| 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 |
