# When I say "Paul" who's the first person you think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694 "2013-12-06T18:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/41 "2013-12-06T19:45:22Z")
McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/42 "2013-12-06T19:47:20Z")
Another vote for McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/43 "2013-12-06T19:51:16Z")
Of course in the news lately was Paul Walker. A lot of Paul musicians… Paul McCartney Paul Revere and the Raiders Les Paul Paul LaAbdul Paul Anka Paul with Peter & Mary Paul Simon Paul Rodgers Paul Hewson (Bono) Paul Schaffer ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/44 "2013-12-06T19:54:00Z")
Another McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/45 "2013-12-06T19:55:37Z")
I came up with others, but McCartney was definitely my first thought upon seeing the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/46 "2013-12-06T19:58:56Z")
The alien like in post 34. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/47 "2013-12-06T19:59:57Z")
The titular alien from the movie _Paul_. I don’t know why; it wasn’t a very good movie. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/48 "2013-12-06T20:03:40Z")
Paul the Apostle Paul McCartney Paul Molitor St. Paul, the city in Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/49 "2013-12-06T20:05:15Z")
My dad. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/50 "2013-12-06T20:05:50Z")
> [@Heropsychodreamer](#): > > The obvious answer is McCarthy Is he now, or was he ever, a member of the Beatles? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/51 "2013-12-06T20:19:39Z")
McCartney ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/52 "2013-12-06T20:22:54Z")
Yup. McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/53 "2013-12-06T20:25:27Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Is he now, or was he ever, a member of the Beatles? I see what you did there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/54 "2013-12-06T20:25:35Z")
the apostle ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/55 "2013-12-06T20:25:44Z")
McCartney, followed quickly by Pope Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/56 "2013-12-06T20:26:21Z")
Paul the Apostle and I’m not even a Christian. Second was McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/57 "2013-12-06T20:27:19Z")
The McCartney. Then the saint. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/58 "2013-12-06T20:55:15Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Paul the Apostle and I’m not even a Christian. Second was McCartney. Yea, I’m kinda surprised Paul the Apostle isn’t dominating. He was mine, despite the fact that I’m not religious, and wasn’t raised in a particularly religious household. Plus he’s the Paul most frequently referred to by first name alone, so he’s the one that leaps to mind when I hear just the name without any qualifier or lastname. Now if you asked who the first person that popped into my mind when you say “Ringo”… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/59 "2013-12-06T20:57:57Z")
Paul “Bear” Bryant, cuz ROLL TIDE! ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/60 "2013-12-06T21:08:04Z")
I actually thought of Paul Rudd instantly. To be fair, i was just watching _I love you, man_ the other day, followed by repeated viewing of the outakes (Klavenisms) video on you tube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694.md?page=4)