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Saul Ascher (1767–1822), Jewish narrative writer and publicist; Saul Bass (1920–1996), film graphic designer; Saul Bellow (1915–2005), Canadian author, Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize; Saúl Berjón (born 1986), Spanish footballer known as Saúl; Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), American composer and musical director, three ...
Jewish names, specifically one's given name, have varied over time and by location and ethnic group. Other types of names used by Jewish people include the surname ...
Paul's Jewish name was "Saul" (Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, Modern: Sha'ûl, Tiberian: Šā'ûl), perhaps after the biblical King Saul, the first king of Israel and, like Paul, a member of the Tribe of Benjamin; the Latin name Paulus, meaning small, was not a result of his conversion as is commonly believed but a second name for use in communicating ...
Saul offered his elder daughter Merab as a wife to the now popular David, after his victory over Goliath, but David demurred. David distinguishes himself in the Philistine wars. Upon David's return from battle, the women praise him in song: Saul has slain his thousands and David his tens of thousands [46] implying that David is the greater warrior.
Richard James Horatio Gottheil (1881), American Zionist scholar, founder of the first Jewish fraternity Zeta Beta Tau; Harry Thurston Peck (1881), literary critic and editor of The Bookman; A. V. Williams Jackson (1883), American specialist on Indo-European languages; Charles Knapp (1887), classical scholar
The name Paul is common, with variations, in all European languages. Paul's popularity has varied. In the United States, the 1990 census shows it ranked the 13th most common (male) name; [3] however, Social Security Administration data shows Paul in the top 20 given names in 1968, after which it began a steady decline. [4]
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Name Years Nationality Prominent roles Jewish lineage References Paula Abdul: 1962– American American Idol [386] Paul Adelstein: 1969– American Prison Break, Private Practice [387] Ronni Ancona: 1968– British (Scottish) [253] [388] Mathieu Amalric: 1965– French Munich, Quantum of Solace, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch ...