Poul is a Danish masculine

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. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Poul may refer to:

People

* Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer * Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer * Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish football player and manager * Poul Bang (1905–1967), Danish filmmaker *

Poul Anker Bech Poul Anker Bech (13 April 1942 – 7 October 2009) was a Danish painter. He started painting in the 1960s and studied at The Jutland Academy of Art in Aarhus, 1966–67. He quit his job in 1988 to become a full-time painter. Poul Anker Bech ...

(1942–2009), Danish painter * Poul Bjerre (1876–1964), Swedish psychiatrist * Poul Borum (1934–1996), Danish writer * Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), Danish actor * Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), Danish painter * Poul Skytte Christoffersen (born 1946), Danish diplomat *

Poul Elming Poul Elming (born 21 July 1949, Ålborg) is a Danish opera singer. He began his career as a baritone; making his professional debut in 1979 as a member of the Jutland Opera in Århus. He then pursued studies at the Juilliard School in New York C ...

(born 1949), Danish opera singer * Poul Glargaard (1942–2011), Danish actor * Poul Hansen (1913–1966), Danish politician * Poul Hartling (1914–2000), Danish politician and Prime Minister * Poul Heegaard (1871–1948), Danish mathematician *

Poul Henningsen Poul Henningsen (9 September 1894 – 31 January 1967) was a Danish author, critic, architect, and designer. In Denmark, where he often is referred to simply as PH, he was one of the leading figures of the cultural life of Denmark between the Worl ...

(1894–1967), Danish writer and architect * Poul Richard Høj Jensen (born 1944), Danish sailor * Poul Christian Holst (1776–1863), Norwegian politician * Poul Hultberg (born 1920), Danish architect * Poul Hübertz (born 1976), Danish football player * Poul Ove Jensen (born 1937), Danish architect *

Poul S. Jessen Poul S. Jessen holds the position of Professor of Optical Sciences with a joint appointment in Physics at the University of Arizona. He is a founding member of the Center for Quantum Information and Control. He has done experimental research ...

, Danish-American optical physicist * Poul Jessen (1926-2015), Danish gymnast *

Poul F. Joensen Poul Frederik Joensen (best known as Poul F.) (18 November 1898 in Sumba – 27 June 1970 in Froðba) was a Faroese poet and writer. He is best known for his poems, both the satirical ones and his love poems. He worked as a school teacher for so ...

(1898–1970), Faroese poet * Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980), Danish designer * Poul Krebs (born 1956), Danish musician *

Poul la Cour Poul la Cour (13 April 1846 – 24 April 1908) was a Danish scientist, inventor and educationalist. Today la Cour is especially recognized for his early work on wind power, both experimental work on aerodynamics and practical implementation of wi ...

(1846–1908), Danish scientist * Poul Lange (born 1956), Danish artist * Poul Martin Møller (1794–1838), Danish writer *

Poul Michelsen Poul Johan Sundberg Michelsen (born 22 July 1944 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese business man and former politician. He was the leader of Progress (Framsókn), which he and others established in 2011. Before the establishment of Progress, he was a mem ...

(born 1944), Faroese politician * Poul Müller (1909–1979), Danish actor *

Poul Nesgaard Poul Nesgaard (born 19 June 1952) is a Danish journalist, television producer and art administrator, currently director of the National Film School of Denmark. Biography Nesgaard started working for national Danish broadcaster DR and over the fol ...

(born 1952), Danish television producer *

Poul Nielsen Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches. Nielsen won a silver medal with the national team at ...

(1891–1962), Danish football player * Poul Nielson (born 1943), Danish politician * Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943), Danish politician and Prime Minister * Poul Popiel (born 1943), Danish ice hockey player *

Poul H. Poulsen Poul Hermann Poulsen (07.19.1947 - 06.27.1999) was a Danish designer. He worked among others designing ceramic tiles for Gangso Furniture (Gangsø Møbler) in Faarvang, Denmark. Previously, he was the proprietor of Faaborg Pottery (1976–1978) at t ...

(1947–1999), Danish designer * Poul Reichhardt (1913–1985), Danish actor *

Poul Ruders Poul Ruders (born 27 March 1949) is a Danish composer. Life Born in Ringsted, Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. Ruders regards his own compos ...

(born 1949), Danish composer *

Poul Schierbeck Poul Schierbeck (8 June 1888 – 9 February 1949) was a Danish composer and organist. He was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub. From 1931 he taught composition and instrumentation at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His pupils include ...

(1888–1949), Danish composer * Poul Schlüter (1929–2021), Danish politician and Prime Minister * Poul Christian Stemann (1764–1855), Danish politician * Poul Thomsen (1922–1988), Danish actor *

Poul Erik Tøjner Poul Erik Tøjner (born 25 February 1959) is a Danish museum director and art critic. Since 2000 he has been director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark. Biography Tøjner studied philosophy (1981) and Nordic philology (19 ...

(born 1959), Danish museum director *

Poul Volther Poul M. Volther (2 January 1923 – 23 January 2001) was a Danish furniture designer who is remembered above all for his iconic Corona Chair. He succeeded Børge Mogensen as artistic director of FDB Møbler in 1950. Early life First trained ...

(1923–2001), Danish furniture designer *

Poul Weber Poul Weber (born 30 December 1949) is a Danish politician, representing the Liberal party '' Venstre''. He served as the last County Mayor of Funen County. As from 1 January 2007, Funen forms part of Region Syddanmark. Weber became County Mayor af ...

(born 1949), Danish politician

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