Páll Explained

Páll is a name primarily of Icelandic in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈpʰautl̥/ and Faroese origins. Notable people with the name include:

• Páll Bálkason (died 1231), Hebridean lord who was an ally of Olaf the Black
• Páll Gíslason (1924–2004), Icelandic medical practitioner and scout
• Páll Guðlaugsson (born 1958), Icelandic football player and coach
• Páll Guðmundsson (born 1959), Icelandic sculptor and artist
• Páll Mohr Joensen (born 1986), Faroese footballer
• Páll Jónsson (1155–1211), Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman
• Páll Klettskarð (born 1990), Faroese football striker
• Páll Magnússon (born 1954), Icelandic television director
• Páll Melsteð (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Páll Melsteð (amtmann) (1791–1861), Icelandic official and politician
  • Páll Melsteð (historian) (1812–1910), Icelandic historian
• Páll Ólafsson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Páll Ólafsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic Olympic handballer
  • Páll Ólafsson (poet) (1827–1905), Icelandic poet
• Páll Bragi Pétursson (born 1937), Icelandic politician
• Páll á Reynatúgvu (born 1967), Faroese politician and footballer
• Páll Ragnar Pálsson (born 1977), Icelandic composer and member of Icelandic rock band Maus
• Páll Skúlason (1945–2015), Icelandic professor of philosophy and Rector of the University of Iceland

Surname

• Nólsoyar Páll (1766–c.1808), Faroese national hero
• Sándor Páll (1954–2010), ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia
• Sigurður Páll Jónsson (born 1958), Icelandic politician

See also

• Pall (name)
• Paul (name)