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Praseodymium
Praseodymium is a soft, silvery lanthanide metal with atomic number 59, best known as a substitute for neodymium in magnets and as part of didymium glass.
Praseodymium-doped fiber amplifier
A praseodymium-doped fiber amplifier (PDFA) is an optical fiber amplifier that uses praseodymium ions in fluoride glