Names beginning with P

• Philip the ArabRoman Emperor (204-249)

  204 CE – 249 CE
• Philip the BoldDuke of Burgundy (1342-1404)

  January 17, 1342 – April 27, 1404
• Philip the GoodHistorical figure
• Philip van ArteveldeFlemish patriot (1340-1382)

  1340 – 1382
• Philippa of HainaultQueen consort of King Edward III of England

  June 24, 1310 – August 15, 1369
• Philippe de ComminesWriter and diplomat (1447-1511)

  1447 – October 28, 1511
• Philippe of BelgiumKing of the Belgians since 2013

  b. April 15, 1960
• Philo FarnsworthAmerican inventor (1906–1971)

  August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971
• Philo of AlexandriaHellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE)

  15 BCE – 45 CE
• Philémon YangCameroonian politician, former Prime minister of Cameroon

  b. June 14, 1947
• Phoebe PhiloBritish fashion designer (born 1973)

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• Phoebe Waller-BridgeEnglish actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1985)

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• Phumtham WechayachaiActing Prime Minister of Thailand from 14 to 16 August 2024 and from July to September 2025

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• Phạm Minh ChínhVietnamese politician

  b. December 10, 1958
• Pico della MirandolaItalian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)

  February 24, 1463 – November 17, 1494
• Piero della FrancescaItalian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)

  1415 – October 12, 1492
• Pierre BuyoyaBurundian politician, former president of Burundi (1949–2020)

  November 24, 1949 – December 17, 2020
• Pierre CardinFrench-Italian fashion designer (1922–2020)

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• Pierre CharlesDominican politician (1954-2004)

  June 30, 1954 – January 6, 2004
• Pierre CurieFrench physicist (1859–1906)

  May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906
• Pierre DartoutFrench official

  b. April 9, 1954
• Pierre HabumuremyiPrime Minister of Rwanda

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• Pierre NkurunzizaPresident of Burundi from 2005 to 2020

  December 18, 1964 – June 8, 2020
• Pierre OmidyarAmerican entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay

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• Pierre S. du PontAmerican businessman (1870–1954)

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• Pierre TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)

  October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000
• Pierre WernerLuxembourgish politician (1913-2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)

  December 29, 1913 – June 24, 2002
• Pierre de FermatFrench mathematician and lawyer

  August 17, 1601 – January 12, 1665
• Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench painter and sculptor (1841–1919)

  February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919
• Pierre-Célestin RwigemaPrime Minister of Rwanda from 1995 to 2000

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• Pierre-Simon LaplaceFrench mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

  March 23, 1749 – March 5, 1827
• Piers GavestonFavourite of King Edward II of England (1284-1312)

  1284 – June 19, 1312
• Piet MondrianDutch painter (1872–1944)

  March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
• Pieter Bruegel the ElderFlemish painter (1526–1569)

  1525 – September 9, 1569
• Pieter WuilleBitcoin Core developer

  b. September 10, 1984
• Pietro PeruginoItalian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school (1448–1523)

  1448 – 1523
• Pietro d'AbanoItalian physician, philosopher and philologist

  1250 – 1315
• Pindar5th-century BC Greek lyric poet

  522 BCE – c. 450 BCE
• Pir BabaSaint,Sufi,Arabic descent

  1502 – 1583
• Pir Haji Ali Shah BukhariHistorical figure
• Pir Hissamuddin RashdiHistorical figure
• Pir Ilahi BakhshHistorical figure
• Pir Mehr Ali ShahHistorical figure

  April 14, 1859 – May 11, 1937
• Piri ReisTurkish admiral and cartographer

  1470 – 1554
• Piru SinghRecipient of Param Vir Chakra (1918-1948)

  May 20, 1918 – July 18, 1948
• PisanelloItalian artist (1395–1455)

  1395 – 1455
• PiyeAncient Kushite king and Egyptian pharaoh

  c. 800 BCE – 716 BCE
• PlatoAthenian philosopher, founder of the Academy and author of the Republic

  427 BCE – 347 BCE
• Pliny the ElderRoman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)

  c. 20 CE – 79 CE
• PlotinusHellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism (c. 204/5–270)

  205 CE – 270 CE
• PlutarchGreek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)

  c. 40 CE – c. 120 CE
• PocahontasAmerican native woman

  1596 – 1617
• Poggio BraccioliniItalian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)

  February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459
• Policarpa SalavarrietaHeroine of the Colombian Independence Movement (1795–1817)

  January 26, 1795 – November 14, 1817
• PolybiusAncient Greek historian

  200 BCE – 120 BCE
• Pompey the GreatRoman general and statesman (106–48 BC)

  106 BCE – 48 BCE
• Ponnambalam ArunachalamSri Lankan politician (1853–1924)

  September 14, 1853 – January 9, 1924
• Ponnambalam RamanathanSolicitor-General of Ceylon and Sri Lankan Tamil political leader

  April 15, 1851 – November 30, 1930
• Pontius PilateFifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36

  b. 12 BCE
• Pony MaChinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)

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• Pope Adrian IVPope from 1154 to 1159

  d. September 1, 1159
• Pope Alexander IIIHistorical figure
• Pope Alexander VIPope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)

  January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503
• Pope Benedict XVI265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

  April 16, 1927 – December 31, 2022
• Pope Boniface VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303

  1235 – October 11, 1303
• Pope Celestine V13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign

  1215 – May 19, 1296
• Pope Clement VPope of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314 (1264–1314)

  1264 – April 20, 1314
• Pope FormosusPope

  816 CE – April 4, 896 CE
• Pope Francis266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)

  December 17, 1936 – April 21, 2025
• Pope Gregory IXHistorical figure
• Pope Gregory VIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085

  c. 1020 – May 25, 1085
• Pope Innocent IIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

  February 22, 1160 – July 16, 1216
• Pope John Paul IIPope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author

  May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005
• Pope Julius IIPope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)

  December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513
• Pope Leo IPope from 440 to 461 (390–461)

  390 CE – November 11, 461 CE
• Pope Martin VHistorical figure
• Pope Pius IIHistorical figure
• Pope Sixtus IVHistorical figure
• Pope Sylvester IIPope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003

  d. May 12, 1003
• Pope Urban II11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades

  1035 – July 29, 1099
• Porfirio Lobo Sosa37th President of Honduras (2010–2014)

  b. December 22, 1947
• Porphyry3rd-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

  233 CE – 301 CE
• Portia Simpson-MillerFormer prime minister of Jamaica

  b. December 12, 1945
• PorusIndian king in the age of Alexander the Great

  d. c. 320 BCE
• Post MaloneAmerican singer and rapper (born 1995)

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• Poul Nyrup RasmussenPrime Minister of Denmark from 1993 to 2001

  b. June 15, 1943
• Poul SchlüterPrime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993

  April 3, 1929 – May 27, 2021
• PrabhasIndian film actor

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• Prabowo SubiantoPresident of the Republic of Indonesia

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• Prafulla ChakiBritish Indian Bengali revolutionary

  1888 – 1908
• Prafulla Chandra RayBengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist (1861–1944)

  August 2, 1861 – June 16, 1944
• PrajadhipokKing of Siam

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• Prakash AmteIndian medical doctor and social worker

  b. December 26, 1948
• Pramathesh BaruaIndian actor (1903–1951)

  October 24, 1903 – November 29, 1951
• Pramoedya Ananta ToerIndonesian writer (1925–2006)

  February 6, 1925 – April 30, 2006
• Pranab MukherjeePresident of India from 2012 to 2017

  December 11, 1935 – August 31, 2020
• Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisIndian scientist and statistician (1893–1972)

  June 29, 1893 – June 28, 1972
• Pratibha PatilPresident of India from 2007 to 2012

  b. December 19, 1934
• Pravind JugnauthPrime Minister of Mauritius from 2017–2024

  b. December 25, 1961
• PraxitelesAttic sculptor

  395 BCE – 330 BCE
• Prayut ChanochaPrime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023

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• Predrag MarkovićSerbian politician

