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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Polo, Marco (Adventurer / Explorer)
Polybius (Ancient Greek historian)
Polycarp, Saint (Asia Minor theologian)
Polyclitus (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Pompadour, Marquise de (French royalty)
Pompey (Ancient Roman military leader)
Ponchielli, Amilcare (Italian composer)
Pons, Lily (French-American musician)
Ponselle, Rosa Melba (American musician)
Pontiac (Ottawa chief)
Pontoppidan, Henrik (Danish novelist)
Pope, John (American military leader)
Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir (English-Austrian philosopher)
Porter, Cole Albert (Composer / Songwriter)
Porter, Edwin Stanton (American filmmaker)
Porter, Rodney Robert (British biochemist)
Post, Charles William (American manufacturer of breakfast cereals)
Post, Wiley (American aviator)
Potemkin, Grigori Aleksandrovich (Russian military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Potter, (Helen) Beatrix (Writer / Illustrator)
Pound, Roscoe (American jurist)
Poussin, Nicolas (French painter)
Powell, Adam Clayton Jr. (American statesman/stateswoman & theologian)
Powell, Anthony (English novelist)
Powell, Cecil Frank (British physicist)
Powell, Colin Luther (Military Leader / U.S. Secretary of State)
Powell, Earl (Jazz Artist)
Powell, John Wesley (American geologist & anthropologist)
Powell, Lewis Franklin Jr. (American jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Powers, Hiram (American sculptor)
Powhatan (American native American leader & chief)
Powys (Family of British writers)
Praxiteles (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Prelog, Vladimir (Swiss chemist)
Preminger, Otto Ludwig (Austrian-born American film producer and director)
Prescott, Samuel (American military leader)
Prescott, William Hickling (American historian)
Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus (South African statesman/stateswoman)
Préval, René García (President of Haiti / Political Leader)
Prévost d'Exiles, Antoine Françoise (French novelist, journalist & theologian)