born 26 January 1905, Heilbronn; died 16 April 1999, Basel) was a classical archaeologist based in Basel, Switzerland. Born and educated in Germany, he was forced in 1935 to emigrate to Switzerland, which he adopted as his home country.
Karl Schnörrer Lieutenant Karl "Quax" Schnörrer (March 3, 1919 - September 25, 1979) was a famous "ace" of the German Luftwaffe during World War II. He flew a total of 536 missions and recorded 46 victories.
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory The Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the institute of Thüringer Landessternwarte (Thuringian State Observatory) ’Karl Schwarzschild’ Tautenburg. In 1992 it was acquired by the state of Thuringia.
Karl Silberbauer Karl Josef Silberbauer (1911 – 1972) held the rank of SS - Oberscharfuehrer (Sergeant Major) in the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) in the Netherlands. He arrested Anne Frank and her family in their hiding place in 1944.
Karl Sovanka Karl Sovanka (Karol Šovánka) (born 7 March 1893 in Uhrovec, near Trenčín, Slovakia - died 1961 in Östringen, Germany) was a painter and sculptor. He is world-known for his paintings of animals and hunting motifs.
Karl Spiesberger Karl Spiesberger (SpieĂźberger), also formerly known as Frater Eratus or Fra Eratus, his mystico-magical name whilst a member of and involvement with, the Fraternitas Saturni ("Brotherhood of Saturn"), is a German mysticist, occultist and Germanic revivalist. He is most well known for his revivalism and usage of the Sidereal Pendulum for divination and dowsing and Armanen Runes.
Karl Spring Karl Spring is the chief meteorologist at KBJR-TV and KDLH-TV in Duluth, Minnesota. He started in March 2006 after former forecaster Sven Sundgaard left the stations for weekend weathercasting at KARE in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Karl Staaff Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party (1907–1915) and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden (1905–1906 and 1911–1914).
Karl Stegger Karl Stegger (born January 11 1913 in Aarhus, died April 13 1980 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish actor, who appeared in 157 films which makes him the second most used Danish actor, only surpassed by Ove Sprogøe.
Karl Steinbuch Karl Steinbuch (June 15, 1917 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Württemberg, Germany - June 4, 2005 in Ettlingen, Baden, Germany was a German Cybernetician, Communication technologist and Information theoretician. Karl Steinbuch is considered as the Theoretician of the informed society“ („Theoretiker der informierten bzw.
Karl Steinhoff Karl Steinhoff (November 24, 1892 – July 19, 1981) was a Minister-President (Ministerpräsident) of the German state (Land) of Brandenburg, then part of East Germany, and later served as East Germany's Minister of the Interior.
Karl Stetter Karl Otto Stetter (born July 16, 1941) is a German microbiologist and authority on astrobiology. He is an expert on microbial life at high temperatures, and one of the most important scientists currently working in this field.
Karl Story Karl Story (born October 28,1967) is an American comic book artist specializing in inking, and is one of the original members of Atlanta's influential Gaijin Studios, which has long held an industry-wide reputation for quality and as a training ground for some of comics' most prominent talents. Story is considered by many peers and fans to be one of the finest inkers of his generation.
Karl Taro Greenfeld Karl Taro Greenfeld (born 1964 in Kobe, Japan) is a journalist and author known primarily for his articles on life in modern Asia. A regular contributor to publications such as Sports Illustrated and Time magazine, Greenfeld was the editor of Time Asia from 2002 - 2004.
Karl Taube Karl Andreas Taube is an American Mayanist, anthropologist, epigrapher and ethnohistorian, known for his publications and research into the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica and the American Southwest. He is currently (as of 2006) Professor of Anthropology at the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside.
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (February 8, 1744–February 10, 1817) was Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, and afterwards primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand-Duke of Frankfort.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold (February 16, 1804 - April 7, 1885) was a German physiologist and zoologist. He was born at WĂĽrzburg, Bavaria, the son of a professor of obstetrics and a cousin (some say younger brother) to the naturalist and physician Philipp Franz von Siebold.
Karl Theodor Hartweg Karl Theodor Hartweg (1812-1871) was a German botanist. He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Society.
