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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: Poitier, Sidney to Prelog, Vladimir.
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Pol Pot (Political Leader)
Pole, Reginald (English theologian)
Polk, James Knox (11th President of the United States)
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)
Ponce de León, Juan (Spanish-Caribbean explorer)
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, Sir Karl Raimund (English-Austrian philosopher)
Porter, Cole Albert (American composer)
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)
Potter, (Helen) Beatrix (Writer/Illustrator)
Pound, Roscoe (American jurist)
Poussin, Nicolas (French painter)
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (American statesman & 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)
Powers, Hiram (American sculptor)
Powhatan (American chief)
Powys (Family of British writers)
Praxiteles (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Prelog, Vladimir (Swiss chemist)