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Phil Leonetti
Philip "Crazy Phil" Leonetti (born 1953), underboss of the Philadelphia/Scarfo crime family under uncle Nicodemo Scarfo, convicted of racketeering in 1988, became a government witness in 1989, testified against Gigante and others, served five years, wrote Mafia Prince.
Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh (Philip Chapman Lesh, 1940-2024), founding bassist of the Grateful Dead, classically trained under Luciano Berio, lead-style bass player, composer of "Box of Rain" and "Unbroken Chain," later of Phil Lesh and Friends.
Phil Lester
Phil Lester (AmazingPhil), English YouTuber born 1987 in Rawtenstall, Lancashire; active since 2006, BBC Radio 1 host 2013-2016 with Dan Howell, DanAndPhilGAMES creator, 7 Second Challenge inventor, came out 2019, confirmed relationship 2025.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are an American writer-director-producer duo behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, the Jump Street films, the Academy Award-winning Spider-Verse franchise, and 2026's Project Hail Mary; they were fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Phil Lynott
Phil Lynott (Philip Parris Lynott, 1949–1986), Irish singer, bassist and songwriter, founder and frontman of Thin Lizzy; known for 'The Boys Are Back in Town', his bass-and-vocals role, solo albums Solo in Soho and The Philip Lynott Album, and his 1986 death at 36.
Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah (born 2002) is an American football running back from Clemson, drafted 239th overall in round 7 of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys; 2,887 career rushing yards, third-team All-ACC 2024.
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre (Phillip Ferdinand Mahre) is an American alpine ski racer who won three straight overall World Cup titles from 1981 to 1983 and Olympic slalom gold at Sarajevo in 1984.
Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera, born Philip Targett-Adams in 1951, is a British guitarist and producer best known as Roxy Music's lead guitarist since 1972, appointed OBE in 2024.
Phil Margera
Phil Margera, born Phillip Ron Margera in 1957, is an American reality television personality known as Bam Margera's father on Jackass and Viva La Bam.
Phil Mason
Phil Mason, known online as Thunderf00t, is a British chemist at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague whose YouTube channel debunks creationism and pseudoscience.
Phil McGrane
Phil McGrane is an American Republican politician serving as the 28th Secretary of State of Idaho since 2023, after serving as Ada County Clerk from 2019 to 2022.
Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil), born 1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma, is an American TV personality and clinical psychologist (Ph.D., North Texas) who hosted the syndicated Dr. Phil talk show for 21 seasons and now hosts Dr. Phil Primetime on Merit Street Media.
Phil Mendelson
Phil Mendelson is an American Democratic politician who has served as Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia since 2012, after first joining the Council in 1998.
Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson, American golfer ('Lefty'), six-time major champion (three Masters, two PGA Championships, 2013 Open) with 45 PGA Tour wins; oldest major champion at 50 in 2021; joined LIV Golf in 2022.
Phil Mitchell
Phil Mitchell (Phillip James Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Steve McFadden since 20 February 1990; brother of Grant and Sam, five-times married, alcoholic, and the soap's second-longest-serving character after Ian Beale.
Phil Moorby
Phil Moorby (1953–2022) was a British-born engineer who invented the Verilog hardware description language and its Verilog-XL simulator, work that became the foundation of digital chip design and verification.
Phil Morris (actor)
Phil Morris (born 1959, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American actor, son of Greg Morris; known as Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, Grant Collier in the 1988-90 Mission: Impossible revival, and the voice of Vandal Savage and Doc Saturday.
Phil Muntz
Phil Muntz, born Eric Phillip Muntz, was a Canadian-born aerophysicist at the University of Southern California known for electron beam fluorescence diagnostics and the Knudsen compressor.
Phil Murphy
Phil Murphy (born 1957) is an American Democratic politician, former Goldman Sachs executive, DNC finance chair, and U.S. ambassador to Germany who served as New Jersey's 56th governor, 2018-2026, the first Democrat reelected there in 44 years.
Phil Neal
Phil Neal (Philip George Neal, born 1951, Irchester) is an English former right back, Liverpool's most decorated player with 650 appearances, eight league titles and four European Cups, 50 England caps, later Bolton Wanderers player-manager.
Phil Neville
Phil Neville (born 1977, Bury), English football manager and former defender/midfielder; Manchester United Class of '92 member with six Premier League titles and the 1999 Champions League, 59 England caps, Everton captain, later coach of England women, Inter Miami, and Portland Timbers.
Phil Nevin
Phil Nevin (Phillip Joseph Nevin, born 1971) is a former MLB first-overall draft pick, 2001 All-Star third baseman, and manager of the Los Angeles Angels, 2022-2023, with a 119-149 record.
Phil Niekro
Phil Niekro (1939-2020), "Knucksie," Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher; 318-274, 3.35 ERA, 3,342 strikeouts, 5,404 innings over 24 seasons, mostly with the Braves; 300th win at 46.
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs (Phillip David Ochs) was an American folk singer-songwriter whose protest anthems of the 1960s, including "I Ain't Marching Anymore," opposed the Vietnam War.
Phil of the Future
Phil of the Future is a Disney Channel sitcom (2004–2006, 43 episodes, created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber) about the Diffy family from 2121 stranded in 2004 after a time machine malfunction, starring Ricky Ullman, Alyson Michalka, Amy Bruckner, Craig Anton, and Lise Simms.
Phil Palmesano
Philip A. Palmesano is an American Republican politician who has represented New York's 132nd Assembly district since 2011, after serving on the Steuben County Legislature.
Phil Parkinson
Phil Parkinson (Philip John Parkinson, born 1967, Chorley) is an English football manager. Wrexham AFC manager since 2021, he won three straight promotions from the National League to the Championship after earlier spells at Bradford, Bolton, and Sunderland.
Phil Plait
Phil Plait, also known as the Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer and science writer who debunks astronomy misconceptions online and wrote Bad Astronomy (2002).
Phil Plummer
Phil Plummer is an American Republican politician serving his fourth term in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 39th district, after serving as Montgomery County Sheriff.
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone (1934–2013), South African-born American recording engineer and producer, co-founded A&R Recording in New York, produced Billy Joel's The Stranger and 52nd Street (the first CD pressed), pioneered fiber-optic remote recording for Sinatra's Duets, and won 14 Grammy Awards plus the 2005 Technical Grammy.