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- P. B. GajendragadkarPralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (16 March 1901 – 12 June 1981) was the 7th Chief Justice
- P. J. PattersonJamaican prime minister from 1992 to 2006
- P. W. BothaSouth African politician (1916–2006)
- PachacutiSapa Inca of the Inca Empire
- PacificismEthical opposition to violence or war
- Padilla, TamaulipasPadilla Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. After the flood
- PadishahPersian title
- Pakistan MovementMuslim nationalist movement in South Asia (1940–1947)
- Palace of PlacentiaFormer English royal residence at Greenwich, Greater London
- Palace of WhitehallEnglish royal residence in London (1530–1698)
- PalenzuelaPalenzuela is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.
- PandukabhayaKing of Anuradhapura from 437 to 367 BC
- Pannonia PrimaPannonia Prima was an ancient Roman province. It was formed in the year 296, during the re
- Paradise gardenThe paradise garden is a form of garden of Old Iranian origin, specifically Achaemenid whi
- Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd US President's physical disability of debated origin
- Parameswara of MalaccaFounder of the Malacca Sultanate
- Paramount rulerTitle
- ParikshitKing of Kuru
- Park Chung HeePresident of South Korea from 1963 to 1979
- Park Geun-hyePresident of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
- Parlamentarischer RatThe Parlamentarischer Rat (German for "Parliamentary Council") was the West German constit
- Parliament Buildings (Kenya)The Parliament Buildings in Nairobi are the seat of the Kenyan Parliament.
- Parliament of CeylonThe Parliament of Ceylon was the legislative body of British Ceylon & Dominion of Ceylon (
- Parliament of the Cape of Good HopeThe Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope functioned as the legislature of the Cape Colony,
- Parnell SquareParnell Square (Irish: Cearnóg Parnell) is a Georgian square sited at the northern end of
- Parson's CauseThe "Parson's Cause" was a legal and political dispute in the British colony of Virginia o
- Parthian coinageParthian coinage was produced within the domains of the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD).
- Party Secretary of ShanghaiMunicipal government position in China
- PashaTitle for high-ranking military or political officials in the Ottoman Empire
- Paso de la ArenaPaso de la Arena, also known by the composite name Paso de la Arena–Los Bulevares–Rincón d
- Patriarch Filaret of MoscowRussian boyar
- Patrice LumumbaCongolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)
- Patricio AylwinPresident of Chile from 1990 to 1994
- Patrick HenryAmerican Founding Father (1736–1799)
- Paul BiyaPresident of Cameroon since 1982
- Paul KagamePresident of Rwanda since 2000
- Paul KeatingPrime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996
- Paul KrugerSouth African politician (1825–1904)
- Paul ScoonGovernor-General of Grenada from 1978 to 1992
- Paul-Armand Challemel-LacourPaul-Armand Challemel-Lacour (French pronunciation: ; 19 May 1827 – 26 October 1896) was a
- Paul-Émile de SouzaPaul-Émile de Souza (July 14, 1930 – June 17, 1999) was a Beninese army officer and politi
- Paul-Henri SpaakBelgian politician (1899–1972)
- Pax HispanicaThe Pax Hispanica (Latin for "Spanish Peace") refers to a period of twenty-three years fro
- Paymaster of the ForcesThe Paymaster of the Forces was a position in the British government. The office was estab
- Pedasí DistrictPedasí (Spanish pronunciation: ) is one of five districts of the Los Santos Province, Pana
- Peder WinstrupPeder Pedersen Winstrup (30 April 1605 – 28 December 1679) was Bishop of Lund in Scania. W
- Pedro BerruguetePedro Berruguete (c. 1450 – 1504) was a Spanish painter whose art is regarded as a transit
- Pedro de ValdiviaSpanish conquistador (1497–1553)
- Pedro Eugenio AramburuDictator of Argentina from 1955 to 1958
- Pedro I of BrazilEmperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826)
- Pedro II of BrazilEmperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889
- Pedro II of Brazil in the Paraguayan WarThe history of Pedro II of Brazil in the Paraguayan War began after the invasion of Brazil
- Pedro Pablo KuczynskiPresident of Peru from 2016 to 2018
- Pedro SantanaPresident of the Dominican Republic (1861–1862)
- Pedro Santana, Dominican RepublicPedro Santana is a town in the province of Elías Piña in the Dominican Republic. It is loc
- PeeliteBritish political faction
- PeleuliPeleuli (fl. 19th century), formally Peleuli-i-Kekela-o-kalani, was a Queen consort of the
- Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park51°26′33″N 0°17′40″W / 51.44250°N 0.29444°W
- PenlopPenlop (Dzongkha: དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: dpon-slob; also spelled Ponlop, Pönlop) is a Dzongkha
- Pepin I of AquitainePepin I or Pepin I of Aquitaine (French: Pépin; 797 – 13 December 838) was King of Aquitai
- Pepin of HerstalDuke and Prince of the Franks (635–714)
- PerdiccasMacedonian general and regent (355–320 BC)
- PericlesAthenian statesman and general (c. 495-429)
- Pericles with the Corinthian helmetThe statue of Pericles with the Corinthian Helmet is a lost, life-sized statue of the Athe
- Persecution of Christians in the Roman EmpireEarly Christians were heavily persecuted throughout the Roman Empire until the early 4th c
- Persian–Uzbek warsSeries of conflicts 1502–1788
- Peruvian Agrarian ReformThe Agrarian Reform in Peru was a process of land reform redistribution initiated in the 1
