Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| Paar, Jack | US tv person | 05/01/1918 | 01/27/2004 |
| Pachet, Pierre | Physiology prof | ??/??/1872 | |
| Pacino, Al | US actor | 04/25/1940 | |
| Packard, Vance | US writer | 05/22/1914 | 12/12/1996 |
| Paddleford, Clementine | US writer | 09/27/1900 | 11/13/1967 |
| Page, Jimmy | English guitarist | 01/09/1944 | |
| Page, Walter H. | US journalist | 08/15/1855 | 12/21/1918 |
| Paget, Reginald | ??/??/1908 | ||
| Paglia, Camille | US writer | 04/02/1947 | |
| Pagnol, Marcel | French playwright | 02/25/1895 | 04/18/1974 |
| Paige, Satchel | US sports baseball | 07/07/1906 | 06/08/1982 |
| Paine, Thomas | English-US writer | 01/29/1737 | 06/08/1809 |
| Pal, George | Hungarian animator | 02/01/1908 | 05/02/1980 |
| Palahniuk, Chuck | US writer | 02/21/1961 | |
| Palance, Jack | US actor | 02/18/1919 | |
| Paley, Grace | US writer | 12/11/1922 | |
| Paley, William S. | US radio/TV magnate | 09/28/1901 | 10/26/1990 |
| Palin, Michael | English comic actor | 05/05/1943 | |
| Palmer, Arnold | US golfer | 09/10/1929 | |
| Palmer, Cecil | ??/??/???? | ||
| Palmer, Samuel | English painter | 01/27/1805 | 05/24/1881 |
| Palmerston, Lord | English statesman | 10/20/1784 | 10/18/1865 |
| Palminteri, Chazz | US actor | 05/15/1951 | |
| Paltrow, Gwyneth | US actor | 09/28/1972 | |
| Pankhurst, Sylvia | English suffragist | 01/18/1882 | 09/27/1960 |
| Pappas, Doug | US baseball statisticia | 08/14/1962 | 05/20/2004 |
| Parker, Alan | English director | 02/14/1942 | |
| Parker, Charlie | US jazz great | 08/29/1920 | 03/12/1955 |
| Parker, Dorothy | US writer critic | 08/22/1893 | 06/07/1967 |
| Parker, Sarah Jessica | US actor | 03/25/1965 | |
| Parkinson, C. Northcote | English writer | 07/30/1909 | 03/09/1993 |
| Parkinson, Michael | English writer, broadcaster | 03/28/1935 | |
| Parks, Rosa | US activist | 02/04/1913 | |
| Parnell, Sir John | English | ??/??/1795 | |
| Parris, Matthew | Africa-born English writer | 08/07/1949 | |
| Parsons, Louella | US gossip | 08/06/1893 | 12/09/1972 |
| Parton, Dolly | US singer actor | 01/19/1946 | |
| Partridge, Andy | English music XTC | 11/11/1953 | |
| Pascal, Blaise | French mathematician | 06/19/1623 | 08/19/1662 |
| Pasternak, Boris | Russian writer | 02/10/1890 | 05/30/1960 |
| Pasternak, Joe | Transylvania producer | 09/09/1901 | 09/13/1991 |
| Pasteur, Louis | French science | 12/27/1822 | 09/28/1895 |
| Paterno, Joe | US football coach | 12/21/1926 | |
| Patitz, Tatjana | model | 03/25/1966 | |
| Paton, Alan | S. African writer | 01/11/1903 | 04/12/1988 |
| Patterson, Floyd | US fighter | 01/04/1935 | |
| Patton, General George S. | US military | 11/11/1885 | 12/21/1945 |
| Patton, Ken | ??/??/???? | ||
| Patton, Michael | ??/??/???? | ||
| Paul, Alice | US lawyer | 01/11/1885 | 07/09/1977 |
| Pauli, Wolfgang | Austria-born physicist | 08/10/1913 | 12/06/1993 |
| Pauling, Linus | US chemist | 02/28/1901 | 08/19/1994 |
| Paulsen, Pat | US comic actor | 07/06/1927 | 04/24/1997 |
