Karo (name)

Karo is a name. It can be a surname, as well as an Armenian given name, shortened version of Karapet (Eastern Armenian) / Garabed (Western Armenian). For the Western Armenian variant of Karo, namely Garo, refer to Garo (disambiguation)#Persons

Given name

• Karo Ghafadaryan (1907–1976), Soviet Armenian archaeologist, historian, and epigraphist
• Karo Haghverdian (born 1945), Iranian-Armenian football player
• Karo Halabyan (1897-1959), Soviet Armenian architect
• Karo Mkrtchyan (1951–2001), Armenian painter
• Karo Murat (born 1983), Armenian-German professional boxer
• Karo Okiomah (born 1989), American soccer player
• Karo Parisyan (born 1982), Armenian-American mixed martial arts fighter

Surname

• Aaron Karo (born 1979), American author and comedian
• Henry Arnold Karo (1903–1986), vice admiral in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• Isaac Karo (1458-1535), Spanish rabbi
• Joseph ben Ephraim Karo (1488–1575), also known as Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi and author of the Shulchan Aruch
• Paul Karo, Australian actor