Pavol is a masculine Slovak

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, equivalent to

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Notable people with the name

* Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians *

Pavol Bajza Pavol Bajza (born 4 September 1991) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Železiarne Podbrezová. Career Born in Žilina. Bajza began his career with Považská Bystrica, later Pavol joined Dubnica in 2006, aged just 15. Afte ...

(born 1991), Slovak footballer * Pavol Baláž (born 1984), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Barabáš Pavol Barabáš (born September 13, 1959, in Trenčín) is a Slovak film director. He has produced a variety of documentaries about poorly accessible places where human beings hardly ever set foot before. His work deals also with unusual cultures, ...

(born 1959), Slovak film director *

Pavol Barmoš Pavol Barmoš (born 26 June 1981) is a Slovak football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word ...

(born 1981), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Bellás Pavol Bellás (born 28 May 1997), is a Slovak professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football ...

(born 1997), Slovak footballer * Pavol Bencz (1936–2012), Czechoslovak football player *

Pavol Betin Pavol Betin competed for Slovakia in the men's standing volleyball event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal. See also * Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics 28 athletes (23 men and 5 women) from Slovakia competed at th ...

, Slovak volleyball player * Pavol Biroš (1953–2020), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Blažek Pavol Blažek (born 9 July 1958) is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games. He was born in Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in ...

(born 1958), Slovak race walker * Pavol Bojanovský (born 1953), Slovak basketball player * Pavol Boriš (born 1954), Slovak winemaker and author *

Pavol Čarnogurský Pavol Čarnogurský (22 January 1908—27 December 1992) was a influential Slovak People's Party politician in the Slovak State and afterwards an anti-communist dissident. He was a member of the Slovak parliament from 1939 to 1945, including when ...

(1908—1992), Slovak politician *

Pavol Červenák Pavol Červenák (; born 1 July 1987), is a professional tennis player from Slovak Republic. 2012 Pavol Červenák defeated Tommy Haas in the Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian lang ...

(born 1987), Slovak tennis player *

Pavol Cicman Pavol Cicman (born 30 January 1985) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a striker who plays for Slovan Kendice. Career Club In July 2011, he joined Piast Gliwice on a one-year contract. In September 2014, he went on trial to I ...

(born 1985), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Demeš Pavol Demeš (born 8 January 1956) is a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Bratislava office, who served as the Slovak Minister for External Affairs from 1991 to 1992 - in the Czechoslovak Confederated Government after the Velvet ...

(born 1956), Slovak politician *

Pavol Demitra Pavol Demitra (; 29 November 1974 – 7 September 2011) was a Slovakia, Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played nineteen seasons of professional hockey, for teams in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CSL), National Hockey League ...

(1974–2011), Slovak ice hockey player *

Pavol Dindžík Pavol Dindžík (born 25 April 1971) is a Slovak water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Ba ...

(born 1971), Slovak water polo player *

Pavol Diňa Pavol Diňa (born 11 July 1963 in Snina) is a Slovak football coach and former striker. He became the Slovak Superliga 1993-94 top goalscorer, netting 19 goals. Diňa scored 90 goals in the Czechoslovak League and 41 goals in the Slovak Leag ...

(born 1963), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Dobšinský Pavol Dobšinský (16 March 1828 – 22 October 1885) was a Slovak collector of folklore and writer belonging to the period of Romanticism and the Štúr generation. He is perhaps best known for creating the largest and most complete collection o ...

(1828–1885), Slovak writer and collector of folklore *

Pavol Ďurica Pavol Ďurica (born 17 May 1983) is a former Slovak football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (w ...

(born 1983), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Farkas Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to Paul. Notable people with the name * Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians * Pavol Bajza (born 1991), Slovak footballer * Pavol Baláž ...

(born 1985), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Frešo Pavol Frešo (born 21 April 1969) is a Slovak former politician who was the last chairman of SDKÚ-DS, Governor of the Bratislava Region, and an MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Life Frešo was born on 21 April 1969 in Bra ...

(born 1969), Slovak politician *

Pavol Peter Gojdič Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to Paul. Notable people with the name * Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians * Pavol Bajza (born 1991), Slovak footballer * Pavol Baláž ( ...

(1888–1960), Rusyn Basilian monk, bishop and martyr * Pavol Gostič (born 1966), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Grman Pavol Grman (born 10 February 1992) is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for the low division OFK Hrušovany. Career FC Nitra He made his debut for FC Nitra

(born 1992), Slovak footballer * Pavol Habera (born 1962), Slovak singer, musician, and actor *

Pavol Hammel Pavol Hammel (born 7 December 1948, in Bratislava) is a Slovak musician, singer and producer. Pavol Hammel was born to a family of musicians. His father played violin in the Slovak National Theatre, and influenced Pavol to become a promising vi ...

