Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *

Paul (surname) Paul is the surname of: Surname * Aaron Paul (born 1979), American actor * Adrian Paul (born 1959), English actor * Aislinn Paul (born 1994), Canadian actress * Alexandra Paul (born 1963), American actress * Alice Paul (1885–1977), American s ...

, a list of people

People

Christianity

Paul the Apostle Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

(AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *

Pope Paul (disambiguation) Pope Paul may refer to: *Pope Paul I (757–767) *Pope Paul II (1464–1471) *Pope Paul III (1534–1549) *Pope Paul IV (1555–1559) *Pope Paul V (1605–1621) *Pope Paul VI (1963–1978) See also * Pope John Paul I (1978) * Pope John Paul II (19 ...

, multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *

Saint Paul (disambiguation) Saint Paul and Apostle Paul usually refers to Paul the Apostle, the Christian religious leader. People Martyr saints * Paul (d. ca. 362), Roman martyr, see John and Paul * Paul (3rd century), one of a group of four martyrs, see Peter, Andrew, ...

, multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul"

Roman and Byzantine empire

* Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *

Julius Paulus Prudentissimus Julius Paulus ( el, Ἰούλιος Παῦλος; fl. 2nd century and 3rd century AD), often simply referred to as Paul in English, was one of the most influential and distinguished Roman jurists. He was also a praetorian prefect under the Roma ...

(), Roman jurist *

Paulus Catena Paulus Catena ('the Chain' or 'the Fetter') (''fl.'' 350s, d. 361/2) was a senior Roman public official who served as an investigator and notary for Constantius II during the mid- fourth century.Seeck 1906, p. 233 He is principally known through th ...

(died 362), Roman notary *

Paulus Alexandrinus Paulus Alexandrinus was an astrological author from the late Roman Empire. His extant work, ''Eisagogika'', or ''Introductory Matters'' (or ''Introduction''), which was written in 378 AD, is a treatment of major topics in astrology as practiced in ...

(4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *

Paul of Aegina Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta ( el, Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, ) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia ''Medical Compendium in Seven Books.'' He is considered the “Father ...

or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon

Royals

* Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece

Other people

* Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *

Paul (father of Maurice) Paul (died 593) was the father of Maurice, Byzantine Emperor. He served as head of the Byzantine Senate. Background According to Evagrius Scholasticus, Maurice and his family could trace their lineage from "elder Rome". The future Emperor had ...

, the father of Maurice, Byzantine Emperor. He served as head of the Byzantine Senate *

Paul (bishop of Mérida) Paul was the metropolitan bishop of Mérida in the mid-sixth century (fl. 540s/550s).Collins, ''Visigothic Spain'', 213. He was a Greek physician who had travelled to Mérida, where there may have been a Greek expatriate community.Collins, "Mé ...

, the metropolitan bishop of Mérida in the mid sixth century (fl. 540s/550s) * Paul (''American Horror Story'') * Paul Clarke from the ''Henderson's Boys'' series by Robert Muchamore *

Paul (exarch) Paul ( la, Paulus; grc-gre, Παύλος, Paúlos; before 717/18 – 726/27) was a senior Byzantine official under Leo III the Isaurian, serving as the '' strategos'' of Sicily, and then as the Exarch of Ravenna from 723 until his death. Life Pau ...

(died 8th-century), Exarch of Ravenna from 723 to 727 * Paul (''Life with Derek'') *

Paul (Meletiev) Paul ( secular name Trofim Meletiev, 2 (15) November 1880, Arkhangelsk - 19 May 1962, Brussels) - Bishop of the Catholic Church. Prior to 1946 - Bishop Roslavl, vicar of the diocese of Smolensk Belarusian Orthodox Church (to the jurisdiction of the ...

Paul (Nestorian patriarch) Paul was briefly Patriarch of the Church of the East The Patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as Patriarch of the East, Patriarch of Babylon, the Catholicose of the East or the Grand Metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or lead ...

, briefly Patriarch of the Church of the East in 539. He is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East *

Paul (Ponomaryov) Metropolitan Paul (russian: Митрополит Павел, be, Мітрапаліт Павел, secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, russian: Георгий Васильевич Пономарёв; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) was ...

