Paoli is an Italian surname, derived from the given name Paolo (Paul). Notable people with the surname include:
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Amalia Paoli
Amalia Paoli y Marcano ( 1861–1941) was a notable Puerto Rican soprano. She was the sister of tenor Antonio Paoli and of Olivia Paoli, a suffragist and activist who fought for the rights of women.
First years
Amalia Paoli was born in Ponce, Pue ...
( 1861–1941), Puerto Rican soprano, sister of Antonio
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Ambrose De Paoli
Ambrose Battista De Paoli (August 19, 1934 – October 10, 2007) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
De Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania and was ordained a priest ...
(1934–2007), Roman Catholic cleric and Papal Nuncio
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Angelo Paoli
Angelo Paoli (1 September 1642 – 20 January 1720) – born Francesco – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Carmelites. Paoli became known as the "father of the poor" due to his strong charitable outreach toward ...
(1642–1720), Italian Carmelite
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Antonio Paoli
Antonio Paoli (14 April 1871 – 24 August 1946) was a Puerto Rican tenor. At the height of his fame, he was known as "The King of Tenors and The Tenor of Kings." He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican to reach international fame i ...
(1871–1946), Puerto Rican tenor
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Carl Paoli
Carl Paoli is an actor and stuntman. He has worked in front of and behind the camera for over 20 years in many capacities. Born and raised in Chicago, he started shooting on 8mm at age 15 and moved to 16mm after high school. He switched to DV a ...
, actor and stuntman
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Cécile Paoli
Cécile Paoli is a French actress who is also well known on British television from the series '' Sharpe'', '' Bergerac'', and ''Holby City''.
She starred as Françoise in a four-part television BBC mini-series in 1980 of the H.E. Bates novel, F ...
, French actress
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Cesare Paoli
Cesare Paoli (1840–1902), Italian historian and paleographer, was the son of senator Baldassare Paoli. He was born and educated in Florence where at 21 he was given an appointment in the record office. From 1865 to 1871 he was attached to the a ...
(1840–1902), Italian historian and paleographer
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Enrico Paoli
Enrico Paoli (January 13, 1908 – December 15, 2005) was an Italian International chess master.
He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. He was the winner of international tournaments in Vienna (1951) and Imp ...
(1908–2005), Italian chess master
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Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000), poet, critic, essayist and Puerto Rican nationalist, nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature
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Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli (; born 23 September 1934 in Monfalcone) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is a seminal figure who has written a number of songs widely regarded as classics in Italian popular music, including: " Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa ...
(born 1934), Italian singer-songwriter
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Jean Paoli
Jean Paoli is one of the inventors of XML. Along with Tim Bray and C. Michael Sperberg-McQueen, Paoli co-edited the XML 1.0 recommendation for the World Wide Web Consortium starting in 1997 and until at least 2008.
Paoli was born in Beirut, Leban ...
, French computer scientist
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Lorenzo Paoli
Lorenzo Paoli (born 17 February 1988 in Urbino) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club Pineto.
Club career
Paoli signed his first professional footballing contract with Serie C2 club San Marino Calcio, and made his f ...
(born 1988), Italian footballer
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Ottaviano di Paoli Ottaviano di Poli (surname given variously) (died 1206), a member of the family of the Counts of Poli, was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.
While still a subdeacon, he was sent as a papal legate to France by Pope Alexander III in 1178, to summ ...
(died 1206), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
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Pasquale Paoli
Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli (; french: link=no, Pascal Paoli; 6 April 1725 – 5 February 1807) was a Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later ...
(1725–1807), Corsican general and patriot who headed the Corsican struggle for independence
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Virginio De Paoli (1938–2009), Italian football player and coach
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Italian-language surnames
Surnames from given names