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Pachelbel; Johann (1653- ); Nürnberg; German composer
Pacino; Al (1940- ); New York; USA; acto
Pacius; Fredrik (1809- ); Hamburg; German composer
Packard; David (1912- ); electronic engineer/businessman
Pacula; Joanna (1957- ); Tomszowaubelski; Poland; actress (Gorky Park; Kiss)
Paderewski; Ignace Jan (1860- ); Kurylówka; Podole; Russian Poland (now in Ukraine) composer/pianist/patriot
Paemel; Monika van (1945- ); Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers)
Paer; Ferdinando (1771- ); Parma; Italian composer
Paganini; Niccoló (1782- ); Genoa; It; composer/violin virtuoso; (Princess Lucca)
Page; Jimmy (1944- ); London; rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
Page; Patti (1927- );
Page; Genevieve (1930- ); Paris; France; actress (Day & the Hour)
Page; Geraldine (1924- ); Kirksville; Mo; actress; (Interiors Beguiled)
Paget; Sir James (1814- ); English surgeon (disease of Paget)
Paget; Sidney (1860- ); British illustrator (Sherlock Holmes)
Pagnol; Marcel (1895- ); French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)
Pahlavi; Mohammad Reza Aryamehr (1919- ); Shah of Iran (1941-79)
Pailliard; Jean-François (1928- ); Vitry-le-François; France; conductor
Paine; Thomas (1737- ); political essayist (Common Sense; Age of Reason)
Pai-shih; Ch'i (1863- ); China; traditional Chinese painter
Paisiello; Giovanni (1741- ); Taranto; Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
Pajou; Augustin (1730- ); French (court)sculptor
Pal; George (1908- ); Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide Puppetoons)
Pál; George (1908- ); Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide Puppetoons)
Palacio; Vicente Riva (1832- ); Mexico; writer/diplomat
Palacky; Frantisek (1798- ); Czech historian
Palade; George E (1912- ); Romanian/US cell biologist (ribosomen; Nobel 1974; 1/3 of the prize: Albert Claude; Belgium; 1/3 of the prize: Christian de Duve; Belgium)
Palazzeschi; Aldo (1885- ); [Aldo Giurlani]; Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
Palester; Roman (1907- ); Polish composer: The Weichsel
Palestrina; Giovanni Perluigi da (1525- ); composer
Palgrave; Francis Turner (1824- ); Eng. poet; (Golden Treasury)/prof (Oxford)
Palin; Michael (1943- ); Ranmoor; Sheffield; Yorkshire; England; comedian (Fish Called Wanda)
Palladio; Andrea (1508- ); [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola]; architect
Pallas; Peter S (1741- ); German geologist/zoologist (Siberia/Krim)
Pallavicino; Pietro Sforza (1607- ); Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento
Palma; Ricardo (1833- ); Peru; writer/poet; (Tradiciones Peruanas)
Palme; Olof (1927- ); Stockholm; PM of Sweden (1969-76; 1982 assassinated)
Palmer; Lilli (1914- ); Posen; Germany; actress; (Boys From Brazil; Sebastian)
Palmer; Felicity (1944- ); British mezzo-soprano
Palmgren; Selim (1878- ); Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
Palmieri; Matteo (1406- ); Italian writer (Della vita civile)
Paltrow; Gwyneth (1972- ); LA; Calif; actress (Pallbearer; Emma; Hard Eight)
Palucca; Gret (1902- ); German; dancer/choreographer (Silent Song)
Pamfili Giambattista; [Innocent X.] (1574- ); 236th pope (1644-55)
Pampanini; Silvana (1925- ); Rome; Italy; actress (Day in Court; Island Sinner)
Pan; Marta (1923- ); Hungarian/French sculptor; (Great spiral)
Panizza; Oskar (1853- ); writer
Panizzi; Anthony (1797- ); librarian at British Museum
Pannonius; Janus (1434- ); Hungarian poet/translator
Pantoja; Isabel (1956- ); Spain; spanish singer (Genio y Figura)
Panufnik; Andrzej (1914- ); Warsaw Poland; composer (Tragic Overture)
