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

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