# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**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 9, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/121 "2013-12-09T07:29:32Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > The Man Formerly Known as Saul. Common misapprehension. He didn’t change his name. Saul and Paul are two different versions of the same name: Saul is the Hebrew version and Paul is the Latin version. So he was Saul to the Jews and Paul to the Romans. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/122 "2013-12-09T11:33:27Z")
Paul the Apostle, then McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/123 "2013-12-09T12:25:04Z")
Since I am at this very moment eating some lunch I acquired from [here](http://www.paul-uk.com/), that’s my first thought. Then I thought of the stupid Pegg-Frost film. Then McCartney. Then Paul and Storm. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/124 "2013-12-09T17:05:01Z")
Me. But I’m just self-centered that way. \ ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/125 "2013-12-09T19:07:02Z")
Paul of Tarsus, then the alien from the eponymously named movie, then Sir Paul McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/126 "2013-12-09T19:32:14Z")
McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/127 "2013-12-09T19:35:07Z")
McCartney, followed closely by Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/128 "2013-12-09T22:06:40Z")
McCartney, then myself. What can I say. The All-Paul team, according to Wikipedia: ```auto Anka Butterfield blues singer Cezanne Dirac Erdos Francis Webster movie lyricist Gauguin Hindemith I of Russia Jones singer (Manfred Mann) Krugman Levitz McCartney Newman of Tarsus Pierce Q. Kolderie record producer/engineer Robeson Simon the Apostle Urloviz New Zealand footballer V Pope Weller British musician (The Style Council) X. Kelley US Marine Corps general Young British singer Zinman ``` ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/129 "2013-12-10T02:12:05Z")
Paul McCartney Les Paul Saint Paul Paul Newman Rupaul Paula Zahn Paul Pascal Paul Peter Porges Wow, I wonder who that is? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/130 "2013-12-10T02:14:38Z")
McCartney automatically. The other ones, I have to deliberately think it over. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/131 "2013-12-10T03:17:39Z")
My ex-husband. Ugh, thanks for reminding me. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/132 "2013-12-10T14:55:51Z")
Peter, Paul and Mary (Paul Stookey) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694/133 "2013-12-10T15:00:36Z")
Without reading the thread first, my brain immediately came up with Les Paul. And there is absolutely no reason why it should. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-say-paul-whos-the-first-person-you-think-of/675694.md?page=6)