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

Guido Pozzo	Italian Roman Catholic archbi…	1951
James Van Praagh	American psychic	1958
Ravindra Prabhat	Hindi poet, scholar, journali…	1969
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada	Indian guru	1896–1977
Miuccia Prada	Italian fashion designer and …	1948
Winthrop Mackworth Praed	British politician, poet	1802–1839
Jules Van Praet	Belgian diplomat	1806–1887
Dennis Prager	American writer, speaker, rad…	1948
Emily Prager	American writer	1948
C.K. Prahalad	Indian academic	1941–2010
Dith Pran	Cambodian photojournalist	1942–2008
Rajendra Prasad	Indian political leader	1884–1963
Vijay Prashad	Indian historian and journali…	1967
Maharana Pratap	Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar	1540–1597
Terry Pratchett	English author	1948–2015
Francesco Balilla Pratella	Italian composer	1880–1955
Hugh Prather	American writer	1938–2010
Richard S. Prather	American writer	1921–2007
Maurizio Prato
John Pratt	English judge and politician	1657–1725
Orson Pratt	Apostle of the LDS Church	1811–1881
Hana Maria Pravda	British actress	1916–2008
Jusuf Prazina	Bosnian mobster	1962–1993
John Prebble	British writer	1915–2001
Richard David Precht	German philosopher and author	1964
Steve Prefontaine	United States long-distance r…	1951–1975
Helen Prejean	advocate for the abolition of…	1939
Jack Prelutsky	American writer	1940
Premchand	Hindi writer	1880–1936
George D. Prentice	American newspaper editor	1802–1870
Chris Prentiss
Elizabeth Prentiss	American musician, hymnwriter	1818–1878
James W. Prescott	American psychologist	1930
John Prescott	Deputy Prime Minister of the …	1938
William Prescott	Continental army soldier	1726–1795
William H. Prescott	American historian and Hispan…	1796–1859
Elvis Presley	American singer and actor	1935–1977
Priscilla Presley	actress and businesswoman fro…	1945
Karen Press	South African poet	1956
Wilhelm von Pressel	German official and railway e…	1821–1902
Steven Pressfield	United States Marine	1943
Jaime Pressly	American actress, model, prod…	1977
Ashlee Marie Preston	American media personality, p…
Douglas Preston	American author	1956
Margaret Junkin Preston	American writer	1820–1897
Gavin Pretor-Pinney	British writer	1950
René Préval	President of Haiti	1943–2017
Prevale	Italian DJ and producer	1983
Jacques Prevért	French poet, screenwriter	1900–1977
Antoine François Prévost	French novelist	1697–1763
Pricasso	Australian painter	1949
Adam Price	Welsh politician and Plaid Cy…	1968
Eugenia Price	American writer	1916–1996
George R. Price	American population geneticist	1922–1975
Hiram Price	American politician	1814–1901
Leontyne Price	American soprano	1927
Reynolds Price	American writer	1933–2011
Richard Price	Welsh nonconformist preacher …	1721–1791
Richard H. Price	American physicist	1943
Robert M. Price	American theologian	1954
Vincent Price	American actor	1911–1993
Heidi Priebe
Reince Priebus	American attorney and politic…	1972
Bias of Priene	ancient Greek philosopher, on…	-600–-530 BC
Cherie Priest	writer	1975
Christopher Priest	British speculative fiction w…	1943
J.B. Priestley	English writer	1894–1984
Joseph Priestley	English theologian, chemist, …	1733–1804
Ilya Prigogine	physical chemist	1917–2003
Samuel I. Prime	American clergyman, traveler,…	1812–1885
Prince	American pop, songwriter, mus…	1958–2016
Derek Prince	British missionary	1915–2003
Gavrilo Princip	Bosnian assassin	1894–1918
John Prine	American country singer/songw…	1946–2020
William Bradford (American Revolutionary printer)
Anant Priolkar	historian	1895–1973
Matthew Prior	British diplomat, poet	1664–1721
Henry Smith Pritchett	American astronomer	1857–1939
V.S. Pritchett	British writer and critic	1900–1997
Namita Priya
Namita Priya
Miguel Pro	Mexican Jesuit priest and mar…	1891–1927
Proclus	Greek philosopher	412–485
Adelaide Anne Procter	English poet and songwriter	1825–1864
Bryan Procter	English poet	1787–1874
Richard Anthony Proctor	English astronomer	1837–1888
Robert N. Proctor	American historian	1954
Richard Proenneke	American hermit	1916–2003
Sergei Prokofiev	Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pi…	1891–1953
Jatuporn Prompan	Thai television activist	1965
Pál Prónay	Hungarian soldier	1874–1945
Erik Proper	Dutch computer scientist	1967
Propertius	Latin elegiac poet	-47–-16 BC
Francine Prose	American writer	1947
Protagoras	pre-Socratic Greek philosopher	-486–-411 BC
David Law Proudfit	American writer	1842–1897
Pierre Joseph Proudhon	French politician, mutualist …	1809–1865
Annie Proulx	American novelist, short stor…	1935
Marcel Proust	French novelist, critic, and …	1871–1922
Charles Province