Authors by P

Terry Pratchett 796

English author 1948–2015

Fernando Pessoa 288

Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publi… 1888–1935

Thomas Paine 262

English and American political activist 1737–1809

Christopher Paolini 166

American author 1983

Pablo Picasso 128

Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stag… 1881–1973

Edgar Allan Poe 126

American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849

Blaise Pascal 144

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Chri… 1623–1662

Dolly Parton 36

American singer-songwriter and actress 1946

Elvis Presley 42

American singer and actor 1935–1977

Rosa Parks 22

African-American civil rights activist 1913–2005

Jack Paar	American author, radio and te…	1918–2004
Juho Kusti Paasikivi	7th President of Finland	1870–1956
Kalle Päätalo	Finnish novelist	1919–2000
Peter Pace	16th Chairman of the Joint Ch…	1945
Wayne Pacelle	American activist	1965
Rajendra K. Pachauri	Indian academic	1940–2020
Al Pacino	American film and stage actor…	1940
Luca Pacioli	Italian father of accounting	1445–1517
David Packard	American electrical engineer,…	1912–1996
Kelly Packard
William Packard	American writer	1933–2002
Boyd K. Packer	American Mormon leader	1924–2015
George Packer	American journalist and writer	1960
Manny Pacquiao	Filipino boxer, basketball pl…	1978
Neethi Padmanabhan	Indian academic
Anthony of Padua	Franciscan	1195–1231
Francesco Mario Pagano	Italian jurist and author	1748–1799
Benjamin Page	Professor of Decision Making	1939
Ellen Page	Canadian actress	1987
Jimmy Page	British guitarist of Led Zepp…	1944
Kirby Page	American clergyman	1890–1957
Larry Page	American computer scientist a…	1973
Heinz R. Pagels	American physicist	1939–1988
Camille Paglia	American writer	1947
Marcel Pagnol	novelist, playwright and film…	1895–1974
Ashraf Pahlavi	Iranian royal	1919–2016
Farah Pahlavi	Empress of Iran	1938
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	Shah of Iran	1919–1980
Reza Pahlavi	Last crown prince of the form…	1960
Elaine Paige	English singer and actress	1948
Janis Paige	actress	1922
Satchel Paige	American baseball player and …	1906–1982
Nam June Paik	American video art pioneer	1932–2006
Thomas Paine	English and American politica…	1737–1809
Abraham Pais	American Physicist	1918–2000
Paisios of Mount Athos	Greek Eastern Orthodox monk	1924–1994
Brad Paisley	American country music singer	1972
Ian Paisley	Politician and former church …	1926–2014
Bo Hi Pak	South Korean member of the Un…	1930–2019
Murphy Pakiam	Catholic archbishop	1938
R. J. Palacio	American author	1963
Chuck Palahniuk	American novelist, essayist	1962
Gregory Palamas	Monk and archbishop	1296–1359
Francisco Palau	Beatified Spanish Discalced C…	1811–1872
Aldo Palazzeschi	Italian novelist, poet and es…	1885–1974
John Jude Palencar	American artist	1957
Grace Paley	American writer and activist	1922–2007
Nina Paley	US animator, cartoonist and f…	1968
William Paley	Christian apologist, natural …	1743–1805
John Palfrey	US law professor	1972
Francis Turner Palgrave	English poet and critic	1824–1897
Chamath Palihapitiya	American businessman	1976
Michael Palin	British comedian, actor, writ…	1943
Sarah Palin	American politician	1964
Nanabhoy Palkhivala	Indian jurist and economist	1920–2002
Juhani Pallasmaa	Finnish architect	1936
Anita Pallenberg	German actress, model and Rol…	1942–2017
Reese Palley		1922–2015
Olof Palme	Swedish 20th century prime mi…	1927–1986
Amanda Palmer	American punk-cabaret musician	1976
Diana Palmer	American romance novelist	1946
Liza Palmer
Parker Palmer	American theologian	1939
Parker J. Palmer
Samuel Palmer	British landscape painter, et…	1805–1881
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston	British politician	1784–1865
Gwyneth Paltrow	American actress, singer, and…	1972
Daryl Palumbo	Vocalist musician	1979
Orhan Pamuk	Turkish novelist, screenwrite…	1952
Alexandros Panagoulis	Greek politician and poet	1939–1976
Breece D'J Pancake	American writer	1952–1979
Alec Panchen	British paleontologist	1930–2013
Günther Pancke	German general	1899–1973
Govind Chandra Pande	Indian historian	1923–2011
Veena Pandey	Indian politician
Kuruvilla Pandikattu	Indian philosopher	1957
K. M. Panikkar	Indian diplomat, academic and…	1895–1963
Pāṇini	ancient Sanskrit grammarian
RoseMarie Panio	politician	1941
Emmeline Pankhurst	English suffragist	1858–1928
Antonie Pannekoek	Dutch astronomer and Marxist …	1873–1960
Wolfhart Pannenberg	German theologian	1928–2014
Rudolf Pannwitz	German writer and philosopher	1881–1969
Alexei Panshin	American writer and critic	1940
William Williams Pantycelyn	Welsh hymnwriter	1717–1791
Carl Panzram	American serial killer	1891–1930
Christopher Paolini	American author	1983
Lisa Papademetriou	American writer	1971
Georgios Papadopoulos
Georgios Papandreou	Greek politician - former pri…	1888–1968
Franz von Papen	German chancellor	1879–1969
Seymour Papert	MIT mathematician, computer s…	1928–2016
Denis Papin	French physicist, mathematici…	1647–1713
Ted Pappas
Anna Paquin	Canadian-born New Zealand act…	1982
Paracelsus	Swiss physician and alchemist	1493–1541
Intan Paramaditha	Indonesian writer and feminis…	1979
Sai Paranjpye	Indian film director	1938
Larry Pardey
Ignace-Gaston Pardies	French physicist	1636–1673