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- P. Theagaraya ChettyIndian activist, industrialist and political leader (1852–1925)
- Pablo de La LlaveDr. Pablo de la Llave (1773–1833) was a Mexican Catholic priest, politician, and naturalis
- Padmanabhan PalpuIndian social reformer and freedom fighter (1863–1950)
- PafalayaMississippian polity in Alabama (c. 1120 to 1690)
- Paige CompositorThe Paige Compositor was an invention developed by James W. Paige (1842–1917) between 1872
- Palestine CommandThe British Troops in Palestine and Trans-jordan was a British Army command in Mandatory P
- Palmyrene EmpireBreakaway state from Roman Empire (270–273)
- Pancha-siddhantikaPancha-siddhantika (IAST: Pañca-siddhāntikā) is a 6th-century CE Sanskrit-language text wr
- Pandita RamabaiIndian feminist historian and social reformer (1858–1922)
- Pannonia InferiorProvince of the Roman Empire (103-3rd century)
- Pannonia ValeriaThe Pannonia Valeria or simply Valeria, also known as Pannonia Ripensis, was one of the pr
- PappenheimPappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is s
- Paramartha (Chinese monk)Indian monk from Ujjain (499–569)
- Parameshvara NambudiriIndian mathematician and astronomer (1380–1460)
- Park Eun-sikPark Eunsik (September 30, 1859 - November 1, 1925) was a Korean historian and the second
- ParkinsoniaParkinsonia , also Cercidium , is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.
- Parliament of Northern IrelandBicameral legislature of Northern Ireland (1921–1972)
- Parliament of ScotlandLegislature of the Kingdom of Scotland (1235–1707)
- Parliament of the Province of CanadaThe Parliament of the Province of Canada was the legislature for the Province of Canada, m
- Partha Chatterjee (scholar)Partha Chatterjee (born 5 November 1947) is an Indian political scientist and anthropologi
- Party of the People's RevolutionCommunist party in Zaire (1967–1996)
- Pasko RakicYugoslav-born American neuroscientist (born 1933)
- Passy familyThe Passy family is a French political family which had prominent members in 19th Century
- Pastor aeternusPastor aeternus ("First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ") was issued by the
- Patricia BuckleyPatricia Aldyen Austin Buckley (née Taylor; July 1, 1926 – April 15, 2007) was a Canadian-
- Patrick Egan (activist)American diplomat (1841–1919)
- Patrick O'BrianEnglish novelist (1914–2000)
- Patrick OlivelleSri Lankan Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (born 1942)
- Patrick RabbittPatrick Michael Anthony Rabbitt (born 1934), also known as Pat, is an English psychologist
- PattamadaiPathamadai or Pattamadai is a special grade town panchayath in Tirunelveli district in the
- Pattambi TalukPattambi is a taluk at the western end of the Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, In
- Pattie DeakinElizabeth Martha Anne "Pattie" Deakin CBE (née Browne; 1 January 1863 – 30 December 1934)
- Paul A. BaranAmerican economist (1909–1964)
- Paul AvrichPaul Avrich (August 4, 1931 – February 16, 2006) was an American historian specializing in
- Paul BertelsonPaul Bertelson (1926–2008), was an internationally recognized experimental cognitive psych
- Paul BohannanAmerican africanist and social anthropologist (1920–2007)
- Paul de ManAmerican literary theorist (1919–1983)
- Paul DeussenGerman Indologist and philosopher (1845–1919)
- Paul Draper (philosopher)American philosopher (born 1957)
- Paul du Bois-ReymondGerman mathematician (1831–1889)
- Paul EkmanAmerican psychologist (1934–2025)
- Paul Émile AppellFrench mathematician (1855–1930)
- Paul H. AllenPaul Hamilton Allen (1911–1963) was an American botanist noted for his work on the ecology
- Paul HawkenAmerican environmentalist and economist (born 1946)
- Paul KurtzAmerican philosopher (1925–2012)
- Paul Kurtz (goldsmith)Paul Kurtz came to Denmark from Germany in 1655. He made silver and gold items for Frederi
- Paul LafargueFrench writer and activist (1842–1911)
- Paul Mason (journalist)British journalist (born 1960)
- Paul MattickGerman-American Marxist theorist (1904–1981)
- Paul Mattick (rower)Paul Mattick (born 25 April 1978, in Bath) is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Sum
- Paul PlateroPaul Platero (October 5, 1942 – November 16, 2020) was a Navajo linguist. He was born into
- Paul ScherrerPaul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in
- Paul SteinhardtAmerican theoretical physicist (born 1952)
- Paul SweezyAmerican Marxist economist (1910–2004)
- Pausanias the RegentSpartan general and regent (died c. 477 BC)
- Pavan SukhdevIndian environmental economist (born 1960)
- Pavonia (plant)Pavonia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The generic name h
- Peace of AntalcidasThe King's Peace (387 BC) was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II
- Peacock ThroneImperial throne of India (1635–1739)
- PebatjmaPebatjma (or Pebatma) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She w
- Pedro Muñoz SecaSpanish playwright (1879–1936)
- PeenestromThe Peenestrom is a strait in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is 20 kilometres long an
- Pema DechenAshi Pema Dechen (1918–1991) was the queen consort of Bhutan.
