Namesakes
Hungarian Kings and Queens:
4 kings
King Károly I 1308-1342 
King Károly II the Small 1385-1386
King Károly III 1711-1740
King Károly IV 1916-1918
Hungarian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
4 prime ministers, 1 president
Prime Minister Gyula Andrássy (middle name Károly) 1867-1871
Prime Minister Károly Khuen-Héderváry 1903; 1910-1912
Prime Minister Károly Huszár 1919-1920
President Károly Németh 1987-1988
Prime Minister Károly Grósz 1987-1988
Notable Athletes:
1 soccer
(soccer) Károly Palotai 1935-2018
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Károly Bartha 1924 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(silver/gold) Károly Szittya 1948; 1952 water polo
(gold) Károly Palotai 1964 soccer
(bronze) Károly Hauszler 1980 water polo
(silver) Károly Güttler 1988; 1996 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 200 m breaststroke