Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Pericles (Ancient Greek statesman/stateswoman)
Perkins, Frances (American statesman/stateswoman & labor leader)
Perkins, Maxwell Evarts (American editor)
Perlman, Itzhak (Classical Artist)
Perón, Juan Domingo (Argentinian president)
Perrault, Charles (French poet)
Perry, Antoinette (American actress & dramatist)
Pershing, John Joseph (Military Leader / World War I Figure)
Perugino, Il (Italian painter)
Perutz, Max Ferdinand (British-Austrian biochemist)
Pétain, Henri Philippe (Military Leader / Political Figure / World War II Figure)
Peter I (Ruler)
Peter II (king of Yugoslovia)
Peter the Hermit (French theologian)
Peter, Saint (theologian in the Bible)
Peterson, Oscar Emmanuel (Pianist / Jazz Musician)
Peterson, Roger Tory (Naturalist / Artist)
Petöfi, Sándor (Hungarian poet & politician)
Petrarch, Francesco (Italian poet & writer)
Petrie, (William Matthew) Flinders, Sir (English-Ancient Egyptian archaeologist)
Petronius, Gaius (Ancient Roman writer)
Pevsner, Antoine (Russian sculptor & painter)
Phelps, Michael (Swimmer)
Phidias (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Philip II (king of Macedon)
Philip II (king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily)
Philip II (king of France)
Philip IV (king of France)
Philip V (king of Macedon)
Philip VI (king of France)
Philip, Prince (Royal Consort)
Philip, Saint (one of the Twelve Apostles)
Philips, Ambrose (English writer)
Phillips, Wendell (American politician & rhetorician)
Philo Judaeus (Egyptian Jewish philosopher)
Phyfe, Duncan (American furniture designer)
Piaf, Edith (Singer)
Piaget, Jean (Psychologist / Writer)
Piazzi, Giuseppi (Italian astronomer)
Picard, Jean (French astronomer)
Piccard, Auguste (Belgian physicist & aviator)
Pickering, Edward Charles (American astronomer & physicist)
Pickett, Bill (American rodeo star and actor)
Pickett, George Edward (American military leader)
Pickford, Mary (American actress & filmmaker)