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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: Polybius to Portales, Diego.
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Polybius (Ancient Greek historian)
Polycarp, Saint (Asia Minor theologian)
Polycrates (Ancient Greek tyrant)
Polygnotus (Ancient Greek painter)
Polykleitos (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Pompeia (Italian royalty)
Pompeius, Sextus (Ancient Roman military leader)
Pompey (Ancient Roman military leader)
Pomponazzi, Pietro (Italian philosopher)
Pomponius Laetus, Julius (Italian scholar & writer)
Pomponius Mela (Italian geographer)
Ponce de León, Juan (Spanish-Caribbean explorer)
Poncelet, Jean Victor (French mathematician & engineer)
Ponchielli, Amilcare (Italian composer)
Pond, Peter (American businessman/businesswoman & explorer)
Ponge, Francis (French poet & writer)
Poniatowski, Józef Anton, Prince (Polish-French military leader)
Pons, Lily (French-American musician)
Ponselle, Rosa (American musician)
Pontano, Giovanni (Italian poet, historian & statesman/stateswoman)
Pontiac (Ottawa chief)
Pontius Pilate (Ancient Roman jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Pontoppidan, Henrik (Danish novelist)
Pontormo, Jacopo da (Italian painter)
Poole, Ernest (American writer)
Poole, William Frederick (American librarian, non-fiction writer & historian)
Poor, Henry Varnum (American painter)
Popé (Central American-North American physician)
Pope, John (American military leader)
Pope, John Russell (American architect)
Popham, George (American statesman/stateswoman)
Pople, Sir John Anthony (British chemist)
Popović, Koča (Yugoslav military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Popović, Milentije (Yugoslav politician)
Poppaea Sabina (Ancient Roman empress)
Popper-Lynkeus, Josef (Austrian philosopher, sociologist & inventor)
Popper, Sir Karl Raimund (English-Austrian philosopher)
Poratha (in the Old Testament)
Porphyry (Greek scholar)
Porpora, Niccolò Antonio (Italian composer & educator)
Porres, Saint Martin de (Peruvian theologian)
Porson, Richard (English scholar)
Porta, Giacomo della (Italian architect & sculptor)
Porta, Guglielmo della (Italian sculptor)
Portales, Diego (Chilean statesman/stateswoman)