| Paup, Bryce | US sports football | 02/29/1968 | |
| Pavarotti, Luciano | Italian singer | 10/12/1935 | |
| Pavlov, Ivan | Russian scientist? | 09/14/1849 | 02/27/1936 |
| Pavlova, Anna | Russian dancer | 01/03/1885 | 01/23/1931 |
| Payne, Alexander | US director | 02/10/1961 | |
| Payton, Walter | US football player | 07/25/1954 | 11/01/1999 |
| Paz, Octavio | Mexican writer | 03/31/1914 | 04/20/1998 |
| Peacock, Thomas Love | English writer | 10/18/1785 | 01/23/1866 |
| Peale, Norman Vincent | US religious leader | 05/31/1898 | 12/24/1993 |
| Pearl, Minnie | US comic actor | 10/25/1912 | 03/04/1996 |
| Pearl, Steven | US comic | ??/??/???? | |
| Pearson, Hesketh | English actor | 02/20/1887 | 04/09/1964 |
| Pearson, Lester Bowles | Canadian PM (14) | 04/23/1897 | 12/27/1972 |
| Pearson, Maryon | ??/??/???? | ||
| Peckinpah, Sam | US director | 02/21/1925 | 12/28/1984 |
| Pedisich, Linda | US still open | 09/10/1950 | |
| Peers, John | ??/??/???? | ||
| Pegler, Westbrook | US writer | 08/02/1894 | 06/24/1969 |
| Peguy, Charles | French philosopher | 01/07/1873 | 09/05/1914 |
| Penn, Sean | US actor | 08/17/1960 | |
| Penn, William | English colonist | 10/14/1644 | 07/30/1718 |
| Penniman, Little Richard | US singer | 12/05/1932 | |
| Penrose, Boies | US Senator (PA) | 11/01/1860 | 12/31/1921 |
| Pepys, Samuel | English writer | 02/23/1633 | 05/26/1703 |
| Percy, Walker | US writer | 05/28/1916 | 05/10/1990 |
| Perelman, S. J. | US writer | 02/01/1904 | 10/17/1979 |
| Peres, Shimon | Israeli politician | 08/16/1923 | |
| Perez, Louie | US drummer (Los Lobos) | 01/29/1953 | |
| Perignon, Dom | French vintner | ??/??/1638 | ??/??/1715 |
| Perkins, Anthony | US actor | 04/04/1932 | 09/12/1992 |
| Perkins, Frances | US educator | 04/10/1880 | 05/14/1965 |
| Perkins, Maxwell | US editor | ??/??/1884 | ??/??/1947 |
| Perlman, Ron | US actor | 04/13/1950 | |
| Peron, Eva | Argentine pol | 05/07/1919 | 07/26/1952 |
| Perot, H. Ross | US pol | 06/27/1930 | |
| Perry, Joe | US musician (Aerosmith) | 09/10/1950 | |
| Perry, Luke | US actor | 10/11/1966 | |
| Peter, Dr. Laurence J. | US writer | 09/16/1919 | 01/12/1990 |
| Peters, Bernadette | US actor singer | 02/28/1948 | |
| Peters, Jon | US movie director | 06/02/1945 | |
| Peters, Mike | Welsh musician (Alarm) | 02/25/1958 | |
| Peterson, Bill | US sports coach | ??/??/???? | |
| Peterson, Paul Arnold | ??/??/???? | ||
| Peterson, Virgilia | US writer | 05/16/1904 | ??/??/1966 |
| Petit-Senn, John | ??/??/???? | ||
| Petrarch, Francesco | Italian writer | 07/20/1304 | 07/20/1374 |
| Petty, Tom | US singer | 10/20/1953 | |
| Peverett, Lonesome Dave | English singer (Foghat) | 04/16/1943 | 02/07/2000 |
| Pfeiffer, Michelle | US actor | 04/29/1958 | |
| Pfost, Gracie | US congress (ID) | 03/12/1906 | 08/11/1965 |
| Phaedrus, | Italian writer | ??/??/0015 | ??/??/0050 |
| Phelps, Austin | US educator, clergy | 01/07/1820 | 10/13/1890 |
| Phelps, William Lyon | US scholar critic | 01/02/1865 | 08/21/1943 |
| Philips, Emo | US comic | 02/07/1956 | |
