Pál

Pál

Gender	masculine
Language(s)	Hungarian
Name day	January 25, June 26, 29, 30
Other gender
Feminine	Paula, Paulina
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Meaning	"small" or "humble"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Pali, Palkó
Cognate(s)	Paulus
Anglicisation(s)	Paul

Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul. It may refer to:

• Pál Almásy (1818–1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician
• Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer
• Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess player
• Pál Csernai (1932–2013), Hungarian football player and manager
• Pál Dárdai (footballer, born 1951) (died 2017), Hungarian football player and manager
• Pál Dárdai (born 1976), Hungarian football coach and retired player
• Pál Palkó Dárdai (born 1999), German-Hungarian footballer, son of the above
• Pál Dunay (1909–1993), Hungarian fencer
• Paul Erdős (1913–1996), Hungarian mathematician
• Paul I, Prince Esterházy (Pál Eszterházy) (1635–1713), first Prince Esterházy of Galántha
• Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy (Pál Antal Eszterházy) (1711–1762), Hungarian prince
• Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy (Pál Antal Eszterházy) (1786–1866), Hungarian prince
• Pál Gábor (1932–1987), Hungarian film director and screenwriter
• Pál Gerevich (born 1948), Hungarian fencer
• Pál Jávor (actor) (1902–1959), Hungarian actor, and the country's first male movie star
• Pál Joensen (born 1990), Faroese swimmer
• Pál Kinizsi (1432–1494), Hungarian general in the service of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus
• Pál Kitaibel (1757–1817), Hungarian botanist and chemist
• Pál Koppán (1878–1951), Hungarian track and field athlete
• Pál Kovács (1912–1995), Hungarian athlete
• Pál Losonczi (1919–2005), Hungarian communist politician
• Pál Maléter (1917–1958), Hungarian military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
• Pal Molnar (born 1952), Hungarian journalist
• Pál Rosty de Barkócz (1830–1874), Hungarian nobleman, photographer and explorer
• Pál Sajgó (1922–2016), Hungarian cross country skier and biathlete
• Pál Schmitt (born 1942), Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician, President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012
• Pál Szécsi (1944–1974), Hungarian pop singer
• Pál Teleki (1879–1941), Hungarian politician who served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1920 to 1921 and from 1939 to 1941
• Pál Teleki (footballer) (1906–1985), Hungarian footballer
• Pál Titkos (1908–1988), Hungarian footballer
• Pál Tomori (c. 1475–1526), Catholic monk, archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary, and commander of the Hungarian army at the Battle of Mohács
• Pál Turán (1910–1976), also known as Paul Turán, Hungarian mathematician
• Pál Várhidi (1931–2015), Hungarian football player and manager
• Pál Völner (born 1962), Hungarian jurist and politician
• Pál Wágner (born 1935), Hungarian rower

See also

• Pal (given name)