Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Paul Keating 1991-1996 
Belgian Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
Paul de Smet de Naeyer 1896-1899; 1899-1907
Paul van Zeeland 1935-1937
Paul-Émile Janson 1937-1938
Paul-Henri Spaak 1938-1939; 1946; 1947-1949
Paul Vanden Boeynants 1966-1968; 1978-1979
Biblical Characters:
1 character
Paul (m) Acts 7:58/Acts 13:9
Bishops of Rome and the Popes:
8 popes
Paul I 757-767
Paul II 1464-1471
Paul III 1534-1549
Paul IV 1555-1559
Paul V 1605-1621
Paul VI 1963-1978
John Paul I 1978
John Paul II 1978-2005
Canadian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Paul Martin 2003-2006
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
1 winner
Paul Harrington 1994 Ireland
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character, 1 hero
Paul Morel 1913 Sons and Lovers
Paul Bäumer 1929 All Quiet on the Western Front
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
3 characters
(character) Paul 2005 The Ballad of Paul K
(character) Paul 2009 Hey Paul
(character) Billy Paul 2011 Billy Paul
Fictional Characters from Television:
14 characters
Paul Narita 1965 Days of Our Lives
Paul Pfeiffer 1988 The Wonder Years
Mike Brady (middle name Paul) 1969; 1990 The Brady Bunch; The Bradys
Paul Robinette 1990 Law & Order
Paul Buchman 1992 Mad About You
Paul Thomas 1994 Party of Five
Paul Hennessy 2002 8 Simple Rules
Ann Veal (middle name Paul) 2003 Arrested Development
Paul Young 2004 Desperate Housewives
Paul Kellerman 2005 Prison Break
Cappie Jones (middle name Paul) 2007 Greek
Paul Kinsey 2007 Mad Men
Will Gardner (middle name Paul) 2009 The Good Wife
Joe Longo (middle name Paul) 2010 Melissa & Joey
Paul Bunyan American
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
4 presidents, 4 prime ministers, 2 prime minister/presidents
(prime minister) Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (middle name Paul) 1818-1819
(president) Jules Grévy (middle name Paul) 1879-1887
(prime minister/president) Jean Casimir-Perier (middle name Paul) 1893-1894; 1894-1895
(prime minister/president) Gaston Doumergue (middle name Paul) 1913-1914; 1924-1931; 1934
(president) Paul Deschanel 1920
(prime minister) Paul Painlevé 1917; 1925
(president) Paul Doumer 1931-1932
(prime minister) Paul Reynaud 1940
(prime minister) Paul Ramadier 1947
(president) Nicolas Sarkozy (middle name Paul) 2007-2012
German Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor, 1 president
(president) Paul von Hindenburg 1925-1934
(chancellor) Joseph Goebbels (a.k.a. Paul) 1945
Grammy Award Winners:
1 record of the year/album of the year/song of the year, 1 song of the year
(song of the year) Paul McCartney 1967 Michelle
(record of the year/album of the year/song of the year) Paul Simon 1969; 1970; 1971; 1976; 1987; 1988 Mrs. Robinson; Bridge over Troubled Water; Still Crazy After All These Years; Graceland
Haitian Presidents:
2 presidents
(president) Tirésias Simon Sam (a.k.a. Paul) 1896-1902
(president) Paul Magloire 1950-1956
Hall-of-Famers:
5 basketball, 5 football, 2 baseball, 2 ice hockey
(baseball) Paul Waner 1952
(football) Paul Brown 1967
(basketball) Paul Endacott 1971
(basketball) Paul Arizin 1977
(football) Paul Warfield 1983
(football) Paul Hornung 1986
(football) Paul Krause 1998
(baseball) Paul Molitor 2004
(ice hockey) Paul Coffey 2004
