What is "cariou"

Cariou is a surname, and may refer to:

The Breton etymology of Cariou (friend) is from Gallo-Roman name Carus and Carius (dear, darling).

• Len Cariou (born 1939), Canadian actor.
• Philippe Cariou, French actor.
• Corentin Cariou (1898–1942), born in Loctudy, alderman of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, shot as a hostage during the occupation. An avenue in Paris and a subway station named after him in this district.
• Corentin Cariou, born in Loctudy, French résistant died in deportation at Mittelbau-Dora, February 19, 1944.
• Corentin Cariou, pseudonym of Yves Le Drézen (1899–1972) journalist.
• Jean Cariou, Eventing rider.
• Warren Cariou writer and Associate Professor of English at the University of Manitoba.
• Patrick Cariou, photographer, or Cariou v. Prince, a US Second Circuit copyright case about art