| Phillips, Bum | US football coach | 09/29/1923 | |
| Phillips, John | US singer songwriter | 08/30/1935 | 03/18/2001 |
| Phillips, Lou Diamond | Filipino actor | 02/17/1962 | |
| Phillips, Wendell | US abolitionist | 11/29/1811 | 02/02/1884 |
| Phillpotts, Eden | English writer | 11/04/1862 | 12/29/1960 |
| Piaf, Edith | French singer | 12/19/1915 | 10/11/1963 |
| Picabia, Francis | French artist | 01/22/1879 | 11/30/1953 |
| Picasso, Pablo | Spanish artist | 10/25/1881 | 04/08/1973 |
| Pickens, Slim | US actor | 06/29/1919 | 12/08/1983 |
| Pickens, T. Boone | US businessman | 05/22/1928 | |
| Pickford, Mary | Canadian-US actor | 04/08/1893 | 05/29/1979 |
| Pierce, Charles | US actor | 07/14/1926 | 05/31/1999 |
| Pierce, Franklin | US President (14) | 11/23/1804 | 10/08/1869 |
| Piercy, Marge | US writer | 03/31/1936 | |
| Piersall, Jimmy | US baseball | 11/04/1921 | |
| Pinchot, Gifford | US environmentalist | 08/11/1865 | 10/04/1946 |
| Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing | English playwright | 05/24/1855 | 11/23/1934 |
| Pinochet, Augusto | Chilean dictator | 11/25/1915 | |
| Pinter, Harold | English writer | 10/10/1930 | |
| Pirandello, Luigi | Italian playwright | 06/28/1867 | 12/10/1936 |
| Pirzig, Robert M. | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Pitt, Brad | US actor | 12/18/1963 | |
| Pitt, Elder, William | English statesman | 11/15/1708 | 05/11/1778 |
| Pitts, Zasu | US actor | 01/03/1898 | 06/07/1963 |
| Planck, Max | German Physicist | 04/23/1858 | 10/04/1947 |
| Plant, Robert | English singer (Led Zepellin | 08/20/1948 | |
| Plath, Sylvia | US writer | 10/27/1932 | 02/11/1963 |
| Plato, | Greek philosopher | 05/21/0427 | ??/??/0348 |
| Platt, Dave | ??/??/???? | ||
| Plauger, P. J. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Plautus, Titus | Italian writer | ??/??/0250 | ??/??/0184 |
| Player, Gary | US golfer | 11/01/1935 | |
| Pleshette, Suzanne | US actor | 01/31/1937 | |
| Plimpton, George | English writer actor | 03/18/1927 | 09/26/2003 |
| Plomer, William | African-Engl writer | 12/10/1903 | 09/21/1973 |
| Plummer, Christopher | English actor | 12/13/1929 | |
| Plutarch, | Greek historian | ??/??/0046 | ??/??/0119 |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | US writer | 01/19/1809 | 10/07/1849 |
| Poincare, Henri | French mathematician | 04/29/1854 | 07/17/1912 |
| Poitier, Sidney | US actor | 02/20/1924 | |
| Polanski, Roman | Polish/US director | 08/18/1933 | |
| Polk, James K. | US President (11) | 11/02/1795 | 06/15/1849 |
| Pollard, John G. | US Governor (VA) | 08/09/1871 | 04/28/1937 |
| Polley, Sarah | Canadian actor | 01/08/1979 | |
| Pollock, Jackson | US artist | 01/28/1912 | 08/11/1956 |
| Pompidou, Georges | French President | 07/05/1911 | 04/02/1974 |
| Poncela, Enrique Jardiel | Spanish writer | 10/15/1901 | 02/12/1952 |
| Pond, Steve | English musician | 10/28/1960 | |
| Poole, Mary Pettibone | ??/??/???? | ||
| Pop, Iggy | US singer | 04/21/1947 | |
| Popcorn, Faith | US mgt consultant | 05/11/1947 | |
