Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (537 listed)
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
Pierre-Simon Girard
French Mathematician, Hydraulic Engineer & Chief Director of Canal de l'Ourcq
Pietro da Cortona
High Baroque Painter and Architect, Creator of the Palazzo Barberini Ceiling Fresco
Pietro Longhi
Venetian Master Painter of 18th-Century Social Life & Rococo Satire
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
Prithviraj Kapoor
Pioneer of Indian Cinema & Theatre, Founder of Prithvi Theatres & Dadasaheb Phalke Laureate
Puyi
The Last Emperor of China & Final Sovereign of the Qing Dynasty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian Romantic Composer & Creator of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and 1812 Overture
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Polymath & Nobel Laureate
Rafic Hariri
Prime Minister of Lebanon, Business Magnate & Architect of Beirut Post-War Reconstruction
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
35th Chief Justice of India & Eminent Constitutional Jurist
Rashidi Yekini
Nigeria’s All-Time Record Goalscorer, 1993 African Footballer of the Year & World Cup Legend
Raymond Chow
Legendary Film Producer, Co-Founder of Golden Harvest, Martial Arts Cinema Pioneer