Panzini; Alfredo (1863- ); Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)
Papas; Irene (1929- ); Corynth; Greece; actress (Zorba the Greek; Antigoni; Attila The Hun)
Papathanasiou; (1943- ); [Vangelis]; composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
Papen; Franz JHMM von (1879- ); German diplomat/chancellor; (1932)
Papin; Denis (1647- ); French physicist (Papiniaanse pot; steam machine)
Papini; Giovanni (1881- ); Italy; writer (Il Diavolo)
Papp; László (1926- ); Budapest; Hungary; middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948 '52 '56)
Paquin; Anna (1982- ); Oscar winning actress (Piano)
Paracelsus; Philippus A. (1493- ); Swiss physician/alchemist; (Liber paramixum); nov.11)
Paradis; Vanessa (1972- ); France; model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding)
Pardo; Vito (1872- ); Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina)
Paré; Michael (1959- ); Brooklyn; New York; USA; actor (Greatest American Hero; Houston Knights)
Parini; Giuseppe (1729- ); Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
Paris; Alexis-Paulin (1800- ); Avenay; Marne; France; philologist
Paris; Jerry (1925- ); San Francisco; California; USA.; director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show)
Parise; Goffredo (1929- ); Italian writer
Parker; Andrea (1969- ); California; USA.; actress (Miss Parker-The Pretender)
Parker; Sarah Jessica (1965- ); actress
Parker; Mary-Louise (1964- ); Ft Jackson; San Francisco; California; USA.; actress (Fried Green Tomatoes)
Parker; Dorothy (1893- ); NJ; short story writer; (1958; Marjorie Peabody Award)
Parker; Cecil (1897- ); Hastings; England; actor (Indiscreet; Tale of 2 Cities)
Parkhurst; Helen (1886- ); US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)
Parkinson; Norman (1913- ); England; fashion photographer; Harper's Bazaar)
Parks; Gordon (1912- ); Ft Scott; KS.; film director/author/photographer (Learning Tree)
Parra; Nicanor (1914- ); Chilean poet (Defense of Violeta Parra)
Parrish; Robert (1916- ); Columbus; Ga.; USA.; director (Casino Royale)
Parry; William (1790- ); England; Arctic explorer
Parsons; Gene (1944- ); rock drummer (Byrds; Gene Clark Group)
Parsons; Charles Algernon (1854- ); British inventor (steam turbine)
Parsons; Robert (1546- ); English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)
Parton; Dolly (1946- ); singer; actress
Pascal; Blaise (1623- ); mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)
Pascal; Christine (1953- ); Lyon; Rhône; Rhône-Alpes; France; actress/director (Smile; Nothing But Lies; Elsa)
Pascin; Jules (1885- ); [Julius Pincas]; Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
Pascoli; Giovanni (1855- ); Italian classicist/poet
Pasdar; Adrian (1965- ); Pittsfield; Mass.; USA.; actor (C Oliver Resor-Feds; Top Gun)
Pasha; [Oksana Grishuk] (1972- ); Odessa; Ukraine; Ice-dance champion
Pasolini; Pier Paolo (1922- ); Bologna Italy; director (Teorema; Pigsty)
Pass; Joe (1929- ); [Joseph Anthony Pass]; New Brunswick; NJ; USA.; gitarist
Passos; John dos (1896- ); Chicago; Illinois; USA; novelist
Passy; Frédéric (1822- ); Paris; French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901)
Pasta; Giuditta (1797- ); Saronno; Varese; Italian soprano
Pasternak; Boris L (1890- ); Moscow; Russia; novelist/poet; (Dr Zhivago; Nobel; 1958)
Pasteur; Louis (1822- ); Dole; France bacteriologist; (pasturization)
Pastorius; Jaco (1951- ); Norristown; PA.; USA.; rocker
Pastorius; Jaco (1951- ); US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth)
Patchen; Kenneth (1915- ); USA.; poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)