(born 1948), Slovak musician and singer *

Pavol Hamžík Pavol Hamžík (born 20 August 1954) is a former Foreign Minister of Slovakia from 1996 to 1997 in cabinet of Vladimír Mečiar and also member of government of prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. He is currently the foreign policy advisor of Robe ...

(born 1954), Slovak politician *

Pavol Hell Pavol Hell is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, born in Czechoslovakia. He is a professor of computing science at Simon Fraser University. Hell started his mathematical studies at Charles University in Prague, and moved to Canada in ...

is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist *

Pavol Hnilica Pavol Mária Hnilica, Society of Jesus, S.J. (30 March 1921 – 8 October 2006) was a Slovaks, Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who served as a titular bishop of Rusadir from 1964 until his death in 2006. Born in Uňatín in present-day Slo ...

(1921–2006), Slovak Roman Catholic bishop and Jesuit * Pavol Hochschorner (born 1979), Slovak slalom canoeist * Pavol Hric (born 1976), Slovak slalom canoeist * Pavol Hrivnák (1931–1995), Slovak politician, former prime minister of Slovakia *

Pavol Hrušovský Pavol Hrušovský (born 9 June 1952) is a former Slovak politician, who served as the speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (the Slovak parliament) from 15 October 2002 to 7 February 2006 and party leader of the Christian Democ ...

(born 1952), Slovak politician * Pavol Hudák (born 1959), Slovak poet and journalist and publicist *

Pavol Hurajt Pavol Hurajt (born 4 February 1978) is a Slovak former biathlete. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its h ...

(born 1978), Slovak biathlete *

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (2 February 1849 – 8 November 1921) was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by ...

(1849–1921), Slovak poet, dramatist and translator *

Pavol Jablonicky Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to Paul. Notable people with the name * Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians * Pavol Bajza (born 1991), Slovak footballer * Pavol Baláž ( ...

(birn 1963), Slovak bodybuilder * Pavol Jantausch (1870–1947), Czechoslovak Roman Catholic bishop * Pavol Jurčo (born 1986), Slovak footballer * Pavol Kanis (born 1948), Slovak politician *

Pavol Kopačka Pavol Kopačka (born 7 August 1974) is a Slovak football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), ...

(born 1974), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Kopp Pavol Kopp is a Slovak sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air pistol. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished in 27th place in the men's 10 m air pistol, failing to make the final. In the 50 metre pistol, he reached the final, fin ...

(born 1978), Slovak sport shooter * Pavol Kosík (born 1980), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Lančarič Pavol Lančarič (born 31 May 1963) is a Slovak Manager, who was the CEO of Orange Slovensko for 20 years. From May to October 2023, he served as the Minister of Transportation of Slovakia. Lančarič was born on 31 May 1963 in Bojnice. He stud ...

(born 1963), Slovak manager *

Pavol Lisy Mgr. Pavol Lisý (born 9.2.1995, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia) was the first professional List of Go players, go player certified by the European Go Federation. Curriculum vitae After graduating from the Grosslingová high school, Pavel studied ...

(born 1995), Slovak professional go player * Pavol Majerník (born 1978), Slovak football player and manager *

Pavol Masaryk Pavol Masaryk (born 11 February 1980) is a Slovak former professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Club He has previously played for TJ Holíč, MFK Myjava and FC Spartak Trnava. In the 2006–07 season, he was the third top-sco ...

(born 1980), Slovak footballer * Pavol Maľa (1910–1970), Czechoslovak athlete * Pavol Michalík (born 1951), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Mihalik Pavol Mihalik (born 18 November 1976) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player who played with HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga The Slovak Extraliga, known as the Tipsport liga since the 2025–26 season for sponsorship r ...

(born 1976), Slovak ice hockey player *

Pavol Molnár Pavol Molnár (13 February 1936 – 6 November 2021) was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 20 matches and scored three goals. He was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he pl ...

(born 1936), Slovak footballer * Pavol Orolín (born 1987)m Slovak footballer * Pavol Pavlačič, Slovak Paralympic volleyball player * Pavol Pavlis (born 1961), Slovak politician *

Pavol Pavlus Pavol Pavlus (born 22 June 1974) is a Slovak former football midfielder who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia, Russia and Austria. Career Born in Myjava, Pavlus began playing football for local side FC Spartak Trnava, and played 21 league matc ...