- Pema Khandu9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1979)
- Pentti LinkolaFinnish ecologist (1932–2020)
- People's Republic of AngolaSelf-declared socialist state (1975–1992)
- Perry AndersonBritish historian (born 1938)
- Person of Cultural MeritPerson of Cultural Merit (文化功労者, bunka kōrōsha) is an official Japanese recognition and ho
- Peter CanisiusDutch Jesuit Catholic priest (1521–1597)
- Peter DurenPeter Larkin Duren (April 30, 1935 – July 10, 2020) was an American mathematician. He spec
- Peter Guthrie TaitScottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901)
- Peter John OliviPeter John Olivi, also Pierre de Jean Olivi or Petrus Joannis Olivi (1248 – 14 March 1298)
- Peter Martyr VermigliItalian Reformed theologian (1499 – 1562)
- Peter McCullaghPeter McCullagh FRS (born 8 January 1952) is a Northern Irish-born American statistician a
- Peter of BruysProto-Protestant Catholic heresiarch (1117-1135)
- Péter PázmányCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate of Hungary (1570-1637)
- Peter StruveRussian political economist and philosopher (1870–1944)
- Peter StuyvesantDutch colonial administrator (1610–1672)
- Peter van NieuwenhuizenDutch theoretical physicist (born 1938)
- Petr PravecPetr Pravec (born September 17, 1967) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor plan
- Petra KellyCo-founder of the Green Party in Germany (1947–1992)
- Petrograd SovietCity council of Petrograd (1917–1924)
- Petru SoltanPetru Soltan (29 June 1931 – 15 July 2016) was a Moldovan mathematician. He was a member o
- Petrus RamusFrench philosopher (1515–1572)
- Phanishwar Nath RenuIndian writer and activist (1921–1977)
- Philip MillerBritish botanist (1691–1771)
- Philip Sales, Lord SalesBritish judge (born 1962)
- Philip SclaterEnglish zoologist and lawyer (1829–1913)
- Philip WebbPhilip Speakman Webb (12 January 1831 – 17 April 1915) was a British architect and designe
- Philip WicksteedEnglish economist (1844–1927)
- Philipp Friedrich GmelinPhilipp Friedrich Gmelin (19 August 1721 – 9 May 1768) was a professor of botany and chemi
- Philipp Jakob CretzschmarPhilipp Jakob Cretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural s
- Philippe BuonarrotiItalian utopian socialist (1761–1837)
- Philippe de MontebelloPhilippe de Montebello (born May 16, 1936 in Paris) is a French and American museum direct
- Philippe Édouard Léon Van TieghemPhilippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (French pronunciation: ; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914)
- Philippe Le CorbeillerPhilippe Emmanuel Le Corbeiller (January 11, 1891 – July 24, 1980) was a French-American e
- Philippe-Auguste JeanronPhilippe-Auguste Jeanron (10 May 1809 – 8 April 1877) was a French painter, curator and wr
- Philippine revolts against SpainList of rebellions in the Philippines during Spanish colonial rule (1565–1898)
- Philippine Senate Committee on CooperativesThe Philippine Senate Committee on Cooperatives is a standing committee of the Senate of t
- Philippine Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsThe Philippine Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the Senate
- Phillip CaryPhillip S. Cary (born 1958) is an American philosopher who serves as a professor at Easter
- Phineas GageAmerican brain injury survivor (1823–1860)
- Photian schismThe Photian Schism was a four-year (863–867) schism between the episcopal sees of Rome and
- Phyllis NicolsonBritish mathematician (1917–1968)
- PICTPICT is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its
- Pier Paolo PasoliniItalian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
- Piero della FrancescaItalian painter, mathematician and geometer (c. 1414 – 1492)
- Pierre André LatreilleFrench zoologist (1762–1833)
- Pierre BelonFrench traveler, naturalist, writer and diplomat (1517-1564)
- Pierre ClastresFrench anthropologist and ethnologist (1934–1977)
- Pierre Denys de MontfortPierre Denys de Montfort, also spelt Pierre Dénys de Montfort, (1766–1820) was a French na
