Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Paalen, Wolfgang Robert (Austrian-born Mex. painter, theorist) 1905-1959
Paap, Willem Anthony (Dutch writer, playwright) 1856-1923
Paar, Jack Harold (American television host) 1918-2004
Paasche, Hermann (German economist) 1851-1925
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti (Finnish businessman, politician) 1870-1956
Pabst, George Wilhelm (German film director) 1885-1967
Paca, William (American Revolutionary leader) 1740-1799
Pacatus Drepanius, Latinis (Gallo-Roman orator, poet) fl. 390
Pacca, Bartolommeo (Italian prelate, diplomat) 1756-1844
Paccanari, Niccolo (Italian monk; founded Paccanarist order) b.1773
Paccard, Michel-Gabriel (French physician) 1757-1827
Pacchierotti, Gasparo (Italian mezzo-soprano castrato) 1740-1821
Pacchioni, Antonio (Italian anatomist) 1665-1726
Pace, Richard (English diplomat) 1482?-1536
Pachacuti (or Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui; Inca emperor 1438-71) d.1471
Pacheco, Francisco (Spanish painter) 1564-1654
Pacheco, Jose Emilio (Mexican writer, critic, translator, poet) b.1939
Pacheco, Juan Manuel Fernandez (Spanish scholar) 1650-1725
Pacheco Pereira, Duarte "Aquilles Lusitano" (Port. explorer) 15th-16th cent.
Pachelbel, Charles Theodore (German composer, organist) 1690-1750
Pachelbel, Johann (German organist, composer, teacher) 1653-1706
Pachelbel, William Hieronymous (German composer; son of Johan) c.1685-1764
Pacher, Michael (German painter, woodcarver) c.1435-1498
Pachmann, Vladimir von (aka Vladimir de Pachman; Rus. pianist) 1848-1933
Pachomius, Saint (Christian monk) c.290-346
Pacifico, David (Portuguese Jewish merchant) 1784-1854
Pacini, Emilio (Italian librettist; brother of Giovanni) 1810-1898
Pacini, Filippo (Italian anatomist) 1812-1883
Pacini, Giovanni (Italian composer) 1796-1867
Pacinotti, Antonio (Italian physicist) 1841-1912
Pacioli, Luca (Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar) 1445?-1514?
Pacius, Fredrik (Finnish violinist, composer) 1809-1891
Pack, Otto von (German politician) 1480?-1537
Packard, Alpheus Spring (American entomologist) 1839-1905
Packard, David (American businessman, engineer) 1912-1996
Packard, Frank Lucius (Canadian writer) 1877-1942
Packard, James Ward (American engineer, inventor) 1863-1928
Packard, William Doud (American engineer, inventor; bro. of JW) 1861-1923
Pacorus (Pkwr; Pacorus I; Parthian warrior-prince) d.38 BC
Pacorus II (Pkwr II; King of Parthia 78-c.116) 1st-2nd cent.
Pacuvius, Marcus (Roman playwright, poet, painter) 220-c.130 BC
Padeloup, Antoine-Michel (French bookbinder) 1685-1758
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (Polish pianist, composer, diplomat) 1860-1941
Padgett, Ron (American poet, essayist, writer, translator) b.1942
Padilla, Heberto (Cuban poet, journalist) b.1932
Padilla, Juan (Spanish Franciscan missionary) 1500?-1542
Padilla, Juan de (Spanish revolutionist) 1490?-1521
Padilla, Juan Gutierrez de (Spanish composer in Mexico) c.1590-1664
Padilla, Maria Pacheco (Spanish revolutionist; wife of Juan) d.1531
Padmasambhava (aka Guru Rimpoche; Indian Buddhist scholar) 8th cent.
Paeonius (or Paionios; Greek sculptor) fl. 450-400 BC
Paer, Ferdinando (Italian composer, Hofkapellmeister) 1771-1839
Paes, Sidonio Bernardino Cardosa da Silva (Port. politician) 1872-1918
Paez, Jose Antonio (Venezuelan soldier, political leader) 1790-1873
Paez Xaramillo, Pedro (Spanish Jesuit missionary) 1564-1622
Paganini, Niccolo (Italian composer, violinist, violist) 1782-1840
Pagan Min (King of Burma 1846-1853) d.1880
Page, Betty Mae "Bettie" (American model) 1923-2008
Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (Australian politician) 1880-1961
Page, Frederick Handley (English airplane manufacturer) 1885-1962
Page, George Henson (American journalist, broadcaster, writer) 1935-2006
Page, Irvine Heinly (Am. physiologist; co-disc. serotonin,1948) 1901-1991
Page, James Patrick (English musician) b.1944
Page, Lawrence Edward "Larry" (Am. entrepreneur; co-fd. Google) b.1973
Page, Patricia Kathleen (English-born Canadian poet, painter) 1916-2010
Page, Robin (English painter, early Fluxus artist) b.1932
Page, Thomas Jefferson (American naval officer) 1808-1899
Page, Thomas Nelson (American writer, diplomat) 1853-1922
Page, Walter Hines (American journalist, diplomat) 1855-1918
Page, William (American portrait painter) 1811-1885
Pagels, Elaine née Hiesey (American religious historian) b.1943
Pagels, Heintz Rudolph (American physicist, writer) 1939-1988
Paget, Sir Henry William (English military commander) 1768-1854
Paget, Sir James (English surgeon, pathologist) 1814-1899
Paget, Violet (pseud. Vernon Lee; English essayist, art critic) 1856-1935
Paget, William (1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert; Eng. statesman) 1505-1563
Paglia, Camille (American writer, critic, educator) b.1947
Pagninus (or Pagnini, Pagnino), Santes (Italian scholar) 1470-1536
Pagnol, Marcel (French playwright, film director) 1895-1974
Pahnke, Walter N. (American minister, physician, psychiatrist) 1931-1971
Paige, Leroy Robert "Satchel" (American baseball player) 1906-1982
Paik, Nam June (Korean-born American artist, teacher) 1932-2006
Pailleron, Edouard (French playwright, poet) 1834-1899
Paine, Albert Bigelow (American writer, editor) 1861-1937
Paine, John Knowles (Am. organist, music teacher, composer) 1839-1906
Paine, Robert Treat (American jurist) 1731-1814
Paine, Robert Treat (American poet, satirist; son of R.T.) 1773-1811
Paine, Thomas (English-born Am. political philosopher, writer) 1737-1809
Painleve, Paul (French mathematician, politician) 1863-1933
Painter, William (English translator, writer) 1540?-1594
Pais, Ettore (Italian historian) 1856-1939
Paisiello (or Paesiello), Giovanni (Italian composer) 1740-1816
Paixhans, Henri-Joseph (French artillery officer) 1783-1854
Pajol, Claude-Pierre (French general) 1772-1844
Pajou, Augustin (French sculptor) 1730-1809
Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael (Irish-born British soldier) 1778-1815
Pal, Bipin Chandra (Indian journalist) 1858-1932
Palacio Valdes, Armando (Spanish writer, editor) 1853-1938
Palacky, Frantisek (Czech historian, politician) 1798-1876
Palade, George Emil (Romanian-born American biologist) 1912-2008
Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de (Spanish prelate) 1600-1659
Palafox y Melzi, Jose Rebolledo de (Spanish soldier) 1775-1847
Palamas, Saint Gregory (Greek Orthodox monk, theologian) 1296-1359
Palamas, Kostis (Greek poet; wrote words to Olympic Hymn) 1859-1943
Palander, Louis (Swedish naval officer, explorer) 1842-1920
Palaprat, Jean (Fr. playwright with David-Augustin de Brueys) 1650-1721
Palazzeschi, Aldo (pseudonym of Aldo Giurlani; Italian writer) 1885-1974
Paleario, Aonio (aka Antonio della Paglia; Italian Humanist) 1503?-1570
Paleologue, Maurice (French diplomat) 1859-1944
Pales Matos, Luis (Puerto Rican lyric poet) 1898-1959
Palestine, Charlemagne (born Charles Martin; American composer) b.1945/47
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (Italian composer) c.1525-1594
Paley, Grace née Goodside (American writer, poet, activist) b.1922
Paley, Vivian Gussin (American? educator, writer) b.1929
Paley, William (English theologian, utilitarian philosopher) 1743-1805
Paley, William Samuel (American broadcasting industrialist) 1901-1989
Palfrey, John Gorham (American Unitarian clergyman, historian) 1796-1881
Palgrave, Sir Francis (English historian) 1788-1861
Palgrave, Francis Turner (English poet, critic; son of Sir F.) 1824-1897
Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis (English banker, economist) 1827-1919
Palgrave, William Gifford (English traveler, diplomat) 1826-1888
Palin, Michael Edward (British actor, comedian, script-writer) b.1943
Palisa, Johann (Austrian astronomer; asteroid) 1848-1925
Palissot de Montenoy, Charles (French writer) 1730-1814
Palissy, Bernard (French potter) 1510-1589
Palitzsch, Johann Georg (German farmer, amateur astronomer) 1723-1788
Palizzi, Filippo (Italian painter) 1818-1899
Palladio, Andrea (Italian architect) 1508-1580
Palladius (Greek prelate, writer) c.363-431?
Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus (Roman writer) 4th-5th cent.
Pallas, Peter Simon (German naturalist) 1741-1811
Pallavicino, Pietro Sforza (Italian prelate, writer) 1607-1667
Pallen, Conde Benoist (American editor) 1858-1929
Palliser, John (Irish-born Canadian geographer, explorer) 1807-1887
Palliser, Sir William (Irish-born British cavalry officer) 1830-1882
Palm, Johann Philipp (German book dealer) 1768-1806
Palma, Jacopo (born Jacopo Negreti; Italian painter) c.1480-1528
Palma, Jacopo (Italian painter; grand-nephew of Jacopo) 1544-1628
Palma, Ricardo (Peruvian writer, curator of National Library) 1833-1919
Palmer, Alexander Mitchell (American politician) 1872-1936
Palmer, Alice Elvira née Freeman (American educator) 1855-1902
Palmer, Austin Norman (American penman, educator) 1859-1927
Palmer, Charles Skeele (American chemist) 1858-1939
Palmer, Daniel David (Can.-born Am. founder of chiropractic) 1845-1913
Palmer, Edward Henry (English Orientalist) 1840-1882
Palmer, Edward Vance (Australian writer, playwright) 1885-1959
Palmer, Erastus Dow (American sculptor) 1817-1904
Palmer, George Herbert (American scholar, educator) 1842-1933
Palmer, Horatio Richmond (American composer, music director) 1834-1907
Palmer, James Shedden (American naval officer) 1810-1867
Palmer, John McCauley (American politician) 1817-1900
Palmer, Potter (American merchant) 1826-1902
Palmer, Roger (English Royalist, Roman Catholic pamphleteer) 1634-1705
Palmer, Roundell (1st Earl of Selborne; English jurist) 1812-1895
Palmer, Samuel (English landscape painter, etcher) 1805-1881
Palmer, Timothy (American bridge builder) 1751-1821
Palmer, William Waldegrave (English government official) 1859-1942
Palmerston, Henry John Temple (3rd Viscount; English statesman) 1784-1865
Palmgren, Selim (Finnish pianist, composer) 1878-1951
Palmieri, Luigi (Italian physicist) 1807-1896
Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Antonio (Spanish painter) 1655-1726
Palou, Francisco (Spanish missionary) 1722-1789
Palsgrave, John (English grammarian) 1480?-1554
Paltock, Robert (English attorney) 1697-1767
Paludan, Stig Henning Jacob Puggaard (Danish writer, critic) 1896-1975
Paludan-Muller, Frederik (Danish poet) 1809-1876
Pamela, Lucia (American musician, bandleader, eccentric) 1904-2002
Pampa (aka Adipampa, Nadoja, Jha, Oja, etc.; Indian poet) fl. 940
Pamphilus (Greek painter) fl. c.390-350 BC
Pamphilus (Greek grammarian, lexicographer) 1st cent.
Pamphilus od Caesarea (Christian writer, teacher) d.310
Pamuk, Ferit Orhan (Turkish writer, academic) b.1952
Panaetius (Rhodian Greek Stoic philosopher) c.180-109 BC
Pan Ch'ao (Chinese general; twin brother of Pan Ku) 31-101
Pan Chao (Chinese historian, writer; sister of Pan Ku) c.45-c.115
Panckoucke, Andre-Joseph (French book-seller, writer) 1700-1753
Panckoucke, Charles-Joseph (French book-seller; son of Andre) 1736-1798
Pancras, Saint (aka Pancratius; Christian martyr) c.290-304
Pander, Christian Heinrich (German anatomist) 1794-1865
Pandit, Korla (born John Roland Redd; Am. musician, composer) 1921-1998
Pando, Jose Manuel (Bolivian soldier, political leader) 1848-1917
Pando Fernandez de Pineda, Manuel (Spanish statesman) 1792-1872
Pandulph (or Pandulf, Pandolpho; Roman papal envoy to England) d.1226
Panduranga, Ramchandra (aka Tantia Topi; Indian rebel) c.1819-1859
Panduro, Leif (Danish writer, dramatist, social critic) 1923-1977
Paneth, Friedrich Adolf (Austrian chemist) 1887-1958
Pangalos, Theodoros (Greek soldier, politician) 1878-1952
Panhard, Rene (French automotive engineer) 1841-1908
Panhuysen, Paul (Dutch composer, visual & sound artist) 1934-2015
Panikkar, Kavalam Madhava (Indian statesman, writer) 1895-1963
Panin, Nikita Ivanovich (Russian diplomat) 1718-1783
Panin, Nikita Petrovich (Russian diplomat; son of Pyotr) 1770-1837
Panin, Pyotr Ivanovich (Russian general; brother of Nikita) 1721-1789
Panini (Indian grammarian of Sanskrit) fl. c.400 BC
Panizzi, Sir Anthony (Italian-born British librarian) 1797-1879
Pankhurst, Christabel Harriette (English suffragist) 1880-1958
Pankhurst, Emmeline née Goulden (English suffragist) 1858-1928
Pankhurst, Estelle Sylvia (English suffragist) 1882-1960
Pan Ku (Chinese historian; son of Pan Piao) 31-92
Pannartz, Arnold (German printer) d.c.1476
Panneton, Philippe (pseudonym Ringuet; French-Canadian writer) 1895-1960
Pannini (or Panini), Giovanni Paolo (Italian painter) 1691-1765
Pannwitz, Rudolf (German philosopher) 1881-1969
Panofsky, Erwin (German-born American art historian) 1892-1968
Pan Piao (Chinese official) 3-54
Pansaers, Clement (Belgian Egyptologist, poet) 1885-1922
Pantaenus (Greek Christian philosopher) d.c.190
Pantaleon, Saint (Roman physician) d.303
Pantaleone di Mauro (Italian merchant, statesman) c.1030-c.1071
Pantaleoni, Maffeo (Italian economist) 1857-1924
Pantoja de la Cruz, Juan (Spanish painter) 1553-1608
Panufnik, Sir Andrzej (Polish-born British composer, pianist) 1914-1991
Panyassis (Greek epic poet) 5th cent. BC
Panzini, Alfredo (Italian writer) 1863-1939
Paoli, Pasquale (Corsican patriot, nationalist) 1725-1807
Paolozzi, Eduardo Luigi (Scottish sculptor, artist) 1924-2005
Papadiamadis, Alexandros (Greek writer) 1851-1911
Papadiamantopoulos, Yannis (pseudonym Jean Moreas; Greek poet) 1856-1910
Papagos, Alexandros (Greek soldier, politician) 1883-1955
Papandreou, Georgios (Greek politician) 1888-1968
Papazian, Charles N. "Charlie" (Am. nuclear engineer, brewer) b.1949
Papen, Franz von (German diplomat, soldier, politician) 1879-1969
Papert, Seymour Aubrey (South African born Am. mathematician) b.1928
Paphnutius, Saint (Greek prelate) 4th cent.
