Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Matiur Rahman (Bir Sreshtho)
Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (Bir Bikrom)
Tushar Imran
Swapna Barman
All Personalities (341 listed)
Pablo Picasso
Towering Spanish Visual Artist, Sculptor, Printmaker, Co-Founder of Cubism & 20th-Century Cultural Giant
Pat Conroy
Eminent American Southern Novelist, Bestselling Author of "The Prince of Tides" & "The Great Santini"
Paul Allen
Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Paul Dirac
1933 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theoretical Physicist, Predictor of Antimatter & Creator of the Dirac Equation
Pelé
The King of Football ("O Rei"), Three-Time FIFA World Cup Champion & Global Sports Icon
Peter Boyle
Emmy Award-Winning American Character Actor (*Young Frankenstein*, *Taxi Driver*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*)
Peter Tosh
Reggae Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Wailers, Grammy Award Winner & Rastafari Human Rights Icon
Philip Noel-Baker
Statesman, Olympic Silver Medalist & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1959)
Pierre Larousse
Visionary French Lexicographer, Encyclopedist & Founder of Éditions Larousse
Pierre Trudeau
15th Prime Minister of Canada, Architect of Canadian Official Bilingualism & Father of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Pietro da Cortona
High Baroque Painter and Architect, Creator of the Palazzo Barberini Ceiling Fresco
Pope John Paul I
263rd Pope of the Catholic Church & Sovereign of Vatican City
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Philosopher, Social Reformer, Founder of Ananda Marga, Author of PROUT & Composer of Prabhat Samgiita
Primo Carnera
Italian World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ("The Ambling Alp") & International Sporting Icon
Puyi
The Last Emperor of China & Final Sovereign of the Qing Dynasty