- Pierre Drieu La RochelleFrench writer (1893–1945)
- Pierre DuhemFrench physicist (1861–1916)
- Pierre MagnolPierre Magnol (8 June 1638 – 21 May 1715) was a French botanist. He was born in the city o
- Pierre Marie Arthur MoreletPierre Marie Arthur Morelet (26 August 1809 – 9 October 1892) was a French naturalist, bor
- Pierre PoiretPierre Poiret Naudé (15 April 1646 – 21 May 1719) was a prominent French mystic and Christ
- Pierre RabhiFrench writer, farmer, and poet (1938–2021)
- Pierre WantzelFrench mathematician (1814–1848)
- Piers ColemanPiers Coleman (born 1958) is a British-born theoretical physicist, working in the field of
- Pieter Anthoniszoon OvertwaterPieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater, also known as Anthonisz. or over 't Water (c. 1610 – 28 or
- Pieter BleekerDutch medical doctor/physician, ichthyologist, & herpetologist (1819–1878)
- Pietro PeruginoItalian Renaissance painter (c. 1446/52–1523)
- Pingali VenkayyaIndian freedom fighter (1876 - 1963)
- Pitt familyThe Pitt family were an English aristocratic family whose members included the Earls of Ch
- Plan ZPlan Z was the re-equipment and expansion of the Kriegsmarine (German navy) ordered by Ado
- PlettenbergPlettenberg (German: ; Westphalian: Plettmert) is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North
- Pneumatic (Gnosticism)The pneumatics ("spiritual", from Greek πνεῦμα, "spirit") were, in Gnosticism, the highest
- Poetry of Cao CaoCao Cao (155–220) was a warlord who rose to power towards the final years of the Eastern H
- PointlessBritish TV quiz show (2009–present)
- Polish Reformed ChurchThe Polish Reformed Church, officially called the Evangelical Reformed Church in the Repub
- Poochera, South AustraliaPoochera is a small grain belt town 60 km north-west of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula,
- Pope Callixtus IIPope Callixtus II or Callistus II (c. 1065 – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was
- Pormpuraaw, QueenslandPormpuraaw (pronounced porm-pure-ow) is a coastal town and a locality in the Aboriginal Sh
- Portuguese discovery of the sea route to IndiaFirst voyage to India from Europe (1495–99), by Vasco da Gama
- Portuguese MalaccaPortuguese possession in Southeast Asia (1511–1641)
- Portuguese settlement in ChittagongPortuguese trading port in Bangladesh (1528–1666)
- Portuguese transition to democracyPeriod in Portuguese history (1974-76) following the Carnation Revolution
- Post Carbon InstitutePost Carbon Institute (PCI) is a think tank which provides information and analysis on cli
- Pottery of ancient CyprusThe pottery of ancient Cyprus starts during the Neolithic period. Throughout the ages, Cyp
- Praetorian prefecture of ItalyAdministrative division of the late Roman Empire (337-584 CE)
- Prague Conference6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (1912)
- Pramod Ranjan SenguptaPramod Ranjan Sengupta (1907 - 1974) was a Marxist intellectual and Bengali revolutionary,
- Prem Behari Narain RaizadaWriter of the poeter (1901-1966)
- Prem SahgalBritish and Indian army officer (1917–1992)
- Premier of AlbertaThe premier of Alberta is the head of government and first minister of the Canadian provin
- Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet UnionFormer legislature of the USSR (1938–90)
- Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicThe prime minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was the head of government of the unrecogn
- Prime Minister's Laptop SchemeThe Prime Minister's Laptop Scheme (or Prime Minister's National Laptop Scheme) was an ini
- Prince Hugo de Bourbon de ParmePrince Hugo de Bourbon de Parme (Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren; born 20 January 1997), former
- Prince Imperial of FrancePrince Imperial (French: prince impérial) of France was a title originally created under t
- Prince Lerotholi SeeisoPrince Lerotholi Seeiso (born 18 April 2007) is a member of the royal family of Lesotho an
