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

Sergio Parisse
Coach for French club Toulon
Sergio Francesco Parisse mis a former Italian rugby union player. He is currently the lineout coach for French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World C...

Ashley Park
American actress
Ashley Jini Parkis an American actress and musician. She is best known for her portrayal of Mindy Chen on the Netflix comedy series Emily in Paris. She originated the role of Gretchen Wieners in the B...

Edward Park
Chief Investment Officer at Brooks Macdonald
Edward Parkis Chief Investment Officer at Brooks Macdonald. Career Edward joined Brooks Macdonald in 2009 and is the Chief Investment Officer sitting on the Executive Committee and Executive Risk Mana...

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...

Joseph Parker
New Zealand professional boxer
Joseph Dennis Parkeris a New Zealand professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title from 2016 to 2018. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championsh...

Christopher Parker
retired English actor
Christopher Parkeris a retired English actor and television presenter, best known for portraying Spencer Moon on BBC One soap opera EastEnders between 2002 and 2005. Christopher Parker's career began ...

Oliver Parker
British film director
Oliver Parkeris a British film director, screenwriter and former actor. He is known for writing and directing the film adaptations of Shakespeare's Othello (1995) and Wilde's The Importance of Being E...

Sarah Jessica Parker
American actress
Sarah Jessica Parkeris an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named her...

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 ...

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 ...

The Scottish Parliament
Politics and Administration
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is f

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...

Waitrose & Partners
Consumer goods
Waitrose & Partners is a brand of British supermarkets, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. It was acquired in 1937 by employee-owned retailer&

Arden Partners
Financial services
Arden Partners is an established, multi-service stockbroker that provides a range of financial services to corporate and institutional clients. The core of its business is to best represent its signif

RedBird Capital Partners
Banks and investments
RedBird Capital Partners is an American investment management firm founded in 2014 in New York by Gerry Cardinale. The company has assets under management of over $10 billion