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First name Paul
July 13, 2026

#1

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

Top 500 #164 Initials PM #1

#2

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Initials PR #1 Saltburn

#3

Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba

French footballer (born 1993)

#4

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

American actor (1925–2008)

Initials PN #1 The Sting

#5

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Initials PR #2 Avengers: Endgame

#6

Paul W. Downs

Paul W. Downs

American actor | writer | and director

#7

Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal

Initials PM #4 Hamnet

#8

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

#9

Paul Walker

Paul Walker

American actor (1973–2013)

Initials PW #2 The Fast and the Furious

#10

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1970)

#11

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany

Initials PB #6 Margin Call

#12

Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

American lacrosse player

#13

Paul Okon-Engstler

Paul Okon-Engstler

Australian soccer player

#14

Paul Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

#15

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser

Initials PH #10 Balls Up

#16

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

American actor and comedian (1952–2023)

Initials PR #5 Matilda

#17

Paul Anthony Kelly

Paul Anthony Kelly

Canadian actor and model

#18

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

American actor (born 1984)

Initials PD #5 The Batman

#19

Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Canadian singer and actor

#20

Paul Wight

Paul Wight

American professional wrestler and actor

#21

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley

American actor (born 1982)

Initials PW #6 Minority Report

#22

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Initials PR #6 Whiplash

#23

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

American actor (born 1967)

Initials PG #7 The Truman Show

#24

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

American comedian and actor (1926–1982)

#25

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

#26

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan

Australian actor and comedian

Initials PH #14

#27

Paul Allen

Paul Allen

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

Initials PA #11

#28

Paul Westhead

Paul Westhead

American basketball coach

Initials PW #10

#29

Paul Bernardo

Paul Bernardo

Canadian serial killer and serial rapist

Initials PB #21

#30

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

American rock musician

Initials PS #28

#31

Paul I of Russia

Paul I of Russia

The ninth Emperor of Russia (1796–1801)

Initials PR #14

#32

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson

British film director | screenwriter and producer

Initials PA #12

#33

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

Initials PS #33 Goodfellas

#34

Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

American professional baseball player

Initials PS #34

#35

Paul Okon

Paul Okon

Australian association football player

#36

Paul Castellano

Paul Castellano

American crime boss (1915–1985)

Initials PC #19

#37

Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

American basketball player

Initials PP #25

#38

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

English association football player

Initials PS #42

#39

Paul Revere

Paul Revere

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

Initials PR #18

#40

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

English recording artist; singer-songwriter | musician

Initials PW #13

#41

Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

Welsh comedian | presenter | actor (born 1958)

Initials PW #14 The Death of Stalin

#42

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

Initials PK #15

#43

Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

Initials PE #10

#44

Paul Williams

Paul Williams

American composer | singer | songwriter and actor

Initials PW #16 Georgia Rule

#45

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven

Dutch film director (born 1938)

#46

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

American screenwriter and film director (born 1946)

Initials PS #44

#47

Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

English actor (1978-)

Initials PA #14 The Revenant

#48

Paul Sun Hyung Lee

Paul Sun Hyung Lee

South Korean-Canadian actor

Initials PL #19

#49

Paul Blackthorne

Paul Blackthorne

Initials PB #33

#50

Paul Feig

Paul Feig

American filmmaker and actor

Initials PF #8 Knocked Up

#51

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

Initials PK #18

#52

Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

American baseball player (born 1987)

Initials PG #21

#53

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

English actor (born 1959)

Initials PM #25 Alien 3

#54

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)

Initials PG #22

#55

Paul DePodesta

Paul DePodesta

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

Initials PD #21

#56

Paul George

Paul George

American basketball player

Initials PG #24

#57

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

Initials PG #25 Don't Look Up

#58

Paul VI

Paul VI

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

#59

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

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

Initials PR #25

#60

Paul Biya

Paul Biya

Cameroonian politician

Initials PB #37

#61

Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

British-Canadian musician

Initials PR #26

#62

Paul Heaton

Paul Heaton

English singer-songwriter

Initials PH #20

#63

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood

English celebrity chef and television personality

Initials PH #21

#64

Paul Izzo

Paul Izzo

Australian footballer

#65

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

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

Initials PR #30

#66

Paul Fusco

Paul Fusco

Initials PF #12

#67

Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider

American film actor

Initials PS #53 Train Dreams

#68

Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady

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

#69

Paul Michael Glaser

Paul Michael Glaser

American actor and director

Initials PG #32

#70

Paul Peschisolido

Paul Peschisolido

footballer | football manager

Initials PP #45

#71

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

American actor | comedian | writer | and producer

Initials PS #57 Twisters

#72

Paul Vario

Paul Vario

American mobster (1914–1988)