Papias (Greek Christian prelate, writer) 2nd cent.
Papin, Denis (French physicist, inventor) 1647-1712?
Papineau, Louis Joseph (Canadian politician) 1786-1871
Papini, Giovanni (Italian journalist, philosopher, writer) 1881-1956
Papinian (aka Aemilius Papinianus; Roman jurist) c.140-212
Papirius, Lucius (surnamed Cursor; Roman general, politician) 4th cent. BC
Papon, Maurice (French politician, Nazi collaborator) 1910-2007
Papp, Joseph née Pipirofski (Am. theatrical producer, director) 1921-1991
Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich zu (German imperial general) 1594-1632
Pappus of Alexandria (Greek geometer, encyclopedist) c.290 BC-c.350
Paracelsus (Swiss-born German alchemist, physician) 1493-1541
Paradis, Maria Theresa von (Austrian composer, singer) 1759-1824
Paradisi, Pietro Domenico (Italian composer, music teacher) 1707-1791
Parakramabahu I (Sinhalese king of Ceylon 1153-1186) c.1123-1186
Paramanuchit (or Paramanujita Jinorasa; Siamese prelate) 1791-1852
Paramesvara (Founder & ruler of Malacca 1403-1424) d.1424
Parandowski, Jan (Polish writer, essayist, translator) 1895-1978
Paraskhos, Akhillefs (Greek poet) 1838-1895
Pardo, Dominick George "Don" (American radio & TV announcer) 1918-2014
Pardo, Jose (Peruvian politician; president 1904-08, 1915-19) 1864-1947
Pardo, Manuel (Peruvian politician; president 1872-1876) 1834-1878
Pardo Bazan, Emilia de (Spanish writer, critic) 1852-1921
Pare, Ambroise (French surgeon; father of modern surgery) 1510-1590
Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano (Mexican general) 1797-1849
Pareja, Juan de "el Esclavo" (Spanish painter) c.1605-c.1670
Parent, Antoine (French mathematician) 1666-1716
Pareto, Vilfredo (Italian economist, sociologist) 1848-1923
Paretsky, Sara (American writer) b.1947
Parfaict, Claude (French historian; brother of Francois) 1705-1777
Parfaict, Francois (French historian) 1698-1753
Parfrey, Adam (American journalist, editor, publisher) b.1957
Pargeter, Edith Mary (pseudonym Ellis Peters; English writer) 1913-1995
Pari, Claudio (Burgundian-born Sicilian composer) 1574-c.1619
Parini, Giuseppe (Italian poet, writer) 1729-1799
Paris, Alexis-Paulin (French scholar; father of Gaston) 1800-1881
Paris, Bruno-Paulin-Gaston (French philologist, medievalist) 1839-1903
Paris, Matthew (English monk, historian) c.1200-1259
Parish-Alvars, Elias (English harpist) 1808-1849
Park Chung Hee (South Korean soldier; president 1963-1979) 1917-1979
Park, Maria Hester (British composer, pianist, singer) 1760-1813
Park, Maud née Wood (American reformer) 1871-1955
Park, Mungo (Scottish explorer in Africa) 1771-1806
Park, Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" (English director, animator) b.1958
Park, Robert Ezra (American sociologist) 1864-1944
Parker, Alton Brooks (American jurist) 1852-1926
Parker, Brant (American cartoonist: The Wizard of Id) 1920-2007
Parker, Charles Christopher Jr. "Bird" (American jazz musician) 1920-1955
Parker, Dorothy née Rothschild (American writer; Algonquin wit) 1893-1967
Parker, Evan Shaw (English musician) b.1944
Parker, Francis Wayland (American educator) 1837-1902
Parker, Sir Horatio Gilbert (Canadian writer) 1862-1932
Parker, Horatio William (American composer) 1863-1919
Parker, Sir Hyde (English admiral) 1739-1807
Parker, James Stewart (Irish playwright, teacher) 1941-1988
Parker, John (American Revolutionary patriot) 1729-1775
Parker, Martin (English ballad writer) c.1600-1652
Parker, Matthew (English prelate, theologian, reformer) 1504-1575
Parker, Sir Peter (British naval officer) 1721-1811
Parker, Randolph Severn III "Trey" (Am. animator, director) b.1969
Parker, Theodore (American Unitarian clergyman) 1810-1860
Parker, Sir Thomas (1st Earl of Macclesfield; English judge) 1666?-1732
Parker, William (4th Baron Monteagle; English nobleman) 1575-1622
Parker, Sir William (English naval commander) 1781-1866
Parker, William (American musician, writer) b.1952
Parkes, Alexander (English chemist, inventor) 1813-1890
Parkes, Francis Ernest Kobina "Frank" (Ghanian journalist,poet) b.1932
Parkes, Sir Harry Smith (English diplomat) 1828-1885
Parkes, Sir Henry (English-born Australian politician) 1815-1896
Parkhurst, Charles Henry (American clergyman) 1842-1933
Parkinson, Cyril Northcote (British political scientist) 1909-1993
Parkinson, James (English surgeon, paleontologist) 1755-1824
Parkman, Francis (American historian) 1823-1893
Parks, Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan (Am. writer, photogr.) 1912-2006
Parks, Rosa Lee (American civil rights activist) 1913-2005
Parks, Suzan-Lori née Susan-Lori (Am. playwright, screenwriter) b.1964
Parks, Van Dyke (Am. composer, arranger, producer, musician) b.1943
Parler, Petr (born Peter Parler; German mason) 1330-1399
Parmegiani, Bernard (French composer, sound engineer) b.1927
Parmenides of Elea (Greek philosopher) b.c.515 BC
Parmenio (Macedonian general under Alexander the Great) c.400-330 BC
Parmentier, Andre (Belgian-born American horticulturist) 1780-1830
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola; It. painter) 1503-1540
Parn, Priit (Estonian animated film director, graphic artist) b.1946
Parnell, Charles Stewart (Irish nationalist leader) 1846-1891
Parnell, John Russell "Jack" (English bandleader, musician) 1923-2010
Parnell, Thomas (Irish poet, clergyman; Scriblerus Club member) 1679-1718
Parnicki, Teodor (German-born Polish writer) 1908-1988
Parodi, Dominique-Alexandre (Greek-born Fr. poet, playwright) 1842-1901
Parr, Catherine (English scholar; last wife of Henry VIII) 1512-1548
Parr, Thomas "Old Parr" (English centenarian) 1483?-1635
Parra, Nicanor (Chilean physicist, mathematician, poet) b.1914
Parra, Teresa de la (Venezuelan writer) 1895-1936
Parran, Thomas Jr. (American physician) 1892-1968
Parra Sandova, Nicanor (Chilean physicist, mathematician, poet) b.1914
Parratt, Sir Walter (English organist, composer) 1841-1924
Parrhasius (Greek painter) 5th cent. BC
Parri, Ferruccio (Italian politician) 1890-1981
Parrington, Vernon Louis (American educator, literary hist.) 1871-1929
Parris, Samuel (English-born American Congregational clergyman) 1653-1720
Parrish, Anne (American philanthropist) 1760-1800
Parrish, Anne (American writer) 1888-1957
Parrish, Maxfield Frederick (American painter, illustrator) 1870-1966
Parrott, Robert Parker (American army officer, inventor) 1804-1877
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (Eng. composer, historian) 1848-1918
Parry, Joseph (Welsh composer) 1841-1903
Parry, Sir William Edward (English explorer) 1790-1855
Parseval, August von (German aeronautical engineer) 1861-1942
Parsons, Elizabeth (English impostor; "the Cock Lane Ghost") 1749-1807
Parsons, Elsie Worthington née Clews (American anthropologist) 1875-1941
Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon (Irish engineer; son of William) 1854-1931
Parsons, John (nee Marvel) Whiteside "Jack" (Am. rocket eng.) 1914-1952
Parsons, Laurence (Irish astrophysicist; son of William) 1840-1908
Parsons, Louella née Oettinger (American newspaper columnist) 1893-1972
Parsons, Lucy (American labor organizer, anarchist, orator) 1853-1942
Parsons, Robert (English Jesuit missionary, plotter) 1546-1610
Parsons, Talcott (American sociologist) 1902-1979
Parsons, Theophilus (American jurist) 1750-1813
Parsons, Theophilus (American lawyer; son of Theophilus) 1797-1882
Parsons, William (3rd Earl of Rosse; Irish astronomer) 1800-1867
Parsons, William Barclay (American civil engineer) 1859-1932
Parsons, William Sterling "Deak" (American military engineer) 1901-1953
Parsvanatha (aka Parsva; Indian Jainist saint) c.8th cent. BC
Part, Arvo (Estonian-born Austrian composer) b.1935
Partch, Harry (American composer, instrument inventor) 1901-1974
Parteciaco, Agnello (aka Angelo Partecipazio; Doge of Venice) d.827
Parthenis of Nicaea (Greek grammarian, poet) 1st cent. BC
Parton, James (English-born American writer) 1822-1891
Parton, Sara Payson née Willis (American writer; wife of James) 1811-1872
Partridge, Alden (American educator) 1785-1854
Partridge, Sir Bernard (English caricaturist, illustrator) 1861-1945
Partridge, Eric Honeywood (New Zealand-born British linguist) 1894-1979
Partridge, John (English astrologer, almanac maker) 1644-1715
Partridge, William Ordway (French-born American sculptor) 1861-1930
Parysatis (Persian queen; daughter of Artaxerxes I) d.395? BC
Pascal, Blaise (French mathematician, philosopher) 1623-1662
Pascarella, Cesare (Italian poet) 1858-1940
Pasch, Moritz (German mathematician) 1843-1930
Paschasius Radbertus, Saint (Fr. Benedictine abbot, theologian) c.785-c.860
Paschen, Louis (German physicist) 1865-1947
Pascin, Jules (born Julius Pincas; Bulgaria-born Fr. painter) 1885-1930
Pascoli, Giovanni (Italian poet, classical scholar) 1855-1912
Pascual, Jordan (German physicist; co-dev. Quantum Mechanics) 1902-1980
Pasdeloup, Jules-Etienne (French conductor) 1819-1887
Pasek, Jan Chryzostom (Polish soldier, memoirist) 1636-1701
Pasic, Nicola (Serbian and Yugoslavian statesman) 1845-1926
Pasiteles (Greek sculptor) 1st cent. BC
Paskevich, Ivan Fyodorovich (Count of Erivan; Russian soldier) 1782-1856
Pasley, Sir Charles William (Scottish-born Brit. army officer) 1780-1861
Paso, Fernando del (Mexican writer, artist) b.1935
Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Italian writer, film director) 1922-1975
Pasquier, Etienne (French jurist, humanist, poet, historian) 1529-1615
Pasquier, Etienne-Denis de (French politician) 1767-1862
Pasquini, Bernardo (Italian composer) 1637-1710
Passaglia, Carlo (Italian theologian) 1812-1887
Passarge, Siegfried (German geographer) 1866-1958
Passavant, Johann David (German painter, art scholar) 1787-1861
Passerat, Jean (French Humanist, poet) 1534-1602
Passy, Frederic (French economist, politician) 1822-1912
Passy, Paul-Edouard (French phonetician; son of Frederic Passy) 1859-1940
Pasta, Giuditta née Negri (Italian operatic soprano) 1798-1865
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich (Russian poet, writer) 1890-1960
Pastorius, John Francis "Jaco" (American musician, composer) 1951-1987
Pasteur, Louis (French chemist, microbiologist, zymologist) 1822-1895
Pastor, Antonio "Tony" (American actor, theater manager) 1837-1908
Pastor, Ludwig von (Baron von Campersfelden; German historian) 1854-1928
Pastorius, Francis Daniel (German-born Am. lawyer, colonizer) 1651-1720?
Patanjali (aka Gonardiya; Indian scholar, grammarian) 2nd cent. BC
Patch, Alexander McCarrell (American soldier) 1889-1945
Patch, Sam (American daredevil) 1807?-1829
Patchen, Kenneth (Am. poet, writer, painter, graphic designer) 1911-1972
Patel, Ishu (Indian animator, teacher) b.1942
Patel, Viththalbhai Jahverbhai (Indian nationalist leader) 1873?-1933
Patenotre, Jules (French diplomat) 1845-1925
Pater, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (French painter) 1695-1736
Pater, Walter Horatio (English essayist, critic, humanist) 1839-1894
Paterson, Sir Alexander Henry (English penologist) 1884-1947
Paterson, Andrew Barton "Banjo" (Australian journalist, poet) 1864-1941
Paterson, Robert (Scottish stonecutter) 1715-1801
Paterson, William (Scottish-born British financier) 1658-1719
Paterson, William (Irish-born Am. Supr. Ct. justice 1793-1806) 1745-1806
Pathe, Charles (French motion-picture executive: Pathe Freres) 1863-1957
Pathe, Emile (French motion-picture executive; bro. of Charles) 1860-1937
Patinir (or Patinier, Patenier), Joachim de (Dutch painter) c.1485-1524
Patino, Jose (Spanish politician) 1666-1736
Patino, Simon Ituri (Bolivian tin industrialist, diplomat) 1862-1947
Patissier, Charles-Joseph (French diplomat) 1720-1785
Patkin, Max (American baseball player, clown) 1920-1999
Patkul, Johann Reinhold von (Livonian nobleman, adventurer) 1660-1707
Patman, (John William) Wright (American politician) 1893-1976
Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton (English poet, essayist) 1823-1896
Paton, Alan Stewart (South African writer, educator) 1903-1988
Patrick, Saint (Scottish-born Irish bishop) 385?-461?
Patrick, Mary Mills (American educator) 1850-1940
Patrick, Paul (English teacher, gay rights activist) 1950-2008
Pats, Konstantin (Estonian politician) 1874-1956
Patten, Gilbert (pseudonym Burt L. Standish; American writer) 1866-1945
Patterson, Clair Cameron (American geochemist) 1922-1995
Patterson, Eleanor (Am. newspaper editor; sister of Joseph) 1884-1948
Patterson, Francine "Penny" (American research psychologist) b.1947
Patterson, Horace Orlando (Jamaican writer, hist. sociologist) b.1940
Patterson, John Henry (American manufacturer) 1844-1922
Patterson, Joseph Medill (American journalist) 1879-1946
Patti, Adelina (Spanish-born American operatic soprano) 1843-1919
Pattie, James Ohio (American frontiersman) 1804-1850?
Pattison, Dorothy Wyndlow "Sister Dora" (Eng. philanthropist) 1832-1878
Pattison, Mark (English scholar, writer; brother of Dorothy) 1813-1884
Patton, George Smith (American army officer) 1885-1945
Patton, Michael Allan "Mike" (American singer, songwriter) b.1968
Paul of Aegina (aka Paulus Aegineta; Greek surgeon) c.625-c.690
Paul of Samosata (Christian ecclesiastic) 3rd cent.
