 | | Jack Paar | Talk Show Host | Host of The Tonight Show, 1957-62 | 1918 | 2004 |
 | | Charles Theodore Pachelbel | Composer | Son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, | 1690 | 1750 |
| | | Johann Pachelbel | Composer | Canon in D Major | 1653 | 1706 |
| | | Al Pacino | Actor | Michael Corleone in The Godfather | 1940 | |
| | | David Packard | Business | Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard | 1912 | 1996 |
| | | Vance Packard | Sociologist | The Hidden Persuaders | 1914 | 1996 |
| | | Bob Packwood | Politician | Oregon Senator | 1932 | |
 | | Ignacy Jan Paderewski | Composer | Polish pianist and composer | 1860 | 1941 |
 | | Niccolò Paganini | Composer | Italian violinist and composer | 1782 | 1840 |
| | | Anita Page | Actor | The Broadway Melody | 1910 | 2008 |
 | | Jimmy Page | Guitarist | Led Zeppelin Guitarist | 1944 | |
| | | Patti Page | Singer | The Tennessee Waltz | 1927 | |
 | | Steven Page | Musician | Barenaked Ladies | 1970 | |
| | | Douglas Pagels | Author | Blue Mountain Arts | 0000 | |
| | | Debra Paget | Actor | Love Me Tender | 1933 | |
| | | Camille Paglia | Author | Self-described feminist | 1947 | |
 | | Marcel Pagnol | Playwright | Marius | 1895 | 1974 |
| | | Janis Paige | Actor | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1922 | |
| | | Satchel Paige | Baseball | Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher | 1906 | 1982 |
| | | Thomas Paine | Philosopher | Common Sense | 1737 | 1809 |
| | | Giovanni Paisiello | Composer | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 1740 | 1816 |
| | | Brad Paisley | Country Musician | Mud on the Tires | 1972 | |
| |  | George Pal | Film Director | The Time Machine | 1908 | 1980 |
| | | Chuck Palahniuk | Author | Fight Club | 1962 | |
| | | Jack Palance | Actor | Performed one-handed push-ups | 1919 | |
| | | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Composer | Italian Renaissance composer | 1525 | 1594 |
| | | Grace Paley | Poet | The Little Disturbances of Man | 1922 | 2007 |
| | | William S. Paley | Business | Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 | 1901 | 1990 |
| | | Michael Palin | Actor | Monty Python | 1943 | |
| | | Sarah Palin | Politician | Governor of Alaska | 1964 | |
| | | Andrea Palladio | Architect | The Four Books of Architecture | 1518 | 1580 |
| | | Arnold Palmer | Golf | Won 61 PGA tournaments | 1929 | |
| | | B. J. Palmer | Doctor | Pioneer of Chiropractic. | 1882 | 1961 |
| | | Betsy Palmer | Actor | Friday the 13th | 1926 | |
| | | Bruce Palmer | Bassist | Bassist for Buffalo Springfield | 1946 | 2004 |
| | | Samuel Palmer | Painter | English landscape painter | 1805 | 1881 |
| | | Chazz Palminteri | Actor | Bullets Over Broadway | 1952 | |
| | | Bruce Paltrow | Film/TV Producer | St. Elsewhere | 1943 | 2002 |
| | | Gwyneth Paltrow | Actor | Shakespeare in Love | 1972 | |
| | | Hayden Panettiere | Actor | Cheerleader Claire Bennet on Heroes | 1989 | |
| | | Emmeline Pankhurst | Activist | English suffragette leader won rights for women | 1857 | 1928 |
| | | Sylvia Pankhurst | Activist | Prominent left communist | 1882 | 1960 |
| | | John Panozzo | Drummer | Styx | 1947 | 1996 |
| | | Joe Pantoliano | Actor | Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp | 1951 | |
| | | Andrzej Panufnik | Composer | Leading Polish composer | 1914 | 1991 |
| | | Paolo da Firenze | Composer | Italian composer and music theorist | 1355 | 1436 |
| | | Maurice Papon | Criminal | Ordered the deportation of 1500 Jews from France | 1910 | 2007 |
| | | Antonio Pappano | Conductor | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | 1959 | |
| | | Maria Theresia Paradis | Composer | | 1759 | 1824 |
| | | Paul Paray | Conductor | Detroit Symphony Orchestra | 1886 | 1979 |
| | | Bill Parcells | Football | Second winningest NFL coach | 1941 | |
| | | Mitchell Parish | Songwriter | | 1900 | 1993 |
| | | Alan Parker | Film Director | Directed Pink Floyd: The Wall | 1942 | |
| | | Brant Parker | Cartoonist | The Wizard of Id | 1920 | 2007 |
| | | Charlie Parker | Jazz Musician | Be-bop jazz musician | 1920 | 1955 |