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• Prem Kumar SahgalHistorical figure

  b. 1917
• Prem Nath Bazaz1905-07--1984-07; Bazaz, Prem Nath; Prem Nath Bazaz

  1905 – 1984
• Premchand RoychandIndian Gujarati businessperson

  1831 – 1906
• Premindra Singh BhagatRecipient of the Victoria Cross (1918-1975)

  October 14, 1918 – May 23, 1975
• Primavera De FilippiFrench artist, lawyer and researcher

  b. c. 1950
• Primo LeviItalian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)

  July 31, 1918 – April 11, 1987
• PrinceAmerican musician (1958–2016)

  June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016
• Prince AlbertConsort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)

  August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861
• Prince Alois II, Prince of LiechtensteinPrince of Liechtenstein (1796-1858)

  May 26, 1796 – November 12, 1858
• Prince HarryYounger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

  b. September 15, 1984
• Prince PhilipConsort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)

  June 10, 1921 – April 9, 2021
• Prince ShotokuSemi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)

  February 7, 574 CE – April 8, 622 CE
• Prince WilliamHeir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth Realms

  b. June 21, 1982
• Princess DianaMember of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

  July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997
• Prithvi Narayan ShahKing of Nepal

  January 7, 1723 – January 11, 1775
• Prithviraj Chauhan12th century Indian king

  1159 – 1192
• Prithviraj KapoorIndian actor (1906-1972)

  November 3, 1906 – May 29, 1972
• Prithvirajsing RoopunFormer president of Mauritius since 2019 to December 2024

  b. May 24, 1959
• Pritilata WaddedarBritish Indian Bengali woman freedom fighter (1911–1932)

  May 5, 1911 – September 23, 1932
• Priyamvada NatarajanIndian astronomer

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• Priyanka ChopraIndian actress (born 1982)

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• Procopius4th-century Roman usurper

  326 CE – May 27, 366 CE
• Prokop the GreatHussite priest and military leader

  1380 – May 30, 1434
• Prokopis PavlopoulosGreek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic

  b. July 10, 1950
• Prophet AdamHistorical figure
• Prophet Alyasa (Elisha)Historical figure
• Prophet Ayyub (Job)Historical figure
• Prophet Dhul-KiflHistorical figure
• Prophet Harun (Aaron)Historical figure
• Prophet HudHistorical figure
• Prophet Idris (Enoch)Historical figure
• Prophet Ismail (Ishmael)Historical figure
• Prophet Lut (Lot)Historical figure
• Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people

  c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
• Prophet SalihHistorical figure
• Prophet ShuaybHistorical figure
• Prophet Yunus (Jonah)Historical figure
• Prophet Zakariya (Zechariah)Historical figure
• ProtagorasPre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)

  486 BCE – 420 BCE
• Psamtik IFirst egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty

  d. 610 BCE
• PtahhotepAncient Egyptian vizier

  c. 2450 BCE – c. 2400 BCE
• Ptolemy I SoterMacedonian general, ruler of Egypt

  c. 365 BCE – c. 285 BCE
• Ptolemy II PhiladelphusKing of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308–246 B.C.)

  308 BCE – 246 BCE
• PuabiImportant figure in Ur

  b. c. 2500 BCE
• Puchalapalli SundarayyaIndian politician (1913-1985)

  May 1, 1913 – May 19, 1985
• PuduhepaHittite queen

  1289 BCE – c. 1300 BCE
• Puli ThevarIndian historical figure

  1715 – 1767
• Punsalmaagiin OchirbatMongolian politician, president of Mongolia

  January 23, 1942 – January 17, 2025
• Puran AppuSri Lankan activist (1812–1848)

  November 7, 1812 – August 8, 1848
• Pushpa Kamal DahalNepalese politician and former prime minister

  b. December 11, 1954
• Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer (1840–1893)

  April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893
• Pyrrhus of EpirusKing of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC

  318 BCE – 272 BCE
• PythagorasGreek mathematician and mystic of number and harmony

  c. 550 BCE – c. 490 BCE
• Péter MagyarHungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026

  b. March 16, 1981
• Péter MedgyessyHungarian politician

  b. October 19, 1942
• Pōhiva TuʻiʻonetoaPrime Minister of Tonga from 2019 to 2021

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