Karl Thiersch Karl Thiersch (April 20, 1822 - April 28, 1895) was a German surgeon who was born in Munich. He received his doctorate from the University of Munich in 1843 and later became a professor of surgery at the universities of Erlangen (1854) and Leipzig (1867).
Karl Urban Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is a New Zealand actor. He may be best known for playing Éomer in the second and third films of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, as well as the roles of Caesar, Cupid, Kor and Mael in Xena: Warrior Princess.
Karl von Cramer Karl von Cramer (1818-1902), Bavarian politician, had a very remarkable career, rising gradually from a mere workman in a factory at Doos near Nuremberg to the post of manager, and finally becoming part proprietor of the establishment. Leaving business in 1870 he devoted his time entirely to politics.
Karl von Einem Karl von Einem [genannt von Rothmaler] (January 1, 1853 - April 7, 1934) was the commander of the German 3rd Army during the First World War and served as the Prussian Minister of War responsible for much of the German military buildup prior to the outbreak of the war.
Karl von Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi (Prague, October 2, 1883 – Winchester, Massachusetts, October 25, 1963) was an Austrian civil engineer, called the father of soil mechanics. He was called one of the most prominent civil engineers of the twentieth century Biography ==
Karl von Vierordt Karl von Vierordt (July 1, 1818, Lahr, Baden – November 22, 1884, Tübingen) was a German physician. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Göttingen, Vienna, and Heidelberg, he began a practice in Karlsruhe in 1842.
Karl von Weizsäcker Karl Hugo Freiherr von Weizsäcker (born 25 February 1853 in Stuttgart, Germany; died 2 February 1926 ibi) was born Karl Hugo Weizsäcker as the son of the theologian Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker. While serving as a politician at the court of the Kingdom of Württemberg, his family was raised to nobility as von Weizsäcker.
Karl von Wogau Karl von Wogau was born 18 July 1941 in Freiburg and is a German politician. Karl von Wogau studied Law and Economics in Freiburg, Munich and Bonn and holds a Doctorate on the constitutional history of Further Austria (German: Vorderösterreich).
Karl Valentin Karl Valentin (* 4th June, 1882 in Munich; + 9th February, 1948 in Planegg near Munich); actually Valentin Ludwig Fey, was a Bavarian comedian, author and film producer, who had great influence on German culture.
Karl Vennberg Karl Vennberg (April 11, 1910 - May 12, 1995) was a Swedish poet, writer and translator. Born in Blädinge, Alvesta Municipality, the son of a farmer, Vennberg studied at Lund University and in Stockholm and worked as a teacher of Norwegian in a Stockholm folk high school.
Karl Vossler Karl Vossler (1872-1949) was a German linguist and scholar, and a leading Romanist.Darko Suvin called him The leading Romanist of pre-Nazi timesHe was known for his interest in Italian thought, and as a follower of Benedetto Croce].
Karl Weber Karl Jakob Weber (12 August 1712 — 1764) was a Swiss architect and engineer who was in charge of the first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae, under the patronage of Carlo III of Naples. His detailed drawings provided some of the basis for the luxurious royal folios of Le Antichità di Ercolano esposte, by means of which the European intelligentsia became aware of the details of what was being recovered.
Karl Weintraub Karl Joachim "Jock" Weintraub (1924-March 25, 2004) was a longtime professor of history at the University of Chicago, having taught there since 1954. His scholarship focused on culture, autobiography, and the history of the self; he was the author of Visions Of Culture (1966) and The Value Of The Individual: Self and Circumstance in Autobiography (1978).
Karl Weyprecht Karl Weyprecht, was born on September 8, 1838 in Bad König (alternatively in Michelstadt in Odenwald, Germany), and died March 3, 1881 in Michelstadt. He was an officer (Linienschiffsleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich August Leopold, Count von Werder Karl Wilhelm Friedrich August Leopold, Count von Werder (1808-1887), Prussian general, entered the Prussian Garde du Corps in 1825, transferring the following year into the Guard Infantry, with which he served for many years as a subaltern. In 1839 he was appointed an instructor in the Cadet Corps, and later he was employed in the topographical bureau of the Great General Staff.
