Famous People with Name Paul

Paul Giambarba            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Giambarba: is an American graphic designer, cartoonist, writer and illustrator.He initiated Polaroid's corporate image development and product identity in 1958. His innovative black packaging and the ubiquitous Polaroid color stripes subdued the dominance of Eastman Kodak's yellow packaging at the point-of-purchase. Giambarba designed and produced hundreds of Polaroid packages and collateral material including consumer literature and How to Make Better Polaroid Instant Pictures, a trade book for Doubleday & Co. in his more than a quarter of a century for this client.

Paul Martin Simon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Martin Simon: was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. During the campaign, he briefly captured the national attention and was considered a major candidate. This led to an appearance on the popular television show Saturday Night Live, co-hosting with celebrated singer Paul Simon.[1]

Paul Mazursky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Mazursky: is an American film director, screenplay writer and actor.Mazursky made his film debut as an actor in Stanley Kubrick's first feature, Fear and Desire, in which he changed his first name to Paul, and later appeared as a juvenile delinquent in the 1955 film The Blackboard Jungle. He soon became a writer and worked on The Danny Kaye Show in 1963. In 1965, he collaborated with Larry Tucker in crafting the script of the original pilot of The Monkees television series, in which they both also appeared in cameos.

Paul Caponigro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Caponigro: is an American photographer.Caponigro was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied with Minor White and has been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and three grants from the NEA. His best known photograph is Running White Deer. Caponigro's first one-man exhibition took place at the George Eastman House in 1958. In the 1960s Caponigro taught photography part-time at Boston University while consulting the Polaroid Corporation on various technical research.

Paul Joseph Cohen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Joseph Cohen: was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, the most widely accepted axiomatization of set theory.

Christopher Emmanuel Paul            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher Emmanuel Paul: is a professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA. His nickname is CP3.

Les Paul            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Les Paul: is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible." His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as "sound on sound" and tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording. In 2003, he was named the 46th best guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone.

Ronald Ernest Paul            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald Ernest Paul: is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, a bestselling author, and a former 2008 U.S. presidential candidate.

Richard Paul            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Paul: was an American actor.Richard had a BA in Public Affairs from Claremont Men's College and an MA in Psychology from California State University at Los Angeles

John Lee Paul, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Lee Paul, Jr.: is a former race car driver in CART and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and winner of the 1982 12 Hours of Sebring while co-driving with his father John Paul, Sr.