| | | Dorothy Parker | Author | Constant Reader known for her acerbic quips | 1893 | 1967 |
| | | Fess Parker | Actor | Daniel Boone | 1925 | |
| | | Horatio Parker | Composer | Teacher of Charles Ives | 1863 | 1919 |
| | | Sarah Jessica Parker | Actor | Carrie on Sex and the City | 1965 | |
| | | Suzy Parker | Actor | Early supermodel turned actress | 1932 | 2003 |
| | | C. Northcote Parkinson | Historian | | 1909 | 1993 |
| | | Michael Parkinson | TV Personality | Parkinson | 1935 | |
| | | Gordon Parks | Film Director | Shaft | 1912 | 2006 |
| | | Rosa Parks | Activist | Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus | 1913 | 2005 |
| | | Matthew Parris | Journalist | So Far, So Good | 1949 | |
| | | Hubert Parry | Composer | | 1848 | 1918 |
| | | Gram Parsons | Musician | Flying Burrito Brothers | 1946 | 1973 |
| | | Louella Parsons | Columnist | Hollywood queen of gossip | 1881 | 1972 |
| | | Robert Parsons | Composer | | 1535 | 1572 |
 | | Arvo Part | Composer | Choral composer | 1935 | |
| | | Harry Partch | Composer | Hobo composer built his own instruments | 1901 | 1974 |
| | | Dolly Parton | Country Musician | I Will Always Love You | 1946 | |
| | | Andy Partridge | Musician | XTC singer/songwriter | 1953 | |
| | | Juhan Parts | Head of State | Prime Minister of Estonia | 1966 | |
| | | Blaise Pascal | Mathematician | French thinker and mathematician | 1623 | 1662 |
| | | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Film Director | Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom | 1922 | 1975 |
| | | Bernardo Pasquini | Composer | Italian composer of opera and church music | 1637 | 1710 |
 | | Boris Pasternak | Author | Doctor Zhivago | 1890 | 1960 |
| | | Joe Pasternak | Film Director | The Great Caruso | 1901 | 1991 |
| | | Louis Pasteur | Chemist | Discovered process of pasteurization | 1822 | 1895 |
| | | Joe Paterno | Football | Coach at Penn State | 1926 | |
| | | Tatjana Patitz | Actor | Appeared on over 130 magazine covers | 1966 | |
 | | Alan Paton | Author | Cry, the Beloved Country | 1903 | 1992 |
| | | Danica Patrick | Auto Racing | Finished 4th in Indy 500 | 1982 | |
| | | Floyd Patterson | Boxing | Heavyweight champion at age 21 | 1935 | 2006 |
| | | Robert Pattinson | Actor | Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter | 1986 | |
| | | General George S. Patton | Military | American WWII Army commander | 1885 | 1945 |
| | | Sandi Patty | Singer | | 1956 | |
 | | Paul the Apostle | Religion | Apostle to the Gentiles | 0010 | 0067 |
| | | Alice Paul | Activist | Suffragette | 1885 | 1977 |
| | | Jean Paul | Novelist | | 1763 | 1825 |
| | | Les Paul | Guitarist | Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer | 1915 | |
| | | Wolfgang Paul | Physicist | Co-Inventor of the ion trap | 1913 | 1993 |
| | | Jane Pauley | Talk Show Host | Host of Today Show | 1950 | |
| | | Linus Pauling | Chemist | Reformed the science of chemistry | 1901 | 1994 |
| | | Marcus T. Paulk | Actor | Myles Mitchell on Moesha | 1986 | |
| | | Pat Paulsen | Actor | Perpetual presidential candidate | 1927 | 1997 |
| | | Friedrich Paulus | Military | Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad | 1890 | 1957 |
| | | Stephen Paulus | Composer | 1982 opera The Postman Always Rings Twice | 1949 | |
| | | Conrad Paumann | Composer | | 1410 | 1473 |
| | | Randy Pausch | Educator | The Last Lecture | 1960 | 2008 |
| | | Luciano Pavarotti | Singer | Operatic tenor | 1935 | 2007 |
| | | Cesare Pavese | Poet | La luna e i falò | 1908 | 1950 |
| | | Ivan Petrovich Pavlov | Scientist | Studied conditioned reflexes | 1849 | 1936 |
| | | Anna Pavlova | Dancer | Russian ballerina | 1881 | 1931 |
| | | Tom Paxton | Singer/Songwriter | Rambling Boy | 1937 | |
| | | Johnny PayCheck | Musician | | 1938 | 2003 |
| | | David Paymer | Actor | Mr. Saturday Night | 1954 | |
| | | Alexander Payne | Film Director | | 1961 | |
| | | Anthony Payne | Composer | Edward Elgar: The Sketches for Symphony No. 3 Elab | 1936 | |
| | | Freda Payne | Singer | Band of Gold | 1942 | |
| | | John Howard Payne | Songwriter | | 1791 | 1852 |
