List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Pa-Pd - Pe - Pf-Pg - Ph - Pi - Pj-Pn - Po - Pp - Pq - Pr - Ps - Pt - Pu - Pv-Pz
- Pocahontas, (c. 1595-1617), Native American woman
- Pockaj, Dusa, (1924-1982), actress.
- Podkopayeva, Lilia, (born 1978), gymnast
- Poe, Edgar Allan, (1809-1849), US writer, poet
- Pogacnik, Joze, (born 1932), film director, scenarist
- Pohl, Frederik, (born 1919), US science fiction author
- Poindexter, John, US
- Poisson, Simeon, (1781-1840), mathematician, physicist
- Poitier, Sidney, (born 1927), US African-American actor
- Polanski, Roman, (born 1933), Polish film director and actor
- Polgar, Judit, (born 1976), chess player
- Polgar, Zsuzsa, (born 1969), chess player
- Po, Li, (701-762), the Poet Immortal
- Poliakoff, Stephen, (born 1952), playwright
- Polidori, John William, (1795-1821)
- Polke, Sigmar, (born 1941), painter
- Polkinghorne, John, (born 1930), physicist
- Polk, James K, (1795-1849), U.S. President
- Polk, P.H, (1898-1984), painter
- Pollock, Jackson, (1912-1956), US abstract artist
- Polo, Ana María, (born circa 1960), Cuban, television judge in the United States
- Polo, Marco, (1254-1323), Italian explorer
- Polya, George, (USA, 1887-1985), mathematician
- Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), around 203-120 B.C.
- Polykleitos, sculptor
- Pomeranchuk, Isaak (1913-1966), Russian physicist
- Pompey, (born 106 BC), military commander
- Pomus, Doc, (1925-1991), singer-songwriter
- Ponchielli, Amilcare, (1834-1886), Italian opera composer
- Poniz, Denis, (born 1948), poet
- Pontiac, Chief, (c. 1720-1769)
- Pontian, Pope, (230-235)
- Ponting, Ricky, Australian cricketer
- Ponzi, Charles, (1882-1949), Italian-born scam artist
- Poor, Enoch (1736-1780), Americrevolutionary general
- Pope, Alexander, (1688-1744), English poet
- Pople, John Anthony, (born 1925), chemist
- Pop, Lourdes Pamela, (born 1960), educator
- Popov, Alexander Stepanovitch, (1859-1906), Russia's Marconi
- Popovich, Pavel, astronaut
- Popper, Karl Raimund, (1902-1994), political philosopher
- Porcel, Jorge, (born 1936), actor, comedian
- Porphyrogometus, Stephen, (died 893)
- Porpora, Niccola Antonio, (1686-1767), opera composer
- Porsche, Ferdinand, (1875-1951), French automobile designer
- Porter, Cole, (1891-1964), US songwriter
- Porter, Fairfield, (1907-1975), US painter
- Portman, John, architect
- Portman, Natalie, (born 1981), French-born actor
- Posadas, Gervasio Antonio de, (1757-1833)
- Potocnik, Blaz, (1799-1872), poet
- Potocnik, Herman, (1892-1929), astronautics & rocket pioneer
- Potok, Chaim, (1929-2002), Jewish novelist
- Potokar, Jure, (born 1956), poet
- Potokar, Lojze, (1902-1964), actor, theatre director.
- Potokar, Majda, (1930-2001), actress.
- Pot, Pol, (1925-1998), Cambodian dictator
- Potter, Beatrix, (1866-1943), British children's writer
- Potter, Dennis, British playwright
- Potter, John, (c. 1674-1747), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Potter, Paulus, (1625-1654), painter
- Poulenc, Francis, (1899-1963), French composer
- Pound, Ezra, (1885-1972), US poet
- Pournelle, Jerry, (born 1933), US science fiction author
- Poussin, Nicolas, (1594-1665), French painter
- Povh, Bogdan, (born 1932), physicist.
- Povsic, Joze, (1907-1985), mathematician.
- Powell, Bud, (1924-1966), musician
- Powell, Colin, (born 1937), US Secretary of State
- Powell, John Wesley, (1834-1902)
- Powell, Michael, (1905-1990), film director
- Powers, Richard, American novelist
- Powers, Tim, (born 1952), British fantasy writer
- Power, Tyrone, (1795-1841), Hollywood star
- Powys, Llewelyn, (1884-1939)
- Poynting, John Henry, (1852-1914), physicist
- Poy, Vivienne, (born 1941), Canadian senator
- Pozzi, Moana, (born 1961)
- Pozzo, Andrea, (1642-1709), painter