Names beginning with P

• P. J. PattersonFormer prime minister of Jamaica, Jamaican politician

  b. April 10, 1935
• P. K. BanerjeeIndian footballer (1936-2020)

  October 15, 1936 – March 20, 2020
• P. RamleeMalaysian singer, actor and film director (1929–1973)

  March 22, 1929 – May 29, 1973
• P. T. UshaIndian track and field athlete

  b. June 27, 1964
• P. V. Narasimha RaoPrime Minister of India (1991-1996)

  June 28, 1921 – December 23, 2004
• PSYHistorical figure

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• Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician (1904-1973)

  July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973
• Pablo PicassoCo-founder of Cubism and the most influential artist of the 20th century

  October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
• Pachacuti11th Inca Emperor

  1380 – 1460
• PachomiusEgyptian saint

  292 CE – May 9, 348 CE
• Padre PioItalian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic

  May 25, 1887 – September 30, 1968
• Paetongtarn ShinawatraBusinesswoman and former Prime Minister of Thailand

  b. August 21, 1986
• Pak Pong-juPremier of North Korea from 2003 to 2007 and 2013 to 2019

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• Pak Thae-songPremier of North Korea since 2024

  b. September 14, 1955
• Pakalitha MosisiliPrime Minister of Lesotho

  b. March 14, 1945
• Pallonji MistryIndian-born Irish billionaire businessman (1929–2022)

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• Palmer LuckeyAmerican founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift

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• Palwankar BalooIndian cricketer (1876–1955)

  March 19, 1876 – July 4, 1955
• Pancho VillaMexican revolutionary (1878-1923)

  June 5, 1878 – July 20, 1923
• Pandeli MajkoAlbanian politician

  b. November 15, 1967
• Pandita RamabaiIndian feminist historian and social reformer (1858–1922)

  April 23, 1858 – April 5, 1922
• PaniniItalian painter and architect (1691–1765)

  June 17, 1691 – October 21, 1765
• Pankaj UdhasIndian singer

  May 17, 1951 – February 26, 2024
• Paolo ArdoinoItalian computer scientist and manager

  b. 1984
• Paolo GentiloniItalian politician (born 1954)

  b. November 22, 1954
• Paolo MaldiniItalian association football player (born 1968)

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• Paolo RondelliSanmarinese politician

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• Paolo ToscanelliFlorentine astronomer

  April 21, 1397 – May 10, 1482
• Paolo UccelloItalian painter (1397-1475)

  June 15, 1397 – December 10, 1475
• Pappus of Alexandria4th century Greek mathematician

  290 CE – 350 CE
• ParacelsusSwiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)

  November 10, 1493 – September 24, 1541
• Paramahansa YoganandaYogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)

  January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952
• ParameswaraThe first king who established the state of Malacca

  1344 – 1414
• Parijat (writer)Nepalese Writer (1937-1993)

  1937 – 1993
• Park Chan-wookSouth Korean filmmaker (born 1963)

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• Park Geun-hyePresident of South Korea from 2013 to 2017

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• ParmenidesLate 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher

  515 BCE – 470 BCE
• Parveen ShakirPakistani writer and poet (1952–1994)

  November 24, 1952 – December 26, 1994
• Parween RahmanHistorical figure
• ParysatisPersian Queen

  440 BCE – 385 BCE
• Pasang Lhamu SherpaNepalese mountain climber (1961–1993)

  December 10, 1961 – April 22, 1993
• Pascal KoupakiBeninese politician

  b. May 1, 1951
• Pascal LissoubaFirst President of the Republic of the Congo (1931–2020)

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• Pascal NyabendaBurundian politician

  b. April 12, 1966
• Pascal-Firmin NdimiraBurundian politician

  b. April 9, 1956
• Pasteur BizimunguRwandan politician, 3rd and former President of Rwanda

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• Pat CumminsAustralian cricketer

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• PatanjaliAncient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
• Pathanay KhanPakistani singer (1926–2000)

  1926 – March 9, 2000
• Patras BokhariPakistani diplomat

  October 1, 1898 – December 5, 1958
• Patrice LumumbaCongolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)

  July 2, 1925 – January 17, 1961
• Patrice MotsepeSouth African businessman

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• Patrice TalonPresident of Benin between 2016 and 2026

  b. May 1, 1958
• Patrice TrovoadaPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe

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• Patrick AchiPrime Minister of Ivory Coast

  b. November 17, 1955
• Patrick CollisonIrish entrepreneur

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• Patrick EwingJamaican-American basketball player

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• Patrick HenryAmerican Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

  May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799
• Patrick HerminieSeychellois politician

  b. September 22, 1963
• Patrick Hillery6th president of Ireland (1923–2008)

  May 2, 1923 – April 12, 2008
• Patrick MahomesAmerican football player (born 1995)

