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