| | | Walter Payton | Football | Sweetness | 1954 | 1999 |
 | | Octavio Paz | Diplomat | | 1914 | 1998 |
| | | Thomas Love Peacock | Novelist | Nightmare Abbey | 1785 | 1866 |
| | | Norman Vincent Peale | Author | The Power of Positive Thinking | 1898 | 1993 |
| | | Daniel Pearl | Journalist | Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter | 1963 | 2002 |
| | | Minnie Pearl | Musician | Country Music Commedienne/Icon | 1912 | 1996 |
| | | Peter Pears | Singer | | 1910 | 1986 |
| | | Denise Pearson | Musician | Five Star | 1968 | |
| | | Hesketh Pearson | Author | Leading British biographer of his time | 1887 | 1964 |
| | | Lester Bowles Pearson | Head of State | Prime Minister of Canada, 1963–68 | 1897 | 1972 |
| | | Maryon Pearson | First Lady | Wife of Lester Bowles Pearson | 1902 | 1991 |
| | | Pebbles | Singer | R&B singer and Savvy records founder | 1964 | |
| | | Gregory Peck | Actor | To Kill A Mockingbird | 1916 | 2003 |
| | | Josh Peck | Actor | Drake and Josh | 1986 | |
| | | Sam Peckinpah | Film Director | | 1925 | 1984 |
| | | Ralph Peer | Music Producer | | 1892 | 1960 |
| | | Jan Peerce | Singer | | 1904 | 1984 |
| | | Amanda Peet | Actor | Touch Me | 1972 | |
 | | Flor Peeters | Musician | | 1903 | 1986 |
| | | Westbrook Pegler | Journalist | The first columnist ever to win a Pulitzer Prize f | 1894 | 1968 |
| | | Charles Peguy | Philosopher | Portico of the Mystery of the Second Virtue | 1873 | 1914 |
| | | Rudolf Peierls | Physicist | Frisch-Peierls Memorandum | 1907 | 1995 |
 | | Pelé | Soccer | Brazil's greatest soccer player | 1940 | |
| | | Wilfrid Pelletier | Conductor | | 1896 | 1982 |
| | | Nancy Pelosi | Politician | Speaker of the House | 1940 | |
| | | Leonard Peltier | Criminal | Native American political prisoner | 1944 | |
| | | Krzysztof Penderecki | Composer | Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima | 1933 | |
| | | Chris Penn | Actor | Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs | 1965 | 2006 |
| | | Sean Penn | Actor | Fast Times at Ridgement High | 1960 | |
| | | William Penn | Government | Founder of Pennsylvania | 1644 | 1718 |
| | | J. C. Penney | Business | Founder of J. C. Penney Company | 1875 | 1971 |
| | | Hank Penny | Musician | Western Swing bandleader | 1918 | 1992 |
| | | Boies Penrose | Politician | United States Senator 1897-1921 | 1860 | 1921 |
| | | Art Pepper | Jazz Musician | Jazz alto saxophonist | 1925 | 1982 |
| | | Claude Pepper | Politician | Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 | 1900 | 1989 |
| | | Ernst Pepping | Composer | German composer of classical music | 1901 | 1981 |
| | | Johann Christoph Pepusch | Composer | | 1667 | 1752 |
| | | Samuel Pepys | Author | London diarist | 1633 | 1703 |
| | | Piper Perabo | Actor | Slap Her... She's French | 1976 | |
| | | Murray Perahia | Conductor | | 1947 | |
| | | Viscount Percival | Politician | | 1683 | 1748 |
| | | Walker Percy | Author | The Moviegoer | 1916 | 1990 |
| | | S. J. Perelman | Author | New Yorker humorist | 1904 | 1979 |
| | | Shimon Peres | Head of State | Prime Minister of Israel | 1923 | |
| | | Rosie Perez | Actor | Do The Right Thing | 1964 | |
| | | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Composer | La Serva Padrona | 1710 | 1736 |
| | | Jacopo Peri | Composer | Dafne, the first opera | 1561 | 1633 |
| | | Anthony Perkins | Actor | Psycho | 1932 | 1992 |
| | | Elizabeth Perkins | Actor | Big | 1960 | |
| | | Frances Perkins | Educator | | 1882 | 1965 |
| | | George Perle | Composer | Composer and music theorist | 1915 | |
| | | Alan Perlis | Computer Programmer | Pioneering work in programming languages | 1922 | 1990 |
| | | Itzhak Perlman | Violinist | Israeli violinist | 1945 | |
| | | Ron Perlman | Actor | | 1950 | |
 | | Evita Peron | First Lady | Subject of the broadway musical | 1919 | 1952 |
| | | Juan Perón | Head of State | Twice President of Argentina | 1895 | 1974 |
| | | Don Lorenzo Perosi | Composer | Italian composer of sacred music | 1872 | 1956 |
| | | Ross Perot | Business | | 1930 | |
| | | Perotin | Composer | | 1200 | 1200 |
| | | Perry Bradford | Composer | African American composer, songwriter, and vaudevi | 1893 | 1970 |