Patinkin; Mandy (1952- ); actor (Princess Bride; Ragtime)
Patrese; Riccardo (1954- ); Italian driver (Grand Prix)
Patric; Jason (1966- ); NYC; actor (Lost Boys; Solar Babies)
Patti; Adelina (1843- ); Madrid; Spain; opera soprano (Lucio)
Patton; George S (1885- ); US general; (Sicily/Italy/Normandy);
Patzak; Julius (1898- ); Austrian tenor
Paul; Les (1915- ); Waukesha Wi; guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
Paul; Woody (1949- ); Nashville; singer (Riders in the Sky)
Paul; Pope VI (1897- ); [Giovanni Montini]; 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)
Paul; Billy (1934- ); Phila; singer (Me & Mrs Jones)
Paul II; (1417- ); [Pietro Barbo]; Venice; Italy; Pope (1464-71)
Paul III; (1468- ); last Renaissance pope (1534-49)
Paul IV; (1476- ); [Giampietro Caraffa]; inquisition/Pope (1555-59)
Pauli; Wolfgang (1900- ); Austria/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition; Nobel 1945)
Paulo Jr.; (1969- ); (Paulo Xisto Pinto Junior) Belo Horizonte; Brazil; pop bassist
Paumgartner; Bernhard (1887- ); Austria; musicologist/conductor/composer
Pavarotti; Luciano (1935- ); Modena; Italy; operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio; 3 Tenors)
Pavese; Cesare (1908- ); Italian novelist; poet and translator
Pavlov; Ivan (1849- ); Russia; physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel; 1904)
Pavlova; Anna (1881- ); St. Petersburg; Russia; ballerina/choreographer
Paxton; Bill (1955- ); actor (Brain Dead; Next of Kin; Indian Summer; True Lies)
Paxton; Joseph (1803- ); English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
Paxton; Tom (1937- ); Chicago; folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn)
Payne; Doris [Troy] (1937- ); [Payne]; New York; NY.; USA.; soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
Payne; John Howard (1792- ); US; author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
Payton; Gary (1968- ); basketball player
Paz; Octavio (1914- ); Mexico; writer/diplomat (Salamandra; Topoemas)
Peacock; Thomas Love (1785- ); English author (Headlong Hall)
Peale; Rembrandt (1778- ); American; portrait/historical painter (Court of Death)
Peale; Anna Claypoole (1791- ); painted miniatures
Peale; Charles Willson (1741- ); US; portrait painter/inventor (George Washington)
Peale; Titian Ramsey (1799- ); US; artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)
Peano; Giuseppe (1858- ); Italian mathematician; founder of symbolic logic
Pears; Peter (1910- ); Farnham England; tenor (Death in Venice)
Pechstein; Max (1881- ); German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge)
Peck; Gregory (1916- ); La Jolla; California; USA; actor
Peckinpah; Sam (1925- ); Fresno; CA.; USA.; film director (Wild Bunch; Straw Dogs)
Pedersen; Charles (1904- ); UK; biochemist (Nobel 1987)
Peebles; Mario Van (1957- ); actor; Mexico City; Mexico; (Los Locos; Killers in the House)
Peebles; Melvin Van (1932- ); US; playwright/director (Watermelon Man)
Peele; Beverly (1975- ); super model (Elle)
Peeples; Nia (1961- ); [Vernia]; Hollywood; California; USA.; dancer/host/actress (Fame; Party Machine)
Peerce; Jan (1904- ); [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth]; NYC; tenor (NY Met Opera)
Pei; I[eoh] M[ing] (1916- ); Canton; China; architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
Peldon; Ashley (1984- ); Staten Is. NY; USA; actress (Marsha-Guilding Light; Deceived)
Pele; (1940- ); soccer legend
Peletier; Jacques du Mans (1517- ); Le Mans; French humanist; poet and mathematician
Pena; Elizabeth (1961- ); [Elisabeth Anne Dickinson]; New Jersey; US; actress
