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surname meaning "son of

Poul Poul is a Danish masculine given name. 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 foot ...

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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 Chris ...

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Paulsen Paulsen is a Danish, Norwegian and German patronymic surname, from the given name Paul prefix, of Latin origin, itself derived from ''Paulus'', meaning "small". People with the name Paulsen include: * Albert Paulsen (1925–2004), Ecuadorian-Ame ...

is a less common cognate. People with the name include:

Sportspeople

* Aage Poulsen (1919–1998), Danish long-distance runner * Anders Poulsen (ice hockey) (born 1991), Danish hockey player * Anders Poulsen (referee) (born 1981), Danish football referee * Andreas Poulsen (born 1999), Danish footballer * Annette Poulsen (born 1969), Danish swimmer *

Christian Poulsen Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former footballer. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs as a defensive midfielder, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F. ...

(born 1980), Danish professional football player * Christian Poulsen (chess player) (1912–1981), Danish chess master *

Christian Poulsen (cyclist) Christian Poulsen (born 18 September 1979) is a Danish cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are r ...

(born 1979), Danish cyclist *

Christopher Poulsen Christopher Poulsen (born 11 September 1981) is a retired Danish professional Association football, footballer player who plays as Defender (association football), defender and current manager of Lemming IF. He previously played for Superliga clu ...

(born 1981), Danish footballer *

Hanne Høegh Poulsen Hanne Høegh Poulsen (born 25 January or 25 February 1981) is a Danish taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 1998 European Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Championships. She placed 4th in flyweight a ...

(born 1981), Danish taekwondo practitioner *

Jakob Poulsen Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen (born 7 July 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Viborg FF. Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heeren ...

(born 1983), Danish professional football player * Jan B. Poulsen (born 1946), Danish football manager *

Jonas Kældsø Poulsen Jonas Kældsø Poulsen (born 21 March 1985) is a Danish former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class. He represented his country Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top twenty-five windsurfers in his signature sail ...

(born 1985), Danish windsurfer *

Kaj Poulsen Kaj Kvistgård Poulsen, known as Kaj Poulsen, (born 31 December 1942) is a Danish former association footballer in the striker position, who played 141 games and scored 29 goals for Vejle Boldklub. He played five matches for the Denmark national ...

(born 1942), Danish footballer *

Kasper Poulsen Kasper Poulsen is a Danish wheelchair curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Ac ...

, Danish wheelchair curler * Katja Poulsen (born 1976), Danish archer *

Ken Poulsen Ken Sterling Poulsen (August 4, 1947 – December 28, 2017) was a professional baseball utility player who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1967 season. Listed at and , he batted left-handed and th ...

(1947–2017), American baseball player *

Kim Poulsen Kim Poulsen (born 22 March 1959) is a Danish football manager and former amateur player was most recently manager of the Tanzania national football team. Managerial career Early career Poulsen only played amateur football as an active player.

(born 1959), Danish football manager *

Kristian Poulsen Kristian Poulsen (born 18 November 1975) is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing. Career He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a ful ...

(born 1975), Danish racing driver *

Lív Poulsen Lív Finnbogadóttir Arge Poulsen ( née Finnbogadóttir Arge; born 20 March 1997) is a Faroese football midfielder who currently plays for Havnar Bóltfelag. Honours ;Havnar Bóltfelag Runners-up * Faroese Women's Cup The Faroese Women's Cu ...

(born 1997), Danish footballer *

Maria Poulsen Maria Poulsen (born 29 October 1984) is a Danish curler. She currently plays lead for the Lene Nielsen rink. Poulsen was the lead on the Denise Dupont rink that finished 9th place at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2004 Wor ...

(born 1984), Danish curler *

Mette Poulsen Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" ( ...

(born 1993), Danish badminton player *

Mikkel Poulsen Mikkel Adrup Poulsen (born 17 October 1984 in Hvidovre) is an internationally elite curler from Denmark. He made his world championship debut at the 2008 World Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. He also competed at the 2009 Monc ...

