American Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was an American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at th

Was an American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute (1929–1932), and the Art Students League (1933–1934). He was one of the originators of the Swiss Style of graphic design. From 1956 to 1969, and beginning again in 1974, Rand taught design at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Rand was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1972. He designed many posters and corporate identities, including the logos for IBM, UPS and ABC. Rand died of cancer in 1996. He is buried in Beth El Cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Better known by his ring name, (The) Big Show, is the wolds largest athlete and American professiona

Better known by his ring name, (The) Big Show, is the wolds largest athlete and American professional wrestler and actor with man boobs , currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its Smackdown brand. He is also known for his c

Better known by his ring name, (The) Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and part-time ac

Better known by his ring name, (The) Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and part-time actor, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand. In professional wrestling, Big Show is a five-time world champion, hav

Is a former professional American football player who played tight end for ten seasons for the Green

Is a former professional American football player who played tight end for ten seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Is an American artist best known for urban landscape photography.In the early 1990s, after moving to

Is an American artist best known for urban landscape photography.In the early 1990s, after moving to Providence, Rhode Island, he started producing formally complex, often dark depictions of the urban, suburban, and industrial landscape. This work, which grew into the project titled "Wilderness," continued to evolve when Raphaelson moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1995.

Born to a Jewish-American family, Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East S

Born to a Jewish-American family, Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree at Binghamton University, where he majored in music (piano, composition). He was active in campus theater productions, and founded "The Little Theater That Could", an on-campus community theater organization located in Hinman College, Reiser's dorm community. It was later renamed Hinman Production Company.

A Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Airdrie, he was

A Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Airdrie, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break. In 1996, he made his mark on the country music charts with the single "My Heart Has a History," propelling him

An American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reub

An American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens starred in the television series Pee-wee's Playhouse from 1986 until 1990. He also starred in an HBO special called The Pee-wee Herman Show, the 1985 movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and the 1988 movie Big Top Pee-wee. He has since gone on to take roles in other films, music videos, video games, and also, to make brief appearances on assorted talk shows.

Was a Hungarian-born Jewish American mathematician who made fundamental advances in the areas of pr

Was a Hungarian-born Jewish American mathematician who made fundamental advances in the areas of probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces), and mathematical logic. He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor.

(Born December 20, 1953 in St. Joseph, MO)is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for

(Born December 20, 1953 in St. Joseph, MO)is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs

An American economist. He is currently the Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities and Scien

An American economist. He is currently the Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987. Dr. Milgrom is an expert in game theory, specifically auction theory and pricing strategies. He is also the co-discoverer of the no-trade theorem with Nancy Stokey, and the co-founder of three companies: Market Design, which consults on the design of auction markets, Spectrum Exchange, which facilitates the exchange of radio spectrum toward those who will get the best use out of it, and Perfect Commerce, which provides support for electronic commerce.

He is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and is also a column

He is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and is also a columnist for The New York Times, writing a twice-weekly op-ed for the newspaper since 2000

Is a professional wrestler who is known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Cha

Is a professional wrestler who is known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling primarily as a tag-team wrestler alongside such partners as Jim Powers, Hercules, Arn Anderson and Paul Orndorff. Roma made his pro wre

American social scientists to defend homosexuality in print as a valid lifestyle. He is also known f

American social scientists to defend homosexuality in print as a valid lifestyle. He is also known for having made a conscientious lifelong effort to develop the foundations of a "science of human nature."

Is a former American football defensive lineman in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a 10

Is a former American football defensive lineman in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a 10 year veteran of the NFL and was picked in the 4th round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.

Was professional ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League. Born in Evel

Was professional ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Is a professional boxer. Known as "The Perfect Storm", he was a contestant on reality TV show The Ne

Is a professional boxer. Known as "The Perfect Storm", he was a contestant on reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox and was eliminated from the show after being TKO'd by Rene Armijo Jr.

Is a former American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.Lockhart, born and raised

Is a former American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.Lockhart, born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, earned degrees in mathematics and aerospace engineering from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin before being

(July 12, 1908 – March 17, 2002). Fellow golfers

(July 12, 1908 – March 17, 2002). Fellow golfers

Was an American rugby player for the USA Eagles at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Sheehy also played for

Was an American rugby player for the USA Eagles at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Sheehy also played for the Washington Rugby Football Club from 1991 to 1993 and is now a member of the Washington Rugby Football Club Hall of Fame His position of choice was full

A professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and the president of the Decision Research gro

A professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and the president of the Decision Research group. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Michigan in 1964.[1]

Was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

Was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

A professor of Cognitive Science at the Johns Hopkins University.Along with Alan Prince he developed

A professor of Cognitive Science at the Johns Hopkins University.Along with Alan Prince he developed Optimality Theory, a representational model of linguistics. Optimality Theory is popularly used for phonology, the subfield to which it was originally applied, but has been extended to other areas of linguistics such as syntax and semantics.Smolensky is the recipient of the 2005 Rumelhart Prize for his pursuit of the ICS Architecture, a model of cognition that aims to unify Connectionism and symbolism, where the symbolic representations and operations are manifested as abstractions on the underlying connectionist networks. Among his other important ideas is the notion of local conjunction of constraints - the idea that two constraints can combine into a single constraint that is violated only when both of its conjuncts are violated.

A native of Pittsburgh who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champi

A native of Pittsburgh who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion.

A Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was th

A Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007