| | | Gaylord Perry | Baseball | Notorious for doctoring baseballs | 1938 | |
| | | Jeff Perry | Actor | Founder of Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago | 1955 | |
| | | Joe Perry | Guitarist | Lead guitarist for Aerosmith | 1950 | |
| | | Katy Perry | Singer/Songwriter | I Kissed a Girl | 1984 | |
| | | Luke Perry | Actor | Beverly Hills 90210 | 1966 | |
| | | Matthew Perry | Actor | Chandler on Friends | 1969 | |
| | | Oliver Hazard Perry | Military | Won the Battle of Lake Erie | 1785 | 1819 |
| | | Vincent Persichetti | Composer | Symphony No. 6 For Band | 1915 | 1987 |
| | | Doro Pesch | Singer | | 1964 | |
 | | Fernando Pessoa | Author | The Book of Disquiet | 1888 | 1935 |
| | | Dionysius Petavius | Religion | De Theologicis Dogmatibus | 1583 | 1652 |
| | | Peter the Great | Royalty | Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725 | 1672 | 1725 |
| | | Irene Peter | | | 0000 | |
| | | Laurence J. Peter | Scientist | The Peter Principle | 1919 | 1990 |
| | | Bernadette Peters | Actor | | 1948 | |
| | | Brock Peters | Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1927 | 2005 |
| | | Jon Peters | Film/TV Producer | Half of Hollywood Peters-Guber duo | 1945 | |
| | | Tom Peters | Author | In Search of Excellence | 1942 | |
| | | Debbi Peterson | Drummer | Drummer for The Bangles | 1961 | |
| | | John W. Peterson | Songwriter | | 0000 | |
| | | Oscar Peterson | Jazz Musician | A Royal Wedding Suite | 1925 | 2007 |
 | | Wilhelm Peterson-Berger | Composer | | 1867 | 1942 |
| | | Buddie Petit | Musician | | 1890 | 1931 |
| | | Francesco Petrarch | Poet | Father of Humanism | 1304 | 1374 |
| | | Goffredo Petrassi | Composer | | 1904 | 2003 |
| | | Petrus de Cruce | Composer | Music notational system | 1250 | 1299 |
| | | Allan Pettersson | Composer | Seventh symphony | 1911 | 1980 |
| | | Lee Petty | Auto Racing | | 1913 | 2000 |
| | | Tom Petty | Musician | Don't Come Around Here No More | 1950 | |
| | | Laura Peverara | Singer | Italian virtuoso singer | 1550 | 1601 |
| | | Johann Christoph Pezel | Composer | German violinist, trumpeter, and composer | 1639 | 1694 |
| | | Michelle Pfeiffer | Actor | | 1958 | |
| | | Hans Pfitzner | Composer | Palestrina, | 1869 | 1949 |
| | | Gracie Pfost | Politician | First woman to represent Idaho in the United State | 1906 | 1965 |
| | | Liz Phair | Singer/Songwriter | | 1967 | |
| | | Austin Phelps | Educator | The Still Hour | 1820 | 1890 |
| | | James Phelps | Actor | Fred Weasley in Harry Potter | 1986 | |
| | | Michael Phelps | Swimming | Won 8 gold medals at Beijing | 1985 | |
| | | Oliver Phelps | Actor | George Weasley in Harry Potter | 1986 | |
| | | William Lyon Phelps | Critic | Essays on Modern Novelists | 1865 | 1943 |
| | | Dr. Phil | Talk Show Host | Life Strategies | 1950 | |
| | | Regis Philbin | Talk Show Host | Host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | 1931 | |
| | | François-André Danican Philidor | Chess Player | Best single chess player of his age | 1726 | 1795 |
| | | Emo Philips | Comic | | 1956 | |
| | | Peter Philips | Composer | | 1560 | 1628 |
| | | Ryan Phillippe | Actor | Little Boy Blue | 1974 | |
| | | Burrill Phillips | Composer | American composer, teacher, and pianist | 1907 | 1988 |
| | | Grant Lee Phillips | Musician | Grant Lee Buffalo frontman | 1963 | |
| | | John Phillips | Musician | The Mamas and the Papas | 1935 | 2001 |
| |  | Lou Diamond Phillips | Actor | Young Guns II | 1962 | |
| | | Mackenzie Phillips | Actor | Julie on One Day at a Time | 1959 | |
| | | Michelle Phillips | Actor | | 1944 | |
| | | Peg Phillips | Actor | Mrs. Hinkle on 7th Heaven | 1918 | 2002 |
| | | Sam Phillips | Music Producer | Sun Records | 1923 | 2003 |
| | | Stu Phillips | Composer | Television composer, Knight Rider | 1929 | |
| | | Wendell Phillips | Activist | US abolitionist | 1811 | 1884 |
| | | Eden Phillpotts | Novelist | Dartmoor cycle of 18 novels | 1862 | 1960 |
| | | River Phoenix | Actor | My Own Private Idaho | 1970 | 1993 |
| | | Edith Piaf | Singer | Internationally-renowned French chanteuse | 1915 | 1963 |
