Povl is a

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

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Povl Ahm Povl Ahm CBE FICE FREng (26 September 1926 – 15 May 2005) was a structural engineer and former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners. Life Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Ahm attended the Polyteknisk Læreanstalt in Copenhagen, from where he graduated in ...

(1926–2005), Danish engineer *

Povl Bang-Jensen Povl Bang-Jensen (6 April 1909 – 25 November 1959) was a Danish diplomat who refused to hand over a list of eighty-one witnesses to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to his UN superiors. It is thought that he considered their identities sensiti ...

(1909– 1959), Danish diplomat *

Povl Baumann Povl Erik Raimund Baumann (9 November 1878 – 3 July 1963) was a Danish architect who was a central figure during the transition from Neoclassicism to Functionalism in Danish residential architecture. In 1910, he was one of the founders of ''De ...

(1878–1963), Danish architect *

Povl Erik Carstensen Povl Erik Carstensen (born 8 June 1960http://m.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=3638 in Vangede) is a Danish comedian, actor and jazz double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the ...

(born 1960), Danish comedian and actor *

Povl Christensen Povl Christensen (2 June 1909 – 9 July 1977) was a Danish painter and illustrator who, in the early 1930s, joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. He is however primarily remembered as a highly proficie ...

(1909–1977), Danish artist *

Povl Ole Fanger Povl Ole Fanger (16 July 1934 – 20 September 2006) was an expert in the field of thermal comfort and perception of indoor environments. He was a senior professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy at the Technical Uni ...

(1934–2006), Danish engineer *

Povl Gerlow Povl Gerlow (19 August 1881 – 1 June 1959) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vig, Trundholm, Zealand and died in Copenhagen. In 1912 at the Stockholm Games ...

(1881–1959), Danish sports shooter *

Povl Hamburger Povl Hamburger (22 June 1901 - 20 November 1972) was a Danish organist and composer. Notable works include ''Musikens Historie I-II'', 1936–37, ''Harmonilære'', 1939, ''Modulationslære'', 1941, ''Kirketoneart'', 1948, and ''Harmonisk analy ...

(1901–1972), Danish organist and composer *

Povl Kjøller Povl Kjøller Nielsen (June 3, 1937 – September 11, 1999) was a Danish composer, guitarist, teacher, pedagogue and tv host. Povl Kjøller is known for the songs ''Min Cykel'' (''My bike'') (also called ''Cykelsangen'' (''The Bicycle Song'')) and ...

(1937–1999), Danish musician * Povl Mark (1889–1957), Danish gymnast *

Povl Riis Povl Riis (1925-2017) was a Danish gastroenterologist. Biography Riis was born on 28 December 1925. In 1956 he used, for the first time, amniocentesis to make an antenatal diagnosis of genetic disease.Saxon, Wolfgang (4 March 1995)Dr. Fritz F ...

(born 1925), Danish physician *

Povl Riis-Knudsen Povl Heinrich Riis-Knudsen is a prominent Danish neo-Nazi. Riis-Knudsen is best known as the author of the articles ''National Socialism: A Left Wing Movement'' (1984) and ''National Socialism: The Biological World View'' (1987). Life and ideas ...

(born 1950), Danish neo-Nazi *

Povl Søndergaard Povl Goltermann Olsen Søndergaard, usually known as Povl Søndergaard, (4 June 1905, Ringsted — 19 September 1986, Frederikssund) was a Danish sculptor. He is remembered for his lifelike busts, his female figures and for monuments such as the '' ...

(1905–1986), Danish sculptor * Povl Stegmann (1888–1944), Danish architect *

Povl Winning Toussieng Povl Winning Toussieng (15 June 1892 – 11 January 1967) was a Danish doctor, author and resistance fighter. Background and education Povl Winning Toussieng was son of colonel Heinrich Elfred Theodor Toussieng(1845-1908) and Regina Frederikke Wi ...

(1892–1967), Danish doctor * Povl Wøldike (1899–1975), Danish actor

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