Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Pelle Lindbergh

Pelle Lindbergh: Swedish NHL goaltender and his legacy

Penda of Mercia

Penda of Mercia: 7th-century king and rival of Northumbria

Peng Xiaolian

Peng Xiaolian: Chinese Film Director, Screenwriter and Author

Penguin (comics)

Penny Chenery

Penny Marshall

Penny Vincenzi

Penny Whetton

Pentti Holappa

Pentti Holappa: Finnish poet, novelist, translator and cultural minister

Pentti Linkola

Pentti Linkola: Finnish deep ecologist, naturalist and controversial thinker

Pentti Tiusanen

Pentti Tiusanen (1949–2018)

Pepe Oneto

Pepe Oneto — Spanish political journalist and editor

Pepe Smith

Pepe Smith — Filipino rock singer, songwriter and guitarist

Pepin I of Aquitaine

Pepin the Short

Pepin the Short: Carolingian King and Founder of Papal Alliance

Peque Gallaga

Peque Gallaga — Filipino film director, screenwriter and actor

Per Almar Aas

Per Almar Aas (1929–2014)

Per Fugelli

Per Fugelli: Norwegian physician, public health advocate and writer

Per Lillo-Stenberg

Per Lillo-Stenberg — Norwegian actor (1928–2014)

Per Olov Enquist

Per-Olof Åstrand

Per-Olof Åstrand — Swedish pioneer of exercise physiology

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Life, Works, and Influence

Percy Freeman

Percy Freeman (English footballer)

Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge — American soul singer, voice of 'When a Man Loves a Woman'

Percy Spencer

Percy Spencer: Inventor of the Microwave Oven

Pere Tàpias

Pere Tàpias: Catalan radio presenter and food writer

Peregrine White

Peregrine White — first English child born aboard the Mayflower

Peri Gilpin

Peri Gilpin — American actress best known for Roz Doyle

Pericles

Pericles — Athenian statesman and leader of the Age of Pericles

Pericles' Funeral Oration

Peride Celal

Peride Celal: Turkish Novelist and Story Writer (1916–2013)

Pernell Whitaker

Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker — American boxing champion and defensive master

Pérotin

Pérotin: Notre Dame School Composer and Pioneer of Polyphony

Perry Miller Adato

Perry Miller Adato — American Documentary Filmmaker (1921–2018)

Pertti Alaja

Pertti Alaja (1952–2017)

Pertti Paasio

Petar Bojović

Petar Bojović: Serbian military commander and Voivoda (Field Marshal)

Petar Omčikus

Petar Omčikus (1926–2019), Serbian painter

Petar Stipetić

Pete Babando

Pete Babando (1925–2020)

Pete Backor

Pete Brewster

Pete Brewster (American football tight end and coach)

Pete Brown (golfer)

Pete Brown (golfer) — pioneering African American PGA Tour winner

Pete Burns

Pete Goegan

Pete Goegan (Canadian ice hockey defenceman)

Pete Hamilton

Pete Hamilton (American NASCAR driver)

Pete Maravich

Pete Maravich: Pistol Pete — college scoring legend and inventive NBA guard