(basketball) Chris Mullin (middle name Paul) 2011
(ice hockey) Paul Kariya 2017
(basketball) Paul Westphal 2019
(football) Paul Tagliabue 2020
(basketball) Paul Pierce 2021
Most Valuable Players:
3 winners
Paul Waner 1927 baseball
Paul Hornung 1961 football
Paul Goldschmidt 2022 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
8 chemistry, 5 medicine, 4 economics, 2 literature, 1 peace, 1 physics
(medicine) Paul Ehrlich 1908
(peace) Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant 1909
(literature) Paul Heyse 1910
(chemistry) Paul Sabatier 1912
(physics) Paul Dirac 1933
(chemistry) Paul Karrer 1937
(medicine) Paul Hermann Müller 1948
(chemistry) Otto Diels (middle name Paul) 1950
(literature) Jean-Paul Sartre 1964
(economics) Paul Samuelson 1970
(chemistry) Paul John Flory 1974
(chemistry) Paul Berg 1980
(chemistry) Paul J. Crutzen 1995
(chemistry) Paul D. Boyer 1997
(medicine) Paul Greengard 2000
(medicine) Paul Nurse 2001
(medicine) Paul Lauterbur 2003
(economics) Paul Krugman 2008
(chemistry) Paul L. Modrich 2015
(economics) Paul Romer 2018
(economics) Paul Milgrom 2020
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist, 1 revolutionary
(revolutionary) Paul Revere 1734-1818
(activist) Jean-Paul Marat 1743-1793
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
59 actors, 1 entertainer, 1 presenter
Paul Lukas 1891-1971
Paul Muni 1895-1967
Paul Fix 1901-1983
Paul Henreid 1908-1992
William Lundigan (middle name Paul) 1914-1975
Paul Scofield 1922-2008
Paul Winchell 1922-2005
Paul Newman 1925-2008
Paul Dooley 1928-
Jean-Paul Belmondo 1933-2021
Paul Sorvino 1939-2022
Paul Gleason 1939-2006
Paul Winfield 1939-2004
Paul Hogan 1939-
Paul Michael Glaser 1943-
Paul Copley 1944-
Paul Raci 1948-
Paul Guilfoyle 1949-
Michael Paul Chan 1950-
Paul Reubens 1952-2023
Peter Reckell (middle name Paul) 1955-
Paul Reiser 1957-
Martin Donovan (middle name Paul) 1957-
Shaun Cassidy (middle name Paul) 1958-
Paul Gross 1959-
Paul McGann 1959-
Paul McCrane 1961-
Paul de Leeuw 1962-
Paul Schulze 1962-
Paul Johansson 1964-
Ernst-Paul Hasselbach 1966-2008
Paul Giamatti 1967-
Pauly Shore 1968-
Ben Mendelsohn (a.k.a. Paul) 1969-
Paul Rudd 1969-
Paul Adelstein 1969-
Paul Bettany 1971-
Paul Sparks 1971-
Marc Blucas (middle name Paul) 1972-
Jason London (middle name Paul) 1972-
Paul Walker 1973-2013
James Marsden (middle name Paul) 1973-
Mark-Paul Gosselaar 1974-
Balthazar Getty (a.k.a. Paul) 1975-
Paul Schneider 1976-
Laurence Fox (middle name Paul) 1978-
Josh Dallas (middle name Paul) 1978-
Vincent Kartheiser (middle name Paul) 1979-
Aaron Paul (middle name Paul) 1979-
Paul Telfer 1979-
Paul Wesley 1982-
Max Irons (middle name Paul) 1985-
Paul Walter Hauser 1986-
Kevin Jonas (a.k.a. Paul) 1987-
Chord Overstreet (middle name Paul) 1989-
George Blagden (middle name Paul) 1989-
Chris Colfer (middle name Paul) 1990-
Anthony Ramos (middle name Paul) 1991-
Adam Hicks (middle name Paul) 1992-
Brandon Flynn (middle name Paul) 1993-
Paul Mescal 1996-
Notable Artists:
7 painters, 1 fashion designer, 1 sculptor
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640
Paul Kane 1810-1871
Paul Cézanne 1839-1906
Paul Gauguin 1848-1903
Paul Signac 1863-1935
Paul Landowski 1875-1961
Paul Klee 1879-1940
Jean-Paul Riopelle 1923-2002
Jean-Paul Gaultier 1952-
Notable Athletes:
