Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Blaise Pascal
Born: June 19, 1623 Clermont-Ferrand, France Died: August 19, 1662 Paris, France French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher ...
Muhammad Ali Pasha
Often referred to as the founder of modern Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha (c. 1769–1849) was an Ottoman Turkish military leader who ruled Egypt for much of his adult life, amassing such...
Louis Pasteur
Born: December 27, 1822 Dôle, France Died: September 28, 1895 Paris, France French chemist and biologist The French c...
John Patton
Pharmaceutical researcher Born John S. Patton, c. 1947; married; children: three. Education: Pennsylvania State University, B.S.; University of Rhode Islan...
Linus Pauling
Born: February 28, 1901 Portland, Oregon Died: August 19, 1994 Big Sur, California American chemist The American chem...
Luciano Pavarotti
Born: October 12, 1935 Modena, Italy Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is possibly the most operatic tenor (the highest male singing voice) ...
Ivan Pavlov
Born: September 26, 1849 Ryazan, Russia Died: February 27, 1936 Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Russian physiologist ...
Anna Pavlova
Born: January 31, 1881 St. Petersburg, Russia Died: January 22, 1931 The Hague, Netherlands Russian dancer Anna Pavlo...
Alexander Payne
Director and screenwriter Born February 10, 1961, in Omaha, NE; married Sandra Oh (an actress), January 1, 2003 (separated). Education: Earned underg...
Black Eyed Peas
Pop group Group formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1995; members include apl.de.ap (born Alan Pineda Lindo, November 20, 1974, in the Philippines), rapper, dancer; Fergie (born St...
Gregory Peck
Born Eldred Gregory Peck on April 5, 1916, in La Jolla, CA; died June 12, 2003, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. Gregory Peck seemed to embody the soul of the principled, upright, all–American m...
John Peel
As a longtime program host on Britain's BBC Radio 1 station network, British disc jockey John Peel (1939–2004) anticipated the appeal of popular musical innovators from the skiffle...
Holly Robinson Peete
Actress Born Holly Robinson, September 18, 1964, in Philadelphia, PA; daughter of Matthew (a television actor, producer, and writer) and Dolores (a school teacher, televisio...
I. M. Pei
Born: April 26, 1917 Canton, China Chinese-born American architect Chinese American architect, I. M. Pei, directed for nearly forty years one of ...
Nancy Pelosi
United States House of Representatives Minority Leader Born Nancy D'Alesandro, March 26, 1940, in Baltimore, MD; daughter of Thomas Jr. (a politician) and Annunciata D'Alesandro; ...
Nancy Pelosi
March 26, 1940 • Baltimore, Maryland Politician Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in American history to lead a political party in Congre...
Michelle Peluso
Chief Executive Officer of Travelocity Born c. 1971; daughter of an environmental engineering executive. Education: University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Sc...
William Penn
Born: October 14, 1644 London, England Died: July 30, 1718 Berkshire, England English statesman and philosopher Willi...
Ty Pennington
Television show host and carpenter Born October 19, 1965, in Atlanta, GA. Education: Attended Kennesaw College, Atlanta, GA; Art Institute of Atlanta, B.A....
Frank Perdue
Born Franklin Parsons Perdue, in 1920, in Salisbury, MD; died after a brief illness, March 31, 2005, in Salisbury, MD. Chief Executive Officer of Perdue Farms. Agri-business pionee...