Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to
Paul
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians
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Pavol Baláž (born 1984), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Biroš (born 1953), former Slovak football player
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Pavol Blažek (born 1958), race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games
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Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra (; 29 November 1974 – 7 September 2011) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played nineteen seasons of professional hockey, for teams in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CSL), National Hockey League (NHL), ...
(1974–2011), Slovak professional ice hockey player
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Pavol Ďurica (born 1983), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Farkas (born 1985), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Hamžík (born 1954), former Foreign Minister of Slovakia from 1996 to 1997
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Pavol Hnilica
Pavol Mária Hnilica, S.J. (30 March 1921 – 8 October 2006) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who served as a titular bishop of Rusadir from 1964 until his death in 2006.
Born in Uňatín in present-day Slovakia, Hnilica became a ...
(1921–2006), Slovak Roman Catholic bishop and Jesuit
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Pavol Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner (born 7 September 1979) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2017. Competing together with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in t ...
(born 1979), Slovak slalom canoeist
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Pavol Hrivnák (1931–1995), Prime minister of Slovakia
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Pavol Hrušovský
Pavol Hrušovský (born 9 June 1952) was the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (the Slovak parliament) from 15 October 2002 to 7 February 2006 and party leader of the Christian Democratic Movement (2000–2009).
Professiona ...
(born 1952), the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
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Pavol Hudák
Pavol Hudák (7 October 1959 in Vranov nad Toplou, Czechoslovakia – 18 January 2011 in Poprad, Slovakia) was a Slovak poet, journalist and publicist.
Biography
He grew up and studied grammar school in Vyšný Žipov. After high school in the ...
(born 1959), Slovak poet
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Pavol Jablonicky, IFBB professional bodybuilder
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Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice ( Slovak ''Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach'') is a university located in Košice, Slovakia. It was founded in 1959 and is organized into five faculties. The university is named after P ...
, university located in Košice, Slovakia
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Pavol Jurčo (born 1986), professional Slovak footballer
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Pavol Kopp, Slovak sport shooter
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Pavol Masaryk
Pavol Masaryk (born 11 February 1980) is a Slovak football striker who plays for FK Hodonín.
Career
Club
He has previously played for TJ Holíč, MFK Myjava and FC Spartak Trnava.
In the 2006-07 he was the third top-scorer of the Corgoň L ...
(born 1980), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Michalík (born 1951), former Slovak football goalkeeper
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Pavol Molnár (born 1936), former Slovak football player
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Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (2 February 1849 - 8 November 1921) was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by pa ...
(1849–1921), Slovak poet, dramatist, translator and member of parliament
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Pavol Paška, Slovak politician and Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic
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Pavol Peter Gojdič (1888–1960), Basilian monk, bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov, martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia
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Pavol Pronaj (born 1982), Slovak professional footballer
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Pavol Regenda (born 1999), Slovak professional ice hockey player
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Pavol Rusko
Pavol Rusko is retired Slovak politician, television magnate and convinced fraudster. He served as the Minister of Economy of Slovakia between 2003 and 2005 and Managing Director of TV Markíza, at the time Slovakia's most viewed private TV stati ...
, the former leader of the Slovak political party Aliancia nového občana
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Pavol Schmidt (1930–2001), Slovak rower
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Pavol Sedlák (born 1979), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Šoral (born 1903), former Slovak football player
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Pavol Staňo (born 1977), Slovak footballer
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Pavol Steiner
Pavol Steiner, also Pavel Steiner and Paul Steiner (29 March 1908 in Bratislava – 4 June 1969 in Martin, Žilina) was a Czechoslovak Olympic water polo player and swimmer. He was also a cardiology surgeon. Steiner competed in the 1928 Summe ...
(1908–1969), Czechoslovak/Slovak Olympic water polo player and cardiac surgeon
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Pavol Straka (born 1980), Slovak football player
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Pavol Suhaj (born 1981), Slovak football striker
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Pavol Zemanovič (born 1990), Slovak football defender
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Slovak masculine given names