Columbia Encyclopedia - People

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, published by Columbia University Press
This encyclopedia of people who made their mark in our world includes more than 17,000 biographical entries on famous politicians, scientists, explorers, entertainers, artists, writers and so much more.
On this page: p'Bitek, Okot to Palladio, Andrea.

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p'Bitek, Okot (Uganda writer & anthropologist)
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti (Finnish president)
Pablos, Juan (Mexican-Central American printer)
Pabst, G. W. (Austrian-German filmmaker)
Paca, William (American politician & statesman)
Pacheco, Francisco (Spanish painter)
Pachelbel, Johann (German composer)
Pacher, Michael (German painter)
Pachmann, Vladimir de (Russian musician)
Pacino, Al (Actor)
Paderewski, Ignace Jan (Polish musician, composer & statesman)
Padilla, Ezequiel (Mexican politician & statesman)
Padilla, Juan de (Classical Artist)
Paeonius (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Páez, José Antonio (Venezuelan politician, president & military leader)
Páez, Pedro (Spanish-Indian-Ethiopian Catholic missionary)
Paganini, Niccolò (Italian musician)
Page, Thomas Nelson (American writer, statesman & novelist)
Page, Walter Hines (Jazz Artist)
Page, William (American painter)
Paget, Sir James (English surgeon & physician)
Pagiel (in the Old Testament)
Pagnol, Marcel (French dramatist & filmmaker)
Paige, Satchel (Baseball Player)
Paik, Nam June (Korean-American artist)
Paine, Albert Bigelow (American writer)
Paine, John Knowles (American composer, musician & educator)
Paine, Robert Treat (American politician & statesman)
Paine, Thomas (Writer / Political Figure)
Painlevé, Paul (French statesman & mathematician)
Painter, William (English linguist)
Pais, Sidónio (Portuguese statesman)
Paisiello, Giovanni (Italian composer)
Paisley, Ian Richard Kyle (Political Leader / Clergyman)
Pajou, Augustin (French sculptor)
Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael (English military leader)
Palacio Valdés, Armando (Spanish novelist & critic)
Palackÿ, František (Czech politician & historian)
Palafox, José de (Spanish military leader)
Palal (in the Old Testament)
Palamas, Kostes (Greek poet)
Palés Matos, Luis (Puerto Rican poet & writer)
Paley, William (English theologian)
Palgrave, Francis Turner (English poet & non-fiction writer)
Palgrave, Sir Francis (English historian)
Palissy, Bernard (French sculptor)
Palladio, Andrea (Italian architect)