Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Cornelia Parker
Visual artist
Cornelia Ann Parkeris an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art. Life and career Parker was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. She studied at the Gloucestershire Coll...
Katherine Parkinson
English actress
Katherine Parkinsonis an English actress. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series The IT Crowd as Jen Barber, for which she won BAFTA's British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Perf...
Philip Parkinson
English professional football manager
Philip John Parkinsonis an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of EFL League Two side Wrexham. Parkinson is the only manager to ...
Michael Parkinson
English television presenter
Sir Michael Parkinsonwas an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show Parkinson from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other ...
Martin Parr
British documentary photographer
Martin Parris a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspect...
Michael Parr
English actor
Michael Parris an English actor. He is known for his role as Ross Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He initially appeared in the soap from 2013 to 2018, returning in 2024. Career Parr made his f...
Teyonah Parris
American actress
Teyonah Parrisis an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015)...
Charles Parsons
British television producer
Charles Andrew Parsonsis a British television producer known as the creator of the Survivor franchise. He also created The Big Breakfast and The Word. Career Parsons trained as a newspaper journalist ...
Andrew Parsons
Brazilian sports administrator and journalist
Andrew George William Parsonsis a Brazilian sports administrator and journalist. He is the current president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). In 2018, Parsons became a member of the In...
Dolly Parton
Singer
Dolly Rebecca Partonis an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as...
Pedro Pascal
Chilean and American actor
José Pedro Balmaceda Pascalis a Chilean and American actor. After nearly two decades of taking small roles in film and television, Pascal rose to prominence for portraying Oberyn Martell in the fourth...
Amy Pascal
American film producer
Amy Pascalis an American film producer and business executive. She served as the Chairwoman of the Motion Pictures Group of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Co-Chairperson of SPE, including Sony ...
Himesh Patel
British actor
Himesh Jitendra Patelis a British actor, musician, and singer. He began his career portraying Tamwar Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2007–2016). This was followed by roles in the Channel 4 si...
Hinesh Patel
Portfolio Manager at Quilter
Hinesh Patelis a portfolio manager on the Cirilium portfolio range. Career He joined the business in 2008 working in fixed income and macro as strategist, an assistant portfolio manager and then a por...
Priti Sushil Patel
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Priti Sushil Patel(born 29 March 1972) is a British politician serving as Home Secretary since 2019. She previously served as Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2017. A memb...
Owen William Paterson
Politician
Owen William Paterson(born 24 June 1956) is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural A...
Jason Patric
American film, television and stage actor
Jason Patricis an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys (1987), Rush (1991), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Sleepers (1996), Speed 2...
Matthew Patrick
Member of Parliament (MP)
Matthew John Patrickis a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral West since 2024, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since Se...
Elodie DI Patrizi
Italian singer
Elodie Di Patrizi, known professionally as simplyElodie, is an Italian singer, actress, and model. She first rose to prominence as the runner-up of the fifteenth season of the show Amici di Maria De F...
Robert Pattinson
English actor
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinsonis an English actor. Known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, he often portrays eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. ...