Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

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. ...

Logan Paul
American influencer
Logan Alexander Paulis an American influencer, professional wrestler, entrepreneur, boxer, and actor. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel Logan Paul Vlogs and has ranked on the F...

Rich Paul
Founder Klutch Sports Group
Rich Paulis an American sports agent based in Cleveland, Ohio. He founded Klutch Sports Group which represents a number of prominent NBA players. Paul was named by Forbes as one of the world's most po...

Jake Paul
American YouTuber and professional boxer
Jake Joseph Paulis an American YouTuber and professional boxer. He began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app di...

Luciano Pavarotti
Italian operatic tenor
Luciano Pavarottiwas an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all time. He ma...

Sergei Pavlovich
Russian professional mixed martial artist
Sergei Vladimirovich Pavlovichis a Russian professional mixed martial artist. Pavlovich is a one-time champion of Russia in Combat Kung Fu. He was also the former Fight Nights Global heavyweight champ...

Jeremy Paxman
broadcaster and journalist
Jeremy Dickson Paxmanis a Yorkshire-born former broadcaster, journalist and author. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the und...

PayPal
Financial services
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional&nbs

Liam Payne
English singer
Liam James Payneis an English singer. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Payne made his debut as a singer in 2008 when he auditioned for the British television series The X Fac...

El País
Advertising and media
El País is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. El País is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglo

Stephanie Peacock
British Labour Party politician
Stephanie Louise Peacock(born 1986) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley South, previously Barnsley East, since 2017. She has served as Parliamentar...

Timothy Peake
European Space Agency astronaut
Major Timothy Nigel “Tim” Peake CMGis a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. He is the first British ESA astronau...

Maxine Peake
English actress and narrator
Maxine Peakeis an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in the BBC One sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000), Veronica Ball in the hit Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless (2004–20...

Oz Pearlman
Author
Oz Pearlman, also known as"Oz the Mentalist,"is an American mentalist, author, magician, and long-distance runner of marathons and ultramarathons. He is best known for major media appearances performi...

Raven-Symone Pearman-maday
American actress
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday, also known mononymously asRaven, is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She has received several accolades, including five NAACP Image Awards, two Kids' ...

Neil Peart
Canadian musician
Neil Ellwood Peartwas a Canadian musician, songwriter, and author, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, incl...

Adam Peaty
English competitive swimmer
Adam George Peatyis an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swi...

Richard Peberdy
Head of UK Automotive at KPMG
Richard Peberdyis the Performance Group Leader for National Markets Deal Advisory. He is a highly-skilled partner with over 20 years’ experience in his field. He has a proven track record of coordinat...

Jordan Peele
American actor
Jordan Haworth Peeleis an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. Peele's breakout role came in 2003, when he was hi...