Pavao (given name)

Pavao is a Croatian masculine given name, cognate to Paul.

It may refer to:

• Pavao Anđelić (1920–1985), Bosnian archaeologist and historian
• Pavao Dragičević (1694–1773), Bosnian Franciscan friar and bishop
• Pavao Ljubičić (1918–1944), Croatian rower
• Pavao Löw (1910–1986), Yugoslav Jewish football player
• Pavao Martić (born 1940), Croatian rower
• Pavao Mašić (born 1980), Croatian harpsichordist and organist
• Pavao Miljavac (born 1953), Croatian general
• Pavao Muhić (1811–1897), Croatian lawyer and politician
• Pavao Pavličić (born 1946), Croatian writer
• Pavao Pervan (born 1987), Austrian football player of Bosnian Croat origin
• Pavao Pintarić (1913–1990), Yugoslav fencer
• Pavao Posilović (1597–1657), Croatian Catholic bishop
• Pavao Rajzner (1942–2015), Croatian football player and manager
• Pavao Rauch (1865–1933), Croatian politician
• Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652–1713), Habsburg-Croatian polymath
• Pavao Tijan (1908–1997), Croatian encyclopaedist
• Pavao Zorčić (c.1620–1685), Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch
• Pavao Špirančić (c. 1400–1463), Croatian nobleman
• Pavao Štalter (born 1929), Croatian animator
• Pavao Štoos (1806–1862), Croatian poet and priest
• Pavao Šubić (c. 1245–1312), Croatian nobleman
• Pavao Žanić (1918–2000), Croatian Catholic bishop