Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62243 persons found

Purushottam Das Tandon

Indian freedom fighter

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande

Indian writer and humorist (1919–2000)

Purushottam Upadhyay

b. 1934

Indian musician, singer and composer (1934–2024)

Purvis Short

b. 1957

American basketball player (born 1957)

Pusha T

b. 1977

American rapper (born 1977)

Pushkar Lele

b. 1979

Musical artist

Putthipong Assaratanakul

b. 1999

Thai actor and singer (born 1999)

Puyi

Emperor of China (1908–1912) and of Manchukuo (1934–1945)

Pylyp Orlyk

Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna and diplomat; Hetman-in-exile (1672–1742)

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy

Russian general (1769–1844)

Pyotr Boborykin

Russian writer and journalist (1836–1921)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

b. 1840

Russian composer (1840–1893)

Pyotr Kapitsa

b. 1894

Russian and Soviet physicist (1894–1984)

Pyotr Klimuk

b. 1942

Soviet cosmonaut (born 1942)

Pyotr Kotlyarevsky

Russian general (1782-1852)

Pyotr Kozlov

b. 1863

Russian explorer (1863–1935)

Pyotr Masherov

Soviet Belarusian resistance leader and politician (1919-1980)

Pyotr Novikov

b. 1901

Soviet mathematician (1901–1975)

Pyotr Stolyarsky

Soviet violinist (1871–1944)

Pyotr Stolypin

Prime Minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911

Pyotr Todorovsky

Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

Pyotr Vasilevsky

b. 1956

Belarusian footballer and manager

Pyotr Wrangel

Russian general (1878–1928)

Pyrrhus of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 638 to 641 and in 654