Society and history

Carlos Chagas Filho

Carlos Chagas Filho (1910-2000), Brazilian biophysicist, son of Chagas disease discoverer Carlos Chagas; founder of UFRJ's Instituto de Biofísica, electric-eel researcher, UN atomic radiation committee president, and President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 1972-1988.

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero is a Spanish economist and politician, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Economy, Trade and Business since 2026.

Carlos De La Cruz

Carlos De La Cruz is an American politician, Air Force veteran, and businessman who is the 2026 Republican nominee for U.S. House in Texas's 35th congressional district.

Sep 24, 2026

Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora

Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (1645–1700) was a Mexican polymath who held the chair of mathematics at the University of Mexico for twenty years and served the viceroys of New Spain.

Carlos E. Mendoza

Carlos E. Mendoza, born Carlos Eduardo Mendoza in 1970 in Hialeah, Florida, is a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida since 2014.

Carlos Eduardo Espina

Carlos Eduardo Espina, Uruguayan-American immigration activist and Spanish-language TikTok creator with over 20 million followers; Vassar 2020, UNLV law 2024; founder of Migrantes Unidos; 2024 DNC speaker.

Carlos Eduardo Espinal

Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a British venture capital investor and Managing Partner of Seedcamp, a London seed-stage firm, known for early investments in Wise, UiPath, Revolut, and Synthesia.

Sep 19, 2026

Carlos Eugenio Lavín

Carlos Eugenio Lavín is a Chilean businessman who co-founded and co-controlled Empresas Penta, one of Chile's main business groups, and was convicted of tax crimes in 2018.

Carlos Eugenio Restrepo

Carlos Eugenio Restrepo was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as president of Colombia from 1910 to 1914, after founding the bipartisan Unión Republicana.

Carlos F. Lucero

Carlos F. Lucero, born 1940, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995.

Oct 10, 2026

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, born 1948, is a Timorese Salesian bishop who led the Catholic Church in East Timor and shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize.

Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936–1976) was a Nicaraguan teacher and revolutionary who founded the FSLN in 1961 and led it against the Somoza dictatorship until his death in combat in 1976.

Sep 19, 2026

Carlos García Ottati

Carlos García Ottati is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur who founded the used-car marketplace Kavak in Mexico City in 2016, which became Mexico's first unicorn in 2020 and Latin America's most valuable startup by 2022.

Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas

Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas is a Spanish venture capitalist who joined Index Ventures in London as a Partner in January 2021, after serving as COO of GoCardless and Chief Product Officer of Skyscanner.

Carlos Hank González

Carlos Hank González, nicknamed El Profesor, was a Mexican politician and businessman who served as governor of the State of Mexico and regent of Mexico City.

Carlos Hathcock

Carlos Hathcock II (1942–1999), "White Feather," USMC sniper with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam, Wimbledon Cup winner, Silver Star recipient, Quantico scout sniper school founder; general-kill mission disputed.

Carlos I of Portugal

Carlos I of Portugal (1863-1908), penultimate king, reigned 1889-1908 amid the 1890 British Ultimatum, financial crisis, João Franco's dictatorship, and his assassination with heir Luís Filipe in the 1908 Terreiro do Paço regicide; also an oceanographer and painter.

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877-1960), Chilean general and president: authoritarian rule 1927-1931 that modernized the state, exile, and an elected second term 1952-1958 marked by new state enterprises, repealing anti-communist law, and inflation.

Carlos Ímaz

Carlos Ímaz Gispert is a Mexican sociologist and politician who led the 1987 UNAM student movement. He served as head of government of Tlalpan before a 2004 conviction.

Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola

Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (1888–1952) was an Ecuadorian banker, founder of the Banco de Descuento, and constitutional president from 1947 to 1948; his son Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy later held the same office.

Carlos Lacerda

Carlos Lacerda (1914-1977), Brazilian journalist and UDN politician, founded Tribuna da Imprensa, led opposition to Getúlio Vargas, governed Guanabara 1960-1965, backed the 1964 coup, then opposed the dictatorship.

Carlos Lehder

Carlos Lehder is a Colombian-German former drug trafficker who co-founded the Medellín cartel and was released in Colombia in 2025 after more than 30 years in US prison.

Carlos Lleras Restrepo

Carlos Lleras Restrepo (1908–1994) was a Colombian lawyer and Liberal Party leader who served as President of Colombia from 1966 to 1970, the third Liberal turn of the National Front.

Sep 24, 2026

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, known as the Father of the Fatherland (Padre de la Patria), was a Cuban lawyer and planter who began the Ten Years' War in 1868.

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871–1939) was a Cuban diplomat, writer, and soldier, son of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who served as provisional president of Cuba in 1933.

Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez

Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez ("El Cóndor", born 1978) is a Mexican ex-special-forces soldier (GAFE/GANFE) who served as bodyguard and private secretary of El Chapo Guzmán, was captured with him in Mazatlán on 22 February 2014, and was sentenced to about ten years in prison.