- Prince Moritz of Anhalt-DessauMaurice of Anhalt-Dessau (31 October 1712 in Dessau - 11 April 1760 in Dessau), was a Germ
- Prince Moulay Abdallah of MoroccoPrince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco (31 May 1935 – 20 December 1983) was the brother of Moul
- Prince of the Holy Roman EmpireFormer honorary title or title of ruler (1180–1806)
- Prince Seeiso of LesothoPrince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho, Principal Chief of Matsieng (born 16 April 1966) i
- Prince-Bishopric of LiègeState of the Holy Roman Empire (980–1795)
- Princess Claire of LuxembourgPrincess Claire of Luxembourg (born Claire Margareta Lademacher, 21 March 1985) is a membe
- Princess Maryam BegumPrincess Maryam Begum Naim (2 November 1936 – 25 December 2021) was an Afghan princess. Sh
- Princess Shanti Singh of NepalPrincess Shanti Singh of Nepal or Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi (20 November 1940 – 1 June 200
- Princess Yong'anPrincess Yong'an (永安公主, 20 July 1377 – 26 January 1417), born Zhu Yuying (朱玉英), was a prin
- Principality of AnsbachFree Imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire (1398–1791)
- Principality of Hà TiênPolity in southeast Asia (1707–1832)
- Principality of MuromRussian principality (1127–1392)
- Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-SuzdalRussian principality (1341–1392)
- Principality of PolotskMedieval principality of the Early East Slavs (862-1307)
- Principality of RyazanRussian principality (1129–1521)
- Principality of SmolenskRussian principality (1054–1404)
- Principality of TverRussian principality (1246–1485)
- Prison Memoirs of an AnarchistPrison Memoirs of an Anarchist is Alexander Berkman's account of his experience in prison
- Prisoner in the VaticanTerm for status of the Pope (1870–1929)
- Pritilata WaddedarBengali revolutionary (1911–1932)
- Privilege (Catholic canon law)Privilege in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church is the legal concept whereby someo
- Privy purse in IndiaGovernment payments to the ruling families of former Princely States (1947–71)
- Prohibition in IcelandProhibition of alcohol (1915–1989)
- Project Dolphin (India)Dolphin conservation programme in India (2021-present)
- Project IsleroSpanish nuclear weapons program (1963–1987)
- Project TigerTiger conservation programme in India (1973-present)
- Proof-theoretic semanticsProof-theoretic semantics is an approach to the semantics of logic that attempts to locate
- Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War IIPropaganda in the Empire of Japan (1937–1945)
- Prophetiae MerliniThe Prophetiæ Merlini is a Latin work of Geoffrey of Monmouth circulated, perhaps as a lib
- ProtagorasPre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
- Protectorate General to Pacify the WestTang China protectorate (640 – c. 790)
- Protectorate of Bohemia and MoraviaTerritory of Nazi Germany (1939–1945)
- Proto-Elamite (period)Historical period of Iranian civilization (c. 3200–2700 BCE)
- Province of CanadaBritish possession in North America (1841–1867)
- Provisional Government of Bangladesh1st Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
- Provisional Government of the French RepublicInterim government of France (1944–1946)
- Provisorische ZentralgewaltThe Provisorische Zentralgewalt (German: , Provisional Central Power) was the provisional
- Prussian ArmyLand forces of Prussia (1701–1919)
- PSR B1257+12 APSR B1257+12 b, alternatively designated PSR B1257+12 A, also named Draugr, is an extrasol
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)Roman general and statesman (died 211 BC)
- Pudukkottai KingdomMonarchy in India (1680–1948)
- Puneet SharmaPuneet Sharma is a Distinguished Technologist from the Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo
- Purandara DasaMusic composer (1470 – 1564)
- Pushkar Singh DhamiChief Minister of Uttarakhand (born 1975)
- Putuo Zongcheng TempleThe Putuo Zongcheng Temple (Chinese: 普陀宗乘之庙; pinyin: Pǔtuó Zōngchéng zhī miào, Tibetan: གྲ
- Pyotr LavrovRussian revolutionary and academic (1823–1900)