Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Jack Paar
Born Jack Harold Paar, May 1, 1918, in Canton, OH; died January 27, 2004, in Greenwich, CT. Television personality, actor, and radio-show host. Jack Paar took over as host of ...
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Born: October 27, 1919 Tehran, Iran Died: July 21, 1980 Cairo, Egypt Iranian shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was shah of I...
Chuck Palahniuk
Author Born February 21, 1962, in Pasco, WA; son of Fred and Carol Palahniuk. Education: University of Oregon, journalism major, 1986. Addre...
Brian De Palma
Director and screenwriter Born Brian Russell De Palma, September 11, 1940, in Newark, NJ; son of Anthony (an orthopedic surgeon) and Vivenne (also Vivienne) De Palma; marrie...
Rafael Palmeiro
Professional baseball player Born Rafael Corrales Palmeiro, September 24, 1964, in Havana, Cuba; married Lynne; children: Patrick, Preston. Education: ...
Robert Palmer
Born Robert Allen Palmer, January 19, 1949, in Batley, Yorkshire, England; died after a heart attack, September 26, 2003, in Paris, France. Singer. British rocker Robert Palmer was firmly ...
Violet Palmer
Professional basketball referee Born c. 1964, in Compton, CA; daughter of James and Gussie Palmer. Education: Attended California State Polytechnic Univers...
Arnold Palmer
Born: September 10, 1929 Youngstown, Pennsylvania American golfer Arnold Palmer was the first person to make one million dollars playing golf. Pa...
Orhan Pamuk
Author Born June 7, 1952, in Istanbul, Turkey; married Aylin Tofajjal Turegen, 1982 (divorced, 2001); children: Ruya (daughter). Education: Earned de...
Christopher Paolini
1984 Author Author Christopher Paolini not only writes about fantasy, he lives it. When he was a mere fifteen years old, he penned a sweeping epic called ...
Eduardo Paolozzi
Born Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, March 7, 1924, in Edinburgh, Scotland; died April 22, 2005, in London, England. Artist. Eduardo Paolozzi, one of the founders of the 1950s British Pop Art move...
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
Born: November 10, 1493 Einsiedeln, Switzerland Died: September 24, 1541 Salzburg, Austria Swiss alchemist and doctor ...
Wes Boyd and Eli Pariser
Wes Boyd c. 1961 Political activist Eli Pariser c. 1981 • Camden, Maine Political activist In the early ...
Charlie Parker
Born: August 29, 1920 Kansas City, Kansas Died: March 12, 1955 New York, New York African American musician Charlie P...
Suzy Parker
Born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker, October 28, 1932, in Long Island City, NY; died May 3, 2003, in Montecito, CA. Fashion model. Suzy Parker, an American fashion model of the 1950s, became one...
Laurie MacDonald and Walter Parkes
Movie producers Born Laurie MacDonald, c. 1954, in Watsonville, CA; married Walter Parkes, 1983. Born Walter Parkes, c. 1952, in Bakersfield, CA; married Laurie MacDonald, 1...
Gordon Parks
Born Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, KS; died of complications from high blood pressure and prostate cancer, March 7, 2006, in New York, NY. Photog...
Rosa Parks
Born Rosa Louise McCauley, February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, AL; died of natural causes, October 24, 2005, in Detroit, MI. Civil rights activist. Rosa Parks was best known for her act of civi...
Gary Parsons
Chairman of XM Satellite Radio Born Gary M. Parsons, c. 1950, in Columbia, SC; married Kathy (an ad agency owner); children: Kenneth, Michael. Education: ...
Richard Parsons
April 4, 1948 • Brooklyn, New York Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Business executive Richard Parsons has been called a teddy bear, a master ...