Pavao is a Croatian masculine given name, cognate to Paul. It may refer to: * Pavao Anđelić (1920–1985), Bosnian archaeologist and historian * Pavao Dragičević (1694–1773), Bosnian Franciscan friar and bishop * Pavao Ljubičić (1918–1944), Croatian rower * Pavao Löw (1910–1986), Yugoslav Jewish football player * Pavao Martić (born 1940), Croatian rower * Pavao Mašić (born 1980), Croatian harpsichordist and organist * Pavao Miljavac (1953–2022), Croatian general * Pavao Muhić (1811–1897), Croatian lawyer and politician * Pavao Pavličić (born 1946), Croatian writer * Pavao Pervan (born 1987), Austrian football player of Bosnian Croat origin * Pavao Pintarić (1913–1990), Yugoslav fencer * Pavao Posilović (1597–1657), Croatian Catholic bishop * Pavao Rajzner (1942–2015), Croatian football player and manager * Pavao Rauch (1865–1933), Croatian politician * Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652–1713), Habsburg-Croatian polymath * Pavao Tijan (1908–1997), Croatian encyclopaedist * Pavao Zorčić (c.1620–1685), Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch * Pavao Špirančić (c. 1400–1463), Croatian nobleman * Pavao Štalter (1929–2021), Croatian animator * Pavao Štoos (1806–1862), Croatian poet and priest * Pavao Šubić (c. 1245–1312), Croatian nobleman * Pavao Žanić (1918–2000), Croatian Catholic bishop

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