| Károly Szabó | |
| Order: | Hungarian Ambassador to the United States |
| Term Start: | 4 June 1971 |
| Term End: | 8 April 1975 |
| Predecessor: | Péter Fülöp |
| Successor: | Károly Kovács |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Diósgyőr, Hungary |
| Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Profession: | politician |
Károly Szabó (5 July 1928 – 25 July 1995) was a Hungarian diplomat, who served as Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1971 and 1975.
Prior to that, he was also Ambassador to Tanzania from 1967 to 1969, also accredited to Somalia and Zambia. From 1979 to 1984, he functioned as Ambassador to Mexico, also accredited to Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. From 1984 to 1986, he was head of 8th Regional Department (Sub-Saharan Africa) of the Hungarian Foreign Service. He retired on 30 June 1986.