What is "carel"

Carel is a given name, and may refer to:

In art:

• Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter
• Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils
• Carel van Mander, Flemish painter, poet and biographer
• Carel Vosmaer, Dutch poet and art-critic
• Jacques-Philippe Carel (working c1723 — c1760), Parisian cabinet-maker

In education:

• Carel Gabriel Cobet, Dutch classical scholar
• Carel van Schaik, professor and director of the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich, Switzerland

In other fields:

• Carel Godin de Beaufort, Formula One driver from the Netherlands
• Carel Jan Schneider, Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer
• Carel Struycken, character actor in film, television, and stage
• Johan Carel Marinus Warnsinck, Dutch naval officer and naval historian
• Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist