Shaul is a given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name: * Shaul (Hebrew שָׁאוּל Šāʼûl "asked for, prayed for") the first king of Kingdom of Israel * Shaul, a son of

Simeon (son of Jacob) Simeon () was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob’s second son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis. However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metap ...

in ''Genesis'' *

Shaul Amor Shaul Amor ( he, שאול עמור, 21 December 1940 – 2 October 2004) was an Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio between January and July 1999. Biography Born in Boujad, Morocco in 1940, Amor made aliyah in 1956. ...

(1940-2004), Israeli politician *

Shaul Avigur Shaul Avigur ( he, שאול אביגור; 11 September 1899 – 29 August 1978) was a founder of the Israeli Intelligence Community. Biography Avigur was born in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils in Latvia) under the name Saul Meyeroff (''later'' Meirov; ...

(1899–1978), a founder of the Israeli Intelligence Community * Shaul Ben-Tzvi, Hebrew name of Paul Shulman (1922-1994), second commander of the Israeli Navy *

Shaul Eisenberg Shaul Nehemia Eisenberg ( he, שאול אייזנברג; 22 September 1921 – 27 March 1997) was an Israeli businessman and billionaire tycoon. Biography Shaul Eisenberg was born in Munich to a religious Jewish family from Poland, being the fif ...

(1921–1997), Jewish businessmen and billionaire *

Shaul Elovitch Shaul Elovitch (; born 1948) is an Israeli businessman and the owner of Eurocom Group, one of the largest private holding groups in Israel. Background Shaul Elovitch was born in 1948 in Poland and made aliyah to Israel when he was two years old ...

(born 1949), Polish-born Israeli businessman and owner of Eurocom Group * Shaul Foguel (1931–2020), Israeli mathematician *

Shaul Gordon Shaul Gordon (born July 11, 1994) is a Canadian fencer in the sabre discipline. Gordon has represented the country on the international stage since 2013, and has competed at two Pan American Games and six World Fencing Championships. Gordon form ...

(born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

fencer *

Shaul Gutman Shaul Gutman ( he, שאול גוטמן, born 9 September 1945) is an Israeli academic and former politician. Biography Born in Be'erot Yitzhak during the Mandate era, Gutman grew up in Rehovot and studied at the Technion and Berkeley, before ...

(born 1945), Israeli academic and former politician * Shaul Hameed Uvais Karnain (born 1962), Sri Lankan former cricketer *

Shaul Ladany Shaul Paul Ladany ( he, שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk ...

(born 1936), Israeli world-record-holding racewalker, Holocaust and Munich Massacre survivor and Professor of industrial engineering *

Shaul Magid Shaul Magid (born June 16, 1958) is the Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. From 2004-2018 he was a professor of religious studies and the Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Chair of Jewish Studies in Modern Judaism at Indiana U ...

, professor of religious studies *

Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz ( he, שאול מופז; 4 November 1948) is a retired Israeli military officer and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Le ...

(born 1943), Israeli former soldier and politician, 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, former Acting Prime Minister, Deputy and Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense * Shaul Rosolio (1923-1992), 5th Israeli Police Commissioner (1972-1977) * Shaul Shani (born c. 1955), Israeli billionaire investor * Shaul Shats (born 1944), Israeli painter, printmaker and illustrator * Shaul Stampfer (born 1948), Jewish historian * Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875-1943), Russian-born Hebrew poet *

Shaul Yahalom Shaul Yahalom ( he, שאול יהלום, born 27 September 1947) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2006 for the National Religious Party. Biography Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Yah ...

(born 1947), Israeli former politician * Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995), rabbi of religious Zionism Surname: *

Dror Shaul Dror Shaul (born June 28, 1975) is an Israeli film-maker, commercial director and film writer-director, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Shaul was born and raised in the Kibbutz Kissufim where he lived until the age of 22. Shaul was born ...

, Israeli filmmaker * Jamie Shaul (born 1992), English rugby league player * John Shaul (1873-1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

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