Penderecki; Krzysztof (1933- ); Debica; Poland composer (Hiroshima Threnody)
Penn; Sean (1960- ); Santa Monica Calif; actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Penn; Arthur (1922- ); Phila; director (Miracle Worker; Bonnie & Clyde)
Penn; William (1644- ); English Quaker & founder of PA
Pennethorne; James (1801- ); architect
Penniman; Wayne [Little Richard] (1932- ); Macon; Ga; rocker (Tutty Frutty)
Penny; Joe (1956- ); London; England; actor; (Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II-TV)
Penny; Sydney (1971- ); actress (Danni-New Gidget; Thorn Birds; All My Children)
Peppard; George (1928- ); Detroit; Michigan; USA; actor (I love it when a plan comes together)
Pepper; Hamish (1971- ); Auckland NZ; laser single handed yachter (Olympics-96)
Pepys; Samuel (1633- ); London; England; navy expert/composer (Diary; Memoirs)
Perahia; Murray (1947- ); NYC; pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975; Grammy 1988; 2003)
Perelmuth; Jacob Pincus (1904- ); [Jan Peerce]; NYC; tenor (NY Met Opera)
Perez; Selena Quintanilla (1971- ); tejano vocalist (Grammy-1994)
Pergolesi; Giovanni Battista (1710- ); Italian; composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
Perk; Jacques F H (1859- ); Dutch poet (Iris; Wood Song)
Perkins; Anthony (1932- ); NYC; actor; (Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison)
Perkins; Kieren (1973- ); Brisbane QLD Aust; 1500m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-92; 96)
Perkins; Elizabeth (1960- ); Queens; NY; actress (About Last Night; Big)
Perlman; Ron (1950- ); Bronx NYC.; NY.; USA.; actor (Quest for Fire; Beauty & the Beast)
Perlman; Itzhak (1945- ); Tel Aviv Israel; violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys)
Permeke; Constant (1886- ); Flemish painter/statues artist (Sow)
Peron; Juan Domingo (1895- ); Argentine Pres. (1946-55; 1973-74)
Perosi; Lorenzo (1872- ); Italian composer
Perrault; Charles (1628- ); Paris; France; lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
Perrin; Jacques (1941- ); Paris France; actor (Cinema Paradiso; 317th Platoon)
Perrin; Jean (1870- ); France; physicist; studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
Perrine; Valerie (1943- ); Galveston; Tx.; USA.; actress (Steam Bath; The Electric Horseman)
Perry; Matthew (1969- ); Williamstown; Massachusetts; USA; actor
Perry; Frank (1930- ); New York; USA; film director
Perry; Joe (1950- ); Lawrence; Mass.; USA.; rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)
Perry; Luke (1965- ); Mansfield; Ohio; USA; actor (Fogbound)
Perse; Saint-John (1887- ); [MRA Alexis Lèger]; French poet (Nobel 1960)
Pertinax; Publius Helvius (1260- ); Roman emperor (193 AD)
Peschowsky; (1931- ); [Mike Nichols]; director (Catch 22; Biloxi Blues)
Pesci; Joe (1943- ); actor; Newark; NJ; USA (Moonwalker; Lethal Weapon II-III-IV.)
Pessoa; Fernando (1888- ); Portuguese poet
Pestalozzi; Johann H (1746- ); Zurich; Switz.; educator (Leonard & Gertrude)
Pestova; Daniela (1970- ); [Chameleon]; Prague; Czech; model (1995; SI/L'Oreal)
Peter I; "the Great" (1672- ); Romanov; tsar of Russia (1696-1725)
Peters; Roberta (1930- ); NYC.; operatic soprano (NY Met)
Peters; Brock (1927- ); NYC; NY.; USA.; actor/singer (Carmen Jones)
Peterson; Roger Tory (1908- ); NY; ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
Petipa; Marius (1819- ); French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte)
Petit; Philippe (1949- ); Nemours; France; juggler/aerialist
Petõfi; Sándor (1823- ); Kiskõrös; Hungarian Poet
Petrarch; Francesco (1304- ); Italy poet; (Italia Mia)
Petrella; Errico (1813- ); Italian composer
Petri; Elio (1929- ); Rome; Italy; director
