• Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
• Paul (surname), a list of people
• Paul the Apostle
• Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula
• Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary
• Billy Paul, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016)
• Vinnie Paul, drummer for American Metal band Pantera
• Paul Avril, pseudonym of Édouard-Henri Avril (1849–1928), French painter and commercial artist
• Paul, pen name under which Walter Scott wrote Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk in 1816
• Jean Paul, pen name of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German Romantic writer
• Paul von Hindenburg, German politician

• Paul, Cornwall, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom
• Paul (civil parish), Cornwall, United Kingdom
• Paul, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
• Paul, Idaho, United States, a city
• Paul, Nebraska, United States, an unincorporated community
• Paul, Cape Verde, a concelho (municipality)

• Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack in American and Canadian folklore
• Paul (film), a 2011 film featuring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
• The Paul, a guitar by Gibson
• Paul (PJ Morton album), a 2019 album
• "Paul" (song), by the German punk band Die Ärzte
• Paul (play), a 2005 play by Howard Brenton
• "Paul The Monkey", the mascot of DNA Productions

• Aichi E16A, a Japanese World War II reconnaissance floatplane, Allied code name "Paul"
• Paul (bakery), a bakery franchise based in France
• Paul (nursery), a plant nursery in Hertfordshire, England
• Paul the Octopus (2008–2010), an octopus that correctly guessed results in the 2010 World Cup
  • Paul II (octopus), the successor of Paul the Octopus
• Hurricane Paul (1982), a Pacific hurricane
• Hurricane Paul (2006), a hurricane that struck Mexico as a tropical depression
• Portable Aqua Unit for Lifesaving (PAUL)

• Paula (disambiguation)
• Saint Paul (disambiguation)

Romanian derivatives:

• Păuleni (disambiguation)
• Păulești (disambiguation)
• Păuleasca (disambiguation)