 | | Jean Piaget | Psychologist | Elaborated the stages of childhood | 1896 | 1980 |
| |  | Gregor Piatigorsky | Cellist | Russian-American cellist | 1903 | 1976 |
| | | Astor Piazzolla | Composer | Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player | 1921 | 1992 |
| | | Picander | Poet | Librettist for many of Johann Sebastian Bach's Lei | 1700 | 1764 |
 | | Pablo Picasso | Painter | Abstract painter and sculptor | 1881 | 1973 |
| | | Niccolò Piccinni | Composer | Italian composer | 1728 | 1800 |
| | | Brian Piccolo | Football | Chicago Bears, subject of Brians Song | 1943 | 1970 |
| | | Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli | Composer | | 1882 | 1949 |
| | | Slim Pickens | Actor | Tough cowboy actor | 1919 | 1983 |
| | | T. Boone Pickens | Business | | 1928 | |
| | | William Pickens | Journalist | Voice of the Negro | 1881 | 1954 |
| | | Tobias Picker | Composer | | 1954 | |
| | | Boris Pickett | Singer/Songwriter | Monster Mash | 1938 | 2007 |
| | | Wilson Pickett | Singer | | 1941 | 2006 |
| | | Mary Pickford | Actor | | 1892 | 1979 |
| | | Kellie Pickler | Singer | Country singer, American Idol | 1986 | |
| | | Giovanni Pico della Mirandola | Philosopher | Italian philosopher and mystic | 1463 | 1494 |
| | | Walter Pidgeon | Actor | How Green Was My Valley | 1897 | 1984 |
| | | Charles Pierce | Philosopher | Founder of American pragmatism | 1839 | 1914 |
| | | Franklin Pierce | President | 14th US President | 1804 | 1869 |
| | | Webb Pierce | Country Musician | There Stands the Glass | 1921 | 1991 |
| | | Marge Piercy | Novelist | | 1936 | |
| | | Gabriel Pierné | Composer | French organist and composer | 1863 | 1937 |
| | | Maestro Piero | Composer | | 1300 | 1350 |
| | | James Pierpont | Songwriter | Jingle Bells | 1822 | 1893 |
 | | Willem Pijper | Composer | Dutch composer | 1894 | 1947 |
| | | Albert Pike | Military | Confederate general, Freemason | 1809 | 1891 |
| | | Rob Pilatus | Dancer | Member of Milli Vanilli | 1965 | 1998 |
| | | Gifford Pinchot | Activist | Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905–19 | 1865 | 1946 |
| | | Gregory Pincus | Scientist | Inventor of oral contraceptives | 1903 | 1967 |
| | | Arthur Wing Pinero | Playwright | | 1855 | 1934 |
| | | Lou Piniella | Baseball | Manager, Chicago Cubs | 1943 | |
| | | Pink | Singer/Songwriter | Can't Take Me Home | 1979 | |
| | | Allan Pinkerton | Business | Pinkerton National Detective Agency | 1819 | 1884 |
| | | Trevor Pinnock | Conductor | The English Concert | 1946 | |
 | | Augusto Pinochet | Head of State | Overthrew Chile with CIA's help | 1915 | 2006 |
| | | Harold Pinter | Playwright | The Birthday Party | 1930 | |
| | | Ezio Pinza | Singer | Bass | 1892 | 1892 |
| | | Matthaeus Pipelare | Composer | | 1450 | 1515 |
| | | Luigi Pirandello | Novelist | | 1867 | 1936 |
| | | Armand J. Piron | Musician | | 1888 | 1943 |
| | | Robert Pirsig | Author | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | 1928 | |
| | | Bernardo Pisano | Composer | One of the first madrigalists | 1490 | 1548 |
| | | Johann Georg Pisendel | Composer | German Baroque musician, | 1687 | 1755 |
| | | Walter Piston | Composer | Symphony No. 3 | 1894 | 1976 |
| | | Gene Pitney | Singer/Songwriter | | 1941 | 2006 |
| | | William Pitt the elder | Government | Secretary of State during the Seven Years' War, | 1708 | 1778 |
| | | William Pitt the Younger | Head of State | UK Prime Minister | 1759 | 1806 |
| | | Brad Pitt | Actor | Twelve Monkeys | 1963 | |
| | | ZaSu Pitts | Actor | The Wedding March | 1894 | 1963 |
| | | Francisco Pizarro | Explorer | Conqueror of Peru | 1471 | 1541 |
| | | Ildebrando Pizzetti | Composer | Generation of 1880 | 1880 | 1968 |
| | | Max Planck | Physicist | Quantum theory | 1858 | 1947 |
| | | Robert Plant | Musician | Lead singer of Led Zeppelin | 1948 | |
| | | Sylvia Plath | Poet | Ariel and Collected Poems | 1932 | 1963 |
 | | Plato | Philosopher | The Republic | 0427 BC | 0348 BC |
| | | Dana Plato | Actor | Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes | 1964 | 1999 |
| | | Plautus | Playwright | Earliest extant Roman playwright | 0254 BC | 0184 BC |
