| Charles Perrault | French author | 1628–1703 |
| Jean Baptiste Perrin | | |
| Nico Perrone | Italian historian and writer | 1935 |
| Tom Perrotta | American novelist and screenw… | 1961 |
| Charles Perrow | American sociologist | 1925–2019 |
| Anne Perry | English author | 1938 |
| Bruce D. Perry | American psychiatrist | 1955 |
| Fred Perry | English tennis player | 1909–1995 |
| Katy Perry | American singer, songwriter a… | 1984 |
| Nora Perry | American writer | 1831–1896 |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | United States Naval Officer | 1785–1819 |
| Ralph Barton Perry | American philosopher | 1876–1957 |
| Rick Perry | 14th and current United State… | 1950 |
| Sarah Perry | | |
| Steve Perry | American writer | 1947 |
| Troy Perry | American activist and clergy | 1940 |
| Tyler Perry | American actor, director, scr… | 1966 |
| William Perry | American mathematician and bu… | 1927 |
| John J. Pershing | United States Army general in… | 1860–1948 |
| Darius I of Persia | 3rd king of the Persian Achae… | -550–-486 BC |
| Persius | ancient latin poet | 34–62 |
| Göran Persson | Swedish politician, Swedish S… | 1949 |
| Markus Persson | Swedish video game programmer | 1979 |
| Max Perutz | Austrian-born British molecul… | 1914–2002 |
| Deepak Perwani | Pakistani fashion designer | 1973 |
| Mark Pesce | American writer | 1962 |
| Dmitry Peskov | Russian politician | 1967 |
| Marisha Pessl | American writer | 1977 |
| Fernando Pessoa | Portuguese poet, writer, lite… | 1888–1935 |
| Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | Swiss pedagogue and education… | 1746–1827 |
| Eduard Pestel | scholar | 1914–1988 |
| Tomasz Peta | Roman Catholic bishop | 1951 |
| Philippe Pétain | French military and political… | 1856–1951 |
| Laurence J. Peter | Canadian eductor | 1919–1990 |
| Saint Peter | apostle and first pope | -1–67 BC |
| Diana Peterfreund | American writer | 1979 |
| Elizabeth Peters | American author and egyptolog… | 1927–2013 |
| Ellis Peters | British writer | 1913–1995 |
| Julie Anne Peters | American writer | 1952 |
| Nancy Peters | American writer and publisher | 1936 |
| Ralph Peters | American military officer, wr… | 1952 |
| Tom Peters | American writer on business m… | 1942 |
| Winston Peters | New Zealand politician | 1945 |
| Eugene H. Peterson | American translator | 1932–2018 |
| Ivars Peterson | Canadian mathematician | 1948 |
| Jesse Lee Peterson | American radio and television… | 1949 |
| Jordan Peterson | Canadian clinical psychologis… | 1962 |
| Tracie Peterson | American writer | 1959 |
| Jean Antoine Petit-Senn | Swiss poet (1792-1870) | 1792–1870 |
| András Petőcz | Hungarian writer | 1959 |
| Sándor Petöfi | Hungarian poet and liberal re… | 1823–1849 |
| David Petraeus | retired American military off… | 1952 |
| Francesco Petrarca | Italian scholar and poet | 1304–1374 |
| Petronius | Roman courtier, supposed auth… | 27–66 |
| Tigran Petrosian | Soviet Georgian Armenian ches… | 1929–1984 |
| Michel Petrucciani | French jazz pianist | 1962–1999 |
| Vicki Pettersson | American author | 1972 |
| Andrew Pettigrew | University professor | 1944 |
| Damian Pettigrew | Canadian filmmaker | |
| Richard F. Pettigrew | American politician | 1848–1926 |
| Umberto Pettinicchio | Italian painter | 1943 |
| Tom Petty | American musician | 1950–2017 |
| Jaani Peuhu | Finnish musician | 1978 |
| Nikolaus Pevsner | German-born British scholar | 1902–1983 |
| PewDiePie | Swedish YouTuber and video ga… | 1989 |
| Henri Peyre | American linguist | 1901–1988 |
| William Pfaff | American journalist | 1928–2015 |
| Jeffrey Pfeffer | American academic | 1946 |
| Susan Beth Pfeffer | American writer | 1948 |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | American actress | 1958 |
| Otto Pfleiderer | German Protestant theologian | 1839–1908 |
| Phaedrus | Latin fabulist and probably a… | -20 |
| Liz Phair | American musician | 1967 |
| Dadasaheb Phalke | Indian producer-director-scre… | 1870–1944 |
| Mai Văn Phấn | Vietnamese poet | 1955 |
| Edmund Phelps | American economist | 1933 |
| Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | American author, intellectual… | 1844–1911 |
| Fred Phelps | American pastor and activist | 1929–2014 |
| Michael Phelps | American swimmer | 1985 |
| William Lyon Phelps | American author, critic and s… | 1865–1943 |
| Regis Philbin | American television personali… | 1931 |
| Rodman Philbrick | American writer | 1951 |
| Ambrose Philips | Anglo-Irish poet and politici… | 1674–1749 |
| Emo Philips | American comedian | 1956 |
| John Philips | | |
| Katherine Philips | Anglo-Welsh poet and translat… | 1632–1664 |
| Audrey Phillips | | |
| Caryl Phillips | Kittian-British writer | 1958 |
| Delores Phillips | American writer | 1950–2014 |
| Lou Diamond Phillips | American film, television, an… | 1962 |
| Melanie Phillips | British journalist | 1951 |
| Michelle Phillips | Singer, actress | 1944 |
| Rick D Phillips | | |
| Sian Phillips | | |
| Susan Elizabeth Phillips | American writer | 1948 |
| Trevor Phillips | British television producer | 1953 |
| Utah Phillips | American labor organizer, fol… | 1935–2008 |
| Wendell Phillips | American abolitionist, advoca… | 1811–1884 |
| Eden Phillpotts | British author | 1862–1960 |
| Philo | Roman philosopher | -15–45 BC |
