(n) Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831), Syn. Karl von Clausewitz
(n) Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857), Syn. Karl Czerny
(n) Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962), Syn. Adolf Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann
(n) German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855), Syn. Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
(n) the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863), Syn. Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
(n) German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797), Syn. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Baron Munchausen, Munchausen
(n) German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947), Syn. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Max Planck
(n) British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994), Syn. Sir Karl Raimund Popper, Karl Popper
(n) German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953), Syn. von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
(n) German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902), Syn. Rudolf Karl Virchow, Rudolf Virchow
[马克思 / 馬克思, Mǎ kè sīㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ] Marx (name); Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism#8425
[拉狄克, Lā dí kèㄌㄚ ㄉㄧˊ ㄎㄜˋ] Karl Bernardovich Radek (1995-1939), bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen university, died in prison during Stalin's purges#834656
[德法年鉴 / 德法年鑒, dé fǎ nián jiànㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ] Deutsch-französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)