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
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 Television:
3 characters
Paul Narita 1965 Days of Our Lives
Paul Thomas 1994 Party of Five
Ann Veal (a.k.a. Paul) 2003 Arrested Development
Paul Bunyan American
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
4 presidents, 4 prime ministers, 2 prime minister/presidents
(prime minister) Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (a.k.a. Paul) 1818-1819
(president) Jules Grévy (a.k.a. Paul) 1879-1887
(prime minister/president) Jean Casimir-Perier (a.k.a. Paul) 1893-1894; 1894-1895
(prime minister/president) Gaston Doumergue (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. 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/song of the year/album of the year, 1 song of the year
(song of the year) Paul McCartney 1967 Michelle
(record of the year/song of the year/album 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 football, 4 basketball, 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 (a.k.a. Paul) 2011
(ice hockey) Paul Kariya 2017
(basketball) Paul Westphal 2019
(football) Paul Tagliabue 2020
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Paul Waner 1927 baseball
Paul Hornung 1961 football
Nobel Prize Winners:
8 chemistry, 5 medicine, 3 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 (a.k.a. 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
Notable Actors and Actresses:
21 actors, 1 comedian/actor
Paul Lukas 1891-1971
Paul Muni 1895-1967
Paul Scofield 1922-2008
Paul Newman 1925-2008
Jean-Paul Belmondo 1933-
Paul Michael Glaser 1943-
Paul Copley 1944-
Paul Guilfoyle 1949-
Paul Reubens 1952-
Paul Reiser 1957-
Paul McCrane 1961-
Paul de Leeuw 1962-
Paul Giamatti 1967-
Paul Rudd 1969-
Paul Adelstein 1969-
Paul Bettany 1971-
Paul Sparks 1971-
Paul Walker 1973-2013
Mark-Paul Gosselaar 1974-
Paul Telfer 1979-
Paul Wesley 1982-
Chord Overstreet (a.k.a. Paul) 1989-
Notable Artists:
5 painters, 1 sculptor/painter
Paolo Veronese (a.k.a. Paul) 1528-1588
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640
Paul Cézanne 1839-1906
Paul Gauguin 1848-1903
Paul Klee 1879-1940
Pablo Picasso (a.k.a. Paul) 1881-1973
Notable Athletes:
6 soccer, 5 football, 4 basketball, 4 rugby, 2 baseball, 2 chess, 2 ice hockey, 2 tennis
(chess) Paul Morphy 1837-1884
(basketball) Paul Endacott 1902-1997
(baseball) Paul Waner 1903-1965
(chess) Paul Keres 1916-1975
(basketball) Paul Arizin 1928-2006
(football) Paul Hornung 1935-
(football) Paul Krause 1942-
(football) Paul Warfield 1942-
(basketball) Paul Westphal 1950-
(soccer) Paul Breitner 1951-
(baseball) Paul Molitor 1956-
(ice hockey) Paul Coffey 1961-
(basketball) Chris Mullin (a.k.a. Paul) 1963-
(tennis) Paul Haarhuis 1966-
(soccer) Paul Bosvelt 1970-
(ice hockey) Paul Kariya 1974-
(soccer) Nick Rimando (a.k.a. Paul) 1979-
(rugby) Paul O'Connell 1979-
(tennis) Paul-Henri Mathieu 1982-
(rugby) Paul James 1982-
(soccer) Paul Verhaegh 1983-
(football) Paul Soliai 1983-
(soccer) Paul Aguilar 1986-
(football) Paul Fanaika 1986-
(rugby) JP Pietersen (a.k.a. Paul) 1986-
(rugby) Paul Perez 1986-
(soccer) Paul Pogba 1993-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Steve Jobs (a.k.a. Paul) 1955-2011
Notable Evildoers:
1 persecutor
Joseph Goebbels (a.k.a. Paul) 1897-1945
Notable Filmmakers:
3 directors, 1 producer/screenwriter/director
Paul Verhoeven 1938-
Paul W. S. Anderson 1965-
Lilly Wachowski (a.k.a. Paul) 1967-
Paul Thomas Anderson 1970-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
2 television
(television) Paul Witteman 1946-
(television) Paul de Leeuw 1962-
Notable Musicians:
5 musicians, 3 composers, 3 singers
Paul Dukas 1865-1935
Paul Hindemith 1895-1963
Paul Anka 1941-
Paul Simon 1941- folk
Scatman John (a.k.a. Paul) 1942-1999
Paul McCartney 1942- rock
Dave Greenfield (a.k.a. Paul) 1949-2020
Paul Roberts 1959-
Paul "Bono" Hewson 1960- rock
Paul de Leeuw 1962-
