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Pam Shriver

Pam Shriver (born 1962, Baltimore) is an American Hall of Fame tennis player, 1978 US Open singles finalist, winner of 21 Grand Slam doubles titles with Martina Navratilova, 1984 doubles Grand Slam, 1988 Olympic gold, and ESPN broadcaster.

Pam St Clement

Pam St Clement (born Pamela Ann Clements, 1942, Harrow-on-the-Hill) is the English actress who played EastEnders matriarch Pat Evans/Butcher from 1986 to 2012, famous for dangly earrings, then returned as a ghost and joined Casualty and Rivals.

PAM submachine gun

The PAM submachine gun (Pistola Ametralladora, models PAM-1 and PAM-2) is an Argentine 9mm submachine gun produced from 1954 as a licensed derivative of the American M3A1 Grease Gun.

Pam the Bird

Pam the Bird is a cartoon bird graffiti tag that appeared across Melbourne from 2023. Police allege creator Jack Gibson-Burrell faced 209 charges and about $700,000 damage, plus a 2026 Bolte Bridge tower standoff.

Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis (Pamela Yvonne Tillis, born 1957), American country singer-songwriter, daughter of Mel Tillis; 1994 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Grand Ole Opry member since 2000, and 1999 Grammy winner for "Same Old Train."

PAM-6

PAM-6 (Private Astronaut Mission 6), also known as Vast ISS Mission 1, is a planned crewed flight to the International Space Station operated by Vast, launching no earlier than 2027.

PAM-alginate tough hydrogel

The PAM-alginate tough hydrogel is a double-network hydrogel of polyacrylamide and alginate reported at Harvard in 2012 that contains about 90% water yet stretches beyond 20 times its length.

Pama–Nyungan languages

Pama-Nyungan is the largest Australian Aboriginal language family, covering about 90% of mainland Australia with roughly 300 of 400 languages; named by Kenneth L. Hale from pama and nyunga, words for 'man'.

Pamalayu expedition

The Pamalayu expedition (Ekspedisi Pamalayu) was a 13th-century mission sent by King Kertanegara of Singhasari in Java to the Melayu kingdom of Sumatra, beginning in 1275.

PAMAM dendrimer

A PAMAM dendrimer (polyamidoamine) is a highly branched synthetic polymer first made by Donald Tomalia at Dow Chemical in 1979 and widely studied for drug and gene delivery.

Pamba (Hittite king)

Pamba is a king of Hatti known only from later literary tradition, which places him among seventeen Anatolian rulers who rebelled against Naram-Sin of Akkad around 2254–2218 BC.

Pamban Bridge

The Pamban Bridge is a railway bridge in Tamil Nadu, India, connecting Rameswaram Island with the mainland; the original 1914 bridge was India's first sea bridge.

Pambattam (பம்பட்டம்)

Pambattam (பாம்பாட்டம்), also spelled Paambattam, is a 2024 Tamil horror thriller directed by V. C. Vadivudaiyan, starring Jeevan in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat as a snakebite-killed queen; released 23 February 2024, it flopped with ₹0.45 crore gross.

Pambi Oil Field

Pambi is an offshore oil field in Block 3/05 in the Lower Congo Basin, about 37 km off Angola, discovered in 1990 with first oil in 1995.

PAMELA (detector)

PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) was a cosmic-ray detector launched in 2006, known for measuring a rising positron fraction in cosmic rays.

Pamela A. Barker

Pamela A. Barker, also known as Pamela Ann Barker, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2019.

Pamela A. Harris

Pamela A. Harris, born 1962, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Fourth Circuit since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Pamela A. Matson

Pamela A. Matson is an American sustainability scientist and Stanford professor known for work on biosphere-atmosphere interactions, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994.

Pamela A. Silver

Pamela A. Silver is an American systems and synthetic biologist, Adams Professor at Harvard Medical School, known for discovering nuclear localization signals and pioneering synthetic biology.

Pamela Abdy

Pamela Abdy (born 1973) is an American film producer and studio executive, Co-Chair and CEO of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group with Michael De Luca from 2022 until their October 2026 exit after the Paramount Skydance merger; previously MGM Motion Picture Group President and New Regency President of Production.

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon (born 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and director. Emmy winner as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill; co-creator, director, and star of FX's Better Things (2016–2022); directed Babes (2024).

Pamela B. Davis

Pamela B. Davis is an American pulmonary physician-scientist at Case Western Reserve University whose 1995 trial established high-dose ibuprofen as a treatment slowing cystic fibrosis lung decline.

Pamela Bach

Pamela Bach (Pamela Ann Weissenbach, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff), American actress born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known for Kaye Morgan on Baywatch and Dr. Ellen Baskin on Sirens; ex-wife of David Hasselhoff (1989–2006); died March 5, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Pamela Brown (journalist)

Pamela Ashley Brown (born 1983) is CNN's chief investigative correspondent and co-anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Daughter of Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr. and Phyllis George, she joined CNN in 2013 and won a Murrow Award for the Coast Guard investigation.

Pamela Carter (Arizona politician)

Pamela Carter is a Republican Arizona state representative for Legislative District 4, first elected in 2024. Vice chair of Public Safety and Law Enforcement; sponsored Cade's Law (HB 2665); five first-term bills signed into law; running for re-election in 2026.

Pamela Chopra

Pamela Chopra (1948/1949-2023), Indian playback singer, writer, and producer, wife of Yash Chopra; sang in YRF films from Kabhi Kabhie (1976), wrote Kabhi Kabhie's story, produced Aaina (1993).

Pamela Conley

Pamela Conley is an American biotechnology executive who cofounded Nuvig Therapeutics in 2021 and served as its founding CEO, after 30 years in platelet biology at Portola and other biotechs.

Pamela Courson

Pamela Susan Courson (1946-1974), Jim Morrison's longtime partner and "cosmic mate," owner of the Themis boutique, sole heir of his will, who found his body in Paris and died of a heroin overdose at 27.

Pamela Des Barres

Pamela Des Barres, born Pamela Ann Miller, is an American author and former rock groupie, a founding member of the GTOs known as the Queen of the Groupies.

Pamela Evette

Pamela Sue Evette (born 1967) is an American Republican politician serving as the 93rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.