Petrosyan; Tigran (1929- ); USSR; world chess champion (1963-69)
Petrovic; Aleksandar (1929- ); Paris; France; film director
Petrovics; Emil (1930- ); Hungarian composer
Petty; Tom (1950- ); Gainesville; Florida; USA.; singer/songwriter
Peugeot; Jean (1896- ); France; auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
Pevsner; Antoine (1886- ); French sculptor
Pevsner; (1890- ); [Naum Gabo]; Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower)
Peyer; Gervase de (1926- ); London; England; clarinettist
Peyrefitte; Roger (1917- ); French writer (Singular Love)
Pfeiffer; Michelle (1958- ); Santa Ana; California; USA; actress (Married to the Mob; Batman)
Pforr; Franz (1788- ); German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)
Phair; Liz (1967- ); singer; songwriter
Philby; Kim (1912- ); British spy/Soviet mole
Philidor; François-André Danican (1725- ); Dreux; French composer/chess player
Philipe; Gerard (1922- ); Cannes; France; actor (Caligula; Le Diable au Corps)
Philippoussis; Mark (1976- ); Australia; tennis star; (140 MPH serve)
Phillippe; Ryan (1974- ); actor; New Castle; Delaware; USA
Phillips; Sam(antha) (1962- ); singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance)
Phillips; John (1935- ); singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
Phillips; Montague Fawcett (1885- ); British composer
Phillips; Harvey (1929- ); Aurora; Missouri; tubist (NYC Ballet Orch)
Phillpotts; Eden (1872- ); England; novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
Phoenix; River (1970- ); Madras; Oregon; USA; actor;(Jung Indiana Jones); date of death: 31 October 1993; (drug-induced heart failure)
Phoenix; Joaquin (1974- ); San Juan; Puerto Rico; actor (Gladiator)
Piaf; Edith (1915- ); [E Giovanna Gassion]; Paris chanteuse; (singer)
Piatigorsky; Gregor (1903- ); Ekaterinoslav; Russia; cellist
Piatti; Alfredo Carlo (1822- ); Bergamo; Italy; composer/cellist
Piazza; Marguerite (1926- ); New Orleans LA; operatic soprano (Young Broadway)
Piazzi; Giuseppe (1746- ); Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)
Piazzolla; Astor (1921- ); Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo)
Picard; Jean (1620- ); astronomer; La Flêche; France
Picard; Edmond (1836- ); French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
Picart; Jean C M le (1931- ); Australian author (Transit of Venus)
Picasso; Pablo (1881- ); Malaga; Spain artist (3 Dancers; Guernica)
Piccard; Auguste and Jean-Felix (1884- ); Switzerland; scientist/explorer (balloonist)
Piccard; Jacques (1922- ); Switzerland; undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)
Piccinni; Niccolo (1728- ); Bari; Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
Piccoli; Michel (1925- ); Paris; France; actor (Topaz; Peril; May Fools)
Pichl; Vaclav (1741- ); Bechyne (Bohemia); composer
Pickford; Mary (1893- ); [Gladys Smith]; actress (Poor Little Rich Girl)
Picon; Molly (1898- ); NYC.; USA.; actress (Milk & Honey)
Pieck; Wilhelm (1876- ); co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
Piekarski; Julie (1964- ); actress; St.Louis; Miss.; USA
Pielhau; Miriam (1975- ); German TV & Radio Personality
Pierce; Mary (1975- ); Montreal; Canada; tennis star (1995 Australian Open)
Pierce; David Hyde (1959- ); Saratoga; Springs; New York; USA; actor
Pierce; Paul (1977- ); basketball star
Pierce; Franklin (1804- ); Hillsboro; NH; 14. Pres (1853-1857)
Pierneef; Jacob (1886- ); Pretoria; South Africa; painter
Pigage; Nicolas de (1723- ); French classical architect
Pigalle; Jean-Baptiste (1714- ); French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
