Paul (given 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 ...
, a given name, including a list of people
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Paul (surname) This surname has two distinct and separate origins:
Amongst Christians, it is a surname based on naming traditions mainly related to Paul the Apostle.
Amongst Hindus, Paul is an anglicized form of "Pala" stemming from British India censuses, meani ...
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Paul the Apostle
Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Apostles in the New Testament, Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the Ministry of Jesus, teachings of Jesus in the Christianity in the 1st century, first ...
, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula
* Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American Contemporary folk music, folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow (guitar, tenor vocals), Paul Stookey (guitar, baritone vocals), ...
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Billy Paul
Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul music, soul singer, known for his 1972 Record chart, No. 1 single "Me and Mrs. Jones". His 1973 album and single ''War of the Gods (alb ...
, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016)
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Vinnie Paul
Vincent Paul Abbott (March 11, 1964 – June 22, 2018) was an American musician best known for being the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Pantera. He also co-founded Damageplan in 2003 with his younger brother, ...
, drummer for American Metal band Pantera
* Paul Avril, pseudonym of
Édouard-Henri Avril
Édouard-Henri Avril (; 21 May 1849 – 28 July 1928) was a French painter and commercial artist. Under the pseudonym Paul Avril, he was an illustrator of erotic literature.
Avril was a soldier before starting his career in art; he was awarded ...
(1849–1928), French painter and commercial artist
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...
wrote ''Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk'' in 1816
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Jean Paul
Jean Paul (; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.
Life and work
Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Ficht ...
, pen name of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German Romantic writer
Places
* Paul, Cornwall, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom
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Paul, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
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Paul, Idaho
Paul is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. founded in 1907. The population was 1,195 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town received its name from Charles H. Paul, an engineer ...
, United States, a city
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Paul, Nebraska
Paul is an unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, in the United States.
History
A post office was established at Paul in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. The community was named for Paulinus Kuwitzky ...
, United States, an unincorporated community
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Paul, Cape Verde
Paul is a '' concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers 7% of the island area (54.3 km2), and is home to 16% of its population (6,997 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the t ...
The Paul
The Paul is an electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more ...
, a guitar by Gibson
* ''Paul'' (album), a 2019 album by PJ Morton
* "Paul" (song), by the German punk band Die Ärzte
* ''Paul'' (play), a 2005 play by Howard Brenton
* "Paul the Monkey", the mascot of
DNA Productions
DNA Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio and production company based in Irving, Texas. It was founded in 1987 by John A. Davis and Keith Alcorn. The studio originally worked on miscellaneous projects for other companies, inc ...
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Aichi E16A
The Aichi E16A ''Zuiun'' (瑞雲 "Auspicious Cloud", Allied reporting name Paul) was a two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Design and development
The Aichi E16A originated from a 1939 ...
, a Japanese World War II reconnaissance floatplane, Allied code name "Paul"
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Paul baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Paul, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All three creations are extinct.
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Paul (nursery)
Some Garden rose, rose growers are known for their particular contributions to the field. These include:
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*David C.H. Austin (1926–2018), British breeder of English-style roses including the Rosa 'Wife of Bath', 'Wife of Bath'
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, a plant nursery in Hertfordshire, England
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Paul the Octopus
Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal ...
(2008–2010), an octopus that correctly guessed results in the 2010 World Cup
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Paul II (octopus)
Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide atten ...
, the successor of Paul the Octopus
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Hurricane Paul (1982)
Hurricane Paul was a devastating tropical cyclone which killed a total of 1,625 people and caused US$520 million in damage, ranking it as the second deadliest Pacific hurricane on record, behind the 1959 Mexico Hurricane. The sixteenth ...
, a Pacific hurricane
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Hurricane Paul (2006)
Hurricane Paul was a Category 2 Pacific hurricane that struck Mexico as a tropical depression in October 2006. The seventeenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Paul developed from an area of disturbed weather on O ...