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First name Paul
March 4, 2026

#1

Paul Allen

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist | co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

Top 500 #180 Initials PA #2

#2

Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Canadian singer and actor

Top 500 #306 Initials PA #3

#3

Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal

Top 500 #426 Initials PM #2 Hamnet

#4

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

Top 500 #437 Initials PM #3

#5

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1970)

#6

Paul Poirier

Paul Poirier

Canadian ice dancer

#7

Paul Walker

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

Initials PW #1 Varsity Blues

#8

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

American actor (1925–2008)

#9

Paul Merson

Paul Merson

English footballer and manager (born 1968)

#10

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

#11

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Initials PR #1 The Anaconda

#12

Paul Kaye

Paul Kaye

British actor and comedian

#13

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser

Initials PH #5 The Fantastic Four

#14

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany

Initials PB #5 Margin Call

#15

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

American actor (born 1984)

Initials PD #5 There Will Be Blood

#16

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

American actor and comedian (1952–2023)

Initials PR #3 The Blues Brothers

#17

Paul Feig

Paul Feig

American filmmaker and actor

#18

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

American actor (born 1967)

Initials PG #7 The Truman Show

#19

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley

American actor (1982-)

Initials PW #8 Minority Report

#20

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

American comedian and actor (1926–1982)

#21

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire | statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

Initials PH #10

#22

Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba

French footballer (born 1993)

Initials PP #16

#23

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson

British film director | screenwriter and producer

#24

Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

English actor (1978-)

Initials PA #10 The Revenant

#25

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan

Australian actor and comedian

Initials PH #11

#26

Paul Williams

Paul Williams

American composer | singer | songwriter and actor

Initials PW #10 The Rules of Attraction

#27

Paul Wight

Paul Wight

American professional wrestler and actor

Initials PW #11

#28

Paul Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

#29

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

Initials PS #29 Goodfellas

#30

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

American rock musician

Initials PS #31

#31

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

American singer | actor | and political activist (1898–1976)

#32

Paul Bernardo

Paul Bernardo

Canadian serial killer and serial rapist

Initials PB #15

#33

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Initials PR #8 Whiplash

#34

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

English association football player (born 1974)

Initials PS #35

#35

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019

Initials PR #10

#36

Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano

American crime boss (1915–1985)

Initials PC #20

#37

Paul George

Paul George

American basketball player

Initials PG #20

#38

Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

American lacrosse player

Initials PR #12

#39

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

English actor (born 1959)

Initials PM #24

#40

Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

British-Canadian musician

Initials PR #16

#41

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven

Dutch film director (born 1938)

Initials PV #4 RoboCop

#42

Paul Revere

Paul Revere

American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution (1735–1818)

Initials PR #17

#43

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

Initials PK #18

#44

Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie

American conservationist and author

Initials PR #19

#45

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

American screenwriter and film director

Initials PS #45

#46

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)

Initials PG #25

#47

Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman

American professional wrestling promoter

Initials PH #19

#48

Paul Michael Glaser

Paul Michael Glaser

American actor and director

Initials PG #26

#49

Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

American actor (1939–2006)

Initials PG #28 The Breakfast Club

#50

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

English recording artist; singer-songwriter | musician

Initials PW #17

#51

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood

English celebrity chef and television personality

Initials PH #21

#52

Paul VI

Paul VI

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)

#53

Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

Welsh comedian | presenter | actor (born 1958)

Initials PW #19

#54

Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

Initials PD #24

#55

Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

American professional baseball player

Initials PS #53

#56

Paul Bogart

Paul Bogart

TV and film director

Initials PB #32

#57

Paul Chahidi

Paul Chahidi

Initials PC #35

#58

Paul Bissonnette

Paul Bissonnette

Canadian ice hockey player

Initials PB #35

#59

Paul Stirling

Paul Stirling

Irish cricketer (born 1990)

Initials PS #56

#60

Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

#61

Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider

American film actor

Initials PS #58 Train Dreams

#62

Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

American basketball player

Initials PP #55

#63

Paul Bearer

Paul Bearer

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)

Initials PB #39

#64

Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PA #17

#65

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

American actor | writer | and comedian

Initials PD #26 Waiting for Guffman

#66

Paul Kariya

Paul Kariya

ice hockey player

Initials PK #21

#67

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Initials PR #33 Saltburn

#68

Paul Vario

Paul Vario

American mobster (1914–1988)

Initials PV #11

#69

Paul Shaffer

Paul Shaffer

Canadian singer | composer | actor | author | comedian | and multi-instrumentalist

Initials PS #59

#70

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

Initials PK #22

#71

Paul Biya

Paul Biya

Cameroonian politician

Initials PB #42

#72

Paul Volcker

Paul Volcker

American economist (1927-2019)

Initials PV #13

#73

Paul Keating

Paul Keating

Australian politician | 24th Prime Minister of Australia

Initials PK #27

#74

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Initials PF #20 Raiders of the Lost Ark

#75

Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne

Initials PC #38

#76

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

American actor (1938-2008)

Initials PB #44 Waiting for Guffman

#77

Paul Karason

Paul Karason

Blue-skinned sufferer of argyria

Initials PK #28

#78

Paul Lieberstein

Paul Lieberstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PL #29

#79

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

actor (1939–2004)

Initials PW #27 The Terminator

#80

Paul DePodesta

Paul DePodesta

chief strategy officer for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL).