(born 1952), emeritus Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (an autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church) *

Paul (singer) Noel Paul Stookey (born December 30, 1937) is an American singer-songwriter who was famous for being in the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; however, he has been known by his first name, Noel, throughout his life. Nowadays, he continues to ...

(b. 1937) *

Paul, son of Peter Paul, son of Peter ( hu, Péter fia Pál; died after 1222) was a Hungarian distinguished nobleman, who served as voivode of Transylvania between 1221 and 1222, during the reign of Andrew II of Hungary.Zsoldos 2011, p. 37.Engel 2001, p. 381.Markó ...

, voivode of Transylvania between 1221 and 1222 * Paul, the name under which Sir Walter Scott wrote ''Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk'' in 1816. * Paul McCartney, songwriter and vocalist of The Beatles.

Places

Paul, Cornwall Paul ( kw, Breweni)Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
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, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom *

Paul (civil parish) Paul ( kw, Breweni)Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
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, in Cornwall, United Kingdom *

Paul, Alabama Paul, also known as New Providence, is an unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States. History Paul was named for Paul the Apostle. Paul was settled in the 1870s by immigrants from South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque pa ...

, United States *

Paul, Idaho Paul is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, founded in 1907. The population was 1,169 at the time of the 2010 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town received its name from Charles H. Paul, an engineer who w ...

, United States *

Paul, Nebraska Paul is an unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, in the United States. History A post office was established at Paul in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. The community was named for Paulinus Kuwitzky, t ...

, United States *

Paul, Cape Verde Paul is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers 7% of the island area (54.3 km2), and is home to 16% of its population (6,997 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the to ...

, part of the island of Santo Antão

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Paul'' (film), a 2011 film featuring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost * ''Paul'' (PJ Morton album), a 2019 album * ''Paul'' (play), a 2005 play by Howard Brenton * Paul (''Pokémon''), a fictional character * "Paul" (song), by the German punk band Die Ärzte * ''St. Paul'' (oratorio), a work by Felix Mendelssohn originally entitled 'Paulus' (in its German version) *''

Poker Face Paul ''Poker Face Paul'' is a series of four video games for Game Gear that simulates various card games, all released in 1994. The individual games are ''Poker Face Paul's Blackjack'', ''Poker Face Paul's Gin'', ''Poker Face Paul's Poker'', and ''Pok ...

'', a 1993 Game Gear video game that comes in blackjack and poker version * ''Paul And'', a 1971 album by Paul Stookey * " Paul The Monkey", the mascot of DNA Productions *Earl Paul Hanbridge, a fictional character in the anime series '' Little Witch Academia''

Other uses

Aichi E16A The Aichi E16A ''Zuiun'' (瑞雲 "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name "Paul") was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Design and development The Aichi E16A originated from a 1939 ...

, a Japanese World War II reconnaissance floatplane, Allied code name "Paul" * Paul (bakery), a bakery franchise based in France * Paul (nursery), a plant nursery in Hertfordshire, England * Paul the Octopus (2008–2010), an octopus that correctly guessed results in the 2010 World Cup **

Paul II (octopus) Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus used to predict the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal ...

, the successor of Paul the Octopus * The Paul, a guitar by Gibson *

Hurricane Paul (1982) Hurricane Paul was a particularly deadly and destructive Pacific hurricane which killed a total of 1,625 people and caused US$520 million in damage. The sixteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 1982 Pacific hurricane season, Paul ...

, a 1982 Pacific hurricane *

Hurricane Paul (2006) Hurricane Paul was a hurricane that ultimately struck Mexico as a tropical depression in October 2006. It developed from an area of disturbed weather on October 21, and slowly intensified as it moved into an area of warm waters and progressiv ...

, a 2006 hurricane that struck Mexico as a tropical depression *PAUL, an abbreviation for the

Portable Aqua Unit for Lifesaving The Portable Aqua Unit for Lifesaving (short PAUL), also known as Water Backpack is a portable membrane water filter developed at the University of Kassel for humanitarian aid. It allows the decentralized supply of clean water in emergency and dis ...