Namesakes
Emil Fischer
(m) 1852-1919 
Nobel Prize Winners 1902 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Emil von Behring
(m) 1854-1917
Nobel Prize Winners 1901 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
(m) 1867-1951
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1944-1946 (president)
Notable Military Figures
Emil Theodor Kocher
(m) 1841-1917
Nobel Prize Winners 1909 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Emil Jannings
(m) 1884-1950
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1929 The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh (actor)
George Emil Palade
(m) 1912-2008
Nobel Prize Winners 1974 (medicine)
Emil Nolde
(m) 1867-1956
Notable Artists
Emil Zátopek
(m) 1922-2000
Notable Athletes (track)
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 10000 m; 5000 m; marathon (silver/gold)
Konrad Emil Bloch
(m) 1912-2000
Nobel Prize Winners 1964 (medicine)
Emil Cioran
(m) 1911-1995
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Writers
Emil Kraepelin
(m) 1856-1926
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Emil Boc
(m) 1966-
Romanian Presidents and Prime Ministers 2008-2012 (prime minister)
Emil Constantinescu
(m) 1939-
Romanian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1996-2000 (president)
Emil Forsberg
(m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Emil Hegle Svendsen
(m) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 biathlon (gold/silver)
Ulrich Salchow
(middle name Emil) (m) 1877-1949
Olympic Medalists 1908 figure skating (gold)
Emil Hallfreðsson
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Lars-Emil Johansen
(m) 1946-
Other Leaders 1991-1997 Greenland (prime minister)
Emil Voigt
(m) 1883-1973
Olympic Medalists 1908 5 miles (gold)
Emil Dimitriev
(m) 1979-
Other Leaders 2016-2017 Macedonia (prime minister)
James Coco
(middle name Emil) (m) 1930-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Emil Rausch
(m) 1883-1955
Olympic Medalists 1904 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 880 yard freestyle (bronze/gold)
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
(m) 1817-1896
Danish Prime Ministers 1865-1870
Edvin Wide
(a.k.a. Emil) (m) 1896-1996
Olympic Medalists 1920; 1924; 1928 3000 m team; 10000 m; 5000 m (silver/bronze)
Emil Jönsson
(m) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2014 cross-country skiing (bronze)
Emil Welti
(m) 1825-1899
Swiss Presidents 1869; 1872; 1876; 1880; 1884; 1891
Emil Jónsson
(m) 1902-1986
Icelandic Presidents and Prime Ministers 1958-1959 (prime minister)
Emil Frey
(m) 1838-1922
Swiss Presidents 1894
Emil Magnusson
(m) 1887-1933
Olympic Medalists 1912 discus throw - both hands (bronze)
Emil Hirschfeld
(m) 1903-1968
Olympic Medalists 1928 shot put (bronze)
Sven Lundgren
(middle name Emil) (m) 1896-1960
Olympic Medalists 1920 3000 m team (bronze)
Ejler Allert
(middle name Emil) (m) 1881-1959
Olympic Medalists 1912 rowing (gold)
Emil Benecke
(m) 1898-1945
Olympic Medalists 1928; 1932 water polo (gold/silver)
Emil Breitkreutz
(m) 1883-1972
Olympic Medalists 1904 800 m (bronze)
Elemér Berkessy
(a.k.a. Emil) (m) 1905-1993
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Sigfrid Öberg
(middle name Emil) (m) 1907-1949
Olympic Medalists 1928 ice hockey (silver)
Göte Wälitalo
(middle name Emil) (m) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1984 ice hockey (bronze)
Emil Szramek
(m) 1887-1943
Saints
Emil Glad
(m) 1929-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eric Lindroth
(middle name Emil) (m) 1951-2019
Olympic Medalists 1972 water polo (bronze)
Emil Tischbein
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1928 Emil and the Detectives