Paul of Thebes, Saint (St. Paul the Hermit; Christian hermit) c.230-c.343
Paul of the Cross, Saint (Paolo Francesco Danei; It. priest) 1694-1775
Paul the Deacon (Paulus Diaconis; Lombard historian, poet) c.720-c.799
Paul, Alice (American social reformer) 1885-1977
Paul, Charles Kegan (English publisher, writer) 1828-1902
Paul, Elliot Harold (American writer) 1891-1958
Paul, Herbert Woodfield (English biographer, historian) 1853-1935
Paul, Hermann (German philologist) 1846-1921
Paul, Les (b. Lester William Polsfuss; Am. musician, inventor) 1915-2009
Paul, Robert William (English engineer, instrument maker) 1869-1943
Paul, Wolfgang (German physicist) 1913-1993
Paul-Boncour, Joseph (French lawyer, politician) 1873-1972
Paulding, Hiram (American naval officer) 1797-1878
Paulding, James Kirke (American writer; Secy. of Navy 1838-41) 1778-1860
Pauli, Wolfgang Ernst (Austrian-born American physicist) 1900-1958
Paulinus of Nola, Saint (French-born Christian prelate) 353-431
Paulinus, Saint (Roman missionary to England) 584?-644
Pauline, Mark (American businessman, SRL founder, director) b.1954
Paul Karageorgevic, Prince (Regent of Yugoslavia) 1893-1976
Pauling, Linus Carl (American chemist, pacifist) 1901-1994
Paulsen, Friedrich (German philosopher, educator) 1846-1908
Paulus, Friedrich (German field marshal) 1890-1957
Paulus, Julius (Roman jurist) 2nd-3rd cent.
Paulus (or Paullus), Lucius Aemilius (Roman soldier) d.216 BC
Pauly, August (German classical philologist) 1796-1845
Pauncefote, Julian (1st Baron Pauncefote; English diplomat) 1828-1902
Pausanius (Spartan general; son of King Cleombrotus) d.c.470/465 BC
Pausanias (Greek traveler, geographer) fl. 143-176
Pausias (Greek painter) 4th cent. BC
Paustovsky, Konstantin Georgiyevich (Soviet writer) 1892-1968
Pavarotti, Luciano (Italian singer) 1935-2007
Pavelic, Ante (Croatian politician) 1889-1959
Pavese, Cesare (Italian writer, poet, editor, translator) 1908-1950
Pavia, Philip (American sculptor) 1911-2005
Pavia y Lacy, Manuel (Spanish general) 1814-1896
Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque, Manuel (Spanish general) 1827-1895
Pavic, Milorad (Serbian poet, writer) b.1929
Pavie, Auguste-Jean-Marie (French diplomat, explorer) 1847-1925
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (Russian physiologist, psychologist) 1849-1936
Pavlova, Anna Pavlovna (Russian ballerina) 1882-1931
Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Maria (Polish poet, playwright) 1893-1945
Pawsey, Joseph Lade (Australia-born English antenna engineer) 1908-1962
Pawson, Anthony James (English-born Canadian microbiologist) b.1952
Paxton, Sir Joseph (English architect, horticulturist) 1801-1865
Payen, Anselme (French industrial chemist) 1795-1871
Payer, Julius von (Austrian explorer, painter) 1842-1915
Payn, James (English writer) 1830-1898
Payne, John (English poet, translator) 1842-1916
Payne, John Howard (American actor, playwright) 1791-1852
Payne, Peter (English Hussite theologian, diplomat) c.1380-1455
Payne, Roger S. (Am. zoologist, conservationist) b.1935
Payne Smith, Robert (English theologian, Orientalist) 1819-1895
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecelia (b.Cecilia Payne; English astronomer) 1900-1978
Paz, Octavio (Mexican poet, writer, diplomat) 1914-1998
Paxmany, Peter (Hungarian prelate, writer) 1570-1637
Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe (Peruvian politician, historian) 1821-1886
p'Bitek, Okot (Ugandan poet, writer, social anthropologist) 1931-1982
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer (Am. educator, Transcendentalist) 1804-1894
Peabody, Endicott (American educator) 1857-1944
Peabody, George (American merchant, philanthropist) 1795-1869
Peabody, Josephine Preston (American poet, playwright) 1874-1922
Peach, Charles William (English naturalist, geologist) 1800-1886
Peacham, Henry (Eng. writer, painter, engraver, comp., math.) 1576?-1643?
Peacock, George (English mathematician, reformer) 1791-1858
Peacock, Henry Bates (Am. geophysicist; co-fd. Texas Instr.) 1894-1985
Peacock, Thomas Love (English writer, poet) 1785-1866
Peacocke, Arthur Robert (English theologian, biochemist) 1924-2006
Peake, Mervyn Laurence (China-born English writer, illustrator) 1911-1968
Peale, Anna Claypoole (American painter; daughter of James) 1791-1878
Peale, Charles Willson (Am. painter, Revolutionary officer) 1741-1827
Peale, James (American painter; brother of C.W. Peale) 1749-1831
Peale, Raphaelle (American painter; son of C.W. Peale) 1774-1825
Peale, Rembrandt (American painter; son of C.W. Peale) 1778-1860
Peale, Sarah Miriam (American painter; daughter of James) 1800-1885
Peale, Titian Ramsay (Am. painter, naturalist; son of C.W.) 1799-1885
Pean, Jules-Emile (French surgeon) 1830-1898
Peano, Giuseppe (Italian mathematician, linguist) 1858-1932
Pearl, Raymond (American biologist) 1879-1940
Pearse, Patrick Henry (Irish educationist, writer, nationalist) 1879-1916
Pearson, Andrew Russell "Drew" (American newspaper columnist) 1897-1969
Pearson, Sir Cyril Arthur (English publisher) 1866-1921
Pearson, Hesketh (English biographer, actor, director) 1887-1964
Pearson, John (English prelate, theologian) 1613-1686
Pearson, Karl (English mathematician, statistician) 1857-1936
Pearson, Lester Bowles "Mike" (Canadian prime minister 1963-68) 1897-1972
Pearson, Weetman Dickinson (English contractor) 1856-1927
Peary, Robert Edwin (American polar explorer) 1856-1920
Pease, Edward Reynolds (English Socialist) 1857-1955
Pease, Francis Galdheim (American astronomer) 1881-1938
Peattie, Donald Culross (American naturalist) 1898-1964
Pechstein, Max (German painter, printmaker) 1881-1955
Peck, Annie Smith (American mountain climber) 1850-1935
Peck, Eldred Gregory (American actor) 1916-2003
Peck, George Wilbur (American journalist, humorist, politician) 1840-1916
Peck, Morgan Scott (American psychiatrist, writer) 1936-2005
Peckham, Rufus Wheeler (American jurist, Supreme Court justice) 1838-1909
Peckinpah, David Samuel "Sam" (American film director) 1925-1984
Pecock, Reginald (Welsh-born British theologian) 1395?-1460?
Pecquet, Jean (French physician, anatomist) 1622-1674
Pedersen, Carl-Henning (Danish painter; co-founded COBRA) 1913-2007
Pedersen, Charles John (Korean-born American chemist) 1904-1989
Pedersen, Christiern (Danish theologian, historian) 1480?-1554
Pedersen, Holger (Danish philologist, Celtic scholar) 1867-1953
Pedersen, Johannes Peder Ejler (Danish scholar, philologist) 1883-1951
Pedersen, Knut (pseudonym Knut Hamsun; Norwegian writer) 1859-1952
Pedlar, Arthur "Vercoe" (English clown) b.1932
Pedrell, Carlos (Uruguayan composer; nephew of Felipe) 1878-1941
Pedrell, Felipe (Spanish composer, musicologist) 1841-1922
Peel, Arthur Wellesley (English politician; son of Robert) 1829-1912
Peel, John (born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft; English DJ) 1939-2004
Peel, Sir Robert (English politician; source of word "bobby") 1788-1850
Peel, William Robert Wellesley (English polit.; son of Arthur) 1867-1937
Peele, George (English dramatist, poet) 1556-1596
Peet, Alfred H. (Dutch-born American entrepreneur) 1920-2007
Peet, William Bartlett (American cartoonist, Disney animator) 1915-2002
Pegler, James Westbrook (American journalist) 1894-1969
Pegolotti, Francesco Balducci (Florentine merchant) fl. 1315-1340
Pegoud, Adolphe (French aviator) 1889-1915
Pegram, George Braxton (American physicist, educator) 1876-1958
Peguy, Charles-Pierre (French poet, philosopher) 1873-1914
Pei, Mario Andrew (Italian-born American linguist, polyglot) 1901-1978
Peierls, Rudolph Ernst (German-born British physicist) 1907-1995
Peirce, Benjamin (Am. math., astronomer; father of Charles) 1809-1880
Peirce, Benjamin Osgood (American mathematician, physicist) 1854-1914
Peirce, Charles Sanders (American physicist, math., logician) 1839-1914
Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de (French antiquarian) 1580-1637
Peirse, Sir Richard Edmund Charles (British air chief marshal) 1892-1970
Peisistratus (or Pisistratus; Athenian tyrant) d.527 BC
Peixoto, Floriano (Brazilian general) 1842-1895
Pekar, Harvey Lawrence (American cartoonist) 1939-2010
Pekkanen, Toivo (Finnish writer) 1902-1957
Peladan, Joseph "Josephin" (French writer, mystic) 1859-1918
Pelagia of Antioch, Saint (Christian martyr) d.c.311
Pelagius (born Morgan; British monk, theologian) c.354-418?
Pelavicino (or Pallavicino), Oberto (Italian politician) 1197-1269
Pelerin de Maricourt, Pierre Le (French crusader, scholar) 13th cent.
Peletier (or Peletier du Mans), Jacques (French, poet, math.) 1517-1582
Pelham, Henry (English politician) 1696-1754
Pelham, Sir William (English soldier) d.1587
Pelham-Holles, Thomas (1st Duke of Newcastle; Eng. politician) 1693-1768
Pelissier, Aimable-Jean-Jacques (Duc de Malakoff; Fr. soldier) 1794-1864
Pell, John (English mathematician) 1611-1685
Pellegrini, Carlo (pseudonym Ape; Italian caricaturist) 1839-1889
Pelletier, Pierre-Joseph (French chemist) 1788-1842
Pellew, Edward (1st Viscount Exmouth; English naval officer) 1757-1833
Pelley, William Dudley (Am. journalist, screenwriter, writer) 1890-1965
Pellicanus, Konrad (orig. surname Kurschner; Swiss scholar) 1478-1556
Pellico, Silvio (Italian writer, dramatist, patriot) 1789-1854
Pelliot, Paul (French traveler, Orientalist) 1878-1945
Pelloutier, Fernand (French labor leader) 1867-1901
Pelloux, Luigi Girolamo (Italian soldier, politician) 1839-1924
Pelopidas (Theban general) d.364 BC
Pelouze, Theophile-Jules (French chemist) 1807-1867
Peltier, Jean-Charles-Athanase (Fr. physicist, meteorologist) 1785-1845
Pelton, Lester Allen (American engineer) 1829-1918
Peltonen, Vihtori (pseud. Johannes Linnankoski; Finn. writer) 1869-1913
Pemberton, Sir Francis (English judge) 1625-1697
Pemberton, John Clifford (American army officer) 1814-1881
Pemberton, Sir Max (English writer) 1863-1950
Pembroke, Mary Herbert née Sidney (English patron of the arts) 1561-1621
Pena, Afonso Augusto Moreira (Brazilian politician) 1847-1909
Pena, Federico Fabian (American politician) b.1947
Penaranda Castillo, Enrique (Bolivian soldier, politician) 1892-1969
Pena y Pena, Manuel de la (Mexican jurist) 1789-1850
Penck, Albrecht (German geographer) 1858-1945
Penck, Walther (German geologist; son of Albrecht) 1888-1923
Pencz, Georg (German painter, engraver) 1500?-1550
Penda (King of Mercia) d.655
Pendell, Dale (Am. writer, poet, botanist, computer scientist) b.1947
Pender, Harold (American electrical engineer) 1879-1959
Penderecki, Krzysztof (Polish composer, conductor, educator) b.1933
Pendleton, Edmund (American jurist) 1721-1803
Pendleton, George Hunt (American politician) 1825-1889
Pendleton, Ellen Fitz (American educator) 1864-1936
Penfield, Wilder Graves (American-born Canadian neurologist) 1891-1976
Pengelly, William (English educator, geologist) 1812-1894
Peng Huanwu (Chinese physicist; asteroid) 1915-2007
Penhallow, Samuel (English-born American merchant, historian) 1665-1726
Penicaud, Jean (French enameller; brother or son of Nardon) fl. 1510-1540
Penicaud, Nardon (French enameller) d.1542/43
Penicaud, Pierre (French enamellist, painter) 1515-1590
Penkovsky, Oleg Vladimirovich (Sov. intelligence officer, spy) 1919-1963
Penn, Arthur Hiller (American film director, producer) b.1922
Penn, John (American Revolutionary leader) 1741?-1788
Penn, Sir William (English admiral; father of William Penn) 1621-1670
Penn, William (English Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania) 1644-1718
Penna, Sandro (Italian poet) 1906-1977
Pennant, Thomas (Welsh-born British naturalist) 1726-1798
Pennell, Joseph (American etcher) 1857-1926
Pennethorne, John (English architect) 1808-1888
Penney, James Cash (American department store industrialist) 1875-1971
Penney, William George (English mathematician, physician) 1909-1991
Penni, Gianfrancesco "Il Fattore" (Italian painter) 1488?-1528?
Penniman, James Hosmer (American educator, historian) 1860-1931
Pennington, William (American politician) 1796-1862
Penraat, Jaap (born Jacob; Dutch-born Am. architect, designer) 1918-2006
Penrose, Boies (American politician) 1860-1921
Penrose, Francis Cranmer (English architect, archaeologist) 1817-1903
Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton Jr. (American geologist) 1863-1931
Penrose, Sir Roger (British mathematician, physicist) b.1931
Penry, John (Welsh Puritan pamphleteer) 1559-1593
Penzias, Arno Allan (German-born American physicist) b.1933
Pepe, Guglielmo (Neapolitan soldier) 1783-1855
Pepin III "Pepin the Short" (King of the Franks 751-768) 714?-768
Pepperrell, Sir William (American merchant, general) 1696-1759
Pepusch, Johann Christoph (German-born Eng. musician, composer) 1667-1752
Pepys, Samuel (English diarist, naval administrator) 1633-1703
Peralta, Pedro de (Spanish colonial official) 1585?-1666
Perceval, Sir John (Irish-born British political leader) 1683-1748
Percier, Charles (French architect) 1764-1838
Percival, John "Mad Jack", "Roaring Jack" (Am. naval officer) 1779-1862
Percy, Sir Henry "Hotspur" (English soldier) 1364-1403
Percy, John (English metallurgist) 1817-1889
Percy, Thomas (English antiquary, poet) 1729-1811
Percy, Walker (American writer) 1916-1990
Perdiccas I (King of Macedonia) fl. 700 BC
Perdiccas II (King of Macedonia) d.c.413 BC
Perdiccas III (King of Macedonia) d.359 BC
Perdiccas (Macedonian general under Alexander the Great) c.365-321 BC
Perec, Georges (French writer, essayist) 1936-1982
Pereda, Antonio (Spanish painter) c.1608-1678
Pereda, Jose Maria de (Spanish writer) 1833-1906
Peregrinus Proteus (Greek Cynic philosopher) 100-165
Pereira, Nuno Alvares (Portuguese soldier) 1360-1431
Perek, Lubos (Czech astronomer, administrator; asteroid) b.1919
Perelman, Grigori Yakovlevich "Grisha" (Russian mathematician) b.1966
Perelman, Sidney Joseph (American writer, humorist) 1904-1979
Peres, Shimon (b.Szymon Perski; Polish-born Israeli politician) b.1923
Peresvetov, Ivan Semyonovich (Russian writer, politician) 16th cent.
