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First name Paul
December 18, 2025 to January 7, 2026

#1

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1970)

Top 500 #115 Initials PA #2

#2

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

Top 500 #394 Initials PM #2

#3

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Top 500 #409 Initials PR #2 The Anaconda

#4

Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal

Initials PM #5 Hamnet

#5

Paul Lim

Paul Lim

Singaporean darts player (born 1954)

#6

Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Canadian singer and actor

#7

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

American actor (1925–2008)

#8

Paul Walker

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

Initials PW #2 Furious 7

#9

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

American actor (born 1967)

Initials PG #3 The Holdovers

#10

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany

Initials PB #5 Margin Call

#11

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan

Australian actor and comedian

#12

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

American actor (born 1984)

Initials PD #3 Prisoners

#13

Paul Feig

Paul Feig

American filmmaker and actor

#14

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

American actor and comedian (1952–2023)

Initials PR #4 Matilda

#15

Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

British-Canadian musician

#16

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Initials PS #11

#17

Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

Welsh comedian | presenter | actor (born 1958)

Initials PW #5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

#18

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Initials PR #7 Aliens

#19

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

American rock musician

Initials PS #13

#20

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser

Initials PH #9 The Fantastic Four

#21

Paul Wight

Paul Wight

American professional wrestler and actor

Initials PW #9 Jingle All the Way

#22

Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

American actor (1939–2006)

Initials PG #6 Die Hard

#23

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood

English celebrity chef and television personality

Initials PH #11

#24

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson

British film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials PA #10

#25

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley

American actor (1982-)

Initials PW #11 Minority Report

#26

Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba

african footballer (born 1993)

Initials PP #15

#27

Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

American lacrosse player

#28

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 #13

#29

Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano

American crime boss (1915–1985)

Initials PC #13

#30

Paul Williams

Paul Williams

American composer | singer | songwriter and actor

Initials PW #14

#31

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

Initials PS #26 Goodfellas

#32

Paul Allen

Paul Allen

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

Initials PA #13

#33

Paul Young

Paul Young

English musician (born 1956)

#34

Paul Frees

Paul Frees

American actor (1920–1986)

Initials PF #10 Mary Poppins

#35

Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider

American film actor

Initials PS #32 Train Dreams

#36

Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

English actor (1978-)

Initials PA #15 The Revenant

#37

Paul Bernardo

Paul Bernardo

Canadian serial killer and serial rapist

Initials PB #20

#38

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Initials PF #11 Raiders of the Lost Ark

#39

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

English actor (born 1959)

Initials PM #20 Empire of the Sun

#40

Paul George

Paul George

American basketball player

Initials PG #15

#41

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

English recording artist; singer-songwriter | musician

Initials PW #19

#42

Paul Shaffer

Paul Shaffer

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

Initials PS #35 Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

#43

Paul Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

Initials PG #16

#44

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

Initials PK #16

#45

Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

American professional baseball player

Initials PS #40

#46

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

English association football player (born 1974)

Initials PS #42

#47

Paul Vario

Paul Vario

American mobster (1914–1988)

#48

Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

Initials PD #19

#49

Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman

American professional wrestling promoter

Initials PH #21

#50

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven

Dutch film director (born 1938)

#51

Paul Michael Glaser

Paul Michael Glaser

American actor and director

Initials PG #24

#52

Paul Revere

Paul Revere

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

Initials PR #21

#53

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

American comedian and actor (1926–1982)

Initials PL #17

#54

Paul VI

Paul VI

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

#55

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)

Initials PG #26

#56

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

American screenwriter and film director

Initials PS #50

#57

Paul Biya

Paul Biya

Cameroonian politician

Initials PB #33

#58

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

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

Initials PR #25

#59

Paul Tisdale

Paul Tisdale

association football player and manager

Initials PT #13

#60

Paul Kaye

Paul Kaye

British actor and comedian

Initials PK #23 Match Point

#61

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

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

Initials PR #32

#62

Paul Merson

Paul Merson

English footballer and manager (born 1968)

Initials PM #40

#63

Paul Stookey

Paul Stookey

American singer-songwriter

Initials PS #58

#64

Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

American basketball player

Initials PP #48

#65

Paul Bissonnette

Paul Bissonnette

Canadian ice hockey player

Initials PB #42

#66

Paul Danan

Paul Danan

British actor (1978–2025)

Initials PD #29

#67

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

actor (1939–2004)