Initials PD #33

#81

Paul Carrack

Paul Carrack

British musician

Initials PC #46

#82

Paul Burke

Paul Burke

American actor (1926–2009)

Initials PB #48

#83

Paul Merton

Paul Merton

British comedian

Initials PM #46

#84

Paul Young

Paul Young

English musician (born 1956)

#85

Paul of Greece

Paul of Greece

King of Greece from 1947 to 1964

Initials PG #39

#86

Paul Di'Anno

Paul Di'Anno

British singer (1958–2024)

Initials PD #35

#87

Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins

Initials PT #20 There Will Be Blood

#88

Paul Reed

Paul Reed

American basketball player (1999-)

Initials PR #38

#89

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

American actor | comedian | writer | and producer

Initials PS #77 Twisters

#90

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

Initials PM #54

#91

Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

United States Air Force pilot (1915–2007)

Initials PT #21

#92

Paul Shenar

Paul Shenar

Initials PS #80 Scarface

#93

Paul Wylie

Paul Wylie

American figure skater

Initials PW #32

#94

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor born in 1949

Initials PG #42 L.A. Confidential

#95

Paul Ince

Paul Ince

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

#96

Paul Miki

Paul Miki

Roman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian and martyr

Initials PM #57

#97

Paul Stookey

Paul Stookey

American singer-songwriter

Initials PS #85

#98

Paul Singer

Paul Singer

American businessman

Initials PS #88

#99

Paul Peschisolido

Paul Peschisolido

footballer | football manager

Initials PP #74

#100

Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks

Initials PS #91 The Greatest Showman

#101

Paul Sinha

British stand-up comedian

Initials PS #94

#102

Paul Bilzerian

American businessman

Initials PB #57

#103

Paul Gray

American bassist (1972–2010)

Initials PG #46

#104

Paul Schulze

Initials PS #95 Zodiac

#105

Paul McCrane

American actor and television director

Initials PM #62 The Shawshank Redemption

#106

Paul Wall

American rapper | actor | jewelry designer and DJ from Texas

Initials PW #35

#107

Paul Goldschmidt

American baseball player (born 1987)

Initials PG #48

#108

Paul Ben-Victor

Initials PB #61 Tombstone

#109

Paul Tagliabue

5th Commissioner of the National Football League (1940–2025)

Initials PT #25

#110

Paul Aaron

American film director and film producer

Initials PA #26

#111

Paul Kemsley

British businessman

Initials PK #38

#112

Paul Gilbert

American musician

Initials PG #54

#113

Paul Ross

English television and radio presenter

Initials PR #51

#114

Paul Wahlberg

Initials PW #40

#115

Paul O'Grady

British comedian | actor and television presenter (1955–2023)

#116

Paul Westhead

American basketball coach

Initials PW #41

#117

Paul Auster

American novelist | poet | essayist | screenwriter

Initials PA #29

#118

Paul Mooney

American comedian | writer | social critic | television and film actor

Initials PM #70

#119

Paul Sun Hyung Lee

Korean-Canadian actor

Initials PL #39

#120

Paul Theroux

American travel writer and novelist

Initials PT #29

#121

Paul Brown

American football coach

Initials PB #70

#122

Paul Le Mat

Initials PM #72 American History X

#123

Paul Manafort

American political consultant

Initials PM #73

#124

Paul Petersen

actor | writer | activist

Initials PP #75

#125

Paul Henreid

Austrian-American actor and film director

Initials PH #55 Casablanca

#126

Paul Maurice

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PM #77

#127

Paul Heaton

English singer-songwriter

Initials PH #56

#128

Paul Marshall

British businessman

Initials PM #78

#129

Paul Klee

German painter (1879-1940)

Initials PK #41

#130

Paul Nassif

American plastic surgeon and television personality

Initials PN #23

#131

Paul Kruger

President of the South African Republic

Initials PK #43

#132

Paul Fix

American film and television character actor | best known for his work in Westerns

Initials PF #38

#133

Paul Cattermole

British singer (1977–2023)

Initials PC #67

#134

Paul Greengrass

Academy Award-nominated | BAFTA Award-winning English writer and film director

Initials PG #59

#135

Paul Harvey

American broadcaster (1918-2009)

Initials PH #59

#136

Paul Winchell

American ventriloquist | voice actor | comedian | inventor | and humanitarian

Initials PW #44

#137

Paul W. Downs

American actor | writer | and director

Initials PD #53

#138

Paul Le Roux

programmer | criminal cartel boss | and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration

Initials PR #55

#139

Paul Eddington

British actor (1927–1995)

Initials PE #15

#140

Paul Teutul, Jr.