Peret, Benjamin (French poet, editor) 1899-1959
Peretz, Isaac Leib (Polish poet, writer, dramatist) 1852-1915
Perey, Marguerite (French physicist) 1909-1975
Pereyra, Carlos (Mexican historian) 1871-1942
Perez, Antonio (Spanish statesman) 1539-1611
Perez, Jose Joaquin (Chilean politician; president 1861-1871) 1800-1889
Perez, Santiago (Colombian politician; president 1874-1876) 1830-1900
Perez de Ayala, Ramon (Spanish writer, critic, essayist) 1880-1962
Perez de Guzman, Alonso "el Bueno" (Spanish soldier) 1256-1309
Perez de Guzman, Alonso (Duque de Medina-Sidonia; Sp. admiral) c.1550-1619
Perez de Guzman, Fernan (Spanish poet, historian, moralist) c.1378-c.1460
Perez de Hita, Gines (Spanish writer, soldier) 1544-1619
Perez Galdos, Benito (Spanish writer, playwright) 1843-1920
Perez Rodriguez, Carlos Andres (Venezuelan pres. 1974-79,89-93) b.1922
Perfall, Karl von (German theater manager, composer) 1824-1907
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer, violinist) 1710-1736
Peri, Jacopo (Italian composer, singer; "inventor of opera") 1561-1633
Periander (Greek statesman, tyrant of Corinth c.627-586 BC) d.586 BC
Peribsen (Egyptian king c.2675) 27th cent. BC
Pericles (Athenian statesman; son of Xanthippus) c.495-429 BC
Pericoli, Niccolo "Il Tribolo" (Italian sculptor, architect) 1500-1550
Perier, Antoine-Scipion (French banker with brother Casimir) 1776-1821
Perier, Auguste-Casimir (French politician; son of Casimir) 1811-1878
Perier, Casimir-Pierre (French statesman) 1777-1832
Perignon, Dominique-Catherine de (French general) 1754-1818
Perignon, Pierre "Dom Perignon" (French Benedictine monk) 1638-1715
Peri Rossi, Cristina (Uruguayan writer, poet, essayist) b.1941
Perkin, Sir William Henry (English chemist) 1838-1907
Perkins, Frances (American public official) 1882-1965
Perkins, George Walbridge (American financier) 1862-1920
Perkins, Jacob (American inventor) 1766-1849
Perkins, Justin (American missionary) 1805-1869
Perkins, Maxwell Evarts (American editor) 1884-1947
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd (American merchant) 1764-1854
Perkins, William (English Puritan theologian) 1558-1602
Perkins, William Maxwell Evarts (American editor) 1884-1947
Perl, Martin Lewis (American physicist; discovered tau lepton) b.1927
Perle, George (American composer, music theorist) 1915-2009
Perle, Richard Norman (American businessman, bureaucrat) b.1941
Perley, Sir George Halsey (Am.-born Can. businessman, polit.) 1857-1938
Perlis, Alan Jay (American mathematician, computer scientist) 1922-1990
Permoser, Balthasar (German sculptor) 1651-1732
Perochon, Ernest (French writer) 1885-1942
Peron, Juan Domingo (Argentine polit., pres. 1946-55, 1973-74) 1895-1974
Peron, Maria Eva Duarte "Evita" (Argentinian gov. official) 1919-1952
Perosi, Lorenzo (Italian secular priest, composer) 1872-1956
Perot, Henry Ross (American businessman) b.1930
Perotin (aka Perotinus; French composer) d.1238?
Perrault, Charles (French poet, writer, Mother Goose) 1628-1703
Perrault, Claude (French physician, architect) 1613-1688
Perret, Auguste (French architect) 1874-1954
Perrier, Jean-Octave-Edmond (French zoologist) 1844-1921
Perrin, Ami (Swiss politician) d.1561
Perrin, Claude "Victor" or "Victor-Perrin" (French general) 1764-1841
Perrin, Edwin Noel "Ned" (American scholar, essayist, critic) 1927-2004
Perrin, Jean-Baptiste (French physicist, chemist) 1870-1942
Perrin, Pierre (French poet) 1620-1675
Perrine, Charles Dillon (American astronomer) 1867-1951
Perron, Charles Edgar du (Java-born Dutch writer, critic) 1899-1940
Perrone, Giovanni (Italian Jesuit theologian) 1794-1876
Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe (French civil engineer) 1708-1794
Perrot, Georges (French archaeologist) 1832-1914
Perrot, Sir John (English governor in Ireland) c.1527-1592
Perrot, Jules-Joseph (French dancer, choreographer) 1810-1894
Perrot, Nicolas (French explorer, fur trader in North America) 1644-1717
Perry, Bliss (American educator, critic) 1860-1954
Perry, Lee "Scratch" (Jamaican musician, composer, producer) b.1936
Perry, Mary Antoinette (Am. actor, dir.; Tony Award eponym) 1888-1946
Perry, Matthew Calbraith (American commodore; brother of O.H.) 1794-1858
Perry, Oliver Hazard (American naval officer) 1785-1819
Perry, Ralph Barton (American philosopher, educator) 1876-1957
Perry, Roland Hinton (American painter, sculptor) 1870-1941
Perry, William James (English anthropologist) 1868-1949
Perry, William P. (American composer, television producer) b.1930
Perse, St.-John (Alexis Saint-Leger Leger; Fr. poet, diplomat) 1887-1975
Perseus (Last king of Macedonia 179-168 BC) c.212-c.165 BC
Pershing, John Joseph "Black Jack" (American army commander) 1860-1948
Persichetti, Vincent Ludwig (Am. composer, teacher, pianist) 1915-1987
Persius (aka Aulus Persius Flaccus; Roman satirist) AD 34-62
Perthes, Friedrich Christoph (Ger. publisher; nephew of Johann) 1772-1843
Perthes, Johann Georg Justus (German publisher) 1749-1816
Perti, Giacomo Antonio (Italian composer, teacher) 1661-1756
Pertinax, Publius Helvius (Roman emperor January-March 193) 126-193
Pertz, Georg Heinrich (German historian) 1795-1876
Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci; Italian painter) c.1450-1523
Perutz, Max Ferdinand (Austrian-born British biochemist) 1914-2002
Peruzzi, Baldassare Tommaso (Italian architect, painter) 1481-1536
Peruzzi, Bonifazio di Tommaso (Italian financier) d.1341
Peruzzi, Filippo di Amadeo de' (Italian financier) 13th cent.
Pescetti, Giovanni Battista (Italian organist, composer) c.1704-1766
Peshkov, Aleksey Maksimovich (pen name Maksim Gorky; Rus. wtr.) 1868-1936
Pesne, Antoine (French painter) 1683-1757
Pessanha, Camilo (Portuguese lyric poet, teacher, translator) 1867-1926
Pessoa, Epitacio da Silva (Brazilian political leader, jurist) 1865-1942
Pessoa, Fernando Antonio Nogueira (Portuguese poet) 1888-1935
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich (Swiss educational reformer) 1746-1827
Pestel, Pavel Ivanovich (Russian soldier, revolutionary) 1793-1826
Petain, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph (French soldier) 1856-1951
Petau, Denis (aka Petavius; French theologian, scholar) 1583-1652
Peter of Alcantara, Saint (born Pedro Garavito; Span. eccl.) 1499-1562
Peter of Blois (Petrus Blesensis; French writer) c.1135-c.1212
Peter of Bruys (Petrus Brusius; French religious reformer) d.1126/32/33
Peter of Castelnau (Pierre de Castelnau; French martyr) d.1208
Peter of Courtenay (Latin emperor of Contantinople 1216-17) d.1219?
Peter of Dreux "Mauclerc" (French duke of Brittany 1213-37) 1190-1250
Peter of Savoy (Savoyard diplomat in English service) 1203/13-1268
Peter the Hermit (aka Peter of Amiens; Fr. ascetic, crusader) c.1050-1115
Peter the Venerable (aka Peter of Montboissier; French monk) c.1092-1156
Peter (or Peters), Hugh (English clergyman) 1598-1660
Peter, Laurence Johnston (Canadian educator, psychologist) 1919-1990
Peter Chrysologus, Saint (Doctor of the Church) c.400-450
Peter Claver, Saint (Spanish Jesuit missionary) 1581-1654
Peter des Roches (French-born English prelate) d.1238
Peterkin, Julia née Mood (American writer) 1880-1961
Peter Lombard (Petrus Lombardus; Italian theologian) c.1095-1160
Petermann, August (German geographer, cartographer) 1822-1878
Peter Martyr, Saint (Peter of Verona; It. preacher, inquisitor) c.1205-1252
Peter Nolasco, Saint (Pierre Nolasque; French philanthropist) c.1182-c.1256
Peters, Carl (German explorer) 1856-1918
Peters, Curtis Arnoux (pseud. Peter Arno; American cartoonist) 1904-1968
Peters, Lenrie Wilfred Leopold (Gambian physician, writer,poet) b.1932
Peters, Samuel Andrew (American Anglican clergyman) 1735-1826
Peterson, Bruce A. (American test pilot) 1933-2006
Peterson, Henry (American editor: Saturday Evening Post) 1818-1891
Peterson, Oscar Emmanuel (Canadian pianist, singer, composer) 1925-2007
Peterson, Roger Tory (American naturalist, ornithologist) 1908-1996
Pete the Pup "Petey" (Am. dog actor: Our Gang) 1929-1946
Petherick, John (English trader, explorer) 1813-1882
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William (English politician) 1871-1961
Petigru, James Louis (American lawyer, politician) 1789-1863
Petion, Alexandre Sabes (Haitian general, politician) 1770-1818
Petion de Villeneuve, Jerome (French revolutionist) 1756-1794
Petipa, Marius (French dancer, choreographer) 1819-1910
Petit, Alexis-Therese (French physicist) 1791-1820
Petitot, Jean (Swiss painter) 1607-1691
Petlyura, Symon (Ukrainian political & military leader) 1879-1926
Peto, John Frederick (American painter) 1854-1907
Petofi, Sandor (born Alexander Petrovics; Hungarian poet) 1823-1856?
Petrakis, Harry Mark (American writer, biographer) b.1923
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca; born Petracco; Italian poet) 1304-1374
Petre, Sir Edward (English religious) 1631-1699
Petrescu, Gica (Romanian singer, actor) 1915-2006
Petri, Elio (Italian filmmaker, director, producer) 1929-1982
Petri, Laurentius (Swedish prelate; brother of Olaus) 1499-1573
Petri, Olaus (Swedish clergyman) 1493-1552
Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders (English Egyptologist) 1853-1942
Petronius (aka Titus Petronius Niger; Roman writer) d.66 AD
Petrov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich (Russian animator, director) b.1957
Petrovsky-Sitnianovich, Samuil Yemelyanovich (Byelorus. monk) 1629-1680
Petrucci, Ottaviano dei (Italian music publisher) 1466-1539
Petrucci, Pandolfo (Sienese despot) c.1452-1512
Petrunkevitch, Alexander (Russian-born American zoologist) 1875-1964
Petrus Aureolus (Fr. Franciscan monk, scholastic philosopher) c.1280-1322
Petrakis, Harry Mark (American writer, biographer) b.1923
Petrushevskaya, Liudmila Stefanovna (Russian playwright) b.1938
Petry, Ann née Lane (American writer, journalist, biographer) 1908-1997
Pettazzoni, Raffaele (Italian religious historian) 1883-1959
Pettenkofer, Max Josef von (German hygienist) 1818-1901
Pettersen, Sverre (Norwegian meteorologist) 1898-1974
Pettersson, Gustav Allan (Swedish composer, musician) 1911-1980
Pettie, George (English writer) 1548-1589
Pettigrew, James Johnston (American Confederate general) 1828-1863
Petty, Sir William (English political economist) 1623-1687
Petty, William (British politician; son of Thomas Fitzmaurice) 1737-1805
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith (British politician) 1845-1927
Petursson, Hallgrimur (Icelandic Lutheran pastor, poet) 1614-1674
Petzval, Jozeph Miksa (Hungarian mathematician) 1807-1891
Peuerbach (or Peurbach), Georg von (Austrian astronomer, math.) 1423-1461
Peutinger, Conrad (German Humanist, antiquary) 1465-1547
Pevsner, Antoine (Russian-born French sculptor, painter) 1886-1962
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus (German-born British art historian) 1902-1983
Peyer, Johann Konrad (Swiss physician, anatomist) 1653-1712
Peyre, Joseph (French writer) 1892-1968
Peyrefitte, Roger (French diplomat, writer) 1907-2000
Peyronet (or Peyronnet), Charles-Ignace de (French politician) 1778-1854
Pezel, Johann Christoph (German violinist, composer) 1639-1694
Pezza, Michele "Fra Diavolo" (Italian brigand chief) 1771-1806
Pfaff, Johann Friedrich (German mathematician) 1765-1825
Pfaff, Judy (English-born American sculptor) b.1946
Pfahler, Kembra (American performance artist, musician, actor) b.1961
Pfeffer, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (German botanist) 1845-1920
Pfefferkorn, Johannes (German controversialist) 1469-1524
Pfister, Albrecht (German printer) d.c.1466
Pfitzner, Hans Erich (Russian-born German composer) 1869-1949
Pfleiderer, Otto (German Protestant theologian) 1839-1908
Pfluger, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm (German physiologist) 1829-1910
Pfordten, Ludwig von der (Bavarian jurist, statesman) 1811-1880
Pforr, Franz (German painter) 1788-1812
Pfyffer, Ludwig (Swiss soldier, politician) 1524-1594
Phaedo (or Phaedon; Greek philosopher of Elis) b.c.417 BC
Phaedrus (Greek philosopher) 5th cent. BC
Phaedrus (Roman fabulist) c.15 BC-AD c.50
Phaer (or Phayer), Thomas (Eng. lawyer, physician, translator) 1510?-1560
'Phags-pa (Tibetan scholar-monk) 1235-1280
Phal, Louis "Battling Siki" (Senegalese boxer) 1897-1925
Phalaris (Greek tyrant of Agrigento in Sicily 570-554 BC) d.c.554 BC
Phan Boi Chau (born Phan Van San; Vietnamese nationalist) 1867-1940
Phan Chau Trinh (Vietnamese nationalist) 1872-1926
Phan Dinh Phung (Vietnamese nationalist) 1847-c.1896
Phanias (or Phaenias, Phainias; Greek philosopher of Eresus) fl. c.300 BC
Phan Khoi (Vietnamese scholar) 1888?-1958
Phan Thanh Gian (or Phan Thang Giang; Vietnamese diplomat) c.1803-1867
Phao Sriyanond (Thai politician) 1910-1960
Pharnabazus (Persian commander) 5th-4th cent. BC
Phaulkon, Constantine (Greek politician in Siam) 1647-1688
Phayre, Arthur Purves (English colonial administrator) 1812-1885
Pheidippides (or Phidippides; Athenian long-distance runner) 5th cent. BC
Pheidon (Greek king of Argos) 7th cent. BC
Phelps, Edmund Strother Jr. "Ned" (American economist) b.1933
Phelps, John Wolcott (American soldier) 1813-1885
Phelps, William Lyon (American educator, critic) 1865-1943
Pherecrates (Greek playwright) fl. c.430-410 BC
Pherecydes of Leros (Greek chronicler) 5th cent. BC
Pherecydes of Syros (Greek philosopher) fl. c.550 BC
Phidias (Greek sculptor) fl. c.490-430 BC
Philaret (born Fyodor Nikitich Romanov; Patriarch of Moscow) c.1553-1633
Philaret (Vasily Mikhaylovich Drozdov; Metropolitan of Moscow) 1782-1867
Philastre, Paul-Louis-Felix (French colonial administrator) 1837-1902
Philby, Harry St. John Bridger (British explorer in Arabia) 1885-1960
Philemon (Greek playwright) c.368-c.264 BC
Philemon (Christian of Colassae) 1st cent.