7 soccer, 4 rugby, 3 basketball, 2 baseball, 2 chess, 2 ice hockey, 2 tennis, 1 football, 1 wrestling
(chess) Paul Morphy 1837-1884
(baseball) Paul Waner 1903-1965
(chess) Paul Keres 1916-1975
(basketball) Paul Arizin 1928-2006
(football) Paul Hornung 1935-2020
(soccer) Marius Trésor (middle name Paul) 1950-
(basketball) Paul Westphal 1950-2021
(soccer) Paul Breitner 1951-
(baseball) Paul Molitor 1956-
(ice hockey) Paul Coffey 1961-
(basketball) Chris Mullin (middle name Paul) 1963-
(tennis) Paul Haarhuis 1966-
(wrestling) Paul Michael "Triple H" Levesque 1969-
(soccer) Paul Bosvelt 1970-
(ice hockey) Paul Kariya 1974-
(soccer) Nick Rimando (middle name Paul) 1979-
(rugby) Paul O'Connell 1979-
(tennis) Paul-Henri Mathieu 1982-
(rugby) Paul James 1982-
(soccer) Paul Verhaegh 1983-
(soccer) Paul Aguilar 1986-
(rugby) JP Pietersen (middle name Paul) 1986-
(rugby) Joe Moody (middle name Paul) 1988-
(soccer) Paul Pogba 1993-
Notable Businesspeople:
3 businesspersons
J. Paul Getty 1892-1976
Paul Allen 1953-2018
Steve Jobs (middle name Paul) 1955-2011
Notable Evildoers:
1 persecutor
Joseph Goebbels (a.k.a. Paul) 1897-1945
Notable Filmmakers:
3 directors, 1 director/screenwriter, 1 screenwriter/director
Paul Henreid 1908-1992
Paul Verhoeven 1938-
Paul W. S. Anderson 1965-
Lilly Wachowski (middle name Paul) 1967-
Paul Thomas Anderson 1970-
Notable Military Figures:
1 admiral, 1 general
John Paul Jones 1747-1792
Paul von Hindenburg 1847-1934
Notable Musicians:
14 singers, 11 musicians, 3 composers, 1 composer/lyricist, 1 singer/musician
Paul Dukas 1865-1935
Paul Hindemith 1895-1963
Andy Razaf (middle name Paul) 1895-1973
Paul Anka 1941-
Paul Simon 1941-
"Scatman" John (middle name Paul) 1942-1999
Paul McCartney 1942-
Gary Glitter (a.k.a. Paul) 1944-
Peter Cetera (middle name Paul) 1944-
John Paul Jones 1946-
Julien Clerc (a.k.a. Paul) 1947-
Dave Greenfield (middle name Paul) 1949-2020
John Paul Young 1950-
Paul Stanley 1952-
Paul Young 1956-
Stephen Morris (middle name Paul) 1957-
Shaun Cassidy (middle name Paul) 1958-
Paul Roberts 1959-
Paul "Bono" Hewson 1960-
Paul Harrington 1960-
DJ Paul Elstak 1966-
Rick Astley (middle name Paul) 1966-
Howard Donald (middle name Paul) 1968-
Paul "The Pig" Gray 1972-2010
Sean Paul (middle name Paul) 1973-
Gareth Gates (middle name Paul) 1984-
Paul "Stromae" van Haver 1985-
Kevin Jonas (a.k.a. Paul) 1987-
Anthony Ramos (middle name Paul) 1991-
Adam Hicks (middle name Paul) 1992-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
2 economists, 2 philosophers, 1 mathematician
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach 1723-1789
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905-1980
Paul Erdős 1913-1996
Paul Samuelson 1915-2009
Paul Krugman 1953-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
3 politicians
Nigel Farage (middle name Paul) 1964-
Paul Ryan 1970-
Pete Buttigieg (middle name Paul) 1982-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
5 chemists, 1 physician, 1 physicist
Paul Ehrlich 1854-1915
Paul Sabatier 1854-1941
Otto Diels (middle name Paul) 1876-1954
Paul Karrer 1889-1971
Paul Dirac 1902-1984
Paul Berg 1926-2023
Paul J. Crutzen 1933-2021
Notable Writers:
6 authors, 5 poets, 1 author/poet
Paul Heyse 1830-1914
Paul Verlaine 1844-1896
Paul Valéry 1871-1945
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872-1906
Paul Éluard 1895-1952