(born 1974), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Paška Pavol Paška (23 February 1958, Košice – 6 April 2018, Košice) was a Slovak politician who served as Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Direction – ...

, Slovak politician *

Pavol Penksa Pavol Penksa (born 7 November 1985) is a retired Slovak footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Penksa signed a short-term deal with Scottish club Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in th ...

(born 1985), Slovak footballer * Pavol Pilár (born 1986), Slovak footballer * Pavol Pitoňák (born 1972), Slovak curler * Pavol Polakovič (born 1974), Slovak boxer * Pavol Poliaček (born 1988) , Slovak footballer * Pavol Polievka (born 1969), Slovak cyclist * Pavol Poráč, Slovak ice dancer * Pavol Pronaj (born 1982), Slovak footballer * Pavol Rankov (born 1964), Slovak writer * Pavol Regenda (born 1999), Slovak ice hockey player *

Pavol Rusko Pavol Rusko (born 20 August 1963) is retired Slovak politician, television magnate and convicted fraudster. He served as the Minister of Economy of Slovakia between 2003 and 2005 and Managing Director of TV Markíza, at the time Slovakia's most v ...

(born 1963), Slovak politician *

Pavol Rybár Pavol Rybár (born 12 October 1971 in Skalica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga. He played for Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 20 ...

(born 1971), Slovak ice hockey player * Pavol Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861), Slovak philologist, poet, historian and ethnographer *

Pavol Šafranko Pavol Šafranko (born 16 November 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah. Club career Tatran Prešov Born in Stropkov, eastern Slovakia, Šafranko began his football career in t ...

(born 1994), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Šajgalík Pavol Šajgalík (born 30 June 1955) is a Slovak physicist, specialized in materials science. He has served as the president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences from 2015 to 2025. Biography Pavol Šajgalík was born on 30 June 1955 in Bratis ...

(born 1955), Slovak physicist *

Pavol Šajgalík (bishop) Pavol Šajgalík (born 13 November 1964) a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Slovakia since 2025. Biography Pavol Šajgalík was born on 13 November 1964 in Bratislava. ...

(born 1964), Slovak Roman Catholic bishop * Pavol Schmidt (1930–2001), Slovak rower *

Pavol Sedlák Pavol Sedlák (born 21 November 1979) is a Slovak football (soccer), footballer, currently retired and also was assistant manager in the Slovak giant ŠK Slovan Bratislava. His former clubs were MŠK Rimavská Sobota and ŠK Slovan Bratislava. ...

(born 1979), Slovak footballer * Pavol Sedlák (volleyball), (born 1976/77), Slovak Paralympic volleyball player * Pavol Skalický (born 1995), Slovak ice hockey player * Pavol Socháň (1862–1941), Slovakian photographer, ethnographer and writer *

Pavol Šoral Pavol Šoral (18 January 1903 – 29 August 1977) was a former Slovak footballer who played for club side ŠK Slovan Bratislava. He was the first Slovak player to represent the Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia nation ...

(born 1903), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Staňo Pavol Staňo (born 29 September 1977) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of I liga club Górnik Łęczna. Club career Staňo played for Spartak Trnava and Artmedia Petržalka in the Slovak Co ...

(born 1977), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Steiner Pavol Steiner, also Pavel Steiner and Paul Steiner (29 March 1908 in Pozsony (now Bratislava) – 4 June 1969 in Martin, Žilina) was a Slovak Olympic water polo player and swimmer representing Czechoslovakia. He was also a cardiology surgeon. ...

(1908–1969), Slovak water polo player and cardiac surgeon * Pavol Straka (born 1980), Slovak footballer * Pavol Strapáč (1957–2021), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Šuhaj Pavol Šuhaj (born 16 April 1981) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Šuhaj joined Football League Championship club Crewe Alexandra in July 2005 from Slovak Super Liga side Laugaricio Trenčín ...

(born 1981), Slovak footballer *

Pavol Svitana Pavol Svitana (born 2 September 1948) is a Slovak ice hockey player. He was named to the Czechoslovak national team for the men's tournament at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter G ...

(born 1948), Slovak ice hockey player *

Pavol Szikora Pavol Szikora (26 March 1952 – 22 May 2021) was a Slovak race walker. He was born in Lučenec Lučenec (; ; ; ; Lelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.) is a town in the Banská Bystri ...

(1952–2021), Slovak race walker *

Pavol Zelenay Pavol Zelenay (15 April 1928 – 8 July 2024) was a Slovak swing composer, producer, musician, and music critic who was best known as a co-founder of the Bratislavská lýra popular song contest. Biography Pavol Zelenay was born on 15 April 1 ...

(1928–2024), Slovak swing musician