| | | Gary Player | Golf | Won 9 major tournaments | 1935 | |
| | | John Playford | Composer | | 1623 | 1686 |
| | | Donald Pleasence | Actor | The Great Escape | 1919 | 1995 |
| | | Suzanne Pleshette | Actor | The Bob Newhart Show | 1937 | 2008 |
| | | Mikhail Pletnev | Pianist | Russian National Orchestra | 1957 | |
| |  | Ignaz Pleyel | Composer | Austrian-born French composer | 1757 | 1831 |
| | | George Plimpton | Actor | | 1927 | 2003 |
| | | Martha Plimpton | Actor | The Goonies | 1970 | |
| | | William Plomer | Author | Librettist for Benjamin Britten | 1903 | 1973 |
| |  | Plotinus | Philosopher | Founder of the Neoplatonic school | 0205 | 0270 |
| | | Joan Plowright | Actor | Enchanted April | 1929 | |
| | | Christopher Plummer | Actor | The Sound of Music | 1929 | |
| | | Plutarch | Historian | Lives | 0046 | 0120 |
| | | Norman Podhoretz | Author | Prominent neocon author | 1930 | |
| | | Edgar Allan Poe | Author | Macabre short story writer and poet | 1809 | 1849 |
| | | Amy Poehler | Actor | SNL Weekend Update Anchor | 1971 | |
| | | Henri Poincare | Mathematician | | 1854 | 1915 |
| | | John Poindexter | Military | Iran-Contra criminal | 1936 | |
| | | Sidney Poitier | Actor | Lilies of the Field | 1924 | |
| | | Diane de Poitiers | Aristocrat | Mistress of Henri II | 1499 | 1566 |
| | | Roman Polanski | Film Director | Chinatown | 1933 | |
| | | James K. Polk | President | 11th US President, 1845-49 | 1795 | 1849 |
| | | Sarah Polk | First Lady | Wife of US President James K. Polk | 1803 | 1891 |
| | | Lew Pollack | Composer | | 1895 | 1946 |
| | | Jackson Pollock | Painter | Abstract expressionist | 1912 | 1956 |
| | | Marco Polo | Explorer | Travels of Marco Polo | 1254 | 1324 |
| | | Ellen Pompeo | Actor | Grey's Anatomy | 1969 | |
| | | Georges Pompidou | Head of State | President of France, 1969-74 | 1911 | 1974 |
| | | Doc Pomus | Songwriter | Save The Last Dance For Me | 1925 | 1991 |
| | | Manuel Maria Ponce | Composer | Estrellita | 1882 | 1948 |
| | | Amilcare Ponchielli | Composer | La Gioconda | 1834 | 1886 |
| | | Jean-Luc Ponty | Jazz Musician | Electric jazz violinist | 1942 | |
| | | Iggy Pop | Singer/Songwriter | Iggy and the Stooges | 1947 | |
| | | Jimmy Pop | Singer | The Bloodhound Gang | 1972 | |
| | | Pope Adrian IV | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1154-59 | 1100 | 1159 |
| | | Pope Alexander III | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1159-81 | 1105 | 1181 |
| | | Pope Alexander VI | Pope | Divided the New World for Portugal, Spain | 1431 | 1503 |
| | | Pope Gregory I | Pope | Gregory the Great | 0540 | 0604 |
| | | Pope Gregory IX | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1227-41 | 1170 | 1241 |
| | | Pope Gregory VII | Pope | Separated Church & State | 1020 | 1085 |
| | | Pope Innocent III | Pope | Pope, launched two Crusades | 1160 | 1216 |
 | | Pope John Paul I | Pope | Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 | 1912 | 1978 |
| | | Pope John Paul II | Pope | Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 | 1920 | 2005 |
| | | Pope John XXIII | Pope | Pope 1958-63 | 1881 | 1963 |
| | | Pope Julius III | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1550-55 | 1487 | 1555 |
| | | Pope Leo XII | Pope | Persecuted Jewry, Freemasonry | 1760 | 1829 |
| | | Pope Leo XIII | Pope | Condemned Freemasonry | 1810 | 1903 |
| | | Pope Nicholas II | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1058-61 | 0000 | 1061 |
| | | Pope Nicholas III | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-80 | 1225 | 1280 |
| | | Pope Paul IV | Religion | Roman Catholic Pope, 1555-59 | 1476 | 1559 |
| | | Pope Paul VI | Pope | The pilgrim pope | 1897 | 1978 |
| | | Pope Pius II | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1458-64 | 1402 | 1464 |
| | | Pope Pius VI | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1775-99 | 1717 | 1799 |
| | | Pope Pius VII | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope 1800-23 | 1740 | 1823 |
| | | Pope Pius XII | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope 1939 to 1958 | 1876 | 1958 |
