# Pavel

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{{About||the village|Pavel (village)|the rock band|Pavel (band)}}
{{Distinguish|Paval (disambiguation){{!}}Paval}}
{{Infobox given name
|name = Pavel
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|gender = Male
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|origin = Latin
|related names = [Paul](/source/Paul_(name)), [Paulus](/source/Paulus_(disambiguation)), [Pavol](/source/Pavol)

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'''Pavel''' ([Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarian_language), [Russian](/source/Russian_language),  [Serbian](/source/Serbian_language):  Павел;  [Czech](/source/Czech_language), [Slovene](/source/Slovene_language), and {{langx|ro|Pavel}} (although Romanian also uses Paul); {{langx|pl|Paweł}}; {{langx|sk|Pavol}}; {{langx|uk|Павло|Pavlo}}) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name [Paul](/source/Paul_(name)) (derived from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) [Pavlos](/source/Pavlos)).<ref>[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-pavel.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pavel]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-paul.htm |title=MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Paul |access-date=2009-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160639/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-paul.htm |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pavel may refer to:

==People==
===Given name===
*[Pavel I of Russia](/source/Pavel_I_of_Russia) (1754&ndash;1801), Emperor of Russia
*[Paweł Adamowicz](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Adamowicz) (1965–2019), Polish politician
*[Paweł Brożek](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Bro%C5%BCek) (born 1983), Polish footballer
*[Paweł Cibicki](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Cibicki) (born 1994), Swedish footballer
*[Paweł Deląg](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Del%C4%85g) (born 1970), Polish actor
*[Pavel Durov](/source/Pavel_Durov) (born 1984), [Telegram](/source/Telegram_(software)) founder
*[Paweł Fajdek](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Fajdek) (born 1989), Polish hammer thrower
*[Pavel Haas](/source/Pavel_Haas) (1899–1944), Czech composer who was murdered during the [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust)
*[Paweł Jasienica](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Jasienica) (1909–1970), Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier
*[Pavel Kastusik](/source/Pavel_Kastusik) (born 1978), Belarusian artist
*[Paweł Kisielow](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Kisielow) (born 1945), Polish immunologist
*[Paweł Kontny](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Kontny) (1910–1945), Polish Roman Catholic priest, killed by Soviet soldiers
*[Pavel Kustov](/source/Pavel_Kustov) (born 1965), Soviet ski jumper
*[Pavel Kuzmich](/source/Pavel_Kuzmich) (born 1988), Russian luger
*[Paweł Łukaszewski](/source/Pawe%C5%82_%C5%81ukaszewski) (born 1968), Polish composer
*[Paweł Mąciwoda](/source/Pawe%C5%82_M%C4%85ciwoda) (born 1967), Polish bassist for the German rock band [Scorpions](/source/Scorpions_(band))
*[Paweł Mykietyn](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Mykietyn) (born 1971), Polish composer
*[Pavel Nedvěd](/source/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd) (born 1972), Czech footballer 
*[Paweł Pawlikowski](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Pawlikowski) (born 1957), Polish film director
*[Pavel Prigozhin](/source/Pavel_Prigozhin) (born 1998), son of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin
*[Pavel Schenk](/source/Pavel_Schenk) (1941–2025), Czech volleyball player
*[Pavel Starostin](/source/Pavel_Starostin) (born 1955), Estonian politician
*[Paweł Edmund Strzelecki](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Edmund_Strzelecki) (1797–1873), Polish explorer, geologist, environmentalist and philanthropist
*[Pavel Traubner](/source/Pavel_Traubner) (1941–2024), Slovak neurologist
*[Paweł Warszawski](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Warszawski) (born 1981), Polish equestrian
*[Paweł Włodkowic](/source/Pawe%C5%82_W%C5%82odkowic) (ca. 1370–1435), Polish scholar, jurist and rector of the [Kraków Academy](/source/Krak%C3%B3w_Academy)
*[Paweł Wszołek](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Wszo%C5%82ek) (born 1992), Polish footballer
*[Paweł Zagumny](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Zagumny) (born 1997), Polish volleyball player
*[Pavel (film director)](/source/Pavel_(film_director)), an Indian Bengali film director
*{{starts with|Pavel}}

===Surname===
*[Ágoston Pável](/source/%C3%81goston_P%C3%A1vel) (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian
*[Andrei Pavel](/source/Andrei_Pavel) (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player
*[Claudia Pavel](/source/Claudia_Pavel) (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream
*[Elisabeth Pavel](/source/Elisabeth_Pavel) (born 1990), Romanian basketball player
*[Ernst Pavel](/source/Ernst_Pavel), Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s
*[Harry Pavel](/source/Harry_Pavel) (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian
*[Lacra Pavel](/source/Lacra_Pavel) (born 1965), Romanian and Canadian game theorist
*[Marcel Pavel](/source/Marcel_Pavel) (born 1959), Romanian folk singer
*[Ondřej Pavel](/source/Ond%C5%99ej_Pavel) (born 2000), Czech ice hockey player
*[Pavel Pavel](/source/Pavel_Pavel) (born 1957), Czech engineer and experimental archaeologist
*[Petr Pavel](/source/Petr_Pavel) (born 1961), Czech army general, president of Czech Republic
*[Szarlota Pawel](/source/Szarlota_Pawel) (1950–2018), Polish comic book artist

==Fictional characters==
*Pavel Korchagin, in ''[How the Steel Was Tempered](/source/How_the_Steel_Was_Tempered)''
*[Pavel Chekov](/source/Pavel_Chekov), in ''Star Trek''
*Doctor Leonid Pavel, in ''[The Dark Knight Rises](/source/The_Dark_Knight_Rises)''
*Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov, in ''[The Brothers Karamazov](/source/The_Brothers_Karamazov)''
*Fra Pavel, in ''[His Dark Materials](/source/His_Dark_Materials)''
*Pavel, in ''[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas](/source/The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pyjamas)''
*Pavel Morozov, in ''[Metro: Last Light](/source/Metro%3A_Last_Light)''
*Pavel, in ''[Grand Theft Auto Online](/source/Grand_Theft_Auto_Online)''
*Pavel, in ''[Epic Seven](/source/Epic_Seven)''
*Pavel Vlasov in The Mother
*Hodari Pavel, ''in [Palia](/source/Palia_(video_game))''
*Pavol, in Felvidék
*Pavel Yudin, ''[Fear & Hunger 2: Termina](/source/Fear_%26_Hunger_2%3A_Termina)''
*Pavel Pavlovich Antipov / Strelnikov, in ''[Doctor Zhivago](/source/Doctor_Zhivago)''

==See also==
* [Paval (disambiguation)](/source/Paval_(disambiguation))
* [Pavol](/source/Pavol)
* [Pavao (given name)](/source/Pavao_(given_name))
* [Pavle](/source/Pavle)
* {{lookfrom|pavel}}
* {{lookfrom|paweł}}
* {{intitle|pavel}}

==References==
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Category:Bulgarian masculine given names
Category:Czech masculine given names
Category:Russian masculine given names
Category:Macedonian masculine given names
Category:Romanian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Czech-language surnames
Category:Romanian-language surnames

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