Saul is a masculine given name of
Hebrew
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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:
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Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Sephardic Hakham and rosh yeshiva in the Tripoli Jewish community
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Saul Alinsky (1909–1972), American political activist
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Saúl Álvarez (born 1990), Mexican boxer, WBA - WBC middleweight champion
* Saúl Armendáriz (born 1970), Mexican wrestler under the ring name
Cassandro
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Saul Ascher (1767–1822), Jewish narrative writer and publicist
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Saul Bass (1920–1996), film graphic designer
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Saul Bellow (1915–2005), Canadian author, Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize
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Saúl Berjón (born 1986), Spanish footballer known as Saúl
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Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), American composer and musical director, three-time Oscar winner
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Saúl Craviotto (born 1984), Spanish sprint canoer, Olympic and world champion
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Saul Dubow, South African historian and academic
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Saúl Fernández García (born 1985), Spanish footballer
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Slash (musician), British-American musician Saul Hudson, guitarist of Guns N' Roses
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Saul Katz (born 1939), President of the New York Mets baseball team
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Saul Kripke (1940–2022), American philosopher and logician
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Saul Landau (1936–2013), American scholar, author, commentator and filmmaker
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Saul Leiter (1923–2013), American photographer, early user of color photography in fine art
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Saul Lieberman (1898–1983), Israeli rabbi and scholar of Talmud
* Saul Milton, British musician, member of
Chase & Status
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Saul Levi Morteira (c. 1596–1660), Amsterdam rabbi
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Saul Moyal, Egyptian Olympic fencer
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Saul Nanni (born 1999), Italian actor
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Saúl Ñíguez (born 1994), Spanish footballer
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Saúl Ongaro, Argentine footballer
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Saúl Phillips (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
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Saul Phillips (basketball) (born 1972), American basketball coach and player
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Saul Raisin (born 1983), road bicycle racer
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Saul Robbins (1922–2010), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco
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Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), American baseball player
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Saul Rubinek (born 1948), German-born Canadian actor and director
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Saul Shapiro, American known for public policy development on digital broadcast
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Saul Steinberg (1914–1999), Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator
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Saul Steinberg (businessman) (1939-2012), American businessman and financier
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Saúl Suárez, Colombian football manager in the 1990s
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Saul Teukolsky (born 1947), South African astrophysicist and professor
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Saul Winstein (1912–1969), Canadian chemist
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Saul Williams (born 1972), American rapper, poet, actor and musician
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Saul Zaentz (1921–2014), American film producer and owner of Fantasy Records
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Saul Garza (undefined), American actor, known for taking a guest role in
Prison Break series
Fictional characters
* Saul, a character on the TV sitcom ''
Soap
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* Saul, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film ''
Coming to America''
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Saul Berenson, a character in the TV series ''Homeland''
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Saul Goodman, 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''
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Jaguar D. Saul, a character from ''
One Piece''
See also
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Shaul
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Sol (given name)
{{given name, Saul
English masculine given names
Masculine given names
Hebrew masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names