| | | Pope Sergius I | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 687-701 | 0687 | 0701 |
| | | Pope Sixtus III | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 432-40 | 0000 | 0440 |
| | | Pope Sixtus V | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-90 | 1521 | 1590 |
| | | Pope Urban II | Pope | Roman Catholic Pope, 1088-99 | 1035 | 1099 |
| | | Alexander Pope | Poet | | 1688 | 1744 |
 | | Lucia Popp | Singer | Operatic soprano | 1939 | 1993 |
| | | David Popper | Musician | Bohemian cellist and composer | 1843 | 1913 |
| | | Karl Popper | Philosopher | Critical Rationalist | 1902 | 1994 |
| | | Jeff Porcaro | Drummer | Toto. | 1954 | 1992 |
| | | Antonio Porchia | Poet | Italian poet | 1886 | 1968 |
| | | Paulina Porizkova | Actor | Married Ric Ocasek | 1965 | |
| | | Nicola Porpora | Composer | Composer of Baroque operas | 1686 | 1768 |
| | | Costanzo Porta | Composer | Venetian School Renaissance composer | 1528 | 1601 |
| | | Cole Porter | Songwriter | I've Got You Under My Skin | 1891 | 1964 |
| | | Don Porter | Actor | Prof. Lawrence on Gidget | 1912 | 1997 |
| | | Katherine Anne Porter | Author | | 1890 | 1980 |
| | | Quincy Porter | Composer | American composer and teacher of classical music | 1897 | 1966 |
| | | Steve Porter | Singer | Early Recording Artist | 0000 | 1946 |
| | | Sylvia Porter | Economist | | 1913 | 1991 |
| | | Natalie Portman | Actor | Queen Amidala in Star Wars | 1981 | |
| | | Parker Posey | Actor | Waiting for Guffman | 1968 | |
| | | Emily Post | Columnist | Etiquette | 1873 | 1960 |
| | | Markie Post | Actor | Christine on Night Court | 1950 | |
| | | Tom Poston | Actor | Handyman on Newhart | 1921 | 2007 |
| | | Beatrix Potter | Author | Peter Rabbit | 1866 | 1943 |
| | | Dennis Potter | Screenwriter | The Singing Detective | 1935 | 1994 |
| | | Stephen Potter | Author | One-Upmanship. | 1900 | 1969 |
| | | Annie Potts | Actor | Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women | 1952 | |
| | | Francis Poulenc | Composer | Gloria | 1899 | 1963 |
| | | Ezra Pound | Poet | The Cantos | 1885 | 1972 |
| | | Paula Poundstone | Comic | Abrasive, asexual comic | 1959 | |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell | Politician | Congressman from New York, 1945-71 | 1908 | 1972 |
| | | Boog Powell | Baseball | Baltimore Orioles first baseman | 1941 | |
| | | Colin Powell | Government | US Secretary of State, 2001-05 | 1937 | |
| | | Dick Powell | Actor | The Bad and the Beautiful | 1904 | 1963 |
| | | Jane Powell | Actor | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1929 | |
| | | John Powell | Film/TV Music Composer | The Bourne Ultimatum | 1963 | |
| | | Lewis Powell | Judge | US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 | 1907 | 1998 |
| | | Michael Powell | Film Director | Stairway to Heaven | 1905 | 1990 |
| | | Leonel Power | Composer | Old Hall Manuscript | 1370 | 1445 |
| | | Tyrone Power | Actor | | 1914 | 1958 |
| | | Francis Gary Powers | Military | U2 shot down over the Soviet Union | 1929 | 1977 |
| | | Stefanie Powers | Actor | Hart to Hart | 1942 | |
| |  | Perez Prado | Conductor | Mambo king ("Dilo!") | 1916 | 1989 |
| | | Michael Praetorius | Composer | Terpsichore | 1571 | 1621 |
 | | Dith Pran | Journalist | Subject of The Killing Fields | 1942 | 2008 |
| | | Terry Pratchett | Novelist | Discworld sci-fi series | 1948 | |
| | | Kyla Pratt | Actor | One on One | 1986 | |
| | | Max de Pree | Author | | 0000 | |
| | | Otto Preminger | Film Director | Anatomy of a Murder | 1906 | 1986 |
| | | Laura Prepon | Actor | Donna on That '70s Show | 1980 | |
| | | W.B. Prescott | Activist | ITU President | 0000 | |
| | | Elvis Presley | Singer | Rock & Roll icon, Movie Star | 1935 | 1977 |
| | | Lisa Marie Presley | Singer | Daughter of Elvis Presley | 1968 | |
| | | Harve Presnell | Actor | When the Boys Meet the Girls | 1933 | |
| | | Theodore Presser | Business | Music publisher | 1848 | 1925 |
| | | Jaime Pressly | Actor | Not Another Teen Movie | 1977 | |
| | | Billy Preston | Musician | American soul musician | 1946 | 2006 |