Andy Razaf (middle name Paul) 1895-1973
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905-1980
Paul Scott 1920-1978
Paul Celan 1920-1970
Paul Biegel 1925-2006
Paul Auster 1947-
Paul van Loon 1955-
Olympic Medalists:
17 bronze, 14 silver, 11 gold, 3 silver/bronze, 2 gold/bronze, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Paul Neumann 1896 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(silver) Paul Castanet 1900 5000 m team
(bronze) Paul Vasseur 1900 water polo
(bronze) Paul Weinstein 1904 high jump
(gold) Paul Pilgrim 1904 4 mile team
(bronze) Paul Lizandier 1908 3 mile team
(silver) Otto Trieloff (middle name Paul) 1908 medley relay
(bronze) Kurt Paul Malisch 1912 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Paul Günther 1912 diving - springboard
(bronze) Paul Kellner 1912 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze/silver) Paul Leroy 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team
(gold) Paul Radmilovic 1908; 1912; 1920 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; water polo
(silver) Paul Gailly 1920; 1924 water polo
(silver) Paul Martin 1924 800 m
(bronze) Paul Bontemps 1924 3000 m steeplechase
(gold/bronze) Paul Dujardin 1924; 1928 water polo
(silver) Silvio Cator (middle name Paul) 1928 long jump
(silver/bronze) Paul Wyatt 1924; 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Paul Winter 1932 discus throw
(bronze) Joe McCluskey (middle name Paul) 1932 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Paul Klingenburg 1936 water polo
(silver) Paul Wolf 1936 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Herb Douglas Jr (middle name Paul) 1948 long jump
(gold) Ron Tomsic (middle name Paul) 1956 basketball
(gold) Paul Hait 1960 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Pete McCaffrey (middle name Paul) 1964 basketball
(bronze) Paul Genevay 1964 4x100 m relay
(silver/gold) Paul Drayton 1964 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Paul Nihill 1964 50 km walk
(silver) Doug Collins (a.k.a. Paul) 1972 basketball
(gold) Brad Cooper (middle name Paul) 1972 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(bronze/gold) Arnie Robinson (middle name Paul) 1972; 1976 long jump
(bronze) Paul-Heinz Wellmann 1976 1500 m
(gold/bronze) Jim Montgomery (middle name Paul) 1976 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Paul Easter 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Paul Howe 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Paul Ereng 1988 800 m
(bronze) Paul Kingsman 1988 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(gold) Chris Mullin (middle name Paul) 1984; 1992 basketball
(silver/bronze) John Regis (middle name Paul) 1988; 1992 4x100 m relay; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Paul Bitok 1992; 1996 5000 m
(silver) Paul Palmer 1996 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(bronze) Kip Harkrider (middle name Paul) 1996 baseball
(silver) Paul Tergat 1996; 2000 10000 m
(silver) Paul Gonzalez 2004 baseball
(bronze) Paul Koech 2004 3000 m steeplechase
(bronze) Mike Koplove (middle name Paul) 2008 baseball
(gold) Paul George 2016 basketball
(silver/bronze) Paul Chelimo 2016; 2020 5000 m
(silver) Paul Tanui 2016 10000 m
Oscar Award Winners:
4 actors
(actor) Paul Muni 1937 The Story of Louis Pasteur
(actor) Paul Lukas 1944 Watch on the Rhine
