Mongolian: Самуел (Samuyel) Nepali: शमूएल (Śamū'ēla) Northern Sami: Sámmol Norwegian: Samuel Old French: Samoël Persian: ساموئل (Sâmu'el) Polish: Samuel Portuguese: Samuel Punjabi: ਸਮੂਏਲ (Samū'ēla) Russian: Самуил (Samuil, Samuel, Shamil), Самойло (Samojlo) Serbian: Самуило (Samuilo) Shona: Samero or Samere Slovak: Samuel Spanish: Samuel Swahili: Samweli Swedish: Samuel, Sami Tamil: சாமுவேல் (Sāmuvēl) Telugu: సమూయేలు (Śāmūyelu) Thai: ซามูเอล (Sāmūxel) Turkish: İsmail (Samuel) Ukrainian: Самійло (Samíilo) Urdu: سیموئیل Welsh: Sawyl Yiddish: שמואל (Shmuel) Yoruba: Samueli Samoa: Samuelu Feminine variants Samuela Samantha Samuelle Samuella Samanta Notable people Samuel may refer to: (see also: Sam, Sammy, etc.) Given name Samuel (11th century BC), Biblical prophet Samuel (musician) (born 1987), American indie pop artist Samuel of Bulgaria (), Emperor of the First Bulgarian Empire Samuel of Ctesiphon (), Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East Samuel of Nehardea (c. 165–257),Talmudist Samuel Aba ( 1041–1044), third King of Hungary Samuel Adams (1722–1803), Founding Father of the United States Samuel Alito (born 1950), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Samuel Amofa (born 1999), Ghanaian footballer Samuel Arredondo (born 2002), American singer based in South Korea Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1848–1906), American politician, mayor of Philadelphia Shmuel Avishar (born 1947), Israeli basketball player Samuel Barber (1910-1981), American composer V.C. Samuel (1912-1998) Ecumenical Theologian and Historian Samuel L. M. Barlow I (1826–1889), American lawyer Samuel L. M. Barlow II (1892–1982), American composer Samuel Barnett (disambiguation), multiple people, including: Samuel Barnett (reformer) (1844–1913), English clergyman and social reformer Samuel Jackson Barnett (1873–1956), American physicist, discoverer of the Barnett effect Samuel Barnett (actor) (born 1980), English actor Samuel Bartsch (born 1990), German-born Japanese voice actor better known as Subaru Kimura Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Irish writer Samuel Berger (boxer) (1884–1925), American heavyweight boxer Shmuley Boteach (born 1966), American Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), American industrialist, patriarch of the Bush political family Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), French explorer of Canada Samuel Clemens, birth name of Mark Twain (1835–1910), American author and humorist Samuel Colt (1814–1862), American inventor and industrialist Samuel Conway (born 1965), American chemical researcher and furry convention organizer Samuel Cosmi (born 1999), American football player Samuel Cunningham (born 1989), Thai footballer Samuel Edmund Sewall (1799-1888), American lawyer, abolitionist, and suffragist Samuel Eguavoen (born 1993), American football player Samuel Fatu (born 1965), American professional wrestler and member of Anoa'i family Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865), Rear Admiral in the US Navy Samuel Firmino de Jesus (born 1986),