American motorcycle designer and builder

Initials PJ #26

#141

Paul Avery

American journalist

Initials PA #35

#142

Paul Simonon

English musician (Bass guitarist | vocalist | songwriter) and visual artist

#143

Paul Strauss

American politician

Initials PS #116

#144

Paul Schrier

Initials PS #118

#145

Paul Daniels

British magician and television performer

Initials PD #56

#146

Paul Pelosi

American businessman (born 1940)

Initials PP #85

#147

Paul Jones

British singer | actor | harmonica player | radio personality and television presenter

Initials PJ #27

#148

Paul Johansson

Initials PJ #28 The Notebook

#149

Paul Teutul, Sr.

American motorcycle builder

Initials PS #122

#150

Paul Morphy

American chess player

Initials PM #94

#151

Paul London

American professional wrestler

Initials PL #50

#152

Paul Kantner

American musician

Initials PK #47

#153

Paul Kossoff

English guitarist

Initials PK #49

#154

Paul Robinson

English association football player

Initials PR #57

#155

Paul Westerberg

American musician

Initials PW #50

#156

Paul Onuachu

Nigerian association football player

Initials PO #16

#157

Paul Haggis

Canadian screenwriter | producer | and director

Initials PH #64

#158

Paul McDonald

American musician

Initials PM #99

#159

Paul Scofield

Initials PS #129

#160

Paul Frees

American actor (1920–1986)

Initials PF #45 Mary Poppins

#161

Paul Bocuse

Initials PB #88

#162

Paul Coffey

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

Initials PC #74

#163

Paul Nicholas

British actor and singer

Initials PN #29

#164

Paul Muni

Austrian-born American stage and film actor

Initials PM #102

#165

Paul Hughes

Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

Initials PH #66

#166

Paul Graham

English programmer | venture capitalist | and essayist

Initials PG #65

#167

Paul Orndorff

American professional wrestler (1949-2021)

Initials PO #17

#168

Paul Tudor Jones

American hedge fund manager and investor

Initials PJ #34

#169

Paul Snider

Canadian murderer

Initials PS #139

#170

Paul Cushing Child

civil servant | diplomat | husband of Julia Child

Initials PC #81

#171

Paul Gross

film actor | Film Producer | Film writer | music composer | film director

Initials PG #69

#172

Paul D'Amour

American musician

Initials PD #67

#173

Paul Verlaine

Initials PV #22

#174

Paul Ehrlich

German biologist

Initials PE #17

#175

Paul Laurence Dunbar

American author

Initials PD #70

#176

Paul Wellstone

American politician (1944-2002)

Initials PW #59

#177

Paul Varelans

American martial artist

Initials PV #23

#178

Paul Farmer

American anthropologist

Initials PF #48

#179

Paul Rust

American actor | comedian | writer | and musician

Initials PR #70 Inglourious Basterds

#180

Paul Rose

British explorer

Initials PR #72

#181

Paul Rusesabagina

Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Initials PR #74

#182

Paul Potts

Initials PP #106

#183

Paul Hausser

German SS commander

Initials PH #74

#184

Paul Calderón

Initials PC #87 Pulp Fiction

#185

Paul Young

English musician

#186

Paul McGrath

Irish footballer

Initials PM #116

#187

Paul Krassner

American journalist

Initials PK #60

#188

Paul Vanden Boeynants

Belgian politician (1919-2001)

Initials PB #110

#189

Paul Nicholas Fisher

Australian music producer

Initials PF #51

#190

Paul Wolfowitz

American politician and diplomat

Initials PW #60

#191

Paul Ready

British character actor

Initials PR #77

#192

Paul Davis

American musician

Initials PD #79

#193

Paul Bazely

Initials PB #114

#194

Paul Martin

presenter of BBC antiques programme Flog It!

Initials PM #54

#195

Paul Hardcastle

British musician

Initials PH #80

#196

Paul Reynaud

French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period

Initials PR #78

#197

Paul Blackthorne

Initials PB #116

#198

Paul Ziffren

American politician (1913-1991)

#199

Paul L. Smith

Initials PS #158

#200

Paul Golding

leader of the far-right political party Britain First

Initials PG #78