| 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 |
| Carlo Prevale | | |
| Carlo Prevale | | |
| 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 |