Sean Paul (a.k.a. Paul) 1973- hip hop, reggae
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905-1980
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
3 politicians
Nigel Farage (a.k.a. Paul) 1964-
Paul Ryan 1970-
Pete Buttigieg (a.k.a. Paul) 1982-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Paul Dirac 1902-1984
Notable Writers:
4 authors
Jean-Paul Sartre 1905-1980
Paul Scott 1920-1978
Paul Biegel 1925-2006
Paul van Loon 1955-
Olympic Medalists:
16 bronze, 11 gold, 10 silver, 2 gold/bronze, 2 silver/bronze, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Paul Neumann 1896 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(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
(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
(gold/bronze) Paul Dujardin 1924; 1928 water polo
(silver) Paul Martin 1924 800 m
(bronze) Paul Bontemps 1924 3000 m steeplechase
(silver/bronze) Paul Wyatt 1924; 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Paul Winter 1932 discus throw
(bronze) Joe McCluskey (a.k.a. Paul) 1932 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Paul Klingenburg 1936 water polo
(silver) Paul Wolf 1936 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Herb Douglas (a.k.a. Paul) 1948 long jump
(gold) Ron Tomsic (a.k.a. Paul) 1956 basketball
(gold) Paul Hait 1960 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) John McCaffrey (a.k.a. Paul) 1964 basketball
(bronze) Paul Genevay 1964 4x100 m relay
(silver) Paul Nihill 1964 50 km walk
(silver/gold) Paul Drayton 1964 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Doug Collins (a.k.a. Paul) 1972 basketball
(gold) Bradford Cooper (a.k.a. Paul) 1972 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(bronze) Paul-Heinz Wellmann 1976 1500 m
(gold) Walter Davis (a.k.a. Paul) 1976 basketball
(gold/bronze) James Montgomery (a.k.a. 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
(silver/bronze) John Regis (a.k.a. Paul) 1988; 1992 4x100 m relay; 4x400 m relay
(gold) Paul Ereng 1988 800 m
(bronze) Paul Kingsman 1988 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(gold) Chris Mullin (a.k.a. Paul) 1984; 1992 basketball
(silver) Paul Bitok 1992; 1996 5000 m
(silver) Paul Tergat 1996; 2000 10000 m
(silver) Paul Palmer 1996 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(bronze) Kip Harkrider (a.k.a. Paul) 1996 baseball
(silver) Paul Gonzalez 2004 baseball
(bronze) Paul Koech 2004 3000 m steeplechase
Oscar Award Winners:
4 actors
(actor) Paul Muni 1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
(actor) Paul Lukas 1943 Watch on the Rhine
(actor) Paul Scofield 1966 A Man for All Seasons
(actor) Paul Newman 1986 The Color of Money
Other Leaders:
3 prime ministers, 1 president
Prime Minister Paul Eyschen 1888-1915 Luxembourg
Prime Minister Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland (a.k.a. Paul) 1927-1932 Malta
Prime Minister Paul Boffa 1947-1950 Malta
President Paul Xuereb 1987-1989 Malta
Other Royalty:
1 king, 1 prince
Willem III of the Netherlands (a.k.a. Paul) 1849-1890 Netherlands
Nicolas of Sweden (a.k.a. Paul) 2015- Sweden
Pulitzer Award Winners:
2 winners
Edward P. Jones (a.k.a. Paul) 2004 The Known World
Paul Harding 2010 Tinkers
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
1 tsar
Tsar Pavel (a.k.a. Paul) 1796-1801
Saints:
40 saints, 11 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 Paolo Manna (a.k.a. Paul) 1872-1952
Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdič (a.k.a. Paul) 1888-1960
Blessed Paul Denn ?-1900
Blessed Pavel Djidjov (a.k.a. Paul) 1919-1952
Saint John Paul II 1920-2005
Title Characters:
5 songs, 1 book/song
(book/song) Paul Revere 1861; 1986 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere; Paul Revere
(song) Paul 2005 The Ballad of Paul K
(song) Paul McCartney 2006 Paul McCartney
(song) Paul 2009 Hey Paul
(song) Billy Paul 2011 Billy Paul
(song) Paul 2012 The Ghost of Saint Paul