(actor) Paul Scofield 1967 A Man for All Seasons
(actor) Paul Newman 1987 The Color of Money
Other Leaders:
7 prime ministers, 1 president
Prime Minister Paul Eyschen 1888-1915 Luxembourg
Prime Minister Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland (middle name Paul) 1927-1932 Malta
Prime Minister Paul Boffa 1947-1950 Malta
Prime Minister Pierre Voizard (middle name Paul) 1950-1953 Monaco
Prime Minister Paul Demange 1966-1969 Monaco
President Paul Xuereb 1987-1989 Malta
Prime Minister Paul Dijoud 1994-1997 Monaco
Prime Minister Jean-Paul Proust 2005-2010 Monaco
Other Royalty:
4 princes, 2 kings
Willem III of the Netherlands (middle name Paul) 1849-1890 Netherlands
Lennart of Sweden (middle name Paul) 1909-1932 Sweden
Karl Franz of Prussia (middle name Paul) 1916-1975 Prussia
Edward, Duke of Kent (middle name Paul) 1935- United Kingdom
Pavlos (a.k.a. Paul) 1947-1964 Greece
Nicolas of Sweden (middle name Paul) 2015- Sweden
Pulitzer Award Winners:
2 literatures
(literature) Edward P. Jones (middle name Paul) 2004 The Known World
(literature) Paul Harding 2010 Tinkers
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
19 musicians
Paul Williams 1989 The Temptations
Paul Robi 1990 The Platters
Paul Samwell-Smith 1992 The Yardbirds
John Paul Jones 1995 Led Zeppelin
Paul Kantner 1996 Jefferson Airplane
Richie Furay (a.k.a. Paul) 1997 Buffalo Springfield
Paul McCartney 1988; 1999 The Beatles;
Paul Wilson 2001 The Flamingos
Paul Simon 1990; 2001 Simon & Garfunkel;
Paul Simonon 2003 The Clash
Paul "Bono" Hewson 2005 U2
Paul Cook 2006 The Sex Pistols
Ace Frehley (a.k.a. Paul) 2014 Kiss
Paul Stanley 2014 Kiss
Paul Butterfield 2015 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Peter Cetera (middle name Paul) 2016 Chicago
Paul Atkinson 2019 The Zombies
Paul Thompson 2019 Roxy Music
Pearl Thompson (a.k.a. Paul) 2019 The Cure
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
1 tsar
Tsar Pavel (a.k.a. Paul) 1796-1801
Saints:
40 saints, 8 blessed
Saint Paul the Apostle ?-67
Saint Paul the First Hermit 229-342
Saint Paul ?-251
Saint Paul ?-258
Saint Paul ?-270
Saint Paul ?-273
Saint Paul of Narbonne ?-290
Saint Paul ?-305
Saint Paul of Gaza ?-308
Saint Paul 313-350
Saint Paul the Simple ?-339
Saint Paul ?-3xx
Saint Paul ?-362
Saint Paul ?-364
Saint Paul of Trois Chateaux ?-405
Saint Paul Aurelian ?-573
Saint Paul ?-649
Saint Paul I 700-767
Saint Paul of Cyprus ?-760
Saint Paul ?-840
Saint Paul of Saint Zoilus ?-851
Saint Paul ?-856
Saint Paul of Latros ?-956
Saint Paul ?-1240
Blessed Pablo de Santa Maria (a.k.a. Paul) 1351-1435
Saint Paulo Miki (a.k.a. Paul) 1565-1597
Saint Pablo Suzuki (a.k.a. Paul) ?-1597
Saint Paulo Ibaraki (a.k.a. Paul) ?-1597
Blessed Paul Sanchiki ?-1622
Blessed Paul Tanaka ?-1622
Blessed Paul Shinsuki ?-1626
Blessed Paul Aybara ?-1628
Blessed Paul Fimonaya ?-1628
Blessed Paul Tomaki ?-1628
Saint Paolo of the Cross (a.k.a. Paul) 1694-1775
Saint Paul Ho Hyob 1795-1840
Saint Paul Loc Van Le 1830-1859
Saint Paul Tong Buong ?-1833
Saint Paul My ?-1838
Saint Paul Chong Hasang 1839-1867
Saint Paul Khoan Khan Pham ?-1840
Saint Paul Hong Yong-ju ?-1840
Saint Paul Ngan ?-1840
Saint Paul Tinh ?-1857
Saint Paul Hanh ?-1859
Saint Paul Chen Changpin ?-1861
Blessed Paul Denn ?-1900
Saint John Paul II 1920-2005
Swiss Presidents:
2 presidents
Paul Cérésole 1873
Paul Chaudet 1959; 1962