Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: P

Selected Biographies A to Z

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• Jack Paar, TV personality
• Al Pacino, actor
• David Packard, computer industry pioneer
• Walter P. Paepcke, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Ellen Page, actor
• Geraldine Page, actress
• Jimmy Page, rock musician, guitarist
• Larry Page, computer scientist, business personality
• Elaine Hiesey Pagels, religious historian
• Camille Paglia, writer, social critic
• Roderick Paige, George W. Bush's secretary of Education
• Nam June Paik , video artist
• Alan J. Pakula, filmmaker
• Jack Palance, actor
• Bristol Palin, political relative
• Sarah Palin, state governor
• Todd Palin, political relative
• Arnold Palmer, golfer
• Robert Palmer, rock musician
• Chazz Palminteri , actor, writer
• Gwyneth Paltrow, actor
• Peter Pan, literary hero
• Leon Panetta, government official
• Irene Papas, actress
• Anna Paquin, actress
• Anne Parillaud, actor
• Linkin Park, rock band
• Nick Park, filmmaker, animator
• Nate Parker, filmmaker, actor
• Bonnie Parker, outlaw
• Charlie Parker, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
• Mary-Louise Parker, actress
• Robert Brown Parker, writer
• Sarah Jessica Parker, actor
• Camilla Parker-Bowles, royal consort
• Bert Parks, TV personality
• Gordon Parks, American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer
• Rosa Parks, civil rights figure
• Gram Parsons, singer, songwriter
• Jim Parsons, actor
• Louella Parsons, newspaper columnist
• Richard Parsons, media executive
• Dolly Parton, country singer, country musician, songwriter, Actor
• Sam Patch, daredevil
• Dev Patel, actor
• Joe Paterno, coach
• David Paterson, political figure
• Mandy Patinkin , actor, musician
• Tatjana Patitz, model
• Jason Patric, actor, producer
• Danica Patrick, auto racer
• James Patterson, writer
• Robert Pattinson, actor
• Paul of Tarsus, biblical figure, saint
• Aaron Paul, actor
• Adrian Paul, actor
• Alexandra Paul, actor
• Alice Paul, activist
• Caroline Paul, firefighter, writer
• Rand Paul, political figure
• Ron Paul, political figure
• Jane Pauley, TV journalist
• Gary Paulsen, writer
• Pat Paulsen, comedian
• Henry Paulson, Jr., business personality, political figure
• Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor
• Ivan Pavlov, physiologist
• Tim Pawlenty, governor
• Bill Paxton, actor
• Alexander Payne, director
• Guy Pearce, actor
• Norman Vincent Peale, minister, author
• Pearl Jam, alternative rock band
• Annie Smith Peck, mountain climber
• George Wilbur Peck, humorist, state governor
• Gregory Peck, actor
• Sam Peckinpah, filmmaker
• John Peel, radio personality
• Beverly Peer, jazz bass player
• Amanda Peet, actor
• Holly Robinson Peete, actress
• I.M. Pei, architect
• Pegasus, mythical figure
• Pelé, soccer player
• Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senator
• Nancy Pelosi, political figure
• Leonard Peltier, imprisoned activist
• Jean-Marie Le Pen, political figure
• Karen Pence, political relative
• Mike Pence, political figure
• John B. Pendleton, lithographer
• Robin Wright Penn, actress
• Sean Penn, actor, filmmaker
• William Penn, religious figure
• John D. Pennekamp, Conservationist, newspaper editor
• George Peppard, actor, producer
• Ronald Perelman, turnaround specialist
• S. J. Perelman, writer, humorist
• Shimon Peres, political figure
• Rosie Perez , actress, dancer, choreographer
• Vincent Perez, actor
• Anthony Perkins, actor
• Carl Perkins, singer, songwriter
• Elizabeth Perkins, actress
• Stephen Perkins, drummer
• Itzhak Perlman, concert violinist
• Rhea Perlman, actress
• Ron Perlman, actor
• Eva Perón, actor, political figure
• Ross Perot, business personality, political figure
• Joe Perry, guitarist
• Katy Perry, singer
• Luke Perry, actor
• Matthew Calbraith Perry, sailor
• Matthew Perry, actor
• Rick Perry, governor of Texas
• Tyler Perry, playwright, filmmaker, actor
• John J. Pershing, military Leader
• Joe Pesci, actor
• Daniela Pestova, model
• Peter MacNicol, actor
• Bernadette Peters, actress
• Tom Peters, management consultant, author
• William Petersen, actor
• Oscar Peterson, pianist, jazz musician
• Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist, artist
• David H. Petraeus, military leader
• Angelo Petri, tobacconist, vintner
• George O. Petrie, actor
• Ann Petry, novelist
• Lori Petty, actress
• Richard Petty, auto racer
• Tom Petty, rock musician, songwriter
• Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
• James Phelan, biographer, reporter
• Fred Phelps, Sr., clergyman, religious figure
• Michael Phelps, swimmer
• Dr. Phil, psychologist, media personality
• Punxsutawney Phil, holiday figure, prognosticator