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (1797-1855) was a German philologist, son of Johann Christian August Heyse, father of the novelist Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, born at Oldenburg. He studied Greek and Latin and became assistant professor of philosophy in Berlin in 1829.
Karl Wirsum Karl Wirsum (born 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an influential American artist. As a member of the notorious Chicago artistic group, The Hairy Who he helped set the foundation for Chicago's art scene in the 1970's.
Karl Wolfskehl Karl Wolfskehl (September 17, 1869 - June 30, 1948) was a Jewish-German author who wrote poetry, prose and drama in German. He was active in the circle around Stefan George and emigrated to Switzerland (1933), then to Italy (1934) and ultimately to New Zealand (1938).
Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm (born 31 December 1901 in Siuntio, died 22 May 1984 in Helsinki) was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, and 1958–58). Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War.
Karl-Birger Blomdahl Karl-Birger Blomdahl (October 19, 1916 – June 14, 1968) was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism.
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (April 28, 1918 - September 20, 2001) was an East German journalist, propagandist, and host of the television show Der schwarze Kanal (German: The Black Channel) from March 21, 1960 to October 30, 1989.
Karl-Erik Norman Karl-Erik Albert (Charlie) Norman (4 October 1920, Ludvika, Dalarnas län, Sweden - 12 August 2005, Danderyd, Stockholms län, Sweden (Cancer) ) was a Swedish musician and entertainer, generally considered to be Sweden's leading boogie-woogie pianist, but also an accomplished all-round piano player, whose first tv-show was 1947, playing behind Édith Piaf.
Karl-Heinz Krüger Karl-Heinz Krüger (born December 25, 1953) is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Andrés Aldama of Cuba.
Karl-Heinz Lambertz Karl-Heinz Lambertz (born June 4 1952 at Amel, Belgium), is a jurist and politician, currently the leader (Minister-President) of the community executive of the German-speaking community of Belgium. He is noted for voicing an outspoken demand for his community, numbering about 60,000 around Eupen, to be separated from Wallonia and be recognised as a separate region of Belgium.
Karl-Heinz Luck Karl-Heinz Luck (born January 28, 1945 in Unterschönau, Thüringen) is a former East German nordic combined skier. His best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo in the individual event.
Karl-Hermann LĂĽer Karl-Hermann LĂĽer (born January 5, 1933) is a German saxophone and flute player. Born and raised just south of the German/Danish border, he first took up violin before moving on to clarinet and other woodwinds.
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse (usually written Karl-Liebknecht-StraĂźe in Germany) is a street in Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is an eastwards extension of the Unter den Linden, beginning at the SchlossbrĂĽcke (Castle Bridge) over the Spree and running north-eastwards through the borough of Mitte until it reaches the corner of Torstrasse at the site of the former Prenzlauer Tor (Prenzlauer Gate), when it becomes Prenzlauer Allee.
Karl-Ludwig Kratz Karl-Ludwig Kratz (April 23, 1941 in Jena, Thuringia) is a German nuclear chemist and astrophysicist. He is professor for nuclear chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Karl-Maria Kertbeny Karl-Maria Kertbeny or Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl-Maria Benkert) (1824 – 1882), is an Austrian-born Hungarian journalist, memoirist and human rights campaigner who coined the word homosexual, was born in Vienna, the son of a writer and a painter. The Benkert family moved to Budapest when he was a child—he was equally at home in Austria, Hungary or Germany.
Karl-Marx-Allee The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built by the young GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte. Today the boulevard is named after the political philosopher and social theorist Karl Marx.
Karl, Freiherr von Prel Karl, Freiherr von Prel (1839-1899), German philosopher, was born at Landshut on the 3rd of April 1839. After studying at the University of MĂĽnich he served in the Bavarian army from 1859 to 1872, when he retired with the rank of captain.
Karla DeVito Karla DeVito was born in 1953 in Mokena, Illinois, then a small farming town southwest of Chicago, At Loyola University, she majored in theater. She joined the comedy troupe The Second City Company, and her co-stars included Bill Murray.

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