Philes, Manuel (Byzantine poet of Ephesus) c.1275-1345
Philetaerus (Paphlagonian ruler) c.343-263 BC
Philetas of Cos (Greek poet, grammarian) c.330-c.270 BC
Philidor, Francois-Andre (French composer, chess player) 1726-1795
Philip, Saint (the Evangelist, the Deacon; Christian religious) 1st cent.
Philip (Metacomet; American Wampanoag Indian chief) 1639?-1676
Philip the Tetrarch (Tetrarch of Batanaea, Trachonitis, etc.) 20 BC-AD 34
Philip, John (Scottish missionary) 1775-1851
Philipon, Charles (French journalist, caricaturist) 1800-1862
Philippe, Charles-Louis (French writer) 1874-1909
Philippe de Vitry (French composer, music theorist, poet) 1291-1361
Philippi (or Philipson), Johannes (German historian) 1506-1555
Philips, Ambrose "Namby-Pamby" (English poet, dramatist) 1674-1749
Philips, John (English poet) 1676-1709
Philips, Katherine née Fowler (pseudonym Orinda; English poet) 1631-1664
Philips, Obbe (Dutch religious leader) c.1500-1568
Philips, Peter (English composer, organist) 1561-1628
Philips, Samuel Cornelius (Am. record producer: Sun Records) 1923-2003
Philistus (Greek historian) c.430-356 BC
Phillip, Arthur (English naval commander, fd. New South Wales) 1738-1814
Phillips, Bert Greer (American painter) 1868-1952
Phillips, Bruce Duncan "U. Utah" (American singer, activist) 1935-2008
Phillips, David Chilton (Eng. structural biologist, educator) 1924-1999
Phillips, David Graham (pseudonym of John Graham; Am. writer) 1867-1911
Phillips, Edward (English writer) 1630-1696?
Phillips, George (English-born American clergyman) 1593-1644
Phillips, Horatio Frederick (English aviation inventor) 1845-1912
Phillips, John (English writer; brother of Edward) 1631-1706
Phillips, John (American merchant, philanthropist) 1719-1795
Phillips, John (English geologist; nephew of William Smith) 1800-1874
Phillips, Leslie Ann "Sam" (American singer, songwriter) b.1962
Phillips, Peter (English painter, collagist, sculptor) b.1939
Phillips, Philip "the Singing Pilgrim" (American gospel singer) 1834-1895
Phillips, Samuel (American industrialist, political leader) 1752-1802
Phillips, Stephen (English actor, poet, playwright) 1864-1915
Phillips, Wendell (American orator, reformer, abolitionist) 1811-1884
Phillips, William (British soldier) 1731?-1781
Phillips, William (English mineralogist, geologist) 1775-1828
Phillips, William Daniel (American physicist, academic) b.1948
Phillpotts, Eden (India-born English writer, poet, playwright) 1862-1960
Phillpotts, Henry (English prelate) 1778-1869
Philo, Quintus Publilius (Roman politician) 4th cent. BC
Philo Byblius (or Philo of Byblus; Greek scholar, teacher) 1st-2nd cent.
Philochorus (Athenian politician, historian) d.c.260 BC
Philodemus (Greek poet, Epicurean philosopher) c.110-c.35 BC
Philo Judaeus (Jewish philosopher of Alexandria) c.13 BC-AD 45/50
Philolaus (Greek Pythagorean philosopher) 5th cent. BC
Philombe, Rene (Philippe-Louis Ombede; Cameroonian writer) b.1930
Philopoemen (Greek general of Achaean League) 253?-182 BC
Philostorgius (Byzantine historian) c.368-c.433
Philostratus, Flavius the Athenian (Greek writer) c.170-c.245
Philostratus the Lemnian (Greek writer; son-in-law of Flavius) b.c.190
Philostratus the Younger (Greek writer; grandson of Flavius) 3rd cent.
Philotas (Macedonian general; son of Parmenio) d.330 BC
Philotheus Coccinus (Byzantine prelate, theologian) c.1300-1379
Philoxenus (Syrian Christian leader of Eastern Church) c.440-c.523
Phipps, Constantine John (English naval officer; bro. of Henry) 1744-1792
Phipps, Sir Henry (English military commander) 1755-1831
Phips (or Phipps), Sir William (American colonial governor) 1651-1695
Phocas (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 602-610) d.610
Phocion (Athenian general, statesman) c.402-318 BC
Phocylides (Greek poet) fl. c.540 BC
Phormion (Athenian admiral) d.c.428 BC
Photisarath (Ruler of Laotian kingdom of Lan Chang 1520-47) 1501-1547
Photius (Patriarch of Constantinople) c.820-891
Phraortes (Fravartish; King of Media 675-653 BC) d.653 BC
Phrynichus (Athenian playwright) fl. c.500 BC
Phrynichus (Athenian playwright) fl. c.420 BC
Phrynichus (Athenian general) 5th cent. BC
Phrynicus (surnamed Arabius; Greek grammarian of Bithynia) 2nd cent.
Phyfe, Duncan (born Fife; Scottish-born Am. cabinetmaker) 1768-1854
Phylarchus (Egyptian-born Greek historian) 3rd cent. BC
Physick, Philip Syng (American surgeon) 1768-1837
Piaf, Edith (born Edith Giovanna Gassion; French chanteuse) 1915-1963
Piaget, Jean (Swiss psychologist) 1896-1980
Piaggia, Carlo (Italian explorer) 1827-1882
Pialat, Maurice (French film director, screenwriter, actor) 1925-2003
Piankhi (or Pankhi; King of Kush c.751-716 BC) 8th cent. BC
Piatigorsky, Gregor (Russian-born American cellist) 1903-1976
Piatt, Donn (American journalist) 1819-1891
Piatt, John James (American journalist, poet) 1835-1917
Piatt, Sarah Morgan née Bryan (American poet; wife of John) 1836-1919
Piazzolla, Astor Pantaleon (Argentinean composer, musician) 1921-1992
Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (Italian painter) 1682-1754
Piazzi, Giuseppi (Italian Theatine monk, astronomer; asteroid) 1746-1826
Pibul Songgram, Luang (Thai soldier, politician) 1897-1964
Picabia, Francis-Marie Martinez (French painter, poet) 1879-1953
Picard, Charles-Emile (French mathematician) 1856-1941
Picard, Edmond (Belgian jurist, writer) 1836-1924
Picard, Jean (French astronomer) 1620-1682
Picard, Louis-Benoit (French playwright) 1769-1828
Picard, Louis-Joseph-Ernest (French lawyer, politician) 1821-1877
Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y (Spanish painter, sculptor) 1881-1973
Piccard, Auguste (Swiss physicist) 1884-1962
Piccard, Jacques-Ernst-Jean (Belgian-born Swiss oceanographer) b.1922
Piccard, Jean-Felix (Swiss-born Am. chemist, aero. engineer) 1884-1963
Picchi, Giovanni (Italian composer, organist, lutenist) 1571/1572-1643
Piccinini, Alessandro (Italian lutenist, composer) 1566-1638
Piccinino, Niccolo (Italian soldier of fortune) 1386-1444
Piccinni, Niccolo (Italian opera composer) 1728-1800
Piccioni, Oreste (Italian-born American particle physicist) 1915-2002
Piccolomini, Alessandro (Italian prelate, writer) 1508-1578
Piccolomini, Francesco (Italian philosopher) 1520-1604
Piccolomini, Octavio (Italian soldier) 1600-1656
Pichegru, Jean-Charles (French general) 1761-1804
Pichl, Vsclav (aka Vaclav; Czech composer, violinist, writer) 1741-1805
Pichler, Karoline née von Greiner (Austrian writer) 1769-1843
Pichon, Stephen-Jean-Marie (Fr. journalist, polit., diplomat) 1857-1933
Pickel, Conrad (aka Conradus Celtis; German Humanist, poet) 1459-1508
Pickens, Andrew (American Revolutionary commander) 1739-1817
Pickens, Slim (Louis Burton Lindley Jr.; Am. actor, rodeo clown) 1919-1983
Pickering, Charles (American naturalist; grandson of Timothy) 1805-1878
Pickering, Edward Charles (American astronomer; bro. of W.H.) 1846-1919
Pickering, John (American lawyer, philologist; son of Timothy) 1777-1846
Pickering, Thomas Reeve "Tom" (American diplomat) b.1931
Pickering, Timothy (American politician) 1745-1829
Pickering, William Henry (American astronomer; brother of E.C.) 1858-1938
Pickett, George Edward (American Confederate general) 1825-1875
Pickett, Joseph (American painter) 1848-1918
Pickford, Mary (born Gladys Mary Smith; Can.-born Am. actor) 1893-1979
Picking, Jonathan "Jonti", "Weebl" (English animator) b.1975
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni (Italian Humanist) 1463-1494
Picon, Jacinto Octavio (Spanish writer, art critic) 1852-1923
Picon, Molly (born Malka Opiekun; American actor, lyricist) 1898-1992
Picot, Auguste-Henri-Marie (Marquis de Dampierre; Fr. soldier) 1756-1793
Picquart, Georges (French general) 1854-1914
Pictet, Raoul-Pierre (Swiss physicist) 1846-1929
Pictet de Rochemont, Charles (Swiss politician, writer) 1755-1824
Picton, Sir Thomas (British army officer) 1758-1815
Piddington, Henry (English meteorologist, ship captain) 1797-1858
Pierce, Franklin (14th U.S. president, 1853-1857) 1804-1869
Pierce, George Washington (American physicist) 1872-1956
Pierce, Gilbert Ashville (American politician, writer) 1839-1901
Pierce, John Robinson (Am. elec. eng.; coined "transistor") 1910-2002
Piercy, Marge (American poet, writer) b.1936
Piermarini, Giuseppe (Italian architect) 1734-1808
Pierne, Henri-Constant-Gabriel (French conductor, composer) 1863-1937
Piero della Francesca (or de' Franceschi; Italian painter) c.1420-1492
Piero di Lorenzo (aka Piero di Cosimo; Florentine painter) 1462-1521
Pierola, Nicolas de (Peruvian general, politician) 1839-1913
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini; It. painter, architect) 1596-1669
Pietro della Vigna (Petrus de Vinea; It. jurist, statesman) 1190?-1249
Pigafetta, Antonio (Italian traveler) 1491-1534?
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste (French sculptor) 1714-1785
Pigault de l'Epiney, Charles-Antoine-Guillaume (French writer) 1753-1835
Piglia, Ricardo (Argentinean writer, critic) b.1941
Pigneau de Behaine, Pierre-Joseph-Georges (French missionary) 1741-1799
Pigot, George (Baron Pigot; British merchant, colonial admin.) 1719-1777
Pigott, Richard (Irish journalist, forger) 1828?-1889
Pigou, Arthur Cecil (British economist) 1877-1959
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (American army officer, explorer) 1779-1813
Pilate, Pontius (Roman procurator of Judaea 26-c.36) d.36?
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean-Francois (French physicist, aeronaut) 1756-1785
Pilcher, Percy Sinclair (English aeronautical engineer) 1866-1899
Pilkington, Francis (English composer) c.1562-1638
Pillai, Thakashi Sivasankaran (Malayalan writer) 1912-1999
Pillersdorf, Franz (Austrian politician) 1786-1862
Pillsbury, Charles Alfred (American businessman) 1842-1899
Pillsbury, Harry Nelson (American chess expert) 1872-1906
Pilon, Germain (French sculptor) 1535-1590
Piloty, Karl von (German painter) 1826-1886
Pilsudski, Jozef Klemens (Polish general, statesman) 1867-1935
Pimentel, George Claude (American chemist, teacher) 1922-1989
Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart (American politician) 1837-1921
Pinchbeck, Christopher (English watchmaker, toymaker) 1670?-1732
Pinchot, Gifford (American conservationist, politician) 1865-1946
Pinckney, Charles (American politician) 1757-1824
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (American diplomat) 1746-1825
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (Antigua-born American agriculturist) 1722-1793
Pinckney, Thomas (American politician; brother of C.C.) 1750-1828
Pindar (Greek lyric lyric poet) c.522-c.438 BC
Pindemonte, Ippolito (Italian writer, translator, poet) 1753-1828
Pine, Robert Edge (English painter) 1730-1788
Pineau, Nicolas (French woodcarver, interior designer) 1684-1754
Pinel, Philippe (French physician, reformer) 1745-1826
Pinera, Virgilio (Cuban playwright, poet, writer) 1912-1979
Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (English dramatist, actor, essayist) 1855-1934
Pines, Alexander (S. Rhodesia-born? American chemist, educator) b.1945
Pinetti de Wildalle, Giuseppe "Pinetti" (Italian magician) 1750-1800
Pingre, Alexandre-Gui (French astronomer) 1711-1796
Pingree, David Edwin (American historian of science) 1933-2005
Pink, Sidney W. (Am. film producer; feature-length 3-D movie) 1916-2002
Pinkerton, Allan (Scottish-born American detective) 1819-1884
Pinkham, Lydia née Estes (Am. patent-medicine manufacturer) 1819-1883
Pinkney, William (American politician) 1764-1822
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus (American writer) b.1941
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto (Chilean general; president 1974-1990) 1915-2006
Pinsker, Leo (born Judah Leib; Russian Jewish physician) 1821-1891
Pinsky, David (Russian-born American dramatist, writer) 1872-1959
Pinsky, Robert (American poet, critic, essayist, translator) b.1940
Pinter, Harold (English dramatist, screenwriter, actor) 1930-2008
Pinto, Anibal (Chilean politician; president 1876-1881) 1825-1884
Pinto, Fernao Mendes (Portuguese adventurer, writer) c.1510-1583
Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto di Biago; Italian painter) c.1454-1513
Pinzon, Martin Alonso (Spanish navigator) c.1441-1493
Pinzon, Vicente Yanez (Spanish explorer; brother of Martin) c.1460-c.1523?
Piore, Michael Joseph (American economist, educator) b.1940
Piozzi, Hester Lynch née Salusbury (Welsh-born British writer) 1741-1821
Piper, Carl (Swedish politician) 1647-1716
Pippi de' Gianuzzi, Giulio (Italian painter, architect) c.1499-1546
Pippin, Horace (American painter) 1888-1946
Pirandello, Luigi (Italian writer, dramatist) 1867-1936
Piranesi, Giambattista (Italian architect, painter, engraver) 1720-1778
Pire, Dominique Georges (Belgian cleric, humanitarian) 1910-1969
Pirelli, Alberto (Italian industrialist; son of Giovanni) 1882-1971
Pirelli, Giovanni Battista (Italian industrialist) 1848-1932
Pirelli, Piero (Italian industrialist; son of Giovanni) 1881-1956
Pirenne, Henri (Belgian historian) 1862-1935
Pirkheimer, Willibald (German Humanist) 1470-1530
Pirmez, Octave (Belgian writer) 1832-1883
Piron, Alexis (French poet, playwright) 1689-1773
Pirrie, William James (Canadian-born British ship owner) 1847-1924
Pirsig, Robert Maynard (American writer) b.1928
Pirsson, Louis Valentine (American geologist) 1860-1919
Pirsander (or Peisander; Greek epic poet) 7th cent. BC
Pirsander (or Peisander; Athenian politician) 5th cent. BC
Pisanello (or Pisano), Antonio (Veronese painter, medalist) c.1395-1455
Pisani, Niccolo (Venetian admiral) 14th cent.
