Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth (1886–1968) led Neo‑Orthodoxy, wrote Church Dogmatics, opposed Nazism, emphasized revelation and Christocentric theology, and reshaped modern
Karl Decker
Karl Decker (1921–2005) — Austrian footballer and coach
Karl Dedecius
Karl Dedecius (1921–2016)
Karl Duncker
Karl Duncker: Gestalt psychologist and pioneer of problem‑solving research
Karl Friedrich Reiche
Karl Friedrich Reiche (Carlos Reiche) — German botanist and phytogeographer
Karl Fritz Lauer
Karl Fritz Lauer (1938–2018)
Karl Grob
Karl Grob (1946–2019) — Swiss goalkeeper and FC Zürich legend
Karl Harris
Karl Harris — English motorcycle racer and 2001 British Supersport champion
Karl Hermann Frank
Karl Hermann Frank — Sudeten German Nazi official and SS leader
Karl Hohmann
Karl Hohmann — German footballer (1908–1974)
Karl Hurm
Karl Hurm — German painter associated with Naïve Art
Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers — German psychiatrist and philosopher
Karl Kroeber
Karl Kroeber: Scholar of Romanticism and Native American Literatures
Karl Lehmann
Karl Lehmann: German Cardinal, Theologian and Bishop of Mainz
Karl Mannheim
Karl Mannheim: founder of the sociology of knowledge
Karl Maramorosch
Karl Maramorosch: Virologist, Entomologist and Plant Pathologist
Karl Michael Ziehrer
Karl Michael Ziehrer — Austrian composer of Viennese light music
Karl Moik
Karl Moik: Austrian television presenter and singer
Karl Otto Pöhl
Karl Otto Pöhl — German central banker and Bundesbank president
Karl Ravens
Karl Ravens — German SPD politician and federal minister (1927–2017)
Karl Sverkersson
Karl Sverkersson (King of Sweden, c.1130–1167)
Karl Toft
Karl Toft: Canadian youth centre guard convicted of numerous sexual assaults
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli
Karl Zankl
Karl Zankl — Austrian footballer, coach and postwar organizer
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Karl-Erik Nilsson — Swedish Greco-Roman Wrestler (1922–2017)
Karl-Heinz Kunde
Karl-Heinz Kunde: German Road Cyclist and Climbing Specialist
Karl-Heinz Metzner
Karl-Heinz Metzner (1923–1994)
Karla Bonoff
Karla Bonoff (American singer-songwriter)
Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm — Austrian-German actor and philanthropist
Karlheinz Deschner
Karlheinz Hackl
Karlheinz Hackl: Austrian actor, singer and theatre director
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karol Machata
Karol Machata — Slovak actor (1928–2016)
Karol Modzelewski
Karol Modzelewski: Polish historian, writer and opposition figure
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) — Polish composer and pianist
Karolina Bock
Karolina Bock: 19th-Century Swedish Actress, Dancer, Singer and Teacher
Károly Makk
Károly Makk: Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Károly Palotai
Károly Palotai: Hungarian footballer and international referee
Karpal Singh
Karst Tates
Karst Tates: 2009 attack during Queen's Day festivities in Apeldoorn
Karunamaya Goswami
Kasey Kahne
Kassie DePaiva
Kasugafuji Akihiro
Kasugafuji Akihiro (1966–2017): Sumo wrestler, coach and Kasugayama stablemaster
Katalin Szőke
Katcho Achadjian
Katcho Achadjian: California Republican Leader and Local Official
Kate DiCamillo
Kate Gale
Kate Gale (American poet, librettist, and independent publisher)