Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Pocahontas
Born: c. 1595 Virginia Died: 1617 Gravesend, Kent, England Native American princess Pocahontas was the daughter of a ...
Edgar Allan Poe
Born: January 19, 1809 Boston, Massachusetts Died: October 7, 1849 Baltimore, Maryland American poet and writer One o...
Sidney Poitier
Born: February 20, 1924 Miami, Florida African American actor Actor Sidney Poitier's presence in film during the 1950s and 1960s opened up the po...
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006) joined a long list of dissidents who died because of their outspoken criticism of their country's regime. A war reporter who chron...
Marco Polo
Born: c. 1254 Venice Died: January 8, 1324 Venice Venetian explorer and writer The traveler and writer Marco Polo lef...
Pierre du Pont
Born: January 15, 1870 Wilmington, Delaware Died: April 5, 1954 Wilmington, Delaware American industrialist and businessman ...
Alexander Pope
Born: May 21, 1688 London, England Died: May 30, 1744 London, England English poet The English poet Alexander Pope is...
John Pople
Born John Anthony Pople, October 31, 1925, in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England; died of liver cancer, March 15, 2004, in Chicago, IL. Mathematician and chemist. Sir John A. Pople was a br...
Carolyn Porco
Planetary scientist Born Carolyn C. Porco in 1953, in New York, NY. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.S. in physics and astro...
Martín Porres
Saint Martín de Porres (1579–1639) spent his entire life in Lima, Peru. A Dominican monk known as a healer and an indefatigable worker in charitable service to the poor, Martín was...
Cole Porter
Born: June 9, 1891 Peru, Indiana Died: October 15, 1964 Santa Monica, California American composer American composer ...
Katherine Anne Porter
Born: May 15, 1890 Indian Creek, Texas Died: September 18, 1980 Silver Spring, Maryland American author American writ...
Zac Posen
October 24, 1980 • New York, New York Fashion designer American designer Zac Posen emerged as fashion's newest star in 2002 when his alluringly feminine dresses made th...
Emily Post
Born: October 3, 1873 Baltimore, Maryland Died: September 25, 1960 New York, New York American author For many years ...
Pol Pot
Born: May 19, 1928 Kompong Thom, Cambodia Died: April 15, 1998 Near Anlong Veng, Cambodia Cambodian premier Pol Pot w...
Nora Pouillon
Chef, restaurateur, and author Born Nora Aschenbrenner in 1943, in Vienna, Austria; married Pierre Pouillon (a journalist; divorced); companion of Steven Damato; children: A...
Colin Powell
Born: April 5, 1937 New York, New York African American soldier, military official, and secretary of state During Colin Powell's long and impressive mi...
Samantha Power
Author and journalist Born in 1970, in Ireland; daughter of a physician; emigrated to the United States, 1979. Education: Attended Yale University an...
Dith Pran
Born: September 27, 1942 Siem Reap, Cambodia Cambodian journalist, photographer, and activist Dith Pran was a Cambodian journalist who suffered four ye...
Lisa Marie Presley
Singer and songwriter Born February 1, 1968, in Memphis, TN; daughter of Elvis (a rock 'n' roll star) and Priscilla (Beaulieu) Presley; married Danny Keough (a musician), 19...