Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin (Shaul), meaning "ask/question". People named Saul include: * Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Sephardic Hakham and rosh yeshiva in the Tripoli Jewish community *

Saul Alinsky Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords ...

(1909–1972), American political activist * Saúl Álvarez (born 1990), Mexican boxer, WBA - WBC middleweight champion * Saúl Armendáriz (born 1970), Mexican wrestler under the ring name

Cassandro Saúl Armendáriz (born May 20, 1970) is an American-born Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an ''exótico'' for several independent promotions all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. He is a former NWA World ...

* Saul Ascher (1767–1822), Jewish narrative writer and publicist *

Saul Bass Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. During his 40-year career, Bass wor ...

(1920–1996), film graphic designer *

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 July 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only w ...

(1915–2005), Canadian author, Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize *

Saúl Berjón Saúl Berjón Pérez (born 24 May 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward. Club career Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Berjón graduated from Real Oviedo's youth setup, but started playing as a senior with ...

(born 1986), Spanish footballer known as Saúl *

Saul Chaplin Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he w ...

(1912–1997), American composer and musical director, three-time Oscar winner *

Saúl Craviotto Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint kayaker who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won five Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez) in the K-2 500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a si ...

(born 1984), Spanish sprint canoer, Olympic and world champion *

Saul Dubow Saul H. Dubow, (born 28 October 1959) is a South African historian and academic, specialising in the history of South Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Since 2016, he has been the Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the U ...

, South African historian and academic * Saúl Fernández García (born 1985), Spanish footballer *

Slash (musician) Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known as Slash, is a British-American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 199 ...

, British-American musician Saul Hudson, guitarist of Guns N' Roses *

Saul Katz Saul Katz (born February 17, 1939) is a real estate developer, former president of the New York Mets and accused Bernie Madoff co-conspirator. Biography Katz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn.Saul Kripke Saul Aaron Kripke (; November 13, 1940 – September 15, 2022) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. He was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and em ...

(born 1940), American philosopher and logician *

Saul Landau Saul Landau (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media. Educa ...

(1936-2013), American scholar, author, commentator and filmmaker *

Saul Leiter Saul Leiter (December 3, 1923 – November 26, 2013) was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography.Jane Livin ...

(1923-2013), American photographer, early user of color photography in fine art *

Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (Hebrew: שאול ליברמן, May 28, 1898 – March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or, among some of his students, The ''Gra"sh'' (''Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul''), was a rabbi and a Talmudic scholar. He served as Professo ...

(1898–1983), Israeli rabbi and scholar of Talmud * Saul Milton, British musician, member of

Chase & Status Chase & Status are an English electronic music duo composed of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status). In addition, Andy Gangadeen is the drummer when the band performs live. MC Rage formerly performed as MC with the group, but left in J ...

Saul Levi Morteira Saul Levi Morteira or Mortera ( 1596 – 10 February 1660) was a Dutch rabbi of Portuguese descent. Life In a Spanish poem Daniel Levi de Barrios speaks of him as being a native of Germany ("''de Alemania natural''"). From the age of thirt ...

(c. 1596–1660), Dutch rabbi *

Saul Moyal Saul Moyal (شاوؤل مويال) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil (where he made it to the semi-finals), individual épée (where he came in 10th), the team foil event (where the team was eliminated in the f ...

, Egyptian Olympic fencer *

Saúl Ñíguez Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez (born 21 November 1994), known as Saúl Ñíguez or simply Saúl, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team. After coming through Atlét ...

(born 1994), Spanish footballer *

Saúl Ongaro Saúl Fortunato Ongaro (24 August 1916 – 23 April 2004) was an Argentine footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Argentina and Chile. He made two appearances for the Argentina national team in 1946. Teams * Estudiantes de La Plata ...

, Argentine footballer *

Saúl Phillips Saúl Phillips Fernández (born October 3, 1984) is a Costa Rican football player who currently plays for Bayamón in the National Premier Soccer League. Club career Phillips came through the youth system at Alajuelense and has played for Sa ...

(born 1984), Costa Rican footballer *

Saul Phillips (basketball) Saul Edward Phillips (born October 10, 1972) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Northern State Wolves men's basketball team. Phillips is a graduate of University of Wisconsin–Platteville. Coaching ca ...

(born 1972), American basketball coach and player *

Saul Raisin Saul Raisin (born January 6, 1983 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American former professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole. Career Raisin began racing mountain bikes at 13, and moved to road bikes when he was 17.Rich Tyler, Re ...

(born 1983), road bicycle racer *

Saul Robbins Saul Robbins (February 16, 1922 – June 13, 2010) was an American toy manufacturer, the co-founder of Remco, with his cousin Isaac Heller. Personal life Saul Robbins was born on February 16, 1922,https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTK ...

(1922–2010), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco *

Saul Rogovin Saul Walter Rogovin (March 24, 1922 – January 23, 1995) was an American professional baseball player. Rogovin was a pitcher over parts of 8 seasons (1949–57), with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia ...

(1923–1995), American baseball player *

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on ''Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on ''Frasier'', Lon Cohen on ''A N ...

(born 1948), German-born Canadian actor and director * Saul Shapiro, American known for public policy development on digital broadcast *

Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian-American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably '' View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself as "a writer who draws". Biography S ...

(1914–1999), Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator *

Saul Steinberg (businessman) Saul Phillip Steinberg (August 13, 1939December 7, 2012) Note that this source, and the majority, spell his middle name ''Phillip'', while others spell it ''Philip''. was an American businessman and financier. He became a millionaire before hi ...

(1939-2012), American businessman and financier * Saúl Suárez, Colombian football manager in the 1990s *

Saul Teukolsky Saul Arno Teukolsky (born August 2, 1947) is a theoretical astrophysicist and a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Caltech and Cornell University. His major research interests include general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, and computa ...

(born 1947), South African astrophysicist and professor *

Saul Winstein Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was a Jewish Canadian chemist who discovered the '' Winstein reaction.'' He argued a non-classical cation was needed to explain the stability of the norbornyl cation. This fueled a debat ...

(1912–1969), Canadian chemist * Saul Williams (born 1972), American rapper, poet, actor and musician *

Saul Zaentz Saul Zaentz (; February 28, 1921January 3, 2014) was an American film producer and record company executive. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times and, in 1996, was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Zaentz's film p ...

(1921–2014), American film producer and owner of Fantasy Records

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