Pisani, Vettore (Venetian admiral; son of Niccolo) 1324-1380
Pisano, Andrea (aka Andrea da Pontedera; Italian sculptor) c.1270-1348?
Pisano, Giovanni (It. sculptor, painter, arch.; son of Nicola) c.1250-1314?
Pisano, Nicola (Italian sculptor) c.1220-1278/84
Pisano, Nino (It. sculptor, goldsmith, arch.; son of Andrea) 1315?-1368?
Pisarev, Dmitry Ivanovich (Russian critic) 1840-1868
Piscator, Erwin (German theatrical producer, director) 1893-1966
Pisemsky, Aleksey Feofilaktovich (Russian writer, playwright) 1821-1881
Pisendel, Johann Georg (German musician, violinist, composer) 1687-1755
Pi Sheng (Chinese alchemist, blacksmith) 11th cent.
Pissarro, Camille (Virgin Islands-born French painter) 1830-1903
Pisseleu, Anne de (Duchesse d'Etampes; French courtier) 1508-c.1580
Pistoletto, Michelangelo (Italian painter, art theorist) b.1933
Piston, Walter Hamor Jr. (American composer, music theorist) 1894-1976
Pistrucci, Benedetto (It. gem engraver, medalist in England) 1784-1855
Pitcairn, John (British officer of the Royal Marines) 1722-1775
Pithou, Pierre (French jurist, historian) 1539-1596
Pitkin, Walter Boughton (American writer) 1878-1953
Pitman, Sir Isaac (English educator, phonographer) 1813-1897
Pitney, Gene Francis Alan (American singer, composer) 1941-2006
Pitney, Mahlon (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1912-1922) 1858-1924
Pitoeff, Georges (Russian director, producer) 1884-1939
Pitol, Sergio (Mexican diplomat, writer) b.1933
Pitoni, Giuseppe Ottavio (Italian composer of Roman school) 1657-1743
Pitot, Henri (French hydraulic engineer) 1695-1771
Pitra, Jean-Baptiste-Francois (French prelate) 1812-1889
Pitt, Sir John (English politician; son of William the Elder) 1756-1835
Pitt, Thomas "Diamond Pitt" (English merchant) 1653-1726
Pitt, William (the Elder Pitt; English politician) 1708-1778
Pitt, William (the Younger Pitt; English politician) 1759-1806
Pittacus (Greek ruler of Mytilene) c.650-c.570 BC
Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry (Eng. army officer, archaeologist) 1827-1900
Pius I, Saint (Pope 142-155) d.155
Pius II (born Enea Silvio Piccolomini; Pope 1458-64) 1405-1464
Pius III (born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini; Pope 1503) c.1440-1503
Pius IV (born Giovanni Angelo de' Medici; Pope 1559-65) 1499-1565
Pius V, Saint (born Antonio Ghislieri; Pope 1566-72) 1504-1572
Pius VI (born Giovanni Angelo Braschi; Pope 1775-99) 1717-1799
Pius VII (born Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti; Pope 1800-23) 1742-1823
Pius VIII (born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni; Pope 1829-30) 1761-1830
Pius IX (born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; Pope 1846-78) 1792-1878
Pius X, Saint (born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; Pope 1903-14) 1835-1914
Pius XI (born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti; Pope 1922-39) 1857-1939
Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli; It. ecclesiastic; Pope 1939-58) 1876-1958
Pixerecourt, Rene-Charles Guilbert de (French playwright) 1773-1844
Pi y Margall, Francisco (Spanish politician) 1824-1901
Pizarnik, Flora Alejandra (Argentinean poet) 1936-1972
Pizarro, Francisco (Spanish conquistador, explorer of Peru) c.1475-1541
Pizarro, Gonzalo (Spanish conquistador; half-bro. of Francisco) 1502?-1548
Pizarro, Hernando (Span. conquistador; half-bro. of Francisco) 1475?-1578
Pizarro, Juan (Spanish conquistador; half-brother of Francisco) 1505-1536
Pizzetti, Ildebrando (Italian composer) 1880-1968
Plaatje, Solomon Tshekiso (South African writer, politician) 1876-1932
Place, Francis (English reformer) 1771-1854
Placide, Alexander (French dancer, impresario) 1750-1812
Placidia, Aelia Galla (Roman princess; dau. of Theodosius I) c.390-450
Placzek, George (Czech physicist) 1905-1955
Planche, James Robinson (English playwright, antiquary) 1796-1880
Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (German physicist; asteroid) 1858-1947
Plancus, Lucius Munatius (Roman soldier, politician) 1st cent. BC
Plank, Konrad "Conny" (German musician, producer) 1940-1987
Planno, Mortimo (Jamaican Rastafarian philosopher) 1920-2006
Planquette, Jean-Robert-Julien (French composer) 1848-1903
Plant, Robert Anthony (English musician, singer) b.1948
Plante, Gaston (French physicist) 1834-1889
Plantin, Christophe (French bookbinder, printer, publisher) c.1520-1589
Plaskett, John Stanley (Canadian astronomer) 1865-1941
Plateau, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand (Belgian physicist) 1801-1883
Platen, August (Graf von Platen Hallermund; German writer) 1796-1835
Plath, Sylvia (pseudonym Victoria Lucas; American poet, writer) 1932-1963
Plato (orig. name Aristocles; Greek philosopher) c.428-348/47 BC
Plato (Athenian playwright) fl. 428-389 BC
Platon (born Peter Levshin; Russian prelate) 1737-1812
Platonov, Andrey Platonovich (Russian writer, poet, critic) 1899-1951
Platt, Orville Hitchcock (American politician) 1827-1905
Platt, Thomas Collier (American politician) 1833-1910
Platter, Thomas (Swiss writer, humanist) 1499-1582
Plautus, Titus Maccius (Roman playwright) c.254-184 BC
Playfair, John (Scottish mathematician, geologist) 1748-1819
Playford, Henry (English music publisher; son of John) 1657-1709
Playford, John (English music publisher) 1623-1686
Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich (Rus. government official) 1846-1904
Pleijel, Agneta (Swedish writer, poet,playwright, scriptwriter) b.1940
Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich (Russian political philosopher) 1857-1918
Plessis, Armand-Emmanuel du (French soldier, politician) 1766-1822
Plessis, Armand-Jean du (French statesman, cardinal) 1585-1642
Plettenberg, Wolter von (Prince of Livonia, Kurland, & Estonia) 1450?-1535
Pleven, Rene Jean (French prime minister 1950-1951, 1951-1952) 1901-1993
Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph (Austrian composer, piano manufacturer) 1757-1831
Plieksans, Janis (pseudonym Rainis; Latvian poet, dramatist) 1865-1929
Plievier, Theodor (pseudonym Theodor Plivier; German writer) 1892-1955
Plimsoll, Samuel (English shipping reformer) 1824-1898
Pliny the Elder (aka Gaius Plinius Secundus; Roman scholar) AD 23-79
Pliny the Younger (aka Gaius Plinius Caecilius; Roman writer) AD 61/62-c.113
Plisnier, Charles (Belgian writer) 1897-1952
Plomer, William Charles Franklyn (South African writer) 1903-1973
Plotinus (Egyptian-born Roman Neoplatonic philosopher) 205-270
Plucker, Julius (German mathematician, physicist) 1801-1868
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow (English military commander) 1857-1932
Plumly, Stanley (American poet) b.1939
Plummer, John (English composer, verger) c.1410-c.1483
Plumpe, Friedrich Wilhelm (German motion-picture director) 1889-1931
Plunket, Saint Oliver (Irish prelate) 1629-1681
Plunket, William Conyngham (Irish lawyer, judge) 1764-1854
Plunkett, Edward John Moreton Drax (Irish writer) 1878-1957
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon (Irish agricultural reformer, pol.) 1854-1932
Plunkett, James (James Plunkett Kelly; Irish writer, dramatist) b.1920
Plunkitt, Roy (American inventor; inventor of Teflon) c.1910-1994
Plutarch (Greek biographer, moralist) c.46-119?
Plutarch of Athens (Greek philosopher) d.431/432
Plympton, Bill (American animator, illustrator, cartoonist) b.1946
Pnueli, Amir (Israeli computer scientist, entrepreneur) b.1941
Pobedonostsev, Konstantin Petrovich (Russian government admin.) 1827-1907
Pocahontas (Algonquin Indian princess; daughter of Powhatan) c.1595-1617
Pocci, Franz von (German artist, musician, poet) 1807-1876
Pochinko, Richard (Can. clown trainer; dev. "Pochinko method") 1946-1989
Po Chu-i (Chinese poet) 772-846
Pocock, Reginald Innes (English zoologist) 1863-1947
Podgorny, Nikolay Viktorovich (Ukrainian Soviet politician) 1903-1983
Poe, Edgar Allen (American poet, short-story writer) 1809-1849
Poel, William née Pole (English actor, theatrical manager) 1852-1934
Poelzig, Hans (German architect) 1869-1936
Poerio, Alessandro (Italian poet, patriot) 1802-1848
Poggendorff, Johann Christian (German physicist) 1796-1877
Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco (Italian Humanist) 1380-1459
Pogson, Norman Robert (English astronomer; asteroid, crater) 1829-1891
Pohl, Frederik George Jr. (Am. writer, anthologist, editor) 1919-2013
Pohl, Richard (German writer) 1826-1896
Poincare, Jules-Henri (French mathematician; cousin of Raymond) 1854-1912
Poincare, Raymond Nicolas Landry (French politician) 1860-1934
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (American politician, diplomat) 1779-1851
Poire, Emmanuel (pseud. Caran d'Ache; Fr. illus., caricaturist) 1858-1909
Poiret, Paul (French dress designer) 1879-1944
Poise, Jean-Alexandre-Ferdinand (French composer) 1828-1892
Poiseuille, Jean-Louis-Marie (French physician, physiologist) 1799-1869
Poisson, Simeon-Denis (French mathematician) 1781-1840
Poivre, Pierre (French missionary, merchant) 1719-1786
Pojar, Bretislav (Czech puppeteer, animator, film director) b.1923
Pokorny, Julius (German philologist, Celtic scholar) 1887-1970
Pokrovsky, Mikhail Nikolayevich (Russian historian, politician) 1868-1932
Pol, Wincenty (Polish poet) 1807-1872
Polanski, Roman Raymond (French filmmaker, actor) b.1933
Polanyi, John Charles (Germany-born Hungarian/Canadian chemist) b.1929
Polanyi, Michael (Hungarian-born British chemist, philosopher) 1891-1976
Poldervaart, Arie (Java-born American geologist) 1918-1964
Polding, John Bede (English prelate in Australia) 1794-1877
Pole, Reginald (English archbishop of Canterbury 1556-1558) 1500-1558
Pole, Sir William de la (English merchant) d.1366
Polenta, Francesca (aka Francesca da Rimini; It. noblewoman) d.1283/84
Polenta, Guido Novello da (Italian scholar, poet) d.1330
Poliakoff, Nicolai "Coco the Clown" (Latvian clown) 1900-1974
Poliakoff, Serge (Russian-born French painter, lithographer) 1906-1969
Polidouri (or Polydoure), Maria (Greek poet) 1905-1930
Polignac, Auguste-Jules-Armand-Marie (French politician) 1780-1847
Polignac, Melchior de (French diplomat) 1661-1742
Politian (Angelo Ambrogini; Italian Humanist, poet) 1454-1494
Politis, Nikolaos Sokrates (Greek jurist, diplomat) 1872-1942
Politzer, Hugh David (American physicist, academic) b.1949
Poliziano, Angelo (Italian humanist, poet, critic) 1454-1494
Polk, James Knox (11th U.S. president, 1845-1849) 1795-1849
Polk, Leonidas (American clergyman, Confederate army commander) 1806-1864
Polke, Sigmar (German painter, photographer, educator) b.1941
Polkinghorne, John (English physicist, theologian, writer) b.1930
Pollaiuolo, Antonio (Florentine painter, goldsmith, sculptor) c.1431-1498
Pollaiuolo, Simone del "Il Cronaca" (Florentine architect) 1457-1508
Pollard, Alfred William (English bibliographer) 1859-1944
Pollio, Gaius Asinius (Roman soldier, orator, politician) 76 BC-AD 4
Pollock, Sir Frederick (English legal scholar) 1845-1937
Pollock, Paul Jackson (American painter) 1912-1956
Pollock, Oliver (Irish-born American merchant) 1737?-1823
Pollux, Julius (Sophist & lexicographer in Egypt) 2nd cent.
Polo, Marco (Venetian merchant, traveler, adventurer) 1254-1324
Polunin, Vyacheslav Ivanovich "Slava" (Russian clown) b.1950
Polus (Greek actor) 4th cent. BC
Polyaenus (Greek scholar of Macedonia) 2nd cent.
Polybius (Greek historian) c.200-c.118 BC
Polycarp, Saint (Greek Christian martyr, Apostolic Father) 2nd cent.
Polyclitus (or Polycleitus; Greek sculptor, architect) 5th cent. BC
Polycrates (Greek tyrant of Samos c.535-c.522 BC) d.c.522 BC
Polydorus (Greek sculptor of Rhodes) 1st cent. BC
Polyeuctos, Saint (Christian martyr) 3rd cent.
