Karl Friedrich Luts (15 November 1883, Saint Petersburg – 15 January 1942, Usolye, Perm Oblast) was an Estonian oil shale chemist and politician.

In 1898, Karl Luts joined the St. Petersburg Estonian Students' Society where he became a member of the board.

After graduation, he worked as a drawer at different factories of St Petersburg and as an assistant at the Bekhterev Psychoneurological Institute.

In 1918–1919, Karl Luts was appointed Minister of Education of the Estonian Provisional Government.

[2] In 1920, Karl Luts moved to Kohtla-Järve and became the head of the National Laboratory of Oil Shale and the Kohtla oil-shale factory at the State Oil Shale Industry of Estonia.