• Regis Philbin, TV personality
• Kim Philby, spy
• Prince Philip, royal consort
• Anton Philips, electronics manufacturer
• Bijou Phillips, socialite
• John Phillips, pop musician
• Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
• Mackenzie Phillips, actress
• Miriam Phillips, actress
• Scott Phillips , drums
• Ryan Phillippe, actor
• Phish, rock group
• Joaquin Phoenix, actor
• River Phoenix, actor
• Edith Piaf, singer
• Mike Piazza, baseball player
• Slim Pickens, actor, cowboy
• Bill Pickett, cowboy, rodeo star
• Mary Pickford, actress
• David Hyde Pierce, actor
• Jane Pierce, former U.S. First Lady
• Rosamund Pike, actor
• Thomas Piketty, economist
• Mitch Pileggi, actor
• Brian Pillman, pro wrestler
• P.B.S. Pinchback, American Reconstruction-era politician
• Eliza Lucas Pinckney, horticulturist
• Chris Pine, actor
• Pink, singer
• Pink Floyd, rock band
• The Pink Panther, animated character
• Pinocchio, fictional puppet
• Drew Pinsky, doctor, T.V. personality, sex advisor
• Robert Pinsky, poet, critic
• Harold Pinter, playwrite, author
• Freida Pinto, actor, model
• The Pied Piper, Legendary character
• William Piper, airplane manufacturer
• Luigi Pirandello, writer
• Robert Pirsig, writer
• Camille Pissarro, artist
• Oscar Pistorius, runner
• Molly Pitcher, revolutionary war figure
• Brad Pitt, actor
• Leonard Pitts, Jr., writer
• ZaSu Pitts, actor
• Jeremy Piven, actor
• The Pixies, rock band
• Chief Plácido, Tonkawa Indian chief
• Max Planck, physicist
• Henry Plant, Entrepreneur, railroad and steamship executive
• Robert Plant, lead vocalist
• Homer Plessy, activist
• George Plimpton, writer, editor, actor
• Martha Plimpton, actress
• Joan Plowright, actress
• Amanda Plummer, actress
• Christopher Plummer, actor
• Amy Poehler, actor, comedian
• Clémence Poésy, actor
• Frederik Pohl, writer, editor
• Henri Poincaré, mathematician, writer
• Sidney Poitier, actor
• Roman Polanski, filmmaker, actor, fugitive
• Sydney Pollack, producer, director, actor
• Jonathan Pollard, spy
• Jackson Pollock, artist
• Sarah Childress Polk, U.S. First Lady
• Ellen Pompeo, actor
• Juan Ponce de León, explorer
• Carlo Ponti, producer
• Carlo Ponzi, fraud
• Winnie the Pooh, literary hero
• Iggy Pop, rock musician
• Popeye the Sailor, comic strip character
• John Popper, musician, singer, song writer
• Jeff Porcaro, rock musician
• Bill Porter, salesman
• Cole Porter, composer, songwriter
• Don Porter, actor
• Katherine Anne Porter, writer
• Sylvia Porter, columnist, author
• Charles Portis, author
• Portishead , hip hop band
• Natalie Portman, actor
• Parker Posey, actor
• Emily Post, writer
• Virginia Postrel, magazine editor
• Beatrix Potter, writer, illustrator
• Harry Potter, fictional wizard
• Annie Potts, actress
• Paula Poundstone, comedian, writer
• Colin Powell, military Leader, political figure
• William Powell, actor
• Tyrone Power, actor
• Austin Powers, fictional superspy
• Samantha Power, government official
• Susan Powter, speaker, writer
• James Van Praagh, psychic
• Srila Prabhupada, religious figure
• Chris Pratt, actor
• Steve Prefontaine, runner
• Carrie Prejean, beauty contestant, political figure
• Otto Preminger, director, producer, actor
• The Presidents of the United States of America, rock group
• Elvis Presley, rock musician, singer, actor
• Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of The King
• Kelly Preston, actor
• Préval, René, President of Haiti, political leader
• Katie Price, model, socialite
• Vincent Price, actor
• Reince Priebus, political figure
• Jason Priestley, actor
• Prince, rock musician, funk musician
• Erik Prince, soldier, business personality
• Harold Prince, theatrical producer, director
• Anthony J. Principi, George W. Bush's secretary of Veterans' Affairs
• Behati Prinsloo, model
• Freddie Prinze, actor, comedian
• Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor
• Abram Nicholas Pritzker, entrepreneur
• Donald Nicholas Pritzker, travel industry executive
• Jack Nicholas Pritzker, entrepreneur
• Jay Arthur Pritzker, travel industry executive
• Robert Alan Pritzker, travel industry executive
• Prodigy , rock band
• Sergei Prokofiev, composer
• Prometheus, mythical figure
• Gabriel Prosser, slave revolt leader
• Annie Proulx, writer
• David Prowse, actor
• Juliet Prowse , dancer
• Jonathan Pryce, actor
• Hester Prynne, fictional character
• Richard Pryor, comedian, actor
• Arthur Prysock, R&B singer
• Manuel Puig, writer
• Yasiel Puig, baseball player
• Joseph Pulitzer, publisher
• Bill Pullman, actor, producer
• Philip Pullman, writer
• Smashing Pumpkins, rock band
• Big Punisher, rapper
• Vladimir Putin, political figure
• Mario Puzo
• Denver Pyle, actor
• Monty Python, comedian, TV personality

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