| | | Billy Preston | Musician | You Are So Beautiful | 1946 | 2006 |
 | | Kelly Preston | Actor | What a Girl Wants | 1962 | |
| | | Georges Prêtre | Conductor | 2008 Vienna New Year's Concert | 1924 | |
| | | André Previn | Conductor | Concert pianist and orchestral conductor | 1929 | |
| | | Marie Prevost | Actor | The Beautiful and Damned | 1898 | 1937 |
| | | Marie Prevost | Actor | Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema | 1898 | 1937 |
| | | Hermann Prey | Singer | German baritone | 1929 | 1998 |
| | | Leontyne Price | Singer | Operatic soprano | 1927 | |
| | | Lloyd Price | Musician | | 1933 | |
| | | Ray Price | Country Musician | The Cherokee Cowboy | 1926 | |
| | | Vincent Price | Actor | | 1911 | 1993 |
| | | Charley Pride | Country Musician | First black country music star | 1938 | |
| | | Pat Priest | Actor | Marilyn Munster on The Munsters | 1936 | |
| | | Jason Priestley | Actor | Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210 | 1969 | |
| | | J. B. Priestly | Novelist | An Inspector Calls | 1894 | 1984 |
| | | Joseph Priestly | Chemist | Investigated gases, discovered Oxygen | 1733 | 1804 |
| | | Louis Prima | Jazz Musician | King of the Swingers | 1910 | 1978 |
| | | Yevgeny Primakov | Head of State | Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99 | 1929 | |
| | | William Primrose | Musician | Scottish violist | 1903 | 1982 |
| | | Prince | Musician | Purple Rain | 1958 | |
| | | Prince Philip | Royalty | | 1921 | |
| | | Prince William | Royalty | Charles and Diana's first-born son | 1985 | |
| | | Princess Anne | Royalty | Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II | 1950 | |
| | | Princess Margaret | Royalty | Queen Elizabeth II's sister | 1930 | 2002 |
 | | Gavrilo Princip | Assassin | Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | 1894 | 1918 |
| | | John Prine | Country Musician | Country/folk singer-songwriter | 1946 | |
| | | Matthew Prior | Diplomat | | 1664 | 1721 |
| | | V. S. Pritchett | Author | Midnight Oil | 1900 | 1997 |
| | | Adelaide Anne Procter | Poet | The Lost Chord | 1825 | 1864 |
| | | Emily Procter | Actor | CSI: Miami | 1968 | |
| | | Phil Proctor | Actor | | 1940 | |
| | | Sergei Prokofiev | Composer | Peter and the Wolf | 1891 | 1953 |
| | | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | Economist | What is Property? | 1809 | 1865 |
| | | E. Annie Proulx | Author | The Shipping News | 1935 | |
| | | Marcel Proust | Author | Remembrance of Things Past | 1871 | 1922 |
| | | Juliet Prowse | Dancer | Can-Can | 1936 | 1996 |
| | | William Proxmire | Politician | US Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89 | 1915 | 2005 |
| | | Mark Pryor | Politician | US Senator from Arkansas | 1963 | |
| | | Richard Pryor | Comic | Stir Crazy | 1940 | 2005 |
| | | Ptolemy | Astronomer | Egyptian geographer and astronomer | 0087 | 0150 |
| | | Publilius Syrus | Mime | Latin writer of maxims | 0100 BC | 0100 BC |
| | | Giacomo Puccini | Composer | Madame Butterfly | 1858 | 1924 |
| | | Kirby Puckett | Baseball | | 1960 | 2006 |
| | | Tito Puente | Musician | Popular Latin bandleader | 1923 | 2000 |
| | | Puff Daddy | Music Producer | Rapper, Fashion Icon | 1969 | |
| | | Emerson M. Pugh | | | 0000 | |
| | | Joseph Pulitzer | Business | Established the Pulitzer Prize | 1847 | 1911 |
| | | Bill Pullman | Actor | Independence Day | 1953 | |
| | | Henry Purcell | Composer | England's finest native composer | 1659 | 1695 |
| | | Linda Purl | Actor | Charlene on Matlock | 1955 | |
| | | Nathan M. Pusey | Educator | President of Harvard, 1953-71 | 1907 | 2001 |
| | | Alexander Pushkin | Poet | Russia's greatest poet | 1799 | 1837 |
| | | Vladimir Putin | Head of State | President of Russia, ex-KGB | 1952 | |
| | | Mario Puzo | Novelist | The Godfather | 1920 | 1999 |
| | | Shawn Pyfrom | Actor | Desperate Housewives | 1986 | |
| | | Ernie Pyle | Journalist | Scripps-Howard war correspondent | 1900 | 1945 |
| | | Barbara Pym | Novelist | Some Tame Gazelle | 1913 | 1980 |
| | | Thomas Pynchon | Novelist | Gravity's Rainbow | 1937 | |
| | | Pythagoras | Mathematician | Pythagorean Theorem | 0592 BC | 0507 BC |
