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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: Plimsoll, Samuel to Polyaenus.
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Plimsoll, Samuel (English politician)
Pliny the Elder (Naturalist / Writer)
Plisetskaya, Maya (Russian ballet dancer)
Plotinus (Ancient Roman philosopher)
Plücker, Julius (German mathematician & physicist)
Plumb, Sir John Harold (English historian)
Plunket, Saint Oliver (Irish religious leader)
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon (Irish statesman/stateswoman & agriculturalist)
Plutarch (Writer / Historian)
Po Chü-i (Chinese poet)
Pobyedonostzev, Konstantin Petrovich (Russian statesman/stateswoman & jurist)
Pocahontas (Political Figure / Legendary Character)
Pochereth (in the Old Testament)
Pococke, Edward (English orientalist & scholar)
Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich (Russian statesman/stateswoman & politician)
Podhoretz, Norman (American journalist & politician)
Pogány, Willy (American artist)
Poggendorff, Johann Christian (German physicist & chemist)
Pogodin, Mikhail Petrovich (Russian historian & publisher)
Pogodin, Nikolai (Russian dramatist)
Poincaré, Jules Henri (French mathematician, physicist & writer)
Poincaré, Raymond (French president)
Poindexter, George (American statesman/stateswoman)
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (American statesman/stateswoman & politician)
Poiret, Paul (French fashion designer)
Poisson, Siméon Denis (French mathematician & physicist)
Pol Pot (Political Leader)
Polanski, Roman (Filmmaker / Actor / Fugitive)
Polanyi, John Charles (Canadian chemist)
Pole (English noble family)
Pole, Reginald (English theologian)
Polhem, Christopher (Swedish inventor & industrialist)
Polignac, Jules Armand, prince de (French statesman/stateswoman)
Polignac, Melchior de (French statesman/stateswoman, theologian & writer)
Poliziano, Angelo (Italian poet, linguist & writer)
Polk, James Knox (11th President of the United States)
Polk, Leonidas (American theologian & military leader)
Polk, Leonidas Lafayette (American agriculturalist)
Pollaiuolo (Italian artists, painters & sculptors)
Pollock, Oliver (American businessman/businesswoman)
Pollock, Sir Frederick (English jurist)
Pollux, Julius (Ancient Egyptian-Ancient Greek linguist)
Polo, Marco (Adventurer / Explorer)
Polyaenus (Ancient Greek writer)