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

Polycarp	Christian bishop of Smyrna	69–155
Carl Pomerance	American mathematician	1944
John Pomeroy	animator	1951
John Pomfret	English poet	1667–1702
Madame de Pompadour	chief mistress of Louis XV of…	1721–1764
Mike Pompeo	70th United States Secretary …	1963
Pompey	Roman general	-106–-48 BC
Enrique Jardiel Poncela	Spanish dramatist	1902–1952
Catherine Ponder	American priest	1927
Arthur Ponsonby	British Liberal and later Lab…	1871–1946
John du Pont	American heir to the Du Pont …	1938–2010
Marcos Pontes	Brazilian astronaut	1963
Evagrius Ponticus	Christian monk	345–399
Chris Pontius	American actor	1974
Ithiel de Sola Pool	American social scientist	1917–1984
Christopher Poole	American Internet entrepreneu…	1988
John Poole
William Poole
Iggy Pop	American rock singer-songwrit…	1947
Alexander Pope	eighteenth century English po…	1688–1744
John Pople	Nobel prize winning British c…	1925–2004
Lyubov Popova	Russian artist	1889–1924
Mary Poppendieck
Frank Popper	French art historian	1918
Karl Popper	Austrian-British philosopher …	1902–1994
Antonio Porchia	Italian Argentinian poet	1885–1968
Petro Poroshenko	Ukrainian businessman and pol…	1965
Jerry I. Porras	American writer	1938
Genesis P-Orridge	British musician and writer	1950
Ferdinand Porsche	German automobile designer	1875–1951
Richard Porson	British classical scholar	1759–1808
Anna Porter
Cole Porter	American composer and songwri…	1891–1964
David Dixon Porter	United States Navy admiral	1813–1891
Eleanor H. Porter	American novelist	1868–1920
George Porter	British chemist	1920–2002
Jane Porter	Scottish historical novelist,…	1776–1850
Katherine Anne Porter	American journalist, essayist…	1890–1980
MacKenzie Porter	Canadian actress, singer and …	1990
Michael E. Porter	American engineer and economi…	1947
Noah Porter	American academic	1811–1892
Peter Porter	British poet	1929–2010
Roy Porter	British historian	1946–2002
Beilby Porteus	Bishop of Chester; Bishop of …	1731–1809
Michael Portillo	British politician turned tel…	1953
Estela Portillo-Trambley	American writer	1936–1998
Charles Portis	American actor	1933
Frank Portman	American musician	1964
Natalie Portman	Israeli-American actress	1981
J. Posadas	Argentine Trotskyist (1912-19…	1912–1981
Posidonius	ancient greek philosopher	-135–-51 BC
Richard A. Posner	United States federal judge	1939
Emily Post	American etiquette expert	1872–1960
Laurens van der Post	South African writer	1906–1996
Jon Postel	American computer scientist	1943–1998
Nate Postlethwait
Neil Postman	American writer and academic	1931–2003
Pol Pot	former General Secretary of t…	1925–1998
Franka Potente	German actress and singer	1974
Chaim Potok	American rabbi	1929–2002
Beatrix Potter	English children's writer and…	1866–1943
Dennis Potter	English television dramatist,…	1935–1994
Henry Codman Potter	Bishop of the Episcopal Dioce…	1835–1908
Louis de Potter	pamphleteer, politician (1786…	1786–1859
Stephen Potter	British writer	1900–1969
Will Potter	American journalist	1980
Eugène Edine Pottier	French politician	1816–1887
Robert Potts
Rolf Potts	American writer	1970
Luis Lacalle Pou	42nd and current president of…	1973
Ezra Pound	American Imagist poet and cri…	1885–1972
Paula Poundstone	American comedian	1959
William Poundstone	American writer	1955
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi	Iranian politician	1960
Jerry Pournelle	American science fiction writ…	1933–2017
Dan Povenmire	American television director,…	1963
Terence V. Powderly	American mayor	1849–1924
B. W. Powe	Canadian writer	1955
Elizabeth Willing Powel	American socialite and women …	1743–1830
Anthony Powell	English novelist	1905–2000
Colin Powell	Former U.S. Secretary of Stat…	1937
Dawn Powell	American writer	1896–1965
Enoch Powell	British politician	1912–1998
Frederick York Powell	British historian	1850–1904
George Henry Powell	songwriter	1880–1951
Jena Powell	American politician	1993
John Powell	American Jesuit priest	1645–1713
Julie Powell	American blogger	1973
Michael Powell	English film director	1905–1990
Robert Powell	English television and film a…	1944
Walter W. Powell	American sociologist	1948
Cat Power	American singer-songwriter an…	1972
Samantha Power	Irish-American academic, auth…	1970
Harold Powers	American academic	1928–2007
J. F. Powers	American writer	1917–1999
Richard Powers	novelist	1957
Tim Powers	American writer	1952
John Cowper Powys	British writer, lecturer and …	1872–1963
John Henry Poynting	physicist	1852–1914
Stanislav Pozdniakov	Russian fencer	1973