title: Karel (surname)
text: # Karel (surname)
  
  Karel is a surname that is derived from the given names Carl and Karl. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Eva Karel (fl. mid 1960s – 1970s), Swiss slalom canoeist
  * Frank Karel (1935–2009), American health advocate
  * Jan Karel (fl. 1970s), Austrian-Swiss slalom canoeist
  * John C. Karel (1873–1938), American politician
  * Jozef Karel (1922–2005), Slovak football player and coach
  * L. Albert Karel (1875–1965), American politician
  * Marian Karel (born 1944), Czech sculptor
  * Rudolf Karel (1880–1945), Czech composer
  * William Karel (born 1940), French film director and author
  