(born 1984), Danish curler *

Olaf Klitgaard Poulsen Olaf Klitgaard Poulsen (18 May 1914 – February 2007) was a Danish rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached t ...

(1914–2007), Danish rower *

Ole Poulsen Ole Poulsen (born 16 December 1941) is a retired Danish sailor. Competing in the dragon class he won gold medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships, both times with Ole Berntsen. His mother Ulla Barding-Poulsen Ulla Barding- ...

(born 1941), Danish sport sailer *

Poul Byrge Poulsen Poul Byrge Poulsen (11 April 1915 – 7 December 1994) was a Danish rower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and ...

(1915–1994), Danish rower *

René Holten Poulsen René Holten Poulsen (born 28 November 1988) is a Danish sprint canoeist, who has won medals at the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. He won a silver medal in the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He made ...

(born 1988), Danish sprint canoeist *

Rikke Poulsen Rikke Poulsen (born 20 April 1986) is a former Danish handball player and current goalkeeping coach for Team Esbjerg. She represented Danish national team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship The 2013 World Women's Handball Champio ...

(born 1986), Danish handball player *

Roald Poulsen Roald Poulsen (born 28 November 1950) is a Danish association football manager, who most prominently won the 1989 Danish championship with Odense BK and managed the Zambia national football team. Poulsen started his coaching career with amateur ...

(born 1950), Danish football manager *

Rógvi Poulsen Rógvi Poulsen is a Faroese footballer who currently plays for AB Argir. He has played four matches for the Faroe Islands national football team. Career AB Argir He started his playing career at AB Argir and made his first-team debut as a 16 ...

(born 1989), Faroese footballer * Sandy Poulsen (born 1952), American alpine skier *

Simon Poulsen Simon Busk Poulsen (born 7 October 1984) is a Danish retired professional footballer who played as a left-back. He has played 31 games for the Denmark national team. Following his retirement from professional football, Poulsen moved to coachin ...

(born 1984), Danish professional football player * Svenne Poulsen (born 1980), Danish footballer *

Thomas Poulsen Thomas Poulsen (born 16 February 1970) is a Danish competition rower, Olympic champion and world record holder. Poulsen won a gold medal in lightweight coxless four at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the Gold Four. He was member of t ...

(born 1970), Danish rower *

Willy Poulsen Willy Poulsen (born 21 December 1946) is a Danish rowing (sport), rower. He competed in the Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four, men's coxless four event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. References

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(born 1946), Danish rower *

Yussuf Poulsen Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses ''Yurary'' as his shirt name. After starting his professiona ...

(born 1994), Danish footballer

Other people

Axel Poulsen Rikard Axel Poulsen (1 December 1887 – 22 August 1972) was a Danish sculptor. He is remembered for his memorials in Copenhagen's Fælledparken and Aarhus' Marselisborg Mindeparken. Biography Born in Copenhagen, he was brought up in Odense wher ...

(1887–1972), Danish sculptor * Erik Poulsen (born 1964), American politician *

Gudrun Poulsen Gudrun Thorgerd Erna Poulsen (7 March 1918– 20 July 1999) was a Danish painter. Inspired by nature, she painted mainly country landscapes, often including cows. From the 1960s, she spent much of her time painting on the island of Møn while in th ...

(1918–1999), Danish painter * Hanna Poulsen (born 1984), Finnish model, Miss Finland 2005 *

Hans Poulsen Hans Sven Poulsen (born Bruce Gordon Poulsen, 7 March 1945 – 17 February 2023) was an Australian singer-songwriter and musician of Danish descent who was popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and known for his eccentric hippie style.McFa ...

(born 1945), Australian singer-songwriter * Henrik Poulsen (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jógvan Poulsen Jógvan Poulsen was the Lawman of the Faroe Islands twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677. Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese. He married the daughter of previous Lawman Jógvan Justinusson. Jógvan Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri, befor ...