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• Patrick ManningPolitician from Trinidad and Tobago

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• Patrick StewartBritish actor (born 1940)

  b. July 13, 1940
• Patrick SwayzeAmerican actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

  August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009
• Patsy ClineAmerican country singer (1932–1963)

  September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963
• Paul AllenAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

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• Paul AtkinsChief executive of Royal Society Te Apārangi, in New Zealand
• Paul BiyaCameroonian politician

  b. February 13, 1933
• Paul BocuseFrench chef (1926–2018)

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• Paul BérengerPrime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005

  b. March 26, 1945
• Paul CezanneFrench painter (1839–1906)

  January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906
• Paul DiracBritish theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

  August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984
• Paul EhrlichJewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)

  March 14, 1854 – August 20, 1915
• Paul ErdosHungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

  March 26, 1913 – September 20, 1996
• Paul GauguinFrench painter and printmaker (1848–1903)

  June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903
• Paul Kaba ThiebaBurkinabé politician and economist

  b. July 28, 1960
• Paul KagamePresident of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

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• Paul KleeGerman-Swiss artist (1879–1940)

  December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940
• Paul KrugmanAmerican economist (born 1953)

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• Paul MartinPrime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

  b. August 28, 1938
• Paul McCartneyEnglish musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

  b. June 18, 1942
• Paul MellonAmerican art collector, philanthropist and racehorse owner (1907-1999)

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• Paul MescalIrish actor

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• Paul NewmanAmerican actor (1925–2008)

  January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008
• Paul PogbaFrench footballer (born 1993)

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• Paul RevereAmerican silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution (1735–1818)

  January 1, 1735 – May 10, 1818
• Paul SamuelsonAmerican economist (1915–2009)

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• Paul SimonScientist, Max Planck Institute, chemical metals science

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• Paul SouthwellPrime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1913–1979)

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• Paul Tudor Jones(1828-1904)

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• Paul VignaAmerican author and journalist

  b. 1968
• Paul VolckerAmerican economist (1927-2019)

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• Paul WalkerAmerican actor (1973–2013)

  September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013
• Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)

  5 CE – 66 CE
• Paul the Deacon8th century Benedictine monk, scribe and historian

  720 CE – 799 CE
• Paul-Henri Sandaogo DamibaBurkinabé military officer and president (January–September 2022)

  b. January 2, 1981
• Paula-Mae WeekesPresident of Trinidad and Tobago

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• Paulo CoelhoBrazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)

  b. August 24, 1947
• Pavel DurovTechnology entrepreneur (born 1984)

  b. October 10, 1984
• Pavol RusnákHistorical figure
• Pazhassi RajaPrince Regent of Kottayam (1753-1805)

  January 3, 1753 – November 30, 1805
• PedriSpanish association football player

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• Pedro AlmodóvarSpanish filmmaker (born 1949)

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• Pedro Alvares CabralPortuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)

  1467 – 1520
• Pedro CarmonaVenezuelan economist

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• Pedro CastilloPresident of Peru from 2021 to 2022

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• Pedro II of Brazil2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. 1831–89)

  December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891
• Pedro PascalChilean and American actor (born 1975)

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• Pedro Passos CoelhoFormer Prime Minister of Portugal

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• Pedro PiresCape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde

  b. April 29, 1934
• Pedro Santana LopesPortuguese lawyer and politician (born 1956)

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• Pedro SánchezPrime Minister of Spain since 2018

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• Peggy GuggenheimAmerican art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)

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• Peggy WhitsonAmerican astronaut

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• Pelayo of AsturiasHistorical figure
• PeléBrazilian footballer, three-time World Cup winner, the game's first global king

  October 23, 1940 – December 29, 2022
• Pen SovanPrime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea (1936-2016)

  April 15, 1936 – October 29, 2016
• Penda of Mercia7th-century King of Mercia

  606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
• Penélope CruzSpanish actress (born 1974)

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• Pep GuardiolaSpanish association football manager and player (born 1971)

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• Pepi IIEgyptian pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty for the Old Kingdom

  c. 2300 BCE – c. 2180 BCE
• Pepin the ShortKing of the Franks from 751 to 768

  715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
• Percy Bysshe ShelleyBritish Romantic poet (1792–1822)

  August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822
• Percy FawcettBritish explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)

  August 18, 1867 – 1925
• Percy JulianAfrican-American chemist (1899-1975)

  April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975
• Perianne BoringFounder of the Digital Chamber
• PericlesAthenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)

  494 BCE – 429 BCE
• Periyar E. V. RamasamyIndian social reformer (1879-1973)

  September 17, 1879 – December 24, 1973
• Perkin WarbeckImposter-pretender to the throne of England