#73

Paul Cattermole

Paul Cattermole

British singer (1977–2023)

Initials PC #38

#74

Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

Initials PD #31

#75

Paul Stookey

Paul Stookey

American singer-songwriter

Initials PS #60

#76

Paul Dolan

Paul Dolan

chairman/CEO of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball

Initials PD #33

#77

Paul Shaffer

Paul Shaffer

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

Initials PS #64

#78

Paul Young

Paul Young

English musician (born 1956)

#79

Paul Carrack

Paul Carrack

British musician

Initials PC #42

#80

Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

United States Air Force pilot (1915–2007)

Initials PT #17

#81

Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne

Initials PC #44

#82

Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

American actor (1939–2006)

Initials PG #35 The Breakfast Club

#83

Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman

American professional wrestling promoter

Initials PH #30

#84

Paul Johansson

Paul Johansson

Initials PJ #14 The Notebook

#85

Paul Clement

Paul Clement

English association football player and manager

Initials PC #46

#86

Paul McCrane

Paul McCrane

American actor and television director

Initials PM #46 The Shawshank Redemption

#87

Paul Ince

Paul Ince

English association football player and manager (born 1967)

#88

Paul Lieberstein

Paul Lieberstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PL #29

#89

Paul Elden Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston

Leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society in the USA since 1987

Initials PK #25

#90

Paul Karason

Paul Karason

Blue-skinned sufferer of argyria

Initials PK #26

#91

Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson

English association football player

Initials PR #36

#92

Paul Dinello

Paul Dinello

American actor and director

Initials PD #36

#93

Paul Gray

Paul Gray

American bassist (1972–2010)

Initials PG #38

#94

Paul Wall

Paul Wall

American rapper | actor | jewelry designer and DJ from Texas (born 1981)

Initials PW #29

#95

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Initials PF #22 Raiders of the Lost Ark

#96

Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein

American actor and screenwriter

Initials PA #27 Crime 101

#97

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

Initials PB #56 Tombstone

#98

Paul Bissonnette

Paul Bissonnette

Canadian ice hockey player

Initials PB #57

#99

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

American actor | writer | and comedian

Initials PD #43 Insomnia

#100

Paul Merton

Paul Merton

British comedian

Initials PM #53

#101

Paul Kaye

British actor and comedian

Initials PK #30

#102

Paul Sinha

British stand-up comedian

Initials PS #77

#103

Paul of Greece

King of Greece from 1947 to 1964

Initials PG #44

#104

Paul Theroux

American travel writer and novelist

Initials PT #24

#105

Paul Dalglish

professional association footballer

Initials PD #45

#106

Paul Nassif

American plastic surgeon and television personality

Initials PN #18

#107

Paul Auster

American novelist | poet | essayist | screenwriter

Initials PA #31

#108

Paul Merson

English footballer and manager (born 1968)

Initials PM #59

#109

Paul Winfield

actor (1939–2004)

Initials PW #33 The Terminator

#110

Paul Di'Anno

British singer (1958–2024)

Initials PD #46

#111

Paul Klee

German painter (1879-1940)

Initials PK #37

#112

Paul Sparks

Initials PS #79 The Greatest Showman

#113

Paul F. Tompkins

Initials PT #27 There Will Be Blood

#114

Paul Aaron

American film director and film producer

Initials PA #32

#115

Paul Chahidi

Initials PC #56 The Death of Stalin

#116

Paul Tudor Jones

American hedge fund manager and investor

Initials PJ #20

#117

Paul Shenar

Initials PS #83 Scarface

#118

Paul Buckle

footballer; football manager (born 1970)

Initials PB #64

#119

Paul Lambert

Scottish association football player and manager

Initials PL #37

#120

Paul Bearer

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)

Initials PB #67

#121

Paul Ready

British character actor

Initials PR #49

#122

Paul Cushing Child

civil servant | diplomat | husband of Julia Child

Initials PC #58

#123

Paul Graham

English programmer | venture capitalist | and essayist

Initials PG #47

#124

Paul Gilbert

American musician

Initials PG #48

#125

Paul Teutul, Sr.