Polygnotus (Greek painter) c.500-c.440 BC
Polyperchon (or Polysperchon; Macedonian general) c.380-c.303 BC
Pomare, Sir Maui Wiremu Pita Naera (Maori physician, polit.) 1876-1930
Pomerene, James H. (American electrical engineer) b.1920
Pomfret, John (English poet) 1667-1702
Pompadour, Marquise de (French mistress of Louis XV) 1721-1764
Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; Roman general, statesman) 106-48 BC
Pompidou, Georges-Jean-Raymond (French politician) 1911-1974
Pomponazzi, Pietro (Italian philosopher) 1462-1525
Pomponius, Lucius (surnamed Bononiensis; Latin writer) fl. c.90 BC
Ponce, Manuel Maria (Mexican composer) 1886-1948
Ponce de Leon, Juan (Spanish explorer in America) 1460-1521
Poncelet, Jean-Victor (French mathematician, engineer) 1788-1867
Poncet, Charles-Jacques (French pharmacist) d.1706
Ponchielli, Amilcare (Italian composer) 1834-1886
Pond, James Burton (American lecture manager) 1838-1903
Pond, John (English astronomer) 1767-1836
Ponge, Francis Jean Gaston Alfred (French poet, essayist) 1899-1988
Poniatowska, Elena (France-born Mexican writer, journalist) b.1932
Poniatowski, Andrzej (Polish general in Austrian army) 1735-1773
Poniatowski, Jozef Antoni (Polish commander in Napoleon's army) 1763-1813
Poniatowski, Jozef Michal (Polish composer) 1816-1873
Poniatowski, Stanislaw (Polish general, diplomat) 1676-1762
Pon Nya (Burmese writer) fl. c.1850-1866
Pons, Jean-Louis (French astronomer in Italy) 1761-1831
Pons, Lily (born Alice-Josephine Pons; French-born Am. soprano) 1904-1976
Ponsard, Francois (French playwright) 1814-1867
Ponselle, Rose Melba (born Rosa Ponzillo; American soprano) 1897-1981
Ponsonby, Sir John (English cavalry officer) 1608-1678
Ponsonby, George (Irish politician; son of John) 1755-1817
Ponsonby, John (Irish pol. leader; great-grandson of Sir John) 1713-1789
Ponsonby, John William (Irish politician) 1781-1847
Ponsonby, William (English publisher) 1546?-1604
Ponson du Terrail, Pierre-Alexis (French writer) 1829-1871
Pontano, Giovanni (Italian Humanist, poet, politician) 1426-1503
Ponte, Antonio da (Italian architect, engineer) 1512-c.1595
Pontecorvo, Bruno (It.-born British physicist in Soviet Union) 1913-1993
Pontiac (American Ottawa Indian chief) c.1720-1769
Pontian (or Pontianus), Saint (Pope 230-235) d.235
Ponton, Mungo (Scottish inventor) 1802-1880
Pontoppidan, Erik (Danish theologian) 1698-1764
Pontoppidan, Henrik (Danish writer) 1857-1943
Pontormo, Jacopo da (aka Jacopo Carrucci; Italian painter) 1494-1557
Ponty, Jean-Luc (French violinist) b.1942
Ponzi, Carlo A. "Charles" (Italian-born American swindler) 1882-1949
Poole, William Frederick (American librarian) 1821-1894
Poole, William H. (Irish-born Canadian teacher, preacher) 1820-1896
Poor, Charles Lane (American astronomer) 1866-1951
Poor, Henry Varnum (American economist) 1812-1905
Poorten-Schwartz, Joost Marius Willem van der (Dutch writer) 1858-1915
Poot, Hubert Korneliszoon (Dutch poet) 1689-1733
Pop, Iggy (James Newell Osterberg; American musician) b.1947
Popa, Vasko (Serbian poet, publisher) 1922-1991
Pope (American Tewa Pueblo Indian leader, medicine man) d.1692
Pope, Albert Augustus (American manufacturer) 1843-1909
Pope, Alexander (English poet, satirist) 1688-1744
Pope, Generoso Paul Jr. (Am. publisher; fd. National Enquirer) 1927-1988
Pope, John (American army commander) 1822-1892
Pope, John Russell (American architect) 1874-1937
Pope, Sir Thomas (English court clerk) 1507?-1559
Pope, Sir William Jackson (English chemist) 1870-1939
Popeil, Ronald "Ron" (American businessman, inventor, salesman) b.1935
Popham, Sir John (English judge) 1531?-1607
Pople, Sir John Anthony (English theoretical chemist) 1925-2004
Popov, Aleksandr Stepanovich (Rus. physicist, electrical eng.) 1859-1905
Popov, Oleg Konstantinovich (Russian clown, circus artist) b.1930
Popovich, Pavel Romanovich (Ukrainian astronaut, politician) 1930-2009
Poppelmann, Matthaus Daniel (German architect) 1662-1736
Popper, Karl Raimund (Austrian-born philosopher of science) 1902-1994
Porphyry (Porphyrius; Greek scholar, Neoplatonic philosopher) c.234-c.305
Porpora, Nicola Antonio Giacinto (Italian composer, teacher) 1686-1768
Porras, Belisario (Panamanian politician) 1856-1942
Porres, Saint Martin de (Peruvian Dominican friar) 1579-1639
Porsche, Ferdinand (Austrian automobile manufacturer, inventor) 1875-1951
Porson, Richard (English classical scholar) 1759-1808
Porta, Carlo (Italian poet) 1775-1821
Porta, Giacomo della (Italian architect) c.1537-1602
Porta, Giambattista della (Italian natural philosopher) 1535?-1615
Portaas, Herman Theodor (pseud. Herman Wildenvey; Norw. poet) 1886-1959
Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (British air chief marshal) 1893-1971
Portales, Diego Jose Victor (Chilean politician) 1793-1837
Portalis, Jean-Etienne-Marie (French jurist, politician) 1746-1807
Porteous, Beilby (English Anglican reformer, abolitionist) 1731-1809
Porteous, John (Scottish soldier) d.1736
Porter, Cole Albert (American composer, lyricist) 1891-1964
Porter, David (American naval officer; father of David Dixon) 1780-1843
Porter, David Dixon (American naval officer) 1813-1891
Porter, Edwin Stanton (American director, photographer) 1870-1941
Porter, Eleanor née Hodgman (American writer) 1868-1920
Porter, Eliot Furness (American photographer) 1901-1990
Porter, Endymion (English courtier) 1587-1649
Porter, Gene née Stratton (American writer) 1868-1924
Porter, Sir George (British chemist, administrator) 1920-2002
Porter, George Richardson (English statistician) 1792-1852
Porter, Harold "Hal" (Australian writer, dramatist, poet) 1911-1984
Porter, Henry (English dramatist) fl. 1596-1599
Porter, Jane (English writer) 1776-1850
Porter, Katherine Anne Maria Veronica Callista R. (Am. writer) 1890-1980
Porter, Noah (American clergyman, educator) 1811-1892
Porter, Peter Nevill Frederick (Australian-born British poet) b.1929
Porter, Rodney Robert (English biochemist, physiologist) 1917-1985
Porter, William Quincy (American composer, teacher) 1897-1966
Porter, William Sydney "O. Henry" (American short-story writer) 1862-1910
Porteus, Beilby (English clergyman, writer; Bishop of London) 1731-1808
Porthan, Henrik Gabriel (Finnish scholar) 1739-1804
Portinari, Beatrice (Florentine noblewoman) 1266-1290
Portinari, Candido (Brazilian painter) 1903-1962
Portola, Gaspar de (Spanish soldier in America) c.1723-c.1784
Porto-Riche, Georges de (French playwright) 1849-1930
Porus (aka Raja Puru or Parvataraja; Indian king) d.321/315 BC
Posada, Jose Guadalupe (Mexican printmaker) 1851-1913
Posey, Thomas (American Revolutionary officer, politician) 1750-1818
Posidonius (Poseidonius; Syrian-born Greek Stoic philosopher) c.135-c.51 BC
Possel, Rene de (Fr. math., comp. sci.; co-fd. Bourbaki Group) 1905-1974
Post, Charles Williams (American cereal industrialist) 1854-1914
Post, Christian Frederick Moravian missionary in America) 1710?-1785
Post, Emil Leon (Polish-born American mathematician) 1897-1954
Post, Emily née Price (American columnist, writer on etiquette) 1872-1960
Post, Melville Davisson (Am. lawyer, detective-story writer) 1871-1930
Post, Pieter (Dutch architect) 1608-1669
Post, Richard Freeman "Dick" (American physicist) 1918-2015
Post, Wiley (American aviator) 1899-1935
Postgate, Oliver (English animator, puppeteer, writer) 1925-2008
Postman, Neil (American writer, educator) 1931-2003
Postumus, Marcus Cassianius Latinius (Roman general, emperor) d.268
Potagos, Panayotis (Greek physician, traveler) 1839-1903
Potemkin, Grigori Aleksandrovich (Russian statesman) 1739-1791
Potgieter, Andries Hendrik (Boer colonizer) 1792-1852
Potgieter, Everhardus Johannes (Dutch writer, poet) 1808-1875
Pothier, Joseph (aka Dom Joseph; French monk, music scholar) 1835-1923
Pothier, Robert-Joseph (French jurist) 1699-1772
Potocki, Ignacy (Polish statesman) 1750-1809
Potocki, Waclaw (Polish poet, epigrammatist) 1621-1696
Potok, Chaim (born Herman Harold Potok; American rabbi, writer) b.1929
Pott, August Friedrich (German philologist) 1802-1887
Pott, Percivall (English surgeon) 1714-1788
Potter, Alonzo (American clergyman) 1800-1865
Potter, Arnold "Potter Christ" (Am. LDS sect leader, Messiah) 1804-1872
Potter, Edward Clark (American sculptor) 1857-1923
Potter, Helen Beatrix (English writer, illustrator) 1866-1943
Potter, Henry Codman (American clergyman; son of Alonzo) 1835-1908
Potter, Paul (or Paulus; Dutch painter) 1625-1654
Pottier, Eugene Edine (French songwriter, politician) 1816-1887
Pottinger, Sir Henry (Irish-born British soldier, diplomat) 1789-1856
Pottle, Frederick Albert (American scholar, teacher) 1897-1987
Pouchet, Felix-Archimede (French naturalist) 1800-1872
Pouillet, Claude-Servais-Mathias (French physicist) 1790-1868
Poulenc, Francis-Jean-Marcel (Fr. composer; member of Les Six) 1899-1963
Poulet, Georges (Belgian scholar, teacher) 1902-1991
Poulsen, Valdemar (Danish electrical engineer) 1869-1942
Pound, Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers (British admiral) 1877-1943
Pound, Ezra Loomis (American poet, critic, editor) 1885-1972
Pound, Roscoe (American educator) 1870-1964
Poundmaker (Canadian Cree Indian chief) 1826-1886
Pounds, John (English shoemaker) 1766-1839
Poupart, Francois (French physician, naturalist) 1661-1709
Pourbus (or Porbus), Pieter (Dutch painter) 1510-1584
Pourbus (or Porbus), Frans (Dutch painter; son of Pieter) 1545-1581
Pourbus (or Porbus), Frans (Dutch painter; son of Frans) 1569-1622
Pourtales, Guy de (Swiss-born French writer) 1884-1941
Pourtales, Louis Francois de (Swiss-born American naturalist) 1823-1880
Poussin, Nicolas (French painter) 1594-1665
Powderly, Terence Vincent (American labor leader) 1849-1924
Powdermaker, Hortense (American cultural anthropologist) 1900-1970
Powell, Adam Clayton Jr. (American clergyman, politician) 1908-1972
Powell, Anthony Dymoke (English writer) 1905-2000
Powell, Aubrey "Po" (English graphic designer: Hipgnosis) b.1946
Powell, Cecil Frank (English physicist) 1903-1969
Powell, Colin Luther (American soldier, bureaucrat) b.1937
Powell, Dawn (American writer) 1897-1965
Powell, Earl Rudolph "Bud" (American pianist, composer) 1924-1966
Powell, John Wesley (American geologist, explorer, ethnologist) 1834-1902
Powell, Lewis Franklin Jr. (Am. Supreme Court justice 1971-87) 1907-1998
Powell, Martin (English puppet showman) fl. 1710-1729
Powell, Michael Latham (Eng. film director, writer, producer) 1905-1990
Powell, Sandy (English comedian, ventriloquist) 1900-1982
Powell, William Henry (American painter) 1823-1879
Power, Frederick Tyrone (Eng.-born Am. actor; grandson of WGTP) 1869-1931
Power, Leonel (or Lionel or Lyonel; English composer) d.1445
Power, Tyrone Edmond (American actor; son of Frederick Tyrone) 1914-1958
Power, William Grattan Tyrone (Irish comedian) 1797-1841
Powers, Hiram (American sculptor) 1805-1873
Powers, Richard (American writer, teacher) b.1957
Powhatan (Algonquin Indian chief; father of Pocahontas) 1550?-1618
Pownall, Thomas (English colonial administrator) 1722-1805
Powys, John Cowper (English writer, critic; bro. of T.F., L.) 1872-1963
Powys, Llewelyn (English writer; brother of J.C., Theodore) 1884-1939
Powys, Theodore Francis (English writer; brother of J.C., L.) 1875-1953
Poynings, Sir Edward (English soldier, diplomat) 1459-1521
Poynter, Sir Edward John (English historical painter) 1836-1919
Poynting, John Henry (English physicist) 1852-1914
Pozzo, Andrea dal (Italian Jesuit, architect, painter) 1642-1709
Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea (Corsican dipl. in Rus. service) 1764-1842
Prado, Mariano Ignacio (Peruvian general, politician) 1826-1901
Prado, Pedro (Chilean writer) 1886-1952
Pradon, Jacques (French dramatist) 1644-1698
Prado Ugarteche, Manuel (Peruvian banker, politician) 1889-1967
Pradt, Dominique-Georges-Frederic (French prelate, diplomat) 1759-1837
Praecox, Ellis (Swiss-born American schizophrenic) b.1943
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (English poet) 1802-1839
Praetorius, Hieronymus (German composer, organist) 1560-1629
Praetorius, Michael (born Schultheiss; German composer, writer) 1571?-1621
Praga, Emilio (Italian poet) 1839-1875
Pramoedya, Ananta Toer (Indonesian writer, critic) 1925-2006
Pramudya Ananta Tur (or Pramoedya Ananta Toer; Javanese writer) b.1925
Prandtauer, Jakob (Austrian Baroque architect) 1660-1726
Prandtl, Ludwig (German physicist; father of aerodynamics) 1875-1953
Prapanca (or Prapancha; Indonesian court poet, historian) 14th cent.
Prasad, Rajendra (Indian nationalist leader) 1884-1963
Prasutagus (King of the Iceni in Britain) d.60
Pratella, Francesco Balilla (Italian composer) 1880-1955
Prati, Giovanni (Italian poet) 1815-1884
Pratinas (Athenian tragic poet) 6th-5th cent. BC
Pratolini, Vasco (Italian writer) 1913-1991
Pratt, Sir Charles (English jurist, political leader) 1714-1794
Pratt, Charles (American oil magnate) 1830-1891
Pratt, Edwin John (Canadian poet, educator) 1883-1964
Pratt, Francis Ashbury (American inventor: Pratt & Whitney) 1827-1902
Pratt, John Henry (British clergyman, geophysicist) 1809-1871
Pratt, Richard Henry (American army officer, educator) 1840-1924
Pratt, Silas Gamaliel (American composer) 1846-1916
Pratt, Thomas Willis (American civil engineer) 1812-1875
Pratt, Waldo Selden (American musician, teacher) 1857-1939
Pravec, Petr (Czech astronomer; asteroid) b.1967
Praxagoras (Greek physician) 4th cent. BC
Praxiteles (Athenian sculptor) fl. 370-330 BC
Praz, Mario (Italian literary critic, essayist, scholar) 1896-1982
Preault, Antoine-Auguste (French Romantic sculptor) 1809-1879
Preble, Edward (American naval officer) 1761-1807
Preece, Sir William Henry (British electrical engineer) 1834-1913
Pregl, Fritz Frederik (Austrian physician, chemist) 1869-1930
Prehoda, Robert W. (American chemist, futurist) 1929-2010?
Preil, Gabriel Joshua (Estonian Hebrew and Yiddish poet) 1911-1993
Prelog, Vladimir (Bosnian-born Swiss chemist, teacher) 1906-1998
Premchand (pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastav; Indian writer) 1880-1936
Prence (or Prince), Thomas (Eng. colonist; Mayflower pilgrim) 1600-1673
Prendergast, Maurice Brazil (Am. painter; member of The Eight) 1859-1924
Preobrajenska, Olga (Russian ballet dancer, teacher) 1871-1962
Preradovic, Petar (Croatian poet, officer in Austrian army) 1818-1872
Prescott, Edward Christian "Ed" (American economist) b.1940
Prescott, Samuel (American patriot) 1751-1777?
