Persons

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Simon Pegg

English actor

Simon John Peggis an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-...

Tom Peloso

American musician

Tom Pelosois an American musician. He is a current active member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse. Peloso has played with Modest Mouse since their 2004 album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News...

Thomas Pelphrey

American actor

Thomas J. Pelphreyis an American actor. He has played Jonathan Randall and Mick Dante in the CBS television series Guiding Light and As the World Turns respectively, Kurt Bunker in the Cinemax televis...

Nicola Beckham Peltz

American actress

Nicola Peltz Beckhamis an American actress. She is known for her roles as Bradley Martin in the A&E drama series Bates Motel (2013–2015) and Tessa Yeager in the film Transformers: Age of Extinction (2...