American motorcycle builder

Initials PS #94

#126

Paul Seixas

Initials PS #96

#127

Paul Le Mat

Initials PM #68 American Graffiti

#128

Paul Wahlberg

Initials PW #36

#129

Paul Simonon

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

#130

Paul Volcker

American economist (1927-2019)

Initials PV #15

#131

Paul Keating

Australian politician | 24th Prime Minister of Australia

Initials PK #46

#132

Paul Soros

American businessman

Initials PS #102

#133

Paul Wanner

German association football player

Initials PW #42

#134

Paul LePage

American businessman | Republican Party politician | and the 74th Governor of Maine

Initials PL #41

#135

Paul John Knowles

American serial killer

Initials PK #47

#136

Paul Myers

Canadian singer

Initials PM #74

#137

Paul Marshall

British businessman

Initials PM #77

#138

Paul Kruger

President of the South African Republic

Initials PK #49

#139

Paul Kantner

American musician

Initials PK #51

#140

Paul Breitner

German association football player

Initials PB #75

#141

Paul Maurice

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PM #78

#142

Paul Kossoff

English guitarist

Initials PK #53

#143

Paul McGinn

Initials PM #79

#144

Paul Vautin

Australian rugby league player. coach and commentator

Initials PV #17

#145

Paul Westphal

American basketball player | coach | and commentator

Initials PW #45

#146

Paul Mercurio

Australian actor and dancer

Initials PM #80

#147

Paul McGrath

Irish footballer

Initials PM #81

#148

Paul Winchell

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

Initials PW #46

#149

Paul Daniels

Magician and TV Personality (1938–2016)

Initials PD #61

#150

Paul Petersen

actor | writer | activist

Initials PP #82

#151

Paul Schulze

Initials PS #107 Zodiac

#152

Paul Burke

American actor (1926–2009)

Initials PB #80

#153

Paul Teutul, Jr.

American motorcycle designer and builder

Initials PJ #31

#154

Paul Harvey

American broadcaster (1918-2009)

Initials PH #60

#155

Paul Haggis

Canadian screenwriter | producer | and director

Initials PH #61

#156

Paul Fix

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

Initials PF #39

#157

Paul Davis

American musician

Initials PD #66

#158

Paul Bateson

radiographer who had a bit part in ''The Exorcist''; later convicted of murder

Initials PB #85

#159

Paul Aron

Estonian racing driver

Initials PA #46

#160

Paul Orndorff

American professional wrestler (1949-2021)

Initials PO #18

#161

Paul Henreid

Austrian-American actor and film director

Initials PH #65 Casablanca

#162

Paul Frees

American actor (1920–1986)

Initials PF #41 Mary Poppins

#163

Paul Bilzerian

American businessman

Initials PB #88

#164

Paul Mooney

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

Initials PM #87

#165

Paul Nicholas Fisher

Australian music producer

Initials PF #42

#166

Paul O'Neill

American baseball player

Initials PO #19

#167

Paul Greengrass

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

Initials PG #63

#168

Paul Lim

Singaporean darts player (born 1954)

Initials PL #54

#169

Paul Westerberg

American musician

Initials PW #55

#170

Paul Benedict

American actor (1938-2008)

Initials PB #96 The Devil's Advocate

#171

Paul Martin

prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

Initials PM #92

#172

Paul Pelosi

American businessman (born 1940)

Initials PP #97

#173

Paul Gross

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

Initials PG #64

#174

Paul Scofield

Initials PS #123

#175

Paul Young

English musician

#176

Paul Eddington

British actor (1927–1995)

Initials PE #20

#177

Paul Nicholas

British actor and singer

Initials PN #31

#178

Paul Watson

Canadian environmental activist

Initials PW #57

#179

Paul Kariya

ice hockey player

Initials PK #65

#180

Paul Verlaine

Initials PV #25

#181

Paul Manafort

American political consultant

Initials PM #100

#182

Paul Rusesabagina

Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Initials PR #69

#183

Paul Chowdhry

British comedian and actor

Initials PC #89

#184

Paul Sheerin

Scottish football player and manager

Initials PS #134

#185

Paul Morphy

American chess player

Initials PM #102

#186

Paul Onuachu

Nigerian association football player

Initials PO #25

#187

Paul Hausser

German SS commander

Initials PH #74

#188

Paul Calderón

Initials PC #91 Pulp Fiction

#189

Paul Oakenfold

British record producer and a trance music DJ

Initials PO #26

#190

Paul Reynaud

French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period

Initials PR #70

#191

Paul Jones

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

Initials PJ #36

#192

Paul McDonald

American musician

Initials PM #103

#193

Paul Desmond

American jazz musician

Initials PD #74

#194

Paul Stalteri

Initials PS #138

#195

Paul Rodriguez

American comedian and actor

Initials PR #73

#196

Paul Molitor

Minnesota Twins manager

Initials PM #105

#197

Paul Hester

Australian musician

Initials PH #76

#198

Paul Hipp

Initials PH #78

#199

Paul Muni

Austrian-born American stage and film actor

Initials PM #108

#200

Paul Potts

Initials PP #113