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Pavel Jozef Šafárik
Pavel Jozef Šafárik, also Pavel Josef Šafařík, was a Slovak philologist, poet, and librarian in Prague who wrote the first systematic histories of Slavic languages and literatures.
Pavel Jungwirth
Pavel Jungwirth (1966–2026) was a Czech physical chemist who led the Molecular Modeling group at IOCB Prague and created the first gold-colored metallic water solution in 2021.
Pavel Kharin
Pavel Kharin (Павел Петрович Харин), Soviet sprint canoeist, 1956 Olympic gold C-2 10,000 m and silver C-2 1,000 m with Gratsian Botev; also 1952 Olympian and WWII Siege of Leningrad navy veteran; distinct from the 1999-born ice hockey player of the same name.
Pavel Kiselyov
Pavel Kiselyov (Павел Дмитриевич Киселёв) was a Russian count and statesman who reformed the state peasantry as minister of state properties from 1837 to 1856.
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout is a Czech and Austrian writer and playwright, born in Prague in 1928, a leading figure of the 1968 Prague Spring who was banned and exiled to Vienna.
Pavel Kolchin
Pavel Kolchin (Павел Константинович Колчин, also Pavel Koltšin, 1930–2010), Soviet cross-country skier: 1956 Olympic relay gold, first non-Scandinavian Olympic cross-country medalist, Holmenkollen Medal 1963 with wife Alevtina Kolchina.
Pavel Kroupa
Pavel Kroupa, born 1963 in Czechoslovakia, is a Czech-Australian astrophysicist and professor at the University of Bonn known for the canonical stellar initial mass function and MOND.
Pavel Kulizhnikov
Pavel Kulizhnikov (Павел Кулижников) is a Russian sprint speed skater, born 1994, who holds the 500 m world record and won the 2016 sprint double.
Pavel Lednyov
Pavel Lednyov (Павел Серафимович Леднëв), Soviet modern pentathlete (1943-2010), record seven Olympic medals from 1968 to 1980: team gold 1972 and 1980, individual silver 1976, three individual bronzes; four-time world champion.
Pavel Milyukov
Pavel Milyukov (Павел Николаевич Милюков; 1859–1943) was a Russian historian and liberal statesman who led the Kadet party and served as foreign minister in the 1917 Provisional Government.
Pavel Nakhimov
Pavel Nakhimov (Павел Степанович Нахимов) was a Russian admiral known for the Battle of Navarino, the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Sinop in 1853, and the defense of Sevastopol.
Pavel Nedvěd
Pavel Nedvěd, Czech left-sided midfielder (Furia), born 1972 Cheb; Sparta, Lazio, Juventus; 2003 Ballon d'Or winner; 91 caps, 18 goals; later Juventus vice-president and Czech FA national-team manager.
Pavel of Kolomna
Pavel of Kolomna (Павел Коломенский), Bishop of Kolomna from 1652, was the only Russian hierarch to oppose Patriarch Nikon's 1654 liturgical reform; deposed and exiled, he died around 1656.
Pavel Osten
Pavel Osten is a neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who develops automated microscopy, including serial two-photon tomography, to map cell types and connectivity across the whole mouse brain.
Pavel Patera
Pavel Patera, Czech ice hockey center born 1971 in Kladno; 1998 Nagano Olympic gold medalist, four-time world champion, brief NHL stint with Dallas and Minnesota; now head coach of HC Energie Karlovy Vary.
Pavel Payano
Pavel Payano is an American Democratic politician serving in the Massachusetts Senate for the First Essex district, after serving on the Lawrence City Council and School Committee.
Pavel Pegov
Pavel Pegov (Павел Георгиевич Пегов), Soviet speed skater born 1956 in Ulan-Ude; set 500 m, 1000 m, and sprint combination world records at Medeo in March 1983, won 1983 World Sprint silver, and placed 13th in the 1984 Olympic 1000 m.
Pavel Pestel
Pavel Pestel (Павел Иванович Пестель) was a colonel of the Russian Imperial Army and leading Decembrist ideologist, author of the republican program Russkaya Pravda, hanged in 1826.
Pavel Pevzner
Pavel Pevzner is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego who pioneered de Bruijn graph genome assembly, created the Flye assembler, and wrote widely adopted bioinformatics textbooks.
Pavel Pinigin
Pavel Pinigin (Павел Павлович Пинигин, born 1953), Soviet Yakut freestyle wrestler; Olympic lightweight (≤68 kg) gold at Montreal 1976, three-time world champion (1975, 1977, 1978), fourth at Moscow 1980 as a welterweight; later police colonel and Yakutia sports official.
Pavel Postyshev
Pavel Postyshev (Павел Петрович Постышев) was a Soviet party official sent by Stalin to Ukraine in 1933 to enforce grain procurement, known as the "hangman of Ukraine."
Pavel Rennenkampf
Pavel Rennenkampf (Па́вел Ка́рлович Ренненка́мпф) was a Russian general of cavalry who commanded the 1st Army in the 1914 invasion of East Prussia and was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
Pavel Repilov
Pavel Repilov (Павел Александрович Репилов), Russian singles luger born 2002 in Dmitrov, brother of Roman Repilov; 2020 Youth Olympic silver and relay gold, 14th in men's singles at the 2026 Olympics as a neutral athlete.
Pavel Schmidt
Pavel Schmidt (Pavel Leo Edmund Schmidt, 1930–2001), Slovak rower for Czechoslovakia; Olympic gold in double sculls with Václav Kozák at Rome 1960 (6:47.50); later coach, psychologist, and psychiatrist in Switzerland.
Pavel Stolbov
Pavel Stolbov (Павел Афанасьевич Столбов), Soviet artistic gymnast (1929–2011), CSKA Moskva; 1956 Olympic team gold, 1958 world team gold, 1959 European horizontal bar champion.
Pavel Strnad
Pavel Strnad is a German hepatologist and professor at University Hospital RWTH Aachen who led the phase 2 trial of fazirsiran, an RNA therapy for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Pavel Sukhoi
Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Павел Сухой, 1895–1975) was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Sukhoi Design Bureau, creating over 50 designs including the Su-7, Su-24, and Su-27.
Pavel Sukosyan
Pavel Sukosyan (Павел Алексеевич Сукосян), Russian handball goalkeeper born 1962 in Krasnodar; 2000 Sydney Olympic champion, two-time world champion, and world record holder for returning to play at age 55.
Pavel Talankin (Павел Таланкин)
Pavel Talankin (Павел Таланкин, born 1991) is a Russian documentary filmmaker and former Karabash schoolteacher; his film Mr. Nobody Against Putin, co-directed with David Borenstein, won the 2026 Oscar, BAFTA, and Sundance Special Jury Award, after which Russia banned the film and declared him a foreign agent; he lives in exile in Prague.
Pavel Tchelitchew (Павел Фёдорович Челищев)
Pavel Tchelitchew (Павел Фёдорович Челищев), 1898–1957, Russian-born Surrealist and Neo-Romantic painter and stage designer active in Kiev, Berlin, Paris, and New York; best known for the multiple-image metamorphic canvas Hide-and-Seek at MoMA.