Carlos

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Carlos Given Name
Pronunciation	IPA: /ˈkarlos/
Gender	Male
Meaning	man, army, warrior
Region of Origin	Germanic
Origin	Iberian
Related names	Charles
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Carlos

Carlos is an Iberian name, the Portuguese and Spanish equivalent of Charles.

Contents 1 Royalty 2 People in media 3 People in music 4 People in sport 5 Other people 6 Fictional Carlos 7 Geography 8 Other

[edit] Royalty

• Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last king of Portugal
• Carlos V (1500–1558), Holy Roman Emperor.
• Don Carlos of Spain (1545–1568), son of King Philip II.
• Infante Carlos of Spain (1788–1855), first of the Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain

[edit] People in media

• Carlos Watson (television host) (born 1969), American television host, lawyer, and businessman
• Carlos Mencia (born 1967), host of Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central
• Carlos (DJ) (born 1966), British disc jockey
• Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Carlos Irwin Estévez (Charlie Sheen) (* 1965), US-american actor
• Carlos Ray „Chuck“ Norris (* 1940), US-american actor and martial artist
• Carlos Velazquez (born 1988), grandson of Manuel Velazquez

[edit] People in music

• Carlos Marin (born 1968), Spanish baritone and member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939), electronic music pioneer
• Carlos Santana (born 1947), musician, leader of the band Santana
• Carlos Gardel (1887–1935), prominent figure in the history of tango music
• Carlos (singer) (1943–2008), French singer and entertainer
• Carlos Montoya ((1903-1993), prominent Flamenco guitarist

[edit] People in sport

• Carlos Arroyo (born 1979), Puerto Rican basketball player
• Carlos Edwards (born 1978), Trinidad and Tobago football (soccer) player
• Carlos Boozer (born 1981), NBA basketball player
• Carlos Beltran (born 1977), baseball player, five-tool center fielder for the New York Mets
• Carlos Carreño (born 1973), Spanish volleyball player
• Carly Colon (born 1979), professional wrestler, WWE
• Carlos Luis Campos (born 1980), Venezuelan boxer
• Carlos Delfino, (born 1982), Argentine NBA basketball player
• Carlos Delgado (born 1972), baseball player, first baseman for the New York Mets
• Carlos Fernandes (goalkeeper), (born 1979) Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Carlos Fernandes (football defender) (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
• Carlos Honorato (born 1974), Brazilian judoka
• Carlos Lee (born 1976), Panamanian left fielder for the Houston Astros
• Carlos Moyà (born 1976), Spanish tennis player
• Carlos Nieto (born 1976), rugby union player
• Carlos Patrício (born 1964), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Roberto Carlos (footballer) (born 1973), Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Carlos Spencer (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player
• Carlos Tévez (born 1984), Argentine football (soccer) player
• Carlos Valderrama (baseball player) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
• Carlos Valderrama (footballer) (born 1961), Colombian football (soccer) player known as El Pibe
• Carlos Valcarcel (born 1981), Puerto Rican boxer
• Carlos Zambrano (born 1981), baseball player, starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

[edit] Other people

• Carlos Anwandter (1801–1889), German immigrant to Chile
• Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), American author
• Carlos Fuentes (born 1928), Mexican writer
• Carlos Hathcock (1942–1999), American sniper
• Carlos Slim Helú (born 1940), Mexican businessman and one of the richest people in the world
• Carlos Marighella (1911–1969), leading thinker on urban guerrilla warfare
• Carlos the Jackal (born 1949), a.k.a. Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan-born assassin

[edit] Fictional Carlos

• Carlos (The Magic School Bus), a character from The Magic School Bus series of children's books and movies.
• Carlos Solis, a character from Desperate Housewives
• the name of Reggie Mantle of Archie comics in its Spanish version
• Carlos Miyamoto, one of the player characters in the SNES game, Final Fight 2
• Carlos Vallertes, the character in two of the Power Rangers series
• Carlos Nieto (Third Watch character), a paramedic in the TV series Third Watch
• Carlos, a henchmen to Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale; see List of James Bond henchmen in Casino Royale

[edit] Geography

• Carlos Township, Minnesota
• Carlos, West Virginia
• Carlos (crater), a lunar crater

[edit] Other

• Carlos (guitar), a Korean brand of guitar
• Carlos, a meerkat in the television series Meerkat Manor
• Carlos Almeida, a Graphic Design Student, Milton Keynes