Páll is a name primarily of
Icelandic and
Faroese origins. Notable people with the name include:
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Páll Bálkason
Páll, son of Bálki, or Paal Baalkeson, was a 13th-century Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black, king of Mann and the Isles. He was long remembered in Gaelic tradition and is traditionally the progenitor of certain families with ro ...
(died 1231), Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black
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Páll Gíslason (1924–2004), Icelandic medical practitioner and scout
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Páll Guðlaugsson
Páll Guðlaugsson (born 9 September 1958) is an Icelandic former footballer and current football coach. He was the coach of the Faroe Islands in his 1–0 victory against Austria, in his first official match. He is currently the coach of B68 Tof ...
(born 1958), Icelandic football player and coach
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Páll Guðmundsson (born 1959), Icelandic sculptor and artist
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Páll Mohr Joensen (born 1986), Faroese footballer
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Páll Jónsson
Páll Jónsson (1155 – November 29, 1211; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the seventh bishop of Iceland from 1195 to 1211. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. His life is recorded in '' ...
(1155–1211), Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman
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Páll Klettskarð (born 1990), Faroese football striker
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Páll Magnússon (born 1954), Icelandic television director
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Páll Melsteð (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Páll Melsteð (amtmann) (1791–1861), Icelandic official and politician
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Páll Melsteð (historian) (1812–1910), Icelandic historian
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Páll Ólafsson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Páll Ólafsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic Olympic handballer
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Páll Ólafsson (poet) (1827–1905), Icelandic poet
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Páll Bragi Pétursson (born 1937), Icelandic politician
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Páll á Reynatúgvu (born 1967), Faroese politician and footballer
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Páll Ragnar Pálsson (born 1977), Icelandic composer and member of Icelandic rock band
Maus
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Páll Skúlason
Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland.
Born and raised in Akureyri, in northern Iceland, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied phi ...
(1945–2015), Icelandic professor of philosophy and Rector of the University of Iceland
Surname
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Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll (originally, Poul Poulsen Nolsøe) (11 October 1766 – 1808 or 1809) is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Eu ...
(1766–c.1808), Faroese national hero
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Sándor Páll (1954–2010), ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia
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Pall (name)
Pall is a surname, and it can also be a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Alex Pall (born 1985), American musician, member of The Chainsmokers
* Ameet Pall (born 1987), Canadian football defensive end
* David Pall (191 ...
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Paul (name)
Paul () is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variation ...
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Icelandic masculine given names
Faroese masculine given names