Paul (name)

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Paul IPA|/pɔəɫ/ audio|en-us-Paul.ogg|Audio (US) is a common name internationally, derived from Paulus, a Roman cognomen, which originally meant "small". It is a masculine given name.

See Main article Paul .

Notable people named Paul

As a given name

* Paul I of Russia, the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801
* Paul Allen, Co-founder of Microsoft
* Paul Arpin, French long-distance runner
* Paul Mayeda Berges, screenwriter and film director; husband of Gurinder Chadha
* Paul Butcher, the name of several people
* Paul D. Boyer, the name of a famed biochemist
* Paul Cézanne, French artist
* Paul Galvin, Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA
* Paul Gascoigne, English association footballer
* Paul Gauguin, French artist
* Paul Grocock, Landscape gardener
* Paul Getty, philanthropist
* Paul Gibbons, New Zealand pole vaulter
* Paul Hewson, musician,(aka Bono Vox) member of the Irish rock band U2
* Sir Paul McCartney, singer and musician; formerly a member of The Beatles
* Paul Merton, comedian
* Paul Newman, actor
* Paul Rodgers, musician
* Paul Scofield, actor
* Sir Paul Smith, fashion designer
* Paul Scholes, English footballer
* Paul Simon, musician
* Paul Walker, actor and fashion model
* Paul Weller, musician
* Paul Whitehouse, comedian
* Peter Paul Reubens, artist
* Paul Banke, Retired boxer
* Paul Mooney, African American comedian
* Triple H, or Paul Levesque, a professional wrestler

As a surname

* Alice Stokes Paul, an American suffragist leader
* Bruno Paul, a German architect, interior designer, and furniture designer
* Chris Paul, an American basketball player
* Christi Paul, news anchor for CNN Headline News
*Don Paul, NFL player
* Les Paul, a guitarist
* Ron Paul, an American politician and 2008 presidential candidate
* Roy Paul, footballer
* William Paul (attorney), Alaskan politician and attorney.
* William Paul (British politician), communist activist.
* William Paul (footballer), Scottish footballer

* Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter
* Vincent de Paul, Catholic saint

ee Also

* Paulus
* Pavel
* Jean-Paul
* John Paul
* John Paul Jones (disambiguation)

Translations

* Albanian: Pali
* Armenian: Poghos (in Eastern Armenian) or Boghos (in Western Armenian) ("Պողոս")
* Arabic: Bulus
* Belarusian: Pawel (Павeл), Pauluk (Паўлюк), Paulus (Паўлюсь)
* Bosnian: Pavle
* Bulgarian: Pavel ("Павел")
* Catalan: Pau
* Chinese: 保羅, 保罗 (Bǎoluó)
* Croatian: Pavao
* Czech: Pavel
* Danish: Poul, Povl
* Dutch: Paul, Paulus
* Estonian: Paul
* Faroese: Páll
* Finnish: Paavali, Paavo, Pauli
* French: Paul
* German: Paul
* Greek: Παύλος (Pávlos)
* Hebrew: Shaul
* Hungarian: Pál
* Icelandic: Páll
* Irish: Pól, Pódhl
* Italian: Paolo
* Japanese: ポール (Pōru)
* Korean: 폴 (Pol)
* Latin: Paulus
* Latvian: Pauls, Pāvils
* Lithuanian: Paulius, Povilas
* Malayalam: Paulose
* Macedonian: Pavle ("Павле")
* Maltese: Pawl, Pawlu
* Norwegian: Paul, Pål
* Philippine: Pablo
* Polish: Paweł
* Portuguese: Paulo
* Roman: PAVLE
* Romanian: Paul ( official ), Pavel ( from Eastern Christianity influences but unofficial in Romanian language )
* Russian: Павел (Pável)
* Scottish Gaelic: Pòl
* Serbian: Pavle(Pol)("Павле")
* Slovak: Pavol
* Slovene: Pavel
* Spanish: Pablo
* Swedish: Paul, Pål
* Ukrainian: Павло (Pávlo)
* Vietnamese: Phao-lô

See also

* Paul-related Wikipedia pages

References