| Pope, Alexander | English writer | 05/21/1688 | 05/30/1744 |
| Poplin, Sally | ??/??/???? | ||
| Porchia, Antonio | Italian writer | 11/13/1885 | 11/09/1968 |
| Pordage, Matthew | ??/??/???? | ||
| Porgrebin, Letty Cottin | US editor, writer | 06/09/1939 | |
| Porizkova, Paulina | model | 04/09/1965 | |
| Porter, Cole | US songwriter | 06/09/1892 | 10/15/1964 |
| Porter, Katherine Anne | US writer | 05/15/1890 | 09/18/1980 |
| Porter, Sylvia | US economist | 06/18/1913 | 06/05/1991 |
| Porter, Willie | ??/??/???? | ||
| Porterfield, | ??/??/???? | ||
| Post, Emily | US etiquette authority | 10/27/1862 | 09/25/1960 |
| Potter, Beatrix | English writer | 07/28/1866 | 12/22/1943 |
| Potter, Dennis | British writer | 05/17/1935 | 06/07/1994 |
| Potter, Stephen | English humorist | 02/01/1900 | 12/02/1969 |
| Pound, Ezra | US writer | 10/30/1885 | 11/01/1972 |
| Poundstone, Paula | US comic | 12/29/1959 | |
| Powell, Anthony | English writer | 12/21/1905 | 03/28/2000 |
| Powell, Colin | US Sect'y State | 04/05/1937 | |
| Powell, Dick | US actor | 11/14/1904 | 01/02/1963 |
| Powell, Jane | US actor | 04/01/1923 | |
| Powell, Michael | US director | 09/30/1905 | 02/19/1990 |
| Power, Jr., Tyrone E. | US actor | 01/22/1959 | |
| Power, Sr, Tyrone | US actor | 05/05/1914 | 11/15/1958 |
| Powers, Jimmy | ??/??/???? | ||
| Powers, Stefanie | US actor | 11/02/1942 | |
| Pratchett, Terry | English writer | 04/28/1948 | |
| Preminger, Otto | Austrian director | 12/05/1906 | 04/23/1986 |
| Prentice, George Dennison | US writer | 12/18/1802 | ??/??/1870 |
| Presley, Elvis Aron | US musician | 01/08/1935 | 08/16/1977 |
| Presley, Lisa Marie | US celeb daughter | 02/01/1968 | |
| Prevert, Jacques | French writer | 02/04/1900 | 04/11/1977 |
| Price, Anthony | English? writer | ??/??/1928 | |
| Price, Leontyne | US singer | 02/10/1927 | |
| Price, Vincent | US actor | 05/27/1911 | 10/25/1993 |
| Priestly, J. B. | English writer critic | 09/13/1894 | 08/14/1984 |
| Priestly, Joseph | English chemist | 03/13/1733 | 02/06/1804 |
| Prior, Matthew | British writer | 07/21/1664 | 09/18/1721 |
| Pritchett, V. S. | English writer | 12/16/1900 | 03/20/1997 |
| Procter, Adelaide Anne | English writer | 10/30/1825 | 02/02/1864 |
| Proctor, Phil | US comic actor | 07/28/1940 | |
| Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph | French writer | 01/15/1809 | 01/19/1865 |
| Proust, Marcel | French writer | 07/10/1871 | 11/19/1922 |
| Proxmire, William | US Senator (WI) | 11/11/1915 | |
| Pryor, Richard | US comic actor | 12/01/1940 | |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Italian composer | 12/22/1858 | 11/29/1924 |
| Puckett, U. J. | Pool hustler | ??/??/???? | |
| Puente, Tito | music | 04/20/1923 | 05/31/2000 |
| Pulitzer, Joseph | Hungarian journalist, prize | 04/10/1847 | 10/29/1911 |
| Pullman, Bill | US actor | 12/17/1953 | |
| Putin, Vladimir | Russian President | 10/07/1952 | |
| Puzo, Mario | US writer | 10/15/1921 | 07/02/1999 |
| Pyle, Robert | ??/??/???? |