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

Joseph Pisani	American artist and photograp…	1971
Vittore Pisani	Italian linguist	1899–1990
Gilmar Pisas	Curaçaoan politician and civi…	1971
Camille Pissarro	French painter	1830–1903
Robert Pistillo
Sam Pitroda	Indian businessman	1942
Brad Pitt	American actor and filmmaker	1963
Christopher Pitt	English poet	1699–1748
William Rivers Pitt	writer	1971
Frank Pittman	American psychiatrist	1935–2012
Sean Pittman		1968
Susan Piver	American writer	1957
Sasha Pivovarova	Russian model	1985
Christine de Pizan	Italian French late medieval …	1365–1430
Alejandra Pizarnik	Argentinian poet	1936–1972
Francis Place	English social reformer	1771–1854
Philip Plait	astronomer, skeptic	1964
Valerie Plame	American spy	1963
Max Planck	German theoretical physicist	1858–1947
Kevin Plank	American entrepreneur and phi…	1972
Jacques Plante	Canadian ice hockey player	1929–1986
Alvin Plantinga	American Christian philosopher	1932
Salvador Plascencia	American writer	1976
Hugh Plat	writer	1552–1608
Sylvia Plath	American poet, novelist and s…	1932–1963
Sylvia Plath	American poet, novelist and s…	1932–1963
Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platière	French revolutionary	1754–1793
Plato	Classical Greek philosopher	-427–-347 BC
Charles Platt	Author, journalist and comput…	1945
John R. Platt	American physicist	1918–1992
Plautus	Roman comic playwright of the…	-254–-184 BC
Gary Player	South African golfer	1935
William Playfair	British mathematician, engine…	1758–1824
Donald Pleasence	British actor	1919–1995
Georgi Plekhanov	Russian revolutionary	1856–1918
Andrej Plenković	Prime Minister of Croatia	1970
Ian Plimer	Australian geologist	1946
George Plimpton	journalist, writer, editor, a…	1927–2003
Martha Plimpton	American actress	1970
William Plomer	South African-British writer	1903–1973
Plotinus	Neoplatonist philosopher	203–270
Charles Plott	American economist	1938
Joe the Plumber	American conservative activis…	1973
Carol Plum-Ucci	American writer	1957
George Washington Plunkitt	New York State Senator	1842–1924
Plutarch	ancient Greek historian and p…	46–127
John Podesta	Former White House Chief of S…	1949
Lukas Podolski	German footballer	1985
Boris Podolsky	American physicist	1896–1966
Edgar Allan Poe	American author, poet, editor…	1809–1849
Amy Poehler	American actress	1971
Poemen	Egyptian monk and desert fath…	340–450
Ivo Pogorelić	Croatian pianist	1958
Letty Cottin Pogrebin	American author, journalist, …	1939
David Pogue	Technology writer, journalist…	1963
John Pogue	American film director, produ…
Frederik Pohl	American science fiction writ…	1919–2013
Oswald Pohl	Head of the SS Wirtschafts-Ve…	1892–1951
Wu Po-hsiung	Taiwanese politician	1939
Henri Poincaré	French mathematician, physici…	1854–1912
Raymond Poincaré	10th President of the French …	1860–1934
Louis Poinsot	French mathematician and phys…	1777–1859
Siméon Denis Poisson	French mathematician, mechani…	1781–1840
Sidney Poitier	American-born Bahamian actor,…	1927
Hilary of Poitiers	Bishop of Poitiers	315–367
Suman Pokhrel	Nepali poet, lyricist, playwr…	1967
Natalia Poklonskaya	Prosecutor of the Republic of…	1980
Fred Polak	Dutch futurologist	1907–1985
Wojciech Polak	Polish priest	1964
Roman Polanski	Polish-French film director, …	1933
John Polanyi	Hungarian-Canadian chemist	1929
Karl Polanyi	economist, philosopher and hi…	1886–1964
Michael Polanyi	Hungarian-British polymath	1891–1976
Joseph Polchinski	physicist working on string t…	1954–2018
Mario Aurelio Poli	Catholic Cardinal from Argent…	1947
Pierre Polinière	French physicist	1671–1734
Jared Polis	American entrepreneur, philan…	1975
Mark Polish	American film actor, screenwr…	1970
David Johnson (Iowa politician)	Iowa State Senator, born 1950	1950
Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)
John Anderson (Australian politician)	Australian politician, 11th D…	1956
Mike Lee (U.S. politician)	American politician	1971
Thomas Cooper (U.S. politician)
Thomas Osborne Davis (Irish politician)	Irish writer and activist	1814–1845
Tom Price (U.S. politician)	former United States Secretar…	1954
Tom Watson (Labour politician)	British politician	1967
Anna Politkovskaya	Russian journalist	1958–2006
Poliziano	Italian writer	1454–1494
James K. Polk	American politician, 11th Pre…	1795–1849
John Polkinghorne	physicist and priest	1930
Joel Pollak	Politician, writer	1977
Michael Pollan	American author, journalist, …	1955
John Garland Pollard	American politician	1871–1937
Jackson Pollock	American artist	1912–1956
Sheldon Pollock	American linguist	1948
Robert Pollok	Scottish poet	1798–1827
Marco Polo	Venetian explorer and merchan…	1254–1324
Abraham Polonsky	American politician	1910–1999
George Pólya	Hungarian mathematician	1887–1985
Polybius	ancient Greek historian	-208–-126 BC