Saul is a masculine given name of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

origin. It is the English form of ''שָׁאוּל‎'', the Hebrew name of the Biblical King

Saul Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...

. The name translates to "asked for/borrowed". 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 landlord ...

(1909–1972), American political activist *

Saúl Álvarez Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of ''שָׁאוּל‎'', the Hebrew name of the Biblical King Saul. The name translates to "asked for/borrowed". People named Saul include: * Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Se ...

(born 1990), Mexican boxer, WBA - WBC middleweight champion * Saúl Armendáriz (born 1970), Mexican wrestler under the ring name Cassandro * 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 Academy Awards, Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and logo, corporate logos. During his 4 ...

(1920–1996), film graphic designer *

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only write ...

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

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

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

(born 1984), Spanish sprint canoer, Olympic and world champion * Saul Dubow, South African historian and academic *

Saúl Fernández García Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of ''שָׁאוּל‎'', the Hebrew name of the Biblical King Saul. The name translates to "asked for/borrowed". People named Saul include: * Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Sep ...

(born 1985), Spanish footballer *

Slash (musician) Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Slash has r ...

, 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. Early life Katz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn.Saul Kripke Saul Aaron Kripke (; November 13, 1940 – September 15, 2022) was an American analytic philosophy, analytic philosopher and logician. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and emer ...

(1940–2022), 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 Liv ...

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

Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (; 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 Professor of Talmud at the Jewish T ...

(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 ...

Saul Levi Morteira Saul Levi Morteira or Mortera ( 1596 – 10 February 1660) was a rabbi in Amsterdam. He was born in Venice, so he was neither a Sephardic or Ashkenazic Jew. He became a prominent figure in the city's community of exiled Portuguese Jews. H ...

(c. 1596–1660), Amsterdam rabbi *

Saul Moyal Saul Moyal (شاوؤل مويال) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer. Moyal 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 th ...

, Egyptian Olympic fencer *

Saul Nanni Saul Nanni (born 4 February 1999) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Christian in the Disney Channel series '' Alex & Co.'' (2015–2017), Marco in the comedy drama film '' Under the Riccione Sun'' (2020), and Alessandro in the rom ...

(born 1999), Italian actor *

Saúl Ñíguez Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It is the English form of ''שָׁאוּל‎'', the Hebrew name of the Biblical King Saul. The name translates to "asked for/borrowed". People named Saul include: * Saul Adadi (1 ...

(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 Sapr ...

(born 1984), Costa Rican footballer * Saul Phillips (basketball) (born 1972), American basketball coach and player * Saul Raisin (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, in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor's d ...

(1922–2010), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco * Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), American baseball player *

Saul Rubinek Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a 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 Nero Wolf ...

(born 1948), German-born Canadian actor and director *

Saul Shapiro Saul Taylor Shapiro is the New York City franchisee of Fibrenew doing business as Fibrenew Manhattan Central. Early life and education Shapiro was born to Florence and Seymour Shapiro in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. A materials science engineer ...

, American known for public policy development on digital broadcast *

Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914, Rm. Sărat, Romania – May 12, 1999, New York City) was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably ''View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself ...

(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 his ...

(1939-2012), American businessman and financier *

Saúl Suárez Saúl Suárez (born Colombia 1952) was a Colombian former football manager. He became the first coach to qualify the Panama national football team for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of ...

, Colombian football manager in the 1990s * Saul Teukolsky (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 debate ...

(1912–1969), Canadian chemist *

Saul Williams Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film ''Slam ( ...

(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 pr ...

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

Saul Garza Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh cen ...

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Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic P ...

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* Saul, a character on the TV sitcom ''

Soap Soap is a salt (chemistry), salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications. In a domestic setting, soaps, specifically "toilet soaps", are surfactants usually u ...

'' * Saul, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film ''

Coming to America ''Coming to America'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio ...

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Saul Berenson This is a list of characters appearing in the Showtime drama television series ''Homeland''. Appearances : = Main cast (credited) : = Recurring cast (3+) : = Guest cast (1-2) Main cast Recurring cast ;Notes Main characters The fo ...

, a character in the TV series ''Homeland'' *

Saul Goodman James Morgan Jimmy McGill, better known by his business name Saul Goodman, is a fictional character created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and portrayed by Bob Odenkirk in the television franchise ''Breaking Bad''. He appears as a major c ...

, character in the TV series ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC (TV channel), AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cran ...

'' and ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American legal crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for AMC. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–201 ...

'' * Jaguar D. Saul, a character from ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

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