Pike; Tyrone (1945- ); [Gregory Hines]; NYC; actor/dancer (White Nights; Taps)
Pilarczyk; Helga (1935- ); German soprano (Salome; Lulu)
Pincas; Julius (1885- ); [Jules Pascin]; Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
Pinero; Arthur Wing (1855- ); British playwright
Pinkerton; Allan (1819- ); Glasgow; Scotland; founded Chicago detective agency
Pinochet; Augusto (1915- ); general/president (Chile)
Pinter; Harold (1930- ); East London; playwright; director; actor; poet and political activist
Pinza; Ezio (1892- ); Rome Italy; bass singer (South Pacific; RCA Victor Show)
Piquet; Nelson (1952- ); auto racer; 3-time Formula One champ (1981; '83; '87)
Pirandello; Luigi (1867- ); Italy; writer; (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
Piranesi; Giovanni Battista (1720- ); Italian etcher
Pirenne; Henri (1862- ); Belgian historian (History of Belgium)
Piscator; Erwin (1893- ); German stage director (Der Stellvertreter)
Pisendel; Johann Georg (1687- ); German violinist/composer
Pissaro; Camille (1830- ); St. Thomas (Antillen); French painter
Pistoletto; Michelangelo (1933- ); Italian artist (glass painter)
Pistorius; Johann (1546- ); German theologist/historian
Pitkowski; Sarah (1975- ); Seclin; France; tennis star (1995 Futures-Koksijde)
Pitt; William Bradley (1963- ); [Brad Pitt]; actor
Pius; Antoninus (0086- ); 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
Pius X; Pope (1835- );
Pius XI; Pope (1857- ); [Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti]; 259th pope of the Roman Catholic Church; (1922-1939)
Pius XII; (1876- ); [Euhenio MGG Pacelli]; 260th Pope (1939-58)
Placido; Michele (1946- ); Foggia Italy; actor (La Piovra; -The Octopus-TV series; Poliziotti)
Planck; Max K E Ludwig (1858- ); German physicist (Planck Constant; Nobel 1918)
Plangman; (1921- ); [Patricia Highsmith]; US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train)
Plant; Robert (1948- ); singer; songwriter
Plateau; Joseph (1801- ); Belgium; physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
Plath; Sylvia (1932- ); [Victoria Lucas]; Boston; USA.; poet (Colossus; 3 Women; Bell Jar)
Playfair; John (1748- ); Benvie; Forfarshire; Scotland; clergyman/geologist/mathematician
Pleyel; Camille (1788- ); Austria; piano builder/composer
Pleyel;Ort; Ignaz J Pleyel (1757- ); Ort Ruppersthal; Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method)
Plimpton; Martha (1970- ); NYC; actress; (Goonies; The Mosquito Coast)
Plisetskaya; Maya (1925- ); prima ballerina; (Bolsoi Ballet)
Plummer; Christopher (1927- ); Toronto; actor; (Sound of Music; Doll's House)
Plushenko; Evgeny (1982- ); Stalingrad; Russia; ice skater
Poe; Edgar Allen (1809- ); author; poet; raven breeder
Pogorelich; Ivo (1958- ); Belgrade; Yugoslavia; Croatian pianist (1978 Casagrande winner)
Poincaré; Jules Henri (1854- ); Nancy; French mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
Poincare; Raymond (1860- ); France; president/PM (1912)
Poincaré; Raymond (1860- ); France; president/PM (1912)
Poinsot; Louis (1777- ); French mathematician; professor of analysis and mechanics
Pointer; Anita (1948- ); Oakland; rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
Pointer; Ruth (1946- ); Oakland; California; USA.; singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
Poiret; Jean (1926- ); French actor/writer (Le Dernier Metro)
Poitier; Sidney (1927- ); actor; Miami; Fl.; USA (Edge of the City; Porgy & Bess)
Polanski; Roman (1933- ); Poland; director (Rosemary's Baby Chinatown Pirates)
Polanyi; John (1929- ); Berlin; Canadian chemist; (Nobel; 1986)
Polgar; Alfred (1875- ); Wien; Austrian writer (Yes & No!)
