POL
Encyclopedia
Given name
- Pol Amat (born 1978), field hockey player from Spain
- Pol AntràsPol AntrasPol Antràs Puchal, is a Catalan economist at Harvard University. Currently Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of Harvard University....
(born 1975), Spanish economist - Pol CruchtenPol CruchtenPol Cruchten is a Luxembourgian film director and producer. His film Hochzäitsnuecht was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Somewhere in Europe...
(born 1963), Luxembourgian film director and producer - Pol EspargaróPol EspargaróPol Espargaró is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the 125cc class for team Belson Derbi. Pol is the younger brother of Aleix Espargaró.- 2006, The Youngest rider to score a point in a GP:...
(born 1991), Grand Prix motorcycle racer - Pol de Leon or Paul Aurelian, Welsh saint
- Pol Medina, Jr.Pol Medina, Jr.Apolonio "Pol" Medina, Jr. is a Filipino cartoonist best known for creating Pugad Baboy, a black-and-white comic strip first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on May 18, 1988.-Biography:...
, creator of the Philippine daily comic Pugad Baboy - Pol PlançonPol PlançonPol-Henri Plançon was a distinguished French operatic bass . He was one of the most acclaimed singers active during the 1880s, 1890s and early 20th century—a period often referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera".In addition to being among the earliest international opera stars to have made...
(1851-1914), French operatic bass - Pol PotPol PotSaloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea....
, leader of the Cambodian Communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge - Pol SwingsPol SwingsPol F. Swings was a Belgian astrophysicist who was known for his studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, in particular, comets...
(1906-1983), Belgian astrophysicist - Pol VerschuerePol VerschuerePol Verschuere was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verschuere won a stage in the 1980, 1982 and the 1986 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19751978...
(born 1955), Belgian former road bicycle racer - PólPól-Persons with the name:*Pól Brennan, , Irish, musician.*Pól Callaghan, Northern Irish, politician.*Pól Ó Foighil, , Irish, politician and activist for Irish-speaking.*Pól ó Griofa, Irish, actor....
, an Irish given name, and a list of people so named
Surname
- Agusti Pol (born 1977), Andorran footballer
- Ernest Pohl, also known as Ernst Pol (1932-1995), Polish footballer
- Wincenty PolWincenty PolWincenty Pol was a Polish poet and geographer.-Life:Pol was born in Lublin , to Franz Pohl , a German in the Austrian service, and his wife Eleonora Longchamps de Berier, from a French family living in Poland. Pol fought in the Polish army in the November 1830 Uprising and participated in the 1848...
(1807-1872), Polish poet and geographer
Fictional characters
- Pol (character), in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies
- Pol ManningPol ManningPol Manning was an identity assumed by the fictional comic book superhero Hal Jordan, otherwise known as Green Lantern. Jordan first assumed the name in Green Lantern #8 , in the story "The Challenge From 5700 A.D.!" It was written by John Broome, with pencils by Gil Kane and inks by Joe...
, an identity assumed by the comic book hero Green Lantern
Science and technology
- Pol (HIV)Pol (HIV)Pol refers to a gene in retroviruses, or the protein produced by that gene.Products of pol include:-Reverse transcriptase:Common to all retroviruses, this enzyme transcribes the viral RNA into double-stranded DNA.-Integrase:...
, a gene found in retroviruses - abbreviation of PolystachyaPolystachyaPolystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family . This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae...
, a genus of orchid - Point Of Load, an electric power conversion device that resides at the load side of a power distribution system
Other uses
- Pol (housing)Pol (housing)A pol is a housing cluster which comprises many families of a particular group, linked by caste, profession, or religion. Pols are typical of urban centres in Gujarat especially of Ahmedabad....
, a housing cluster which comprises many families of a particular group - Pol, LugoPol, LugoPol is a municipality in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. Its capital is Mosteiro. It has been historically linked to the arrival in Galicia of Briton immigrants in the Dark Ages period ....
, a municipality in Spain - politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
- Pol languagePol languagePol is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Pol proper is spoken in central Cameroon; the Pomo and Kweso dialects are spoken in Congo and the CAR near the Cameroonian border....
, a Bantu language of Cameroon - the Polish languagePolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
's ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 code - HNoMS Pol IIIHNoMS Pol IIIPol III was a patrol boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy, used for guarding the inlet of the Oslofjord in early April 1940. She was a small vessel, originally a whaler, of 214 tons...
, a Royal Norwegian Navy World War II patrol boat - POL MagazinePOL magazinePOL Magazine was a monthly magazine published by Gareth Powell Publishing in Australia in the late 1960s. It is considered to have played an important role in raising awareness of the status of women, and established new standards in terms of content, design and photography.In March-May 2003, the...
, an Australian monthly magazine of the late 1960s - Party of the Left or PoL, a party of the Yale Political UnionYale Political UnionThe Yale Political Union , a debate society now the largest student organization at Yale University, was founded in 1934 by Professor Alfred Whitney Griswold , to enliven the university's political culture of the time. It was modelled on the Cambridge Union Society and Oxford Union...
See also
- Pol an IonainPol an IonainPol an Ionain is a limestone cave near Doolin in County Clare, Ireland, on the western edge of The Burren. The cave is accessible as a show cave and is marketed as Doolin Cave. There has been considerable controversy as to the development of the show cave.- The Great Stalactite :The cave's most...
, a cave near Doolin in County Clare, Ireland