Initials PW #32 The Terminator

#68

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

American actor | comedian | writer | and producer

Initials PS #63 Twisters

#69

Paul Nicholas

Paul Nicholas

British actor and singer

Initials PN #15

#70

Paul Carrack

Paul Carrack

British musician

Initials PC #40

#71

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

Initials PB #44 Tombstone

#72

Paul Karason

Paul Karason

Blue-skinned sufferer of argyria

Initials PK #30

#73

Paul Bearer

Paul Bearer

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)

Initials PB #45

#74

Paul Ince

Paul Ince

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

#75

Paul Ready

Paul Ready

British character actor

Initials PR #38

#76

Paul Onuachu

Paul Onuachu

Nigerian association football player

#77

Paul Teal

Paul Teal

American actor (1989–2024)

Initials PT #22

#78

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Initials PB #49

#79

Paul King

Paul King

British writer and director

Initials PK #31

#80

Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks

Initials PS #75 The Greatest Showman

#81

Paul Wahlberg

Paul Wahlberg

Initials PW #35

#82

Paul Lieberstein

Paul Lieberstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PL #25

#83

Paul Merton

Paul Merton

British comedian

Initials PM #51

#84

Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield

Initials PS #78

#85

Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PA #26

#86

Paul Heaton

Paul Heaton

English singer-songwriter

Initials PH #44

#87

Paul Brown

Paul Brown

American football coach

Initials PB #55

#88

Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington

British actor (1927–1995)

Initials PE #12

#89

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

American actor (1938-2008)

Initials PB #56 This Is Spinal Tap

#90

Paul of Greece

Paul of Greece

King of Greece (1947 - 1964)

Initials PG #41

#91

Paul Gagné

Paul Gagné

Canadian ice hockey player

Initials PG #43

#92

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

American actor | writer | and comedian

Initials PD #40 Insomnia

#93

Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

Initials PE #13

#94

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

Initials PK #33

#95

Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha

British stand-up comedian

Initials PS #84

#96

Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady

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

Initials PO #10

#97

Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger

President of the South African Republic

Initials PK #34

#98

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid

Austrian-American actor and film director

Initials PH #47 Casablanca

#99

Paul Chahidi

Paul Chahidi

Initials PC #45

#100

Paul Campbell

Paul Campbell

Initials PC #47

#101

Paul Dinello

American actor and director

Initials PD #43

#102

Paul F. Tompkins

Initials PT #23 There Will Be Blood

#103

Paul Teutul, Jr.

American motorcycle designer and builder

Initials PJ #18

#104

Paul Finebaum

American journalist

Initials PF #35

#105

Paul Cézanne

Initials PC #50

#106

Paul Aaron

American film director and film producer

Initials PA #30

#107

Paul Kalanithi

Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer

Initials PK #35 When Breath Becomes Air

#108

Paul Harvey

American broadcaster (1918-2009)

Initials PH #53

#109

Paul Roundhill

British artist and writer

Initials PR #46

#110

Paul Wiggin

American football player and coach

Initials PW #40

#111

Paul Burke

American actor (1926–2009)

Initials PB #64

#112

Paul Petersen

actor | writer | activist

Initials PP #71

#113

Paul Bradley

Initials PB #65

#114

Paul Greengrass

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

Initials PG #46

#115

Paul Sun Hyung Lee

Korean-Canadian actor

Initials PL #33

#116

Paul Singer

American businessman

Initials PS #97

#117

Paul Theroux

American travel writer and novelist

Initials PT #25

#118

Paul Teutul, Sr.

American motorcycle builder

Initials PS #98

#119

Paul Mooney

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

Initials PM #62

#120

Paul Simonon

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

Initials PS #11

#121

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor born in 1949

Initials PG #48 Don't Look Up

#122

Paul Tibbets

United States Air Force pilot (1915–2007)

Initials PT #26

#123

Paul Keating

Australian politician | 24th Prime Minister of Australia

Initials PK #39

#124

Paul Watson

Canadian environmental activist

Initials PW #43

#125

Paul Wall

American rapper | actor | jewelry designer and DJ from Texas

Initials PW #44

#126

Paul Winchell

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

Initials PW #45

#127

Paul Daniels

British magician and television performer

Initials PD #49

#128

Paul Cattermole

British singer (1977–2023)

Initials PC #55

#129

Paul Schulze

Initials PS #104 Zodiac

#130

Paul Nassif

American plastic surgeon and television personality

Initials PN #23

#131

Paul Avery

American journalist

Initials PA #38

#132

Paul Di'Anno

British singer (1958–2024)