Poliakoff; Serge (1906- ); Moscow; Russian/French; painter/guitarist
Polkm; James K. (1795- ); 11. President; (1845 - 1849)
Pollack; Sydney (1934- ); Lafayette; Indiana; director; (Tootsie; Presumed Innocent)
Polley; Sarah (1979- ); Toronto; actress; Ontario; Canada; (The Life Before This)
Pollini; Maurizio (1942- ); Milan; Italy; pianist
Pollock; Jackson (1912- ); Cody; Wyoming; expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
Polonsky; Abraham L (1910- ); NY; US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
Pomers; Scarlett (1988- ); California; USA; actress (Kyra Hart)
Pompadour; Madame De (1721- ); mistress of French King Louis the 15th
Pompeia; Raul d’Ávila (1863- ); Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
Pompéia; Raul d’Ávila (1863- ); Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
Pompidou; Georges (1911- ); banker/premier/president France
Poncelet; Jean-Victor (1788- ); mathematician; founded projective geometry
Ponchielli; Amilcare (1834- ); Cremona; Italian composer (I promissory note sposi)
Ponnelle; Jean-Pierre (1932- ); Paris; France; opera director (Carmina Burana)
Pons; Lily (1904- ); Draguignan; France; soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
Ponselle; Rosa (1897- ); opera diva (Casta Diva La Forza del Destino)
Pont; E I Du (1771- ); France; chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
Ponti; Carlo (1912- ); Milan; Italy; married to Sophia Loren; producer (2 Women)
Pontoppidan; Henrik (1857- ); Denmark; writer (Promised Country; Man's Haven; Nobel 1917)
Pontormo; Jacopo (1494- ); Italy; painter
Popa; Vasko (1924- ); Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue)
Pope; Carly (1980- ); Vancouver; British Columbia; Canada; actress
Popp; Lucia (1949- ); Uhorška Veš (Bratislava; formerly Pressburg); Slovakia (formerly Czechoslovakia); soprano
Popper; Karl Raimund (1902- ); Vienna; Austrian/British philosopher (Logic of Forschung)
Porizkova; Paulina (1965- ); Prostejov; Czech model
Porsche; Ferdinand (1875- ); German car inventor (Porsche; Volkswagen)
Porten; Henny (1890- ); Magdeburg; Germany; silent screen star (Deception)
Porter; Katherine Anne (1890- ); US; novelist (Ship of Fools)
Porter; Cole (1893- ); Indiana; composer/lyricist (Anything Goes; Kiss Me Kate)
Porter; William Sydney (1862- ); [O Henry]; short story writer
Portman; Natalie (1981- ); Jerusalem; Izrael; actress (Professional; Everyone Says I Love You)
Portman; John (1924- ); SC; architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
Posey; Parker (1968- ); actress
Potemkin; Grigory (1739- ); Chizheva near Smolensk; Russian prince; stateman; Catherine II's lover
Potente; Franka (1974- ); actress; Dülmen; Germany (Lola runs; Blow)
Potter; Monica (1971- ); Cleveland; Ohio; USA; actress
Potter; Helen Beatrix (1866- ); London; children book writer/illustrator
Poulenc; Francis Jean Marcel (1899- ); Paris; composer/pianist (Les Biches)
Pound; Ezra Loomis (1885- ); Hailey; Idaho; USA; poet (Cantos)
Pourrat; Henri (1887- ); French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
Pourtalès; Guy de (1881- ); Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche in Italy)
Powell; John Wesley (1834- ); Mount Morris; NY.; USA.; geologist/explorer/ethnologist
Powell; Robert (1944- ); England; actor (Jigsaw Man; Shaka Zulu; Secrets)
Powell; Don (1950- ); England; rock drummer (Slade)
Powell; Michael (1905- ); English director/screen writer/producer (Red Shoes; Bluebeard's Castle)
Powell; Eleanor (1912- ); Springfield; Mass.; actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody)
Powell; Cecil Frank (1903- ); England; physicist; discovered pion (Nobel; 1950)
Powell; Anthony (1905- ); London; England; novelist (Infants of Spring)
Power; Tyrone (1913- ); Cincinnati; Ohio; USA.; actor (Mark of Zorro; Alexander's Ragtime Band)
Powers; Hiram (1805- ); US sculptor (Greek Slave)
Praetorius; Jacob (1586- ); Hamburg; German composer/orgonist
Praetorius; Hieronymus (1560- ); Hamburg; German composer
Prandtl; Ludwig (1875- ); Germany; physicist; (father of aerodynamics)
Pratolini; Vasco (1913- ); Florence; Italy; (Rocco and his Brothers)
Prehm; Joseph (1892- ); [József Mindszenty]; Hungarian cardinal
