Poul is a
Danish masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. It is the Danish cognate of the name
Paul. Notable people with the name include:
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Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer
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Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer
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Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish football player and manager
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Poul Bang
Poul Bang (17 February 1905 – 6 July 1967) was a Danish film producer and film director, director. He produced 24 films between 1950 and 1967. He also directed 23 films between 1943 and 1963.
Life
He was the son of Camillo Cavour Bang ...
(1905–1967), Danish filmmaker
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Poul Anker Bech (1942–2009), Danish painter
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Poul Bjerre (1876–1964), Swedish psychiatrist
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Poul Borum (1934–1996), Danish writer
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Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), Danish actor
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Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), Danish painter
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Poul Skytte Christoffersen (born 1946), Danish diplomat
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Poul Elming (born 1949), Danish opera singer
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Poul Glargaard (1942–2011), Danish actor
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Poul Hansen (1913–1966), Danish politician
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Poul Hartling (1914–2000), Danish politician and Prime Minister
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Poul Heegaard (1871–1948), Danish mathematician
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Poul Henningsen (1894–1967), Danish writer and architect
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Poul Richard Høj Jensen (born 1944), Danish sailor
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Poul Christian Holst (1776–1863), Norwegian politician
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Poul Hultberg (1920–2016), Danish architect
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Poul Hübertz (born 1976), Danish football player
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Poul Ove Jensen (born 1937), Danish architect
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Poul S. Jessen, Danish-American optical physicist
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Poul Jessen (1926-2015), Danish gymnast
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Poul F. Joensen (1898–1970), Faroese poet
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Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980), Danish designer
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Poul Krebs (born 1956), Danish musician
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Poul la Cour
Poul la Cour (13 April 1846 – 24 April 1908) was a Denmark, Danish scientist, inventor and educationalist. Today la Cour is especially recognized for his early work on wind power, both experimental work on aerodynamics and practical implementat ...
(1846–1908), Danish scientist
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Poul Lange (born 1956), Danish artist
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Poul Martin Møller (1794–1838), Danish writer
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Poul Michelsen
Poul Johan Sundberg Michelsen (born 22 July 1944 in Tórshavn) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese business man and former politician. He was the leader of Progress (Faroe Islands), Progress (Framsókn), which he and others established in 2011. Before th ...
(born 1944), Faroese politician
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Poul Müller (1909–1979), Danish actor
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Poul Nesgaard (born 1952), Danish television producer
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Poul Nielsen (1891–1962), Danish football player
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Poul Nielson (born 1943), Danish politician
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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943), Danish politician and Prime Minister
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Poul Popiel (born 1943), Danish ice hockey player
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Poul H. Poulsen (1947–1999), Danish designer
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Poul Reichhardt (1913–1985), Danish actor
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Poul Ruders (born 1949), Danish composer
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Poul Schierbeck (1888–1949), Danish composer
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Poul Schlüter (1929–2021), Danish politician and Prime Minister
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Poul Sørensen, multiple persons
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Poul Christian Stemann (1764–1855), Danish politician
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Poul Svendsen (1927–2024), Danish rower
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Poul Thomsen (1922–1988), Danish actor
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Poul Erik Tøjner (born 1959), Danish museum director
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Poul Vad (1927–2003), Danish writer and art historian
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Poul Volther (1923–2001), Danish furniture designer
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Poul Weber (born 1949), Danish politician
See also
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Poul Creek Formation, Alaska
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Paul (name)
Paul is a common Latin Language, Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religiou ...
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Povl
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Danish masculine given names
Masculine given names