Carlos Contreras may refer to:

Sports

Football

• Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2020), Chilean football defender
• Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1972), Venezuelan footballer
• Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1991), Honduran footballer
• Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1995), Chilean football midfielder
• Carlos Herrera Contreras (born 1983), Chilean footballer

Other sports

• Carlos Contreras (baseball) (born 1991), Dominican baseball pitcher
• Carlos Contreras (racing driver) (born 1970), Mexican NASCAR driver
• Carlos Alberto Contreras (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
• Aníbal, Carlos Ignacio Carrillo Contreras (1940–1994), Mexican professional wrestler

Other people

• Carlos Contreras Aponte, Puerto Rican civil engineer
• Carlos López Contreras, Honduran politician
• Vittorio Vidali (1900–1983), also known as Carlos Contreras, Italian communist militant and politician