  1474 – November 23, 1499
• PerpetuaHistorical figure
• Perry ChristieBahamian politician

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• Pervez HoodbhoyPakistani nuclear physicist

  b. July 11, 1950
• Pervez MusharrafPakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023)

  August 11, 1943 – February 5, 2023
• PeseshetAncient Egyptian physician

  c. 2500 BCE – c. 2500 BCE
• Peso PlumaMexican singer (born 1999)

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• Petar StoyanovBulgarian politician and jurist (born 1952)

  b. May 25, 1952
• Pete ButtigiegAmerican politician (born 1982)

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• Pete RizzoHistorical figure
• Pete SamprasAmerican tennis player (born 1971)

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• Pete SeegerAmerican folk singer (1919–2014)

  May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014
• Peter AbelardFrench scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)

  1079 – April 21, 1142
• Peter Chelcicky15th century Bohemian Christian radical

  1390 – 1460
• Peter DamianEleventh-century Benedictine monk

  1007 – 1072
• Peter GatkuothFormer president of Southern Sudan (1938–2010)

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• Peter HiggsBritish physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

  May 29, 1929 – April 8, 2024
• Peter HotezAmerican vaccinologist

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• Peter III of AragonKing of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85)

  1239 – 1285
• Peter JacksonNew Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (born 1961)

  b. October 31, 1961
• Peter LombardMedieval priest and theologian

  c. 1100 – 1160
• Peter LynchAmerican investor, mutual fund manager

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• Peter M. ChristianPresident of the Federated States of Micronesia

  b. October 16, 1947
• Peter Mafany MusongeCameroonian politician

  b. December 3, 1942
• Peter McCormackAmerican politician

  April 22, 1919 – January 28, 1988
• Peter MutharikaPresident of Malawi

  b. July 18, 1940
• Peter O'NeillPrime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019

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• Peter O'TooleBritish-Irish actor (1932–2013)

  August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013
• Peter Paul RubensFlemish painter (1577–1640)

  June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640
• Peter PellegriniPresident of Slovakia

  b. October 6, 1975
• Peter SaganSlovak cycling champion

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• Peter SchiffGerman actor and voice actor (1923–2014)

  June 27, 1923 – April 17, 2014
• Peter SellersBritish actor and comedian (1925–1980)

  September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980
• Peter SingerAustralian moral philosopher (born 1946)

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• Peter ThielGerman-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

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• Peter ToddCanadian scholar

  b. 1962
• Peter WaldoHistorical figure
• Peter of CastileKing of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369

  August 30, 1334 – March 23, 1369
• Peter the ApostleApostle of Jesus Christ

  1 BCE – 65 CE
• Peter the GreatTsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

  May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
• Peter the Hermit11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade

  1050 – July 8, 1115
• Peter the VenerableFrench abbot and saint

  1092 – December 25, 1156
• Petr FialaCzech politician and politologist

  b. September 1, 1964
• Petr NečasCzech politician, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

  b. November 19, 1964
• Petr PavelCzech general and statesman, 4th president of the Czech Republic

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• PetrarchItalian scholar and poet (1304-1374)

  July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
• Petro PoroshenkoPresident of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019

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• Petteri OrpoFinnish politician and the 47th Prime Minister of Finland

  b. November 3, 1969
• PewDiePieSwedish YouTuber (born 1989)

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• Peyton ManningAmerican football player (born 1976)

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• Phan Boi Chau19/20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary

  December 26, 1867 – October 29, 1940
• Phan Văn KhảiVietnamese politician (1933-2018)

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• Phanishwar Nath RenuIndian writer and activist (1921-1977)

  March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1977
• Phankham ViphavanhLaotian politician

  b. 1951
• Phelekezela MphokoZimbabwean diplomat

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• PhidiasGreek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)

  490 BCE – 430 BCE
• Phil CollinsEnglish drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)

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• Phil FodenEnglish footballer (born 2000)

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• Phil KnightAmerican billionaire and co-founder of Nike

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• Phil MickelsonAmerican professional golfer

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• Phil ZimmermannCreator of Pretty Good Privacy

  b. February 12, 1954
• Philip "Brave" DavisBahamian politician (born 1951)

  b. June 7, 1951
• Philip BoedoroNi-Vanuatu politician

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• Philip GlassAmerican composer (born 1937)

  b. January 31, 1937
• Philip GreenBritish composer (1911–1982)

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• Philip II AugustusHistorical figure
• Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC

  c. 385 BCE – 336 BCE
• Philip II of SpainKing of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

  May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598
• Philip IV of FranceKing of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)

  1268 – November 29, 1314
• Philip J. PierrePrime Minister of Saint Lucia since 2021

  b. September 18, 1954
• Philip K. DickAmerican science fiction author (1928–1982)

  December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982
• Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor (1967–2014)

  July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014