(), Lawman of the Faroe Islands * Jógvan Poulsen (1854–1941), Faroese politician *

Johan Poulsen Johan Martin Fredrik Poulsen (September 26, 1890 – June 24, 1980) was a Faroese teacher and politician for the Union Party. Poulsen was born in Toftir.''Kraks Blå Bog''. 1974. Copenhagen: Krak./ref> He represented the Union Party in the Faro ...

(1890–1980), Faroese politician * Johanne Astrid Poulsen (born 2006), Danish drummer *

Johannes Poulsen Johannes Poulsen (17 November 1881 – 14 October 1938) was a Danish actor and director. He debuted with the Dagmar Theatre in 1901. In 1909 he joined the Royal Theatre as an actor, and from 1917 was also a stage director. Memorable roles ...

(1881–1938), Danish actor and director *

Karen Poulsen Karen Poulsen (10 May 1881 – 15 February 1953) was a Danish stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of ...

(1881–1953), Danish stage and film actress *

Kevin Poulsen Kevin Lee Poulsen (born November 30, 1965) is an American former black-hat hacker and a contributing editor at ''The Daily Beast''. Biography He was born in Pasadena, California, on November 30, 1965. Black-hat hacking On June 1, 1990, Pouls ...

(born 1965), American black hat hacker and senior editor at ''Wired News'' *

Michael Poulsen Michael Schøn Poulsen (born 1 April 1975) is a Danish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of rock band Volbeat. Prior to Volbeat, Poulsen was the vocalist for the death metal band Domi ...

(born 1975), lead singer of the Danish rock band Volbeat * Morten Poulsen (born 1988), Danish hockey player * Nicolai Poulsen (born 1993), Danish footballer *

Niels Winther Poulsen Niels Christoffer Winther Poulsen (October 3, 1902 – March 19, 1990) was a Faroese teacher and politician for the Home Rule Party ( fo, Sjálvstýrisflokkurin). Poulsen was born in Skopun. He graduated as a teacher from the Jonstrup Normal S ...

(1902–1990), Faroese politician *

Olaf Poulsen Olaf Poulsen (26 April 1849 – 26 March 1923) was perhaps the best-known Danish comedic stage actor of his time. He was famous for playing such roles as Nick Bottom in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Falstaff, among others for the Royal Danish ...

(1849–1923), Danish actor * Poul Poulsen Nolsøe (1766–1809), Faroese national hero *

Roy G. Poulsen Roy George Poulsen (1918–2006) was an American economist and business finance professor, spending most of his professional career at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in Kingston, Rhode Island, Kingston. Poulson earned his PhD in economics f ...

(1918–2006), American economist * Sally-Ann Poulsen, Australian chemical biologist * Sara Poulsen (born 1984), Danish actress *

Søren Pape Poulsen Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark, an ...

(born 1971), Danish politician *

Svend Poulsen Svend Poulsen ( – ), also referred to as Svend Poulsen Gønge ( sv, Svend Gjönge Povlsen) was a Danish-Norwegian military commander in the 17th century, serving in the armies of Christian IV, Frederick III, and Christian V. He fought in t ...

(–), Danish military commander * Tórbjørn Poulsen (1932–2014), Faroese politician *

Troels Lund Poulsen Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976 in Vejle) is a Danish politician, who is Minister for Economic Affairs and a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Ministe ...

(born 1976), Danish politician *

Ulla Poulsen Ulla Poulsen Skou (née Iversen; 5 February 1905 – 21 April 2001), formerly Baroness Ulla Rosenørn-Lehn, was a Danish ballerina and actress. She was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet and is best known for being the subject of a series of p ...

(1905–2001), Danish ballerina and actress *

Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen (23 November 1869 – 23 July 1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early radio technology. He developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898 and the first continuous wave radio ...

(1869–1942), Danish engineer {{Paul-surname Danish-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names