Páll is a name primarily of
Icelandic and
Faroese origins. Notable people with the name include:
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Páll Bálkason (died 1231), Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black
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Páll Gíslason
Páll Gíslason (3 October 1924 – 1 January 2011) was an Icelandic medical practitioner in Reykjavik and a pioneer in vascular surgery in Iceland. Outside of his medical career, he served as the Chief Scout of the Bandalag íslenskra skáta, t ...
(1924–2004), Icelandic medical practitioner and scout
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Páll Guðlaugsson (born 1958), Icelandic football player and coach
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Páll Guðmundsson
Páll Guðmundsson (; born 1959 in Húsafell in the west of Iceland, where he still lives) is a sculptor and artist.
He has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany.
Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out ...
(born 1959), Icelandic sculptor and artist
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Páll Mohr Joensen
Páll Mohr Joensen is a Faroese people, Faroese footballer who plays for Havnar Bóltfelag, HB Tórshavn. In 2005, he joined NSÍ Runavík on loan until the end of the season. In the following season HB were expelled from the Faroe Islands Cup b ...
(born 1986), Faroese footballer
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Páll Jónsson (1155–1211), Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman
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Páll Klettskarð (born 1990), Faroese football striker
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Páll Magnússon (born 1954), Icelandic television director
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Páll Melsteð (disambiguation) Páll Melsteð may refer to:
*Páll Melsteð (amtmann) (1791–1861), Icelandic official and politician
*Páll Melsteð (historian) (1812–1910), Icelandic historian and son of the above
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Páll Melsteð (amtmann)
Páll Melsteð (31 March 1791 – 9 May 1861) was an Icelandic official and politician.
He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, Bessastaðir School in 1809 and from Copenhagen University with a degree in law in 1815. From 1815 to 1849 he ...
(1791–1861), Icelandic official and politician
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Páll Melsteð (historian)
Páll Melsteð (13 November 1812 - 9 February 1910) was an Icelandic historian, official, editor and member of the Althing. In 1892 he was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog.
Early life
Páll was the son of Páll Melsteð the official. At the a ...
(1812–1910), Icelandic historian
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Páll Ólafsson (disambiguation) Páll Ólafsson may refer to:
* Páll Ólafsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic Olympic handballer
* Páll Ólafsson (poet)
Páll Ólafsson (1827–1905) was an Icelandic poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets m ...
, multiple people, including:
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Páll Ólafsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic Olympic handballer
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Páll Ólafsson (poet) (1827–1905), Icelandic poet
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Páll Bragi Pétursson (born 1937), Icelandic politician
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Páll á Reynatúgvu (born 1967), Faroese politician and footballer
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Páll Ragnar Pálsson (born 1977), Icelandic composer and member of Icelandic rock band
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Páll Skúlason
Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland.
Born and raised in Akureyri, in northern Iceland, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied p ...
(1945–2015), Icelandic professor of philosophy and Rector of the University of Iceland
Surname
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Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll (originally, Poul Poulsen Nolsøe) (11 October 1766 – 1808 or 1809) is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of E ...
(1766–c.1808), Faroese national hero
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Sándor Páll (1954–2010), ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia
See also
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Pall (name)
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Paul (name)
Paul () is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variation ...
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Icelandic masculine given names
Faroese masculine given names