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

Lil Peep	American rapper	1996–2017
Aubrey Peeples	American actress	1993
Michael Peers	Canadian bishop	1934
Francis Pegahmagabow	World War I sniper	1891–1952
Charles Péguy	French poet, essayist, and ed…	1873–1914
I.M. Pei	Chinese American architect	1917–2019
Wu Peifu	Chinese general	1878–1939
Leonard Peikoff	Canadian-American philosopher	1933
Joachim Peiper	SS officer	1915–1976
Benjamin Peirce	American mathematician	1809–1880
Charles Sanders Peirce	American philosopher, logicia…	1839–1914
Malik Peiris	Sri Lankan scientist	1949
Richard Peirse	Royal Air Force air marshal	1892–1970
Hau Pei-tsun	Taiwanese politician	1919
Harvey Pekar	writer	1939–2010
Arndt Pekurinen	Finnish pacifist	1905–1941
Pelagius	British monk	360–420
Pelé	Brazilian association footbal…	1940–2022
Victor Pelevin	Russian author	1962
Jaroslav Pelikan	US historian of Christianity,…	1923–2006
George Pell	Australian Catholic cardinal …	1941–2023
Scott Pelley	American television journalis…	1957
Nancy Pelosi	American politician, first fe…	1940
Chanelle Peloso	Canadian actress	1994
Francisco Pelsaert	Dutch merchant, commander of …	1591–1630
Leonard Peltier	Native American activist	1944
Dave Pelzer	American author	1960
Henry Pemberton	British doctor	1694–1771
Jean-Marie Le Pen	French right-wing and nationa…	1928
Marine Le Pen	French lawyer and politician	1968
Christopher Oscar Peña
Yamilet Peña	female gymnast from the Domin…	1992
Enrique Peñalosa	Colombian politician	1954
Karen Pence	First Lady of Indiana, school…	1958
Mike Pence	48th Vice President of the Un…	1959
Arthur Uther Pendragon	British activist	1954
Polycarp Pengo	Catholic cardinal	1944
Sharon Kay Penman	American historical novelist	1945
Kal Penn	American actor and civil serv…	1977
Mark Penn	American political consultant	1954
Sean Penn	American actor, screenwriter,…	1960
William Penn	English real estate entrepren…	1644–1718
Daniel Pennac	French author	1944
Stef Penney	British writer	1969
Laura Penny	Canadian journalist	1975
Laurie Penny	English journalist	1986
Louise Penny	Canadian woman writer	1958
Sara Pennypacker	American children's writer (p…	1951
Edith Penrose	economist	1914–1996
Roger Penrose	English mathematical physicis…	1931
James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance	British judge and rose breeder	1816–1899
Arno Allan Penzias	American physicist	1933
Catherine Pepinster		1959
Alessandro Pepoli	Italian writer	1757–1796
Rebel Pepper	Chinese political cartoonist	1973
Samuel Pepys	English naval administrator a…	1633–1703
Murray Perahia	American classical pianist an…	1947
Nazrin Shah of Perak
Jose Peralta	American politician	1971–2018
Luís María Peralta
Harold W. Percival	Barbadian writer	1868–1953
James Gates Percival	American geologis, poet, and …	1795–1856
John Percival	British agricultural botanist	1863–1949
Martyn Percy	British Anglican priest and t…	1962
Walker Percy	Southern philosophical noveli…	1916–1990
Sonny Perdue	31st and current United State…	1946
Francisco Perea	Union Army officer	1830–1913
Georges Perec	French writer	1936–1982
Duarte Pacheco Pereira	Portuguese explorer	1460–1533
Ivan Pereira	Indian bishop (born 1964)	1964
Esther Perel	Belgian Psychotherapist and A…	1958
Grigori Perelman	Russian mathematician	1966
Michael Perelman	American economist	1939
S.J. Perelman	American humorist, author, an…	1904–1979
Bruce Perens	American computer scientist
Asher Peres	Israeli physicist	1934–2005
Shimon Peres	Israeli politician, 8th prime…	1923–2016
Gilles Peress	French photojournalist	1946
Frank E. Peretti	American writer	1951
Amir Peretz	Israeli politician	1952
Isaac Leib Peretz	Yiddish language author and p…	1852–1915
Juan José Cuadros Pérez	Spanish writer	1926–1990
Arturo Pérez-Reverte	Spanish writer and journalist	1951
Andreas Paolo Perger	Guitarist, Improviser, Compos…	1970
Pericles	Greek statesman, orator, and …	-494–-429 BC
Patxi Xabier Lezama Perier	sculptor and writer	1967
Dana Perino	Former White House Press Secr…	1972
William Henry Perkin
Frances Perkins	American politician	1882–1965
John Perkins	American author	1945
Melanie Perkins	Australian technology entrepr…	1987
Martin Lewis Perl	American scientist	1927–2014
George Perle	American composer	1915–2009
Richard Perle	American government official	1941
Alan Perlis	American computer scientist	1922–1990
Elliot Perlman	Australian writer	1964
Fredy Perlman	Czech anarchist	1934–1985
Itzhak Perlman	Israeli-American violinist an…	1945
Ross Perot	American businessman	1930–2019
Barry Perowne	British crime writer	1908–1985