Initials PD #51

#133

Paul Cushing Child

civil servant | diplomat | husband of Julia Child

Initials PC #57

#134

Paul McCarthy

American visual artist

Initials PM #65

#135

Paul DePodesta

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

Initials PD #52

#136

Paul Bilzerian

American businessman

Initials PB #73

#137

Paul Pelosi

American businessman (born 1940)

Initials PP #77

#138

Paul Shenar

Initials PS #107 Scarface

#139

Paul Klee

German painter (1879-1940)

Initials PK #42

#140

Paul W. Downs

American actor | writer | and director

Initials PD #55

#141

Paul Kariya

ice hockey player

Initials PK #43

#142

Paul Bremer

American diplomat

Initials PB #78

#143

Paul Kossoff

English guitarist

Initials PK #45

#144

Paul Gray

American bassist (1972–2010)

Initials PG #58

#145

Paul Greene

Initials PG #59

#146

Paul Muni

Austrian-born American stage and film actor

Initials PM #73

#147

Paul Daley

British martial artist (born 1983)

Initials PD #60

#148

Paul Kelly

Australian rock music singer-songwriter | guitarist | and harmonica player | born 1955

Initials PK #48

#149

Paul Le Mat

Initials PM #77

#150

Paul Haggis

Canadian screenwriter | producer | and director

Initials PH #61

#151

Paul Clement

English association football player and manager

Initials PC #65

#152

Paul Fix

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

Initials PF #43

#153

Paul Kemsley

British businessman

Initials PK #49

#154

Paul Graham

English programmer | venture capitalist | and essayist

Initials PG #62

#155

Paul Marshall

British businessman

Initials PM #82

#156

Paul Auster

American novelist | poet | essayist | screenwriter

Initials PA #43

#157

Paul Gilbert

American musician

Initials PG #64

#158

Paul Kantner

American musician

Initials PK #52

#159

Paul McCrane

American actor and television director

Initials PM #88 The Shawshank Redemption

#160

Paul Ingrassia

American attorney and podcaster (born 1995)

#161

Paul Snider

Canadian murderer

Initials PS #122

#162

Paul Soles

Initials PS #124

#163

Paul Manafort

American political consultant

Initials PM #89

#164

Paul Westerberg

American musician

Initials PW #53

#165

Paul Wolfowitz

American politician and diplomat

Initials PW #54

#166

Paul Johansson

Initials PJ #30 The Notebook

#167

Paul Arthurs

English rhythm guitarist

Initials PA #50

#168

Paul Douglas

Initials PD #70

#169

Paul Hornung

American football player | quarterback

Initials PH #68

#170

Paul Orndorff

American professional wrestler (1949-2021)

Initials PO #20

#171

Paul Gross

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

Initials PG #66

#172

Paul Collingwood

English cricketer

Initials PC #74

#173

Paul Wellstone

American politician (1944-2002)

Initials PW #56

#174

Paul Reynaud

French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period

Initials PR #67

#175

Paul McGrath

Irish footballer

Initials PM #95

#176

Paul Young

English musician

#177

Paul Bazely

Initials PB #106

#178

Paul Maurice

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PM #96

#179

Paul Morphy

American chess player

Initials PM #97

#180

Paul Lambert

Scottish association football player and manager

Initials PL #48

#181

Paul Nicholls

British jockey and trainer

Initials PN #30

#182

Paul Rusesabagina

Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Initials PR #69

#183

Paul Hausser

German SS commander

Initials PH #75

#184

Paul Cook

British drummer (born 1956)

Initials PC #77

#185

Paul Calderón

Initials PC #78 Pulp Fiction

#186

Paul K. Van Riper

United States Marine Corps general and Eagle Scout

Initials PR #70

#187

Paul Tudor Jones

American hedge fund manager and investor

Initials PJ #34

#188

Paul Martin

prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

Initials PM #102

#189

Paul Bocuse

Initials PB #108

#190

Paul III

Head of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549

Initials PI #11

#191

Paul Rhys

Initials PR #71 Saltburn

#192

Paul Volcker

American economist (1927-2019)

Initials PV #20

#193

Paul Davis

American musician

Initials PD #76

#194

Paul Verlaine

Initials PV #21

#195

Paul Fusco

Initials PF #51

#196

Paul Potts

Initials PP #107

#197

Paul Westhead

American basketball coach

Initials PW #60

#198

Paul Khoury

Australian actor

Initials PK #62

#199

Paul D'Amour

American musician

Initials PD #80

#200

Paul Put

Belgian footballer

Initials PP #109