Prescott, William (American Revolutionary soldier) 1726-1795
Prescott, William Hickling (American historian) 1796-1859
Preseren, France (Slovene poet, civil servant, lawyer) 1800-1849
Presley, Elvis Aaron (American entertainer) 1935-1977
Pressburger, Emeric (Hungarian-born British filmmaker) 1902-1988
Pressense, Edmond Dehaut de (French clergyman, politician) 1824-1891
Presser, Stefan (American civil-rights activist) 1953-2005
Preston, Margaret née Junkin (American writer) 1820-1897
Preston, Thomas (English dramatist) 1537-1598
Preston, Thomas (Irish scientist) 1860-1900
Preston, William Everett "Billy" (Am. musician, songwriter) 1946-2006
Prestwich, Sir Joseph (English geologist) 1812-1896
Preti, Mattia "Il Cavaliere Calabrese" (Italian painter) 1613-1699
Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus (S. African Du. colonizer) 1798-1853
Pretorius, Marthinus Wessels (South African Dutch soldier) 1819-1901
Preuss, Hugo (German jurist, politician) 1860-1925
Prevert, Jacques-Henri-Marie (French poet, screenwriter) 1900-1977
Previte, Bobby (American drummer, percussionist) b.1957
Prevost, Eugene-Marcel (French writer, civil engineer) 1862-1941
Prevost, Francoise (French dancer) c.1680-1741
Prevost, Sir George (British colonial administrator) 1767-1816
Prevost, Pierre (Swiss philosopher, physicist) 1751-1839
Prevost d'Exiles, Antoine-Francois "Abbe Prevost" (Fr. writer) 1697-1763
Prevost-Paradol, Lucien-Anatole (Fr. journalist, polit., dip.) 1829-1870
Preyer, Wilhelm Thierry (Eng.-born German physiol., psychol.) 1841-1897
Pribicevic, Svetozar (Yugoslav politician) 1875-1936
Pribram, Karl Harry (Austrian psychologist, neurosurgeon) b.1919
Pribylov, Gavril (Russian sea captain) 18th cent.
Price, Edward Reynolds (American writer, teacher) b.1933
Price, Mary Leontyne (American soprano) b.1927
Price, Richard (Welsh moral philosopher) 1723-1791
Price, Sterling (American politician, army commander) 1809-1867
Price, Thomas (Welsh-born Australian politician) 1852-1909
Price, Sir Uvedale (English landscape designer) 1747-1829
Price-Mars, Jean (Haitian physician, historian, diplomat) 1876-1970
Prichard, Harold Arthur (English philosopher) 1871-1947
Prichard, James Cowles (English physician, ethnologist) 1786-1848
Prichard, Katharine Susannah (Fiji-born Australian writer) 1883-1969
Prichard, Rhys (Welsh clergyman, poet) 1579-1644
Pride, Thomas (English Parliamentarian commander) d.1658
Pridvorov, Efim Alekseyevich (pseud.Demyan Bednyi; Soviet poet) 1883-1945
Priestley, John Boynton (British writer, playwright) 1894-1984
Priestley, Joseph (English clergyman, chemist) 1733-1804
Prieto, Joaquin (Chilean soldier, politician; pres. 1831-41) 1786-1854
Prieur, Pierre-Louis "Prieur de la Marne" (Fr. lawyer, polit.) 1756-1827
Prieur-Duvernois, Claude-Antoine (French military eng., polit.) 1763-1832
Prigogine, Ilya Romanovich (Russian-born Belgian chemist) 1917-2003
Prima, Louis (American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter) 1910-1978
Primaticcio, Francesco (Italian painter, architect) 1504-1570
Prime, William Cowper (American art historian, writer) 1825-1905
Primo de Rivera, Jose Antonio (Spanish polit.; son of Miguel) 1903-1936
Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Miguel (Spanish general, polit.) 1870-1930
Primrose, Archibald Philip (5th Earl of Rosebery; Eng. polit.) 1847-1929
Prim y Prats, Juan (Spanish soldier, politician) 1814-1870
Prin, Yves (French composer, conductor, pianist) b.1933
Prince, Frank Templeton (South-Africa-born British poet) 1912-2003
Prince, Mary (Bermuda-born British slave) 1788?-1833?
Prince, Morton (American neurologist, psychologist) 1854-1929
Princip, Gavrilo (Serbian assassin of Archduke Ferdinand) 1894-1918
Prine, John (American songwriter, musician) b.1946
Pringle, Sir John (British physician) 1707-1782
Pringle, Thomas (Scottish-born South African poet, activist) 1789-1834
Pringsheim, Ernst (German physicist) 1859-1917
Pringsheim, Nathaniel (German botanist) 1823-1894
Prinsep, James (English antiquary, colonial admin. in India) 1799-1840
Printz, Johan Bjornsson (Swedish administrator in America) 1592-1663
Prior, Edward Schroder (British architect) 1852-1932
Prior, Matthew (English poet, diplomat) 1664-1721
Priscian (Priscianus Caesariensis; Latin grammarian) fl. 500
Priscillian (Priscillianus; Spanish religious reformer) c.340-385
Pritam, Amrita (Indian writer, editor, politician) 1919-2005
Pritchard, Charles (English astronomer) 1808-1893
Pritchard, Hannah née Vaughan (English actor) 1711-1768
Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon (English writer, biographer) 1900-1997
Prithvi Narayan Shah (Nepalese ruler) 1730-1775
Probus, Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor 276-282) d.282
Probus, Marcus Valerius (Latin grammarian, critic) 1st cent.
Procaccini, Camillo (Italian painter; son of Ercole) 1551-1629
Procaccini, Carlo Antonio (Italian painter; son of Ercole) c.1555-1605
Procaccini, Ercole (Italian painter) 1520?-1595
Procaccini, Ercole the Younger (Italian painter; son of Carlo) 1596-1676
Procaccini, Giulio Cesare (Italian painter; son of Ercole) c.1570-1626
Proclus (Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, theologian) 410?-485
Procopius (Byzantine historian) 6th cent.
Procter, Adelaide Anne (English poet; daughter of Bryan) 1825-1864
Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall; English poet) 1787-1874
Proctor, Richard Anthony (English astronomer, writer) 1837-1888
Prodicus of Ceos (Greek Sophist) 5th cent. BC
Prodromus, Theodore (aka Ptochoprodromus; Byzantine writer) d.c.1166
Pro Juarez, Miguel Agustin "Miguel Pro" (Mexican Jesuit martyr) 1891-1927
Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich (Austral.-b. Russ. physicist) 1916-2002
Prokofiev, Sergey Sergeyevich (Russian composer, pianist) 1891-1953
Prokop Holy (aka Prokop the Bald; Bohemian Hussite leader) c.1380-1434
Prokopovich, Feofan (Russian prelate, statesman) 1681-1736
Prokosch, Frederic (Am. writer, poet, diplomat, translator) 1908-1989
Propertius, Sextus (Roman elegiac poet) c.50-c.15 BC
Prosper of Aquitaine, Saint (French Christian writer) c.390-c.463
Protagoras (Greek philosopher) c.485-410 BC
Protic, Stojan (Yugoslav editor, politician) 1857-1923
Protogenes (Greek painter) 4th cent. BC
Protopopov, Aleksandr Dmitriyevich (Russian politician) 1866?-1918
Proud, Joseph (English clergyman) 1745-1826
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph (French journalist, Socialist) 1809-1865
Proulx, Edna Annie (American writer) b.1935
Proust, Joseph-Louis (French chemist) 1754-1826
Proust, Marcel (French writer) 1871-1922
Prout, Ebenezer (English musical theorist, composer) 1835-1909
Prout, Samuel (English watercolor painter) 1783-1852
Prout, William (English chemist, physician) 1785-1850
Prouty, Olive née Higgins (American writer) 1882-1974
Provoost, Samuel (American clergyman) 1742-1815
Proxmire, Edward William (American politician) 1915-2005
Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens (Span.-born Latin Christian poet) 348-405?
Prudhomme, Rene-Francois-Armand "Sully" (French poet) 1839-1907
Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul (French painter) 1758-1823
Prus, Boleslaw (Aleksandr Glowacki; Polish writer, essayist) 1847-1912
Prusiner, Stanley Ben (American neurologist, biochemist) b.1942
Prutz, Robert Eduard (German writer) 1816-1872
Prynne, William (English Puritan pamphleteer) 1600-1669
Pryor, Richard Franklin Lenox Thomas (American comedian) 1940-2005
Przesmycki, Zenon (pseudonym Miriam; Polish man of letters) 1861-1944
Przhevalsky, Nikolay Mikhaylovich (Russian explorer in Asia) 1839-1888
Przybos, Julian (Polish poet, essayist) 1901-1970
Przybyszewski, Stanislaw (Polish writer, poet, playwright) 1868-1927
Przysucha, Jacob Isaac ben Asher (Polish Jewish Hasidic leader) 1766-1814
Psaier, Pietro (Italian painter) 1936-2004
Psalmanazar, George (French literary impostor in London) c.1679-1763
Psamtik I (King of Egypt 664-610 BC; son of Necho I) 7th cent. BC
Psamtik II (King of Egypt 595-589 BC; son of Necho II) 6th cent. BC
Psamtik III (King of Egypt 526-525 BC; son of Ahmose II) 6th cent. BC
Psichari, Ernest (French writer, soldier; son of Jean) 1883-1914
Psichari, Jean (born Ioannis Psicharis; French philologist) 1854-1929
Ptahhotep (Sage & vizier of Egypt) fl. 2400 BC
Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; Greek astronomer, math., geog.) c.100-c.170
Ptolemy of Mauretania (King of Mauretania 23-40) d.40
Ptolemy Apion (King of Cyrenaica c.116-96 BC) d.96 BC
Ptolemy Ceraunus (King of Macedonia 280-279 BC) d.279 BC
Publilius, Volero (Roman tribune) 5th cent. BC
Publilius Syrus (Latin writer) 1st cent. BC
Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele (Italian composer) 1858-1924
Pucelle, Jean (French miniature painter, illuminator) 1300?-1355?
Puchler-Muskau, Hermann von (German soldier, traveler, writer) 1785-1871
Pudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich (Russian film director) 1893-1953
Puente, Ernest Anthony "Tito" (Am. bandleader, percussionist) 1923-2000
Pufendorf, Samuel von (German jurist, historian) 1632-1694
Pugachov, Yemelyan Ivanovich (Russian Cossack soldier) 1726-1775
Puget, Pierre (French architect, sculptor) 1620-1694
Pugin, Augustus-Charles (Fr. architectural draftsman in London) 1762-1932
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (English architect, designer) 1812-1852
Pugnani, Giulio Gaetano Gerolamo (Italian violinist, composer) 1731-1798
P'u-i (Henry P'u-i; Hsuan-t'ung; Chinese emperor 1908-1912) 1906-1967
Puig, Manuel (Argentinean writer, film scriptwriter) 1932-1990
Puiset (or Pudsey), Hugh de (French-born English prelate) 1125?-1195
Puiseux, Pierre-Henri (French astronomer; son of Victor) 1855-1928
Puiseux, Victor-Alexandre (French mathematician, astronomer) 1820-1883
Pujol, Joan Pau (aka Juan Pulol; Catalan composer, organist) c.1570-1626
Pujol, Joseph "Le Petomane" (French baker, fart entertainer) 1857-1945
Pukwana, Dudu Mtutuzel (South African musician, composer) 1938-1990
Pulakesin II (Indian ruler) 7th cent.
Pulaski, Kazimierz (Polish general in American Revolution) 1747-1779
Pulcheria, Saint (Aelia Pulcheria Augusta; Byzantine empress) 399-453
Pulci, Luigi (Italian poet) 1432-1484
Pulgar, Hernando del (Spanish historian) 1436?-1499?
Pulitzer, Joseph (Hungarian-born Am. journalist, publisher) 1847-1911
Pulitzer, Joseph (American publisher; son of Joseph) 1885-1955
Pulitzer, Ralph (American journalist, publisher; son of Joseph) 1879-1939
Pullen, Don Gabriel (American pianist) 1941-1995
Pullman, George Mortimer (American inventor) 1831-1897
Pulteney, William (1st Earl of Bath; English politician) 1684-1764
Pumpelly, Raphael (American geologist) 1837-1923
Punnett, Reginald Crundall (English geneticist) 1875-1967
Pupienus Maximus, Marcus Clodius (Roman emperor 238) d.238
Pupin, Michael Idvorsky (Hung.-born Am. physicist, inventor) 1858-1935
Purcell, Daniel (English organist, composer; brother of Henry) c.1660-1717
Purcell, Edward Mills (American physicist) 1912-1997
Purcell, Henry (English composer) c.1659-1695
Purchas, Samuel (English compiler of travel books) c.1577-1626
Purdue, John (American merchant) 1802-1876
Purdy, Alfred Wellington "Al" (Canadian poet, writer) 1918-2000
Purdy, James Otis (American writer, poet, playwright) 1914-2009
Purim, Flora (Brazilian singer) b.1942
Purkyne, Jan Evangelista (Bohemian physiologist) 1787-1869
Purnell, Benjamin (American religious leader) 1861-1927
Pursh, Frederick (German-born Am. botanist, horticulturist) 1774-1820
Purvits, Vilhelms Karlis (Latvian landscape painter) 1872-1924
Puryear, Martin (American sculptor) b.1941
Pusey, Edward Bouverie (English theologian) 1800-1882
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (Russian poet, playwright) 1799-1837
Pushmataha (American Choctaw Indian chief) c.1765-1824
Pushwagner, Hariton (born Terje Brofoss; Norwegian artist) b.1940
Pu Songling (or P'u Sung-ling; Chinese writer, teacher) 1640-1715
Putnam, Anne (American woman of Salem witchcraft trials) 1680?-1716
Putnam, Frederic Ward (American anthropologist) 1839-1915
Putnam, George Haven (English-born Am. publisher; son of G.P.) 1844-1930
Putnam, George Palmer (American publisher; grandfather of G.P.) 1814-1872
Putnam, George Palmer (Am. publisher; husb. of Amelia Earhart) 1887-1950
Putnam, Herbert (American librarian; son of George Palmer) 1861-1955
Putnam, Israel (American Revolutionary commander) 1718-1790
Putnam, Rufus (Am. Revolutionary officer; cousin of Israel) 1738-1824
Putnam, Samuel Whitehall (American editor, publisher, writer) 1892-1950
Putnik, Radomir (Serbian general) 1847-1917
Putrament, Jerzy (Polish poet, writer, journalist, editor) 1910-1986
Putte, Isaac Dignus Fransen van de (Dutch politician) 1822-1902
Puttenham, George (English courtier, critic) c.1529-1590
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre-Cecile (French painter) 1824-1898
Pyat, Aime-Felix (French playwright, politician) 1810-1889
Pyatakov, Grigory Leonidovich (Soviet politician) 1890-1937
Pye, Henry James (English poet; poet laureate 1790) 1745-1813
Pyle, Charles C. "Cash and Carry Pyle" (American promoter) 1882?-1939
Pyle, Ernest Taylor "Ernie" (American journalist) 1900-1945
Pyle, Howard (American illustrator, painter, writer) 1853-1911
Pym, Barbara Mary Crampton (English writer, editor) 1913-1980
Pym, John (English politician, orator) 1584-1643
Pynchon, Thomas Ruggles Jr. (American writer) b.1937
Pynchon, William (English colonist in America) 1590?-1662
Pynson, Richard (Norman printer in London) d.1530
Pyrrho (or Pyrrhon; Greek philosopher) c.360-c.272 BC
Pyrrhus (King of Epirus; eponym for phrase "Pyrrhic victory") 319-272 BC
Pythagoras of Samos (Greek philosopher, math.; asteroid) c.580-c.500 BC
Pythagoras of Rhegium (Greek sculptor) 5th cent. BC
Pytheas (Greek navigator, geographer) fl. 300 BC
Pythius (or Pythios or Pytheos; Greek architect) 4th cent. BC

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