Shaul is a given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name: * Shaul (Hebrew שָׁאוּל Šāʼûl "asked for, prayed for"), usually called

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 ...

in English, the first King of Israel in the Hebrew Bible * Shaul, a son of

Simeon (son of Jacob) Simeon () was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been part of the original Israelite ...

in ''Genesis'' * Shaul Amor (1940-2004), Israeli politician *

Shaul Avigur Shaul Avigur (; 11 September 1899 – 29 August 1978) was a founder of the Israeli Intelligence Community. Biography Avigur was born in Dvinsk under the name Saul Meyeroff (''later'' Meirov; ), but when his son Gur Meyeroff was killed in the 1948 ...

(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 (; 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 fifth out of six children born t ...

(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 ol ...

(born 1949), Polish-born Israeli businessman and owner of Eurocom Group * Shaul Foguel (1931–2020), Israeli mathematician * Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic

sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

fencer *

Shaul Gutman Shaul Gutman (; 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 returning to the Technion ...

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

Shaul Ladany Shaul Paul Ladany (; 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 (4:17:07). He is a for ...

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

Shaul Magid Shaul Magid (Hebrew: שאול מגיד ; born June 16, 1958) is a rabbi, Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. From 2004 to 2018, he was a professor ...

, professor of religious studies *

Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz (; 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 Lebanon War, and Operati ...

(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 Shaul Shani (; born c. 1955) is an Israeli businessman in the technology industry, and the owner of Swarth Group. Early life Shaul Shani was born circa 1955. He grew up in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa. His father worked at the Port of Haifa. Career ...

(born c. 1955), Israeli billionaire investor *

Shaul Shats Shaul Shats (; born 1944) (variant names Shaul Shatz, Saul Shatz) is an Israeli painter, printmaker and illustrator, born in 1944 in Kibbutz Sarid, Israel. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1965–66), the Rietv ...

(born 1944), Israeli painter, printmaker and illustrator *

Shaul Stampfer Shaul Stampfer (; born 1948) is a researcher of East European Jewry specializing in Lithuanian yeshivas, Jewish demography, migration and education. Biography Shaul Stampfer was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a Jewish family, and is a descendant o ...

(born 1948), Jewish historian *

Shaul Tchernichovsky Shaul Tchernichovsky () or Saul Gutmanovich Tchernichovsky (; 20 August 1875 – 14 October 1943) was a Russian-born Hebrew poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and a poet greatly influenced by the ...

(1875-1943), Russian-born Hebrew poet * Shaul Yahalom (born 1947), Israeli former politician * Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995), rabbi of religious Zionism Surname: * Dror Shaul, Israeli filmmaker * Jamie Shaul (born 1992), English rugby league player * John Shaul (1873-1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

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