Preminger; Otto (1906- ); Austria; director/producer (Laura; Exodus)
Prentiss; Paula (1938- ); actress; San Antonio; Texas; USA; (Born to Win)
Preseren; France (1800- ); Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
Presley; Elvis (1935- ); Tupelo; Mississippi; USA; singer king;
Presley; Lisa Marie (1968- ); Daughter of Elvis Presley
Preston; Billy (1946- ); Tx; singer/pianist
Preston; Kelly (1962- ); Honolulu; actress (Mischief; Twins; A Tigers Tale)
Preston; Terry (1925- ); [Ferlin Husky]; Flat River; Missouri; USA; singer; actor (Wings of a Dove)
Prevert; Jacques (1900- ); Neuilly-sur-Seine; France; poet/screenwriter (Paroles)
Prévert; Jacques (1900- ); Neuilly-sur-Seine; France; poet/screenwriter (Paroles)
Previn; André (1929- ); Berlin Germany; composer; conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
Prevost; Abbé (1582- );
Prévost; Abbé (1582- );
Prey; Hermann (1929- ); Berlin Germany; baritone
Prezzolini; Giuseppe (1882- ); Italy; writer (La Voce La Cultura Italiano)
Price; Reynolds (1933- ); Macon; North Carolina; USA.; writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)
Price; Leontyne [Mary Violet] (1927- ); Laurel; Miss.; opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
Price; Lloyd (1933- ); Kenner; La.; USA.; singer (Just Because)
Price; Margaret (1941- ); Tredegar; Wales; soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberflöte)
Price; Alan (1942- ); Eng; rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
Price; Lindsay (1976- ); Arcadia; CA; actress (Bold & Beautiful; All My Children)
Priest; Maxi (1961- ); [Max Elliott]; Jamaican/English singer (Wild World)
Priestly; Joseph (1733- ); England;clergyman/scientist
Prima; Louis (1912- ); New Orleans; LA; singer (That Old Black Magic)
Primrose; William (1903- ); Glasgow; Scotland; UK.; violist (Method for Violin & Viola)
Prince; Faith (1957- ); Augusta; Ga.; USA.; Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls; Carousel)
Princip; Gavrilo (1894- ); Bosnian assassin (arch duke Ferdinand)
Principal; Victoria (1945- ); Fukuoka; Japan; actress (Earthquake Pamela-Dallas)
Pringle; Chris (1968- ); New Zealand; cricket pace bowler
Prinz; Joachim (1902- ); author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
Prinze Jr.; Freddie (1976- ); actor; Los Angeles; California; USA; I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Produnova; Elena (1980- ); Russian; gymnast
Proietti; Gigi (1940- ); Rome; Italian entertainer; actor
Prokofiev; Sergei Sergeyevich (1891- ); Sontsovka Ukraine; composer
Prosperi; Carlo (1921- ); Florence; Italian composer
Prost; Alain (1945- ); formula-1 racer (1985; 86 champ.)
Protopopov; Oleg (1932- ); Russia; olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964; 68)
Proudhon; Pierre Joseph (1809- ); France politician (libertarian socialist)
Proust; Marcel (1871- ); French dramatist
Prout; Samuel (1783- ); water-color painter
Pryce; Jonathan (1947- ); Holywell; Wales; UK.; actor (Bride of the Wind; Evita; Praying Mantis)
Pu Yi; Aixin Jue Luo (1906- ); last emperor of China; puppet emperor of Manchukuo
Pucci; Emilio (1914- ); Naples; fashion designer; (Neiman-Marcus Award; 954)
Puccini; Giacomo (1858- ); Lucca; Italy opera composer
Puente; Tito (1923- ); The Bronx; New York.; USA.; bandleader (Dance Mania)
Puig; Manuel (1932- ); BA.; Argentina; writer (Blood of Requited Love)
Pulci; Luigi (1432- ); Firenze; Italy; poet (Morgante)
Pulitzer; Joseph (1847- ); Hungary; American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch; NY World)
Pullen; Don (1941- ); pianist/composer
Pullman; George M (1831- ); Brockton; New York.; USA; inventor (railway sleeping car)
Punsalan; Elizabeth (1971- ); Syracuse; NY.; USA.; dance skater (& Swallow; Oly-15-94)
Punt; Jan (1711- ); Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
Purcell; Henry (1659- ); English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
Purl; Linda (1955- ); Greenwich; Ct.; USA.; actress (Gloria-Happy Days; Matlock)
Pushkin; Alexander (1799- ); Moscow; Russia; writer (Eugene Onegin)
Putnam; Ashley (1952- ); NYC; soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
Puzo; Mario (1920- ); NYC; novelist (Godfather; Cotton Club; Earthquake)