Pauwels is a

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patronymic surname derived from the personal name Pauwel, a vernacular form of Paul. Notable people with the name include:

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Eddy Pauwels Eddy Pauwels (2 May 1935 – 6 March 2017) was a Belgian racing cyclist from 1958 to 1966. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in total. In 1962, Pauwels won the combativity award in the Tour de France. He d ...

(1935–2017), Belgian racing cyclist *

Emiel Pauwels Emiel Pauwels (22 December 1918 - 7 January 2014) was a Belgian athlete of high jump, discus, javelin and running. He was best known for his gold at the European Indoor Athletics Championships Indoor in San Sebastian on the 60m sprint for vetera ...

(1918–2014), Belgian track and field athlete * Emmanuel Pauwels (1903–?), Belgian competitive sailor * Ferdinand Pauwels (1830–1904), Belgian history painter in Germany * Fleur Pauwels (born 2003), Belgian footballer *

Frans Pauwels Frans Pauwels (8 September 1918 – 24 January 2001) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 and 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It cons ...

(1918–2001), Dutch racing cyclist * (1885–1980), German (Aachen) orthopedist known for

Pauwel's angle Pauwel's angle is the angle between the line of a fracture of the neck of the femur and the horizontal as seen on an anterio-posterior radiograph. Pauwel's angle is named after the German orthopedist Friedrich Pauwels. Introduced in 1935, th ...

Isabelle Pauwels Isabelle Pauwels (born 1975 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a Vancouver-based artist who works primarily in video-based art. Pauwels received a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and obtained an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. Pau ...

(born 1950), Belgian-born Canadian video artist *

Ivo Pauwels Ivo Pauwels (born 1950) is a Flemish author. Biography For 20 years, Pauwels was a teacher and began to write articles and columns about gardening in newspapers and magazines. His career as a writer grew significantly, and since 1995 he has w ...

(born 1950), Belgian author * Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795–1889), Belgian musician * José Pauwels (1928–2012), Belgian racing cyclist *

Katrien Pauwels Katrien Pauwels (born 8 November 1965) is a Belgian former competitive figure skater. She won medals at Skate America, Karl Schäfer Memorial, Golden Spin of Zagreb, and International St. Gervais. She placed 13th at the 1984 European Champions ...

(born 1965), Belgian figure skater *

Kevin Pauwels Kevin Pauwels (born 12 April 1984 in Ekeren) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the and teams. Pauwels retired on 24 February 2019 after winning the Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle. Pauw ...

(born 1984), Belgian racing cyclist *

Louis Pauwels Louis Pauwels (; 2 August 1920 – 28 January 1997) was a French journalist and writer. Born in Paris, France, he wrote in many monthly literary French magazines as early as 1946 (including ''Esprit'' and ''Variété'') until the 1950s. He partic ...

(1920–1997), Belgian-French journalist and writer *

Luc Pauwels Luc Maria Alfons Pauwels (born 1957) is a Belgian visual sociologist and communication scientist, Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and director of its Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi). He i ...

(born 1940), Belgian political scientist *

Marie-Claire Pauwels Marie-Claire Pauwels (3 September 1945, 15th arrondissement of Paris – 22 May 2011) was a French journalist, the daughter of Suzanne Brégeon and Louis Pauwels. In April 1980, she launched the magazine ''Madame Figaro'' of which she became the fi ...

(1945–2011), French journalist *

Megan Pauwels Megan Pauwels (''née'' Foster; born 20 April 1976) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm off break bowler, she represented Victoria in 64 List A matches between the 1998–99 and 2007–08 seasons of the Women's National Cricket Leag ...

(born 1976), Australian cricketer *

Peter-Frans Pauwels Peter-Frans Pauwels (born June 1965) is a Dutch entrepreneur. In 1991, soon after he completed his studies in Business and Computer Science at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, he founded, with his former university mate Pieter Geelen, a company c ...

(born 1965), Dutch entrepreneur *

Rudi Pauwels Rudi Pauwels (born 1960) is a Belgian pharmacologist and biotech entrepreneur. He studied pharmaceutical sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. As one of the first researchers in the field of HIV, he played a key ...

(born 1960), Belgian pharmacologist *

Sabine Pauwels Sabine Pauwels (born 1 December 1966) is a Belgian former backstroke, freestyle and medley swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known ...

(born 1966), Belgian swimmer * Serge Pauwels (born 1983), Belgian road bicycle racer *

Thierry Pauwels Thierry Pauwels (born 22 July 1957, Ghent) is a Belgian astronomer from the Royal Observatory of Belgium. Between 1996 and 2008 he discovered and co-discovered 146 minor planets. This makes him one of the top 100 minor planet discoverers. The ma ...

(born 1957), Belgian astronomer **

12761 Pauwels 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

, main belt asteroid named after him

Given name

Pauwels Franck Pauwels Franck, known in Italy as Paolo Fiammingo and Paolo Franceschi (c. 1540–1596), was a Flemish painter, who, after training in Antwerp, was active in Venice for most of his life. He is mainly known for his landscapes with mythological, a ...

(c.1540–1596), Flemish landscape painter *

Pauwels van Hillegaert Pauwels van Hillegaert (1596–1640) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes and military scenes. Biography Pauwels was christened on 29 July 1596 in Amsterdam. His parents were Francois van Hillegaert and Janneke Spierinx. He married Anne ...

(1596–1640), Dutch painter {{Paul-surname Surnames from given names