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

Saint Patrick	5th-century Romano-British Ch…	385–461
Tera Patrick	American pornographic actress	1976
Devdutt Pattanaik	Indian physician; leadership …	1970
Thorsten J. Pattberg	German philologist	1977
Chris Patten	British politician and coloni…	1944
Clair Cameron Patterson	American chemist and geochemi…	1922–1995
James Patterson	American author	1947
William A. Patterson	President of United Airlines …	1899–1980
Robert Pattinson	English actor	1986
Mark Pattison	English author and Church of …	1813–1884
George S. Patton	United States Army general	1885–1945
Mike Patton	American singer	1968
Edith Pattou	American children's writer
Anand Patwardhan	Indian film director	1950
Arin Paul	Indian film director	1980
Caroline Paul	American writer	1963
Celia Paul	British artist	1959
DJ Paul	American rapper and record pr…	1977
Donita K. Paul	American writer	1950
Gregory Scott Paul	U.S. researcher, author, pale…	1954
Jean Paul	German novelist	1763–1825
Rand Paul	American politician, ophthalm…	1963
Ron Paul	American politician and physi…	1935
Sheryl Paul
Vincent de Paul	French priest, founder and sa…	1581–1660
Wolfgang Paul
Nicolae Paulescu	Romanian academic	1869–1931
Wolfgang Pauli	Austrian physicist, Nobel pri…	1900–1958
Linus Pauling	American scientist	1901–1994
John Allen Paulos	American mathematician	1945
Gary Paulsen	American writer and musher	1939
Pat Paulsen	United States Marine	1927–1997
Henry Paulson	74th United States Secretary …	1946
Friedrich Paulus	German general	1890–1957
Trina Paulus	American writer	1932–1963
Pausanias	Ancient Greek geographer	110–180
Randy Pausch	American professor of compute…	1960–2008
Laura Pausini	Italian singer	1974
Luciano Pavarotti	Italian operatic tenor	1935–2007
Michelle Paver	English children's fiction wr…	1960
Ken Pavés	American hairdresser
Cesare Pavese	Italian poet, novelist, liter…	1908–1950
Milorad Pavić	Serbian writer	1929–2009
Stel Pavlou	British writer	1970
Ivan Pavlov	Russian physiologist	1849–1936
Anna Pavlova	Russian ballet dancer	1881–1931
Gleb Pavlovsky	Russian political scientist	1951
Alessandro Pavolini	Italian politician and writer	1903–1945
Łukasz Pawlikowski	Polish cellist	1997
Tony Pawson
Ken Paxton	American politician	1962
Sara Paxton	American actress, model and s…	1988
John Howard Payne	American actor and writer	1791–1852
Liam Payne	English singer and songwriter	1993
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne	British lecturer, novelist, h…	1911–1983
Rob Payne	Canadian writer	1973
Stanley G. Payne	American historian	1934
Jules Payot	French educationist	1859–1940
Edward Payson	American religious leader	1783–1827
Octavio Paz	Mexican writer laureated with…	1914–1998
George Peacock	Scottish mathematician	1791–1858
Thomas Love Peacock	English novelist, poet, and o…	1785–1866
Mervyn Peake	English writer, artist, poet …	1911–1968
Norman Vincent Peale	American writer	1898–1993
Giuseppe Peano	Italian mathematician	1858–1932
Jonathan Pearce	British football commentator	1959
Joseph Chilton Pearce	American writer	1926–2016
Philippa Pearce	English children's writer	1920–2006
Nancy Pearcey	American philosopher	1952
Bill Pearl	American bodybuilder	1935
Judea Pearl	Computer scientist	1936
Matthew Pearl	American writer	1975
Nancy Pearl	American librarian and writer	1945
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee	Canadian writer	1968
David Pears
Iain Pears	British writer and art histor…	1955
Paul Pearsall
Patrick Pearse	Irish revolutionary, shot by …	1879–1916
Karl Pearson	English mathematician and bio…	1857–1936
Kevin W. Pearson	General authority of LDS Chur…	1957
Kit Pearson	Canadian writer	1947
Lester B. Pearson	14th Prime Minister of Canada	1897–1972
Mary E. Pearson	young-adult fiction writer	1955
Maryon Pearson	Wife of Prime Minister of Can…	1901–1989
Ridley Pearson	American writer	1953
Neil Peart	Canadian-American drummer , l…	1952–2020
Allan Pease	Australian motivational speak…	1952
F. David Peat	British physicist	1938–2017
Max Pechstein	German artist	1881–1955
Gregory Peck	American actor	1916–2003
M. Scott Peck	American psychiatrist	1936–2005
Ralph Brazelton Peck	American civil engineer	1912–2008
Robert Newton Peck	American children's writer	1928
John Peckham	Archbishop of Canterbury	1227–1292
Sam Peckinpah	American film director and sc…	1925–1984
Charles J. Pedersen	American organic chemist	1904–1989
Jim Peebles	Canadian-American astronomer	1935
Kim Peek	American savant, model for th…	1951–2009
Robert Peel	British Conservative statesman	1788–1850
George Peele	English translator and poet	1556–1596