Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Paulo Avelino

b. 1988

Filipino actor and model (born 1988)

Paulo Bento

b. 1969

Portuguese football manager (born 1969)

Paulo Cézar Caju

b. 1949

Brazilian footballer

Paulo Freire

Brazilian educator (1921–1997)

Paulo Jr.

b. 1969

Brazilian bassist

Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born June 1969)

b. 1969

Brazilian footballer

Paulo Vanzolini

b. 1924

Brazilian composer and herpetologist (1924–2013)

Pavel Belyayev

b. 1925

Soviet cosmonaut (1925–1970)

Pavel Haas

b. 1899

Moravian-Jewish composer

Pavla Rybová

b. 1978

Czech pole vaulter

Pavlo Skoropadsky

Ukrainian and Russian Cossack military and political official; Hetman of Ukraine (1918)

Pavlos Carrer

b. 1829

Greek composer

Pavlos Dermitzakis

b. 1969

Greek manager and former football player

Paweł Bryliński

Paweł Fajdek

b. 1989

Polish hammer thrower (born 1989)

Paweł Kieszek

b. 1984

Polish footballer

Paweł Kotla

b. 1972

Polish conductor (born 1972)

Paweł Strzelecki

b. 1797

Polish-born explorer of Australia (1797–1873)

Payut Ngaokrachang

Thai cartoonist and animator

Pe Maung Tin

b. 1888

Burmese scholar and educator

Peakboy

b. 1989

South Korean rapper (born 1989)

Pearl S. Buck

b. 1892

American writer (1892–1973)

Pearl Witherington

b. 1914

British agent for French Resistance in World War II

Peder Horrebow

b. 1679

Danish astronomer (1679–1764)