Paolo

• A typical Italian given name, Anglicized as Paul.''
• The paolo was a papal silver coin, first struck during the 16th century under Pope Paul III and named after him. It circulated throughout the Papal States with a value roughly equivalent to the giulio. Similar coins were circulated locally in other Italian states; one was produced in Tuscany from the 16th to the 19th century.

People named Paolo

Athletes

Football players

• Paolo Acerbis - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Barison - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Bianco - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Cannavaro - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Castellini - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo De Ceglie - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Di Canio - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Espiritu - Filipino soccer player
• Paolo Maldini - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Montero - Uruguayan football (soccer) player
• Paolo Negro - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Orlandoni - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Pulici - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Rossi - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Sammarco - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Seppani - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Vanoli - Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Vernazza- Italian-English football (soccer) player
• Paolo Pedretti - Italian- football player

Others

• Paolo Barilla - Italian Formula One driver
• Paolo Bertolucci - Italian tennis player
• Paolo Bettini - Italian cyclist
• Paolo Camossi - Italian triple jumper
• Paolo Canè - Italian tennis player
• Paolo Corallini - Italian aikido specialist
• Paolo Della Bella - Swiss hockey player
• Paolo Roberto - Swedish boxer
• Paolo Savoldelli - Italian cyclist
• Paolo Tofoli - Italian volleyball player
• Paolo Vidoz - Italian boxer

Entertainers

Actors, artists, musicians & writers

Actors

• Paolo Ballesteros - Filipino actor
• Paolo Bonacelli - Italian actor
• Paolo Iovannone - Canadian actor & singer
• Paolo Kernahan - Trinidad & Tobago news anchor
• Paolo Montalban - Filipino-American actor & singer
• Paolo Villaggio - Italian actor

Artists

• Paolo Cagliari, also known as Paolo Veronese - Italian Renaissance painter
• Paolo Uccello, an Italian painter
• Paolo di Giovanni Fei - Artist
• Paolo Verrucci - Film colorist

Musicians

• Paolo Achenza - Italian jazz musician
• Paolo Agostini - Italian composer
• Paolo Bellasio - Italian composer
• Paolo Conte - Italian musician
• Paolo Fresu - Italian jazz musician
• Paolo Gregoletto - Italian bassist
• Paolo Nutini - Scottish singer-songwriter
• Paolo Pandolfo - Italian composer
• Paolo Quagliati - Italian composer
• Paolo Ravaglia - Italian musician
• Paolo da Firenze - Italian musician
• Paolo Virchi - Italian composer & instrumentalist

Writers

• Paolo Bacigalupi - Italian science fiction writer
• Paolo Ferrari - Italian dramatist
• Paolo Giovio - Italian historian
• Paolo Emiliano Giudici - Italian writer
• Paolo Giacometti - Italian dramatist
• Paolo Manalo - Filipino poet
• Paolo Sorrentino - Italian film director & screenwriter

Military officers

• Paolo Di Avitabile - Neapolitan general
• Paolo Thaon di Revel - Italian Navy Admiral

Politicians

• Paolo Lucio Anafesto, an Italian politician
• Paolo Bollini - San Marinese politician
• Paolo Boselli - Italian Prime Minister
• Paolo Borsellino - Italian anti-Mafia magistrate
• Paolo Busti - Italian magistrate
• Paolo Costa - Italian parliamentarian
• Paolo De Castro - Italian politician
• Paolo Ferrero - Italian politician
• Paolo Gentiloni - Italian politician
• Paolo Guzzanti - Italian journalist & politician
• Paolo Giordano I Orsini - Grand Duke of Italy
• Paolo Paruta - Italian politician
• Paolo Oss Mazzurana - Italian politician
• Paolo Cirino Pomicino - Italian politician
• Paolo Emilio Taviani - Italian politician
• Paolo Treves - Italian socialist
• Paolo Troubetzkoy - Italian politician

Religious figures

• Paolo Marella - Cardinal, Roman Catholic Church
• Paolo Romeo - Archbishop, Palermo
• Paolo Scolari, also known as Pope Clement III
• Paolo Danei, more commonly known as St. Paul of the Cross

Scholars

Architects

• Paolo Farinati - Italian architect
• Paolo Labisi - Italian architect
• Paolo Soleri - Italian architect
• Paolo Martinelli - Italian engineer
• Paolo Portoghesi - Italian architect

Astronomers

• Paolo Chiavenna - Italian astronomer
• Paolo Maffei - Italian astronomer
• Paolo Padovani - Italian astronomer

Mathematicians

• Paolo Casati - Italian mathematician
• Paolo Frisi - Italian mathematician & astronomer
• Paolo Ruffini - Italian mathematician & philosopher
• Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli - Italian mathematician & astronomer

Scientists

• Paolo Boccone - Italian botanist
• Paolo Gorini - Italian physicist
• Paolo Mantegazza - Italian neurologist
• Paolo Matthiae - Italian archaeologist
• Paolo Paruta aka Fra Paolo - Italian scientist
• Paolo Savi - Italian geologist

Others

• Paolo Boi - Italian chess champion
• Paolo Nespoli - Italian astronaut
• Paolo Nalica - Famous Filipino

Fictional characters

• Paolo Cassius, a character from the Mobile Suit Gundam animated series
• Paolo Valisari, a teenage pop musician in The Lizzie McGuire Movie played by Yani Gellman.
• Paolo (Dune), a character from the Dune universe
• Paolo, a hunky Italian neighbor appearing in several Friends Season One episodes as Rachel's boyfriend
• Paolo the pink elephant, a possible resident in the 2002 video game Animal Crossing for Nintendo GameCube.

See also

• Paulus