- Peter FraserPrime Minister of New Zealand from 1940 to 1949
- Peter II of YugoslaviaKing of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945
- Peter II, Duke of BourbonPeter II, Duke of Bourbon (1 December 1438 – 10 October 1503 in Moulins), was the son of C
- Peter III of AragonKing of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85)
- Peter IV of AragonKing of Aragon from 1336 to 1387
- Peter KeniloreaPrime Minister of Solomon Islands (1943–2016)
- Peter O'NeillPrime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019
- Peter of Castile, Lord of LedesmaPeter of Castile (June 1260, in Seville – 10 October 1283, in Ledesma), was an infante of
- Peter the GreatTsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725
- Petro PoroshenkoPresident of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
- Pfaffenhofen (district)Pfaffenhofen (German: ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (f
- Philadelphia County, PennsylvaniaCounty in Pennsylvania, United States
- Philibert TsirananaMalagasy politician, first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972
- Philip Ainsworth MeansPhilip Ainsworth Means (April 3, 1892 – November 24, 1944) was an American anthropologist,
- Philip I of FranceKing of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
- Philip II of FranceKing of France from 1180 to 1223
- Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC
- Philip II of SpainKing of Spain (1556–1598) and Portugal (1580–1598)
- Philip III of FranceKing of France from 1270 to 1285
- Philip III of SpainKing of Spain and Portugal from 1598 to 1621
- Philip IV of FranceKing of France from 1285 to 1314
- Philip IV of SpainKing of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640)
- Philip the ArabRoman emperor from 244 to 249
- Philip the GoodDuke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467
- Philip V of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1316 to 1322
- Philip V of SpainKing of Spain (r. 1700–1724; 1724–1746)
- Philip VI of FranceDisputed King of France from 1328 to 1350
- Philippe Auguste stationPhilippe Auguste (French pronunciation: ) is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on th
- Philippe PétainLeader of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944
- Philippine Competition ActThe Philippine Competition Act, officially designated as Republic Act No. 10667, is a Phil
- Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971The Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971 was called to change the 1935 Constitutio
- Philippine Truth CommissionThe Philippine Truth Commission was created to find out the truth about reports of large s
- Phillip, Australian Capital TerritoryPhillip (postcode: 2606) is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Woden Valle
- PhocasRoman emperor from 602 to 610
- Phraates IVKing of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 37 to 2 BC
- Pierre LavalFrench politician (1883–1945)
- Pierre MignardPierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (French pronunciation: ; 17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695
- Pierre NkurunzizaPresident of Burundi from 2005 to 2020
- Pierre SubleyrasPierre Hubert Subleyras (French: ; November 25, 1699 – May 28, 1749) was a French painter,
- Pierre TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984)
- Pieter de GraeffPieter de Graeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707) was a Dutch aristocrat of the Dutch Golden
- Pinheiro, MaranhãoPinheiro is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
- Plaek PhibunsongkhramFascist Prime Minister of Thailand (1938–1944; 1948–1957)
- Plan of TuxtepecIn Mexican history, the Plan of Tuxtepec was a plan drafted by General Porfirio Díaz in 18
- Plurality (voting)Poll most votes, but less than half overall
- Plutarco Elías CallesPresident of Mexico from 1924 to 1928
- PocahontasNative American woman (c. 1596 – 1617)
- Pol PotDictator of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979
- Police commissionerChief manager of a police entity
- Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionThe Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in sessi
- Politburo of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of YugoslaviaThis electoral term of the Politburo was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committ
- Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of AfghanistanThe Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or
- Political commissarPolitical officer in the military
- Political positions of Benigno Aquino III15th Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has made political position on many national
- Political SoldierPolitical Soldier is a political concept associated with the Third Position. It played a l
- Politics of GuangdongThe Politics of Guangdong follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's
- Politics of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone is a country located in West Africa, known officially as the Republic of Sier
- Poll tax (Great Britain)Controversial system of taxation from 1989 to 1993
- Pōmare IUnifier and first king of Tahiti from 1788 to 1791
- Pōmare IIKing of Tahiti from 1791 to 1821
- Pōmare II (Ngāpuhi)Pōmare II (18th century – 1850), originally named Whiria, was a Māori rangatira (chief) of
- Pōmare IVQueen of Tahiti from 1827 to 1877
- Pōmare VLast king of Tahiti from 1877 to 1880
- Pombal, PortugalPombal (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a city and a municipality located in the historical
