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P. Pradip

P. Pradip, born 1956, is an Indian mineral-processing and particle-technology scientist, Chief Scientist at Tata's TRDDC in Pune and a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering.

P. R. Sreejesh

P. R. Sreejesh (Parattu Ravendran Sreejesh, born 1988), Indian field hockey goalkeeper from Kerala; 336 caps, four Olympics, captain, back-to-back Olympic bronze (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), three-time FIH Goalkeeper of the Year, Padma Bhushan 2025.

P. R. Wallace

P. R. Wallace (Philip Russell Wallace, 1915–2006) was a Canadian theoretical physicist at McGill University whose 1947 paper first derived the electronic band structure of graphene, a single graphite layer.

P. Rajagopal (பிச்சை ராஜகோபால்) (businessman)

P. Rajagopal, also known as Pitchai Rajagopal, was an Indian restaurateur who founded the Hotel Saravana Bhavan chain and died in 2019 days after surrendering to serve a life sentence for murder.

P. Rajavelu

P. Rajavelu is an Indian politician of the All India N.R. Congress, representing Nettapakkam in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, who was sworn in as a Puducherry minister in 2026.

P. Ramlee

P. Ramlee (Teuku Zakaria, 1929–1973), Malaysian Seniman Agung: singer, actor, composer, and director of the golden age of Malay cinema, known for the Bujang Lapok comedies, Penarek Becha, and 250 songs.

P. Ravi Shankar (పూడిపెద్ద రవి శంకర్)

P. Ravi Shankar (పూడిపెద్ద రవి శంకర్), alias Sai Ravi, Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar, is a Telugu-born actor and dubbing artist with 3,500+ dubbed films, known for Kempe Gowda and Kotigobba 2.

P. Ravi Shankar filmography

The P. Ravi Shankar filmography covers the screen and voice work of Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar, also known as Sai Ravi, an Indian actor and dubbing artist.

P. Reed Larsen

P. Reed Larsen (Philip Reed Larsen) is an American thyroid endocrinologist who leads the Thyroid Section at Brigham and Women's Hospital and is a Harvard Medical School professor.

P. Rhevanth Charan

P. Rhevanth Charan (பி. ரேவந்த் சரண்), TVK politician and lawyer, is MLA for Maduravoyal in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly, winning the 2026 election at age 30 with 141,725 votes (48.26%).

P. Robin Hiesinger

P. Robin Hiesinger, full name Peter Robin Hiesinger, is a German neurobiologist at Freie Universität Berlin who studies how the fruit fly brain wires itself.

P. Roy Vagelos

P. Roy Vagelos is an American physician and biochemist who discovered the acyl carrier protein and later served as chief executive officer of Merck & Co.

P. S. Mithran

P. S. Mithran (பி.எஸ் மித்ரன்), Tamil film director of Irumbu Thirai (2018), Hero (2019), Sardar (2022), and Sardar 2 (2026), known for message-driven action thrillers starring Vishal, Sivakarthikeyan, and Karthi.

P. Sai Kumar

P. Sai Kumar (Pudipeddi Sai Kumar, సాయి కుమార్, born 1960) is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, and TV presenter in Telugu and Kannada cinema, known as the Dialogue King, star of Police Story (1996) and Prasthanam, with three Filmfare Awards.

P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1960)

P. Shanmugam (பெ.சண்முகம், born 1960, Peruvalanallur, Tiruchi) is the CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state secretary since January 2025, its first Dalit state secretary, known for the Vachathi tribal-justice campaign and farmers' association leadership; not the former Pondicherry Chief Minister of the same name.

P. Shiv Halasyamani

P. Shiv Halasyamani is an inorganic and materials chemist at the University of Houston, known for the 1998 review "Noncentrosymmetric Oxides" and for designing beryllium-free deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical crystals.

P. St. J. Russell

P. St. J. Russell, or Philip St. John Russell, is a British physicist who invented photonic crystal fiber and was a founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light.

P. Susheela

P. Susheela (Pulapaka Susheela, పి. సుశీల), born 13 November 1935 in Vizianagaram, is an Indian playback singer of South Indian cinema, first National Film Award winner for female playback singing and Guinness record holder with 17,695 songs.

P. T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum, 1810-1891) was an American showman who built Barnum's American Museum in New York, promoted Tom Thumb and Jenny Lind, and co-founded the Barnum & Bailey circus.

P. T. Mtuze

P. T. Mtuze (Peter Tshobisa Mtuze) was a South African writer in isiXhosa, a playwright, novelist, poet, translator, priest, and academic who translated Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom.

P. T. Usha (പിലാവുള്ളകണ്ടി തെക്കേപറമ്പിൽ ഉഷ)

P. T. Usha (Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha), the Payyoli Express, Indian sprinter-hurdler, fourth in the 1984 Olympic 400 m hurdles by 0.01 s, Asian Games multi-gold winner, and IOA's first woman president.

P. Terry's

P. Terry's Burger Stand is a Texas burger chain founded by Patrick and Kathy Terry in Austin in 2005, now with 38 locations across three metro areas.

P. Todd Stukenberg

P. Todd Stukenberg is an American cell biologist at the University of Virginia known for research on kinetochores, Aurora B kinase, and chromosomal instability in tumors.

P. Unnikrishnan

P. Unnikrishnan (Parakkal Unnikrishnan, ഉണ്ണികൃഷ്ണൻ), born 1964 in Palakkad, is a Carnatic vocalist and National Award-winning Tamil playback singer, debut song "Ennavale Adi Ennavale" (Kaadhalan, A. R. Rahman). Not the Kerala e-governance official P. V. Unnikrishnan.

P. V. Abdul Wahab

P. V. Abdul Wahab is an Indian Union Muslim League politician and businessman with Gulf interests, serving his third Rajya Sabha term from Kerala since first being elected in 2004.

P. V. Gopalan

P. V. Gopalan (Painganadu Venkatarama Gopalaiyangar, 1911–1998) was an Indian civil servant, Imperial and Central Secretariat Service officer, deputed to Zambia in 1966 as Director of Relief Measures and Refugees and advisor to Kenneth Kaunda; maternal grandfather of Kamala Harris.

P. V. Midhun Reddy

P. V. Midhun Reddy (Peddireddy Venkata Midhun Reddy, born 1977) is a YSRCP politician, Lok Sabha floor leader, and three-term MP for Rajampet, Andhra Pradesh, elected in 2014, 2019, and 2024; arrested in 2025 in the ₹3,200 crore Andhra liquor case.

P. V. N. Madhav

P. V. N. Madhav, full name Pokala Vamsi Nagendra Madhav, is an Indian politician serving as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Andhra Pradesh unit since 2025.

P. V. Narasimha Rao (పాములపర్తి వెంకట నరసింహారావు)

P. V. Narasimha Rao (పాములపర్తి వెంకట నరసింహారావు), 1921–2004, ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–96), Congress leader who launched the 1991 economic liberalization with Manmohan Singh; polyglot, novelist, posthumous Bharat Ratna (2024).

P. V. Ramprasad Reddy (Aurobindo Pharma)

P. V. Ramprasad Reddy, also known as Ramaprasad Reddy, is an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded Aurobindo Pharma in 1986, building the Hyderabad company into a leading generic drugmaker; he received the Padma Shri in 2010.