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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.
On this page: Paderewski, Ignace Jan to Patrick, Saint.
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Paderewski, Ignace Jan (Polish musician, composer & statesman)
Paganini, Niccolò (Classical Artist)
Paget, James, Sir (English surgeon & physician)
Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza (Political Leader)
Paige, Leroy Robert (Baseball Player)
Paine, Robert Treat (American politician & statesman/stateswoman)
Paine, Thomas (Writer / Political Figure)
Paley, William S (English theologian)
Palladio, Andrea (Italian architect)
Palme, Olaf (Swedish statesman/stateswoman)
Palmer, Alice Elvira Freeman (American educator)
Palmer, Arnold (American golfer)
Palmer, James Alvin (American baseball player)
Palmerston, Third Viscount (British politician)
Panini (Indian linguist)
Pankhurst, Emmeline Goulden (English politician)
Paoli, Pasquale di (Italian military leader & politician)
Papadopoulos, George (Greek politician & military leader)
Papandreou, Andreas George (American-Greek politician)
Papen, Franz von (German statesman/stateswoman & politician)
Papp, Joseph (American dramatist)
Paracelsus (Physician)
Paris, Matthew (English historian & theologian)
Park Chung Hee (South Korean president & military leader)
Park, Mungo (English-African explorer)
Parker, Charlie (Saxophonist / Bandleader / Jazz Musician)
Parker, Matthew (English theologian)
Parkman, Francis (American historian)
Parks, Rosa (Civil Rights Figure)
Parmenides (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Parmigianino (Italian painter & graphic artist)
Parnell, Charles Stewart (Irish politician)
Parr, Catherine (English queen)
Parrish, Maxfield Frederick (American painter & artist)
Parry, Milman (American classicist and folklorist)
Parry, William Edward, Sir (English explorer & military leader)
Parsons, Talcott (American sociologist)
Parsons, William (British astronomer)
Pascal, Blaise (Mathematician/Philosopher)
Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Italian writer & filmmaker)
Pass, Joe (Jazz Artist, '50s-'90s)
Passy, Frédéric (French economist)
Passy, Paul Édouard (French philologist)
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich (Russian poet & linguist)
Pasteur, Louis (Scientist)
Pater, Walter Horatio (English writer & critic)
Paton, Alan Stewart (South African novelist)
Patrick, Saint (Saint / Holiday Figure)