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Michael P. Stryker
Michael P. Stryker, also known as Michael Stryker, is an American neuroscientist and UCSF professor known for research on visual cortex development, plasticity, and critical periods.
Michael P. Terns
Michael P. Terns is an American molecular biologist at the University of Georgia known for the 2009 Cell paper first describing a type III CRISPR effector complex.
Michael P. Whyte
Michael P. Whyte is an American physician-scientist at Washington University in St. Louis whose work on hypophosphatasia led to enzyme-replacement therapy approved for pediatric-onset cases since 2015.
Michael Pacher
Michael Pacher (c. 1430/35–1498) was a South Tyrolean painter, sculptor, and woodcarver based in Bruneck, known for combining Gothic carved altarpieces with Italian Renaissance perspective.
Michael Page
Michael "Venom" Page (MVP), English MMA fighter from London, ex-points-kickboxing champion with a hands-low karate stance; Bellator KO record holder (11), 26-3 pro record, 5-1 in the UFC, later Misfits Boxing signee.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin (born 1943, Sheffield) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and traveler: a founding member of Monty Python, star of its films and characters like the Spanish Inquisition leader, and later presenter of travel documentaries such as Around the World in 80 Days; knighted KCMG.
Michael Paré
Michael Paré, fully Michael Kevin Paré, is an American actor best known for playing rock star Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its 1989 sequel.
Michael Parekowhai
Michael Parekowhai, born in Porirua, New Zealand, in 1968, is a sculptor and installation artist of Māori and European descent known for meticulously finished, large-scale works.
Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti (1933-2026), American Marxist political scientist and author of Democracy for the Few, Against Empire, and Blackshirts and Reds; critic of imperialism, media, and class power; Yale PhD, Caucus for a New Political Science co-founder.
Michael Park (actor)
Michael Park (Michael Frank Park, born 1968) is an American actor known as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns (two Daytime Emmys) and for originating Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (2018 Grammy), with Broadway roles in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Tuck Everlasting, Redwood, and Galileo.
Michael Parker (courtier)
Michael Parker (John Michael Avison Parker, 1920-2001), Australian-born Royal Navy lieutenant commander, equerry and Private Secretary to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1947-1957; resigned in 1957 over his divorce suit; later a businessman in Australia.
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson (1935-2023) was an English broadcaster and journalist, host of the chat show Parkinson (BBC 1971-1982, revived 1998, ITV 2004-2007), who gave about 2,000 interviews including four with Muhammad Ali, and was knighted in 2008.
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (1940–2017), American character actor and singer; starred as Jim Bronson in NBC's Then Came Bronson, sang "Long Lonesome Highway", and became a Tarantino, Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith favorite as Earl McGraw, in Red State and Tusk. Not the LA Times journalist of the same name.
Michael Pate
Michael Pate, born Edward John Pate, was an Australian actor, writer, and director known as Detective Vic Maddern on Matlock Police and the first screen Felix Leiter.
Michael Patrick King
Michael Patrick King (born 1954 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American television producer, writer, and director best known as the showrunner of Sex and the City.
Michael Paul Chan
Michael Paul Chan (born 1950, San Francisco) is an American character actor, founding member of the Asian American Theater Company (1973), known for Lt. Mike Tao on The Closer and Major Crimes, plus The Goonies, Falling Down, and Spy Game. Distinct from artist Paul Chan and other Michael Chans.
Michael Paul Thien
Michael Paul Thien is a chemical engineer who spent 35 years in biopharmaceuticals, mostly at Merck, and won AIChE's 2025 Industrial R&D Award for leadership in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.
Michael Peña
Michael Peña (born 1976, Chicago) is a Mexican-American actor known for Crash, World Trade Center, End of Watch, The Martian, Ant-Man's Luis, and Narcos: Mexico's Kiki Camarena.
Michael Penix Jr.
Michael Penix Jr. (born 2000), Atlanta Falcons quarterback, eighth overall 2024 draft pick; record-setting Washington passer, two-time FBS passing-yards leader and 2023 Heisman runner-up after an injury-marked Indiana career.
Michael Penn
Michael Penn (born 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and film composer, brother of Sean Penn, whose 1989 debut March and hit "No Myth" won an MTV Best New Artist award before he moved into scoring.
Michael Pepper
Sir Michael Pepper is a British condensed-matter physicist who pioneered research on semiconductor nanostructures. He turned low-dimensional electron systems into a working laboratory for quantum physics.
Michael Perryman
Michael Perryman is a British astronomer, born 1954 in Luton, who led the European Space Agency's Hipparcos and Gaia astrometry missions and shared the 2022 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.
Michael Peter
Michael Peter (1949-1997), German field hockey defender nicknamed the "Beckenbauer of hockey", won Olympic gold 1972 and silver 1984 with West Germany and held the national caps record (261 or 262).
Michael Peterson trial
The Michael Peterson trial (State v. Peterson) was the 2003 Durham, North Carolina first-degree murder prosecution of novelist Michael Peterson for the 2001 staircase death of his wife Kathleen; the conviction was vacated over SBI analyst Duane Deaver's misrepresentations and ended in a 2017 Alford plea.
Michael Pfreundschuh
Michael Pfreundschuh (1949–2018) was a German hematologist and oncologist, professor at Saarland University in Homburg, who developed the SEREX method for identifying human tumor antigens.
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps (born 1985, Baltimore) is an American swimmer, the most decorated Olympian ever: 28 medals, 23 gold, over five Games 2000-2016, including a record eight golds at Beijing 2008, plus 33 World Championship medals and 39 world records.
Michael Pitt
Michael Pitt (born 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician known for indie films Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Dreamers, Last Days, and Funny Games, plus Jimmy Darmody in Boardwalk Empire; distinct from any assistant director of the same name.
Michael Pittman Jr.
Michael Pittman Jr., NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, formerly Indianapolis Colts (2020-25). USC product, 2020 second-round pick, 2023 season of 109 catches and 1,152 yards, traded to Pittsburgh in 2026.
Michael Platt (hedge fund manager)
Michael Platt, known as Mike Platt, is a British hedge fund manager who co-founded BlueCrest Capital Management in 2000, leading it as chief executive and chief investment officer.
Michael Platten
Michael Platten is a German neurologist and neuroimmunologist who leads brain tumor immunotherapy research at Heidelberg University, University Medicine Mannheim, and the German Cancer Research Center.