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: Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich to Ponchielli, Amilcare.

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Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich (Russian statesman & 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)
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (American statesman & 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, Reginald (English theologian)
Polhem, Christopher (Swedish inventor & industrialist)
Polignac, Melchior de (French statesman, 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)
Pollock, Oliver (American businessman)
Pollock, Sir Frederick (English jurist)
Pollux, Julius (Ancient Egyptian-Ancient Greek linguist)
Polo, Marco (Adventurer / Explorer)
Polyaenus (Ancient Greek writer)
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)