- Pope Adrian IVHead of the Catholic Church from 1154 to 1159
- Pope Alexander IIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181
- Pope Alexander VIHead of the Catholic Church from 1492 to 1503
- Pope Benedict XIVHead of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
- Pope Boniface VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
- Pope Clement VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605
- Pope Clement XIHead of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721
- Pope Eugene IIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153
- Pope Gregory IXHead of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241
- Pope Gregory VIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
- Pope Innocent IIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
- Pope Innocent IVHead of the Catholic Church from 1243 to 1254
- Pope John XXIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
- Pope Julius IIHead of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513
- Pope Martin VHead of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431
- Pope Paschal IIHead of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118
- Pope Pius VIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1800 to 1823
- Pope Sixtus IVHead of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484
- Pope Urban IIHead of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099
- Pope Urban VIHead of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389
- Pope Urban VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
- Porcia gensThe gens Porcia, rarely written Portia, was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Its members
- Porfirio DíazPresident of Mexico from 1876 to 1911
- Port MorantPort Morant is a town in Saint Thomas Parish, southeastern Jamaica. It was, in the early y
- Portrait of Philip IV in FragaThe Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga is a mid-length portrait of Philip IV of Spain by Veláz
- Portrait of Thomas CromwellPortrait of Thomas Cromwell is a small oil painting by the German and Swiss artist Hans Ho
- Posthumous awardAward granted after death
- Posthumous nameHonorary name given after death
- Poul SchlüterPrime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993
- Powhatan (Native American leader)Leader of the Powhatan Confederacy (c. 1547 – c. 1618)
- PrabhakaravardhanaKing of Thanesar from 580 to 605
- PrabhavatiguptaQueen and regent of the Indian Vakataka dynasty
- PrajadhipokKing of Siam from 1925 to 1935
- PrashastiIndian genre of inscriptions
- PratiPrati is the 22nd rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. XXII. It belongs to
- Prayut Chan-o-chaPrime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023
- Prem TinsulanondaPrime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988
- Premiers' PlanThe Premiers' Plan was a deflationary economic policy agreed by a meeting of the Premiers
- Presidency of Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniPresidency of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the 5th and 6th government of Iran after Irania
- Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1941)U.S. presidential administration from 1933 to 1941
- Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941–1945)U.S. presidential administration from 1941 to 1945
- President for lifePresidency with no term limit
- President of ChileHead of state and government of Chile
- President of IndonesiaHead of state and government
- President of MexicoHead of state and government
- President of NigeriaHead of state and government
- President of South KoreaHead of state and government
- President of the Board of TradeHead of the Board of Trade, a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- President of the Chamber of Representatives of ColombiaThe president of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia commonly known as the presiden
- President of the Federal Executive Council of YugoslaviaThe president of the Federal Executive Council was the head of government of the Socialist
- President of the Local Government BoardThe President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet p
- President of the National Assembly of LaosThe President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the spea
- President of TurkeyHead of state and government
- President of UgandaHead of state and government
- President of YugoslaviaHead of state of SFR Yugoslavia (1953-80); only occupied by Josip Broz Tito
- President pro tempore of the Union of South American NationsThe President Pro Tempore of the Union of South American Nations is the head position and
- Presidential Commission on the Status of WomenThe President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) was established to advise the Pre
- Presidential Order of ExcellenceThe Presidential Order of Excellence is an award given by the President of Georgia to indi
- Presidential transition of Franklin D. RooseveltTransfer of presidential power from Herbert Hoover to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Presidium of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionThe Presidium of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was i
- Prices and Incomes AccordThe Prices and Incomes Accord (also known as The Accord, the ALP–ACTU Accord, or ACTU–Labo
- Pridi BanomyongPrime Minister of Thailand in 1946
- Prime Minister of AlgeriaThe First minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria.
- Prime Minister of DominicaThe prime minister of Dominica is the head of government in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
- Prime Minister of EgyptHead of government
- Prime Minister of EthiopiaHead of government
- Prime Minister of FranceHead of government
- Prime Minister of GhanaThe prime minister of Ghana was the head of government of Ghana from 1957 to 1960 and agai
- Prime Minister of MalaysiaHead of government
- Prime Minister of PortugalHead of government
- Prime Minister of TurkeyHead of government of Turkey (1920–2018)
- Prime Minister of VietnamHead of government
- Prime Minister of YugoslaviaHead of government of the Yugoslav state
- Prime Ministers' Museum and LibraryGovernment museum and library in New Delhi, India
- Primrose, WisconsinThe Town of Primrose is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of 2020, the
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and GothaConsort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861
- Prince AlemayehuDejazmatch Alemayehu Simyen Tewodoros (also referred to as Alamayou; 23 April 1861 – 14 No
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and StrathearnBritish prince (1767–1820)
- Prince Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)
- Prince Li (禮)Prince Li of the First Rank (Manchu: ᡥᠣᡧᠣᡳᡩᠣᡵᠣᠩᡤᠣᠴᡳᠨ ᠸᠠᠩ; hošoi doronggo cin wang), or sim
- Prince of SquillacePrince of Squillace was a noble title created in 1494, by King Alfonso II of Naples (House
- Prince of WalesBritish royal title (formerly a native Welsh title)
- Prince Sahle SelassiePrince Sahle Selassie (Amharic: ልኡል ሣህለ ሥላሴ; 27 February 1931 – 24 April 1962) was the you
- Prince ShōtokuSemi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
- Prince Valdemar of DenmarkPrince Valdemar of Denmark (27 October 1858 – 14 January 1939) was a member of the Danish
- Princess Anita of Orange-NassauPrincess Anita of Orange-Nassau (Anita Theodora, née van Eijk; born 27 October 1969) is a
- Princess Carolina of Orange-NassauPrincess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (Wilhelmine Carolina; 16 February 1743 – 6 May 1787) wa
- Princess Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrincess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (28 September 1636 – 6 Augus
- Princess Elizabeth of SwedenPrincess Elizabeth of Sweden (also known as Elisabet Gustavsdotter Vasa; 5 April 1549 – 20
- Princess Louise of Orange-NassauPrincess Frederica Louise Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau (28 November 1770 – 15 October 1819)
- Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-SigmaringenPrincess Marie Luise Alexandra Karoline of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 November 1845 – 26
- Princess RomaneworkPrincess Romanework Haile Selassie, sometimes spelt as Romane Work Haile Selassie (died in
- Princess Sifrash BizuPrincess (Leult) Sifrash Bizu (born 6 May 1959) is a daughter of Emperor-in-exile Amha Sel
- Princess UisunPrincess Uisun (1635–1662; birth name Yi Ae-suk) was a Joseon Royal Family member who beca
- Princess VajiraConsort of 5th-century BCE Magadha emperor Ajatashatru
- Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya)Princess Yoshiko (吉子女王, 28 October 1804 – 27 January 1893) was the younger sister of Princ
- Princess Yuan of LuPrincess Yuan of Lu, personal name unknown, also called Princess Luyuan (late 3rd-century
- Principality of FerganaTimurid principality
- Principality of Nassau-Orange-FuldaNassau-Orange-Fulda (sometimes also named Fulda and Corvey) was a short-lived principality
- Prithvi Narayan ShahKing of Nepal from 1768 to 1775
- Prithviraj ChauhanKing of Ajmer from 1177 to 1192
- Prithviraj RasoMedieval Indian epic by Chand Bardai
- Privy Council (United Kingdom)Formal body of advisers to the British monarch
- Privy Council of JapanAdvisors to Japanese Emperor (1888–1947)
- Privy Seal of EnglandThe Privy Seal of England originally served to authenticate the king's personal communicat
- Project NOAH (Philippines)Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazard) is the Philippines' primary dis
- Prophet's MosqueHistoric mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Province of SevilleProvince of Spain
- Provisional Legislative CouncilThe Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong that op
- Prudente de MoraisPresident of Brazil from 1894 to 1898
- PrümPrüm (German: ) is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. Formerly a dis
- Prussian Reform MovementThe Prussian Reform Movement was a series of constitutional, administrative, social, and e
- Psamtik IIEgyptian pharaoh
- Ptolemy I SoterPharaoh of Egypt from 305 to 282 BC
- Ptolemy III Euergetes3rd pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (r. 246-222 BC)
- Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 is an Act of the Parliament of the Unit
- PuduḫepaQueen of the Hittites
- Puná IslandPuná Island (Spanish: Isla Puná), is an island just off the coast of southern Ecuador at a
- Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat1st President of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997
- Pushpa Kamal DahalNepali politician (born 1954)
- PutneyDistrict of London
- PuyiEmperor of China (1908–1912) and of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
- Pwani RegionPwani Region (Mkoa wa Pwani in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. Th
- Pyotr StolypinPrime Minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911
- Pyrrhus of EpirusKing of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC