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Pascal Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Fren ...

. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''paschalis'' or ''pashalis'', which means "relating to Easter", ultimately from ''pesach'', the Hebrew name of the feast of Passover. Notable people with the name include:

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Pascale Audret Pascale Audret (12 October 1935, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 17 July 2000) was a French actress who was most active during the 1950s through the 1960s. Career While she starred in over 25 films between 1955 and 1968, her success never crossed over int ...

* Pascale Bussières * Pascale Cossart *

Pascale Criton Pascale Criton (born 1954) is a French composer of contemporary music, and musicologist. She is particularly known for exploiting very dense microtonal scales such as 1/12 tone or 1/16 and beyond for the particular perception properties they imply ...

* Pascale Dorcelus (born 1979), Canadian weightlifter *

Pascale Ferran Pascale Ferran (; born 17 April 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2007, her film ''Lady Chatterley'' won five César Awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Adaptation. Her 2014 film '' Bird People'' was sele ...

* Pascale Garaud, French-American astrophysicist * Pascale Grand * Pascale Haiti, politician and government minister from French Polynesia *

Pascale Hutton Pascale Hutton (born June 14, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Creston, British Columbia. Hutton attended the conservatory acting program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadia ...

* Pascale Machaalani * Pascale Montpetit * Pascale Ogier * Pascale Paradis *

Pascale Petit (actress) Pascale Petit (born Anne-Marie Pettit; 27 February 1938) is a French actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1957 to 2001. Biography Working as a hairdresser, she entered films when her beauty was noticed by actress Françoise Lugagn ...

(born 1938), French actress *

Pascale Petit (poet) Pascale Petit (born 20 December 1953), is a French-born British poet of French, Welsh and Indian heritage. She was born in Paris and grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and was a visual artis ...

(born 1953), French poet * Pascale Quiviger *

Pascale Sourisse Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman. Born in Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech. She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Ea ...

Pascale Trinquet Pascale Trinquet (born 11 August 1958 in Marseille) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. She won a gold medal in the foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.Anie Pascale, Canadian actress * Ernesto De Pascale, Italian journalist * Jan Pascale, American set decorator *

Lorraine Pascale Lorraine Pascale (born 17 November 1972) is a British television cook and USA Food Network host and former top model, best known for selling almost one million books in the UK alone. Her TV shows are in 70 countries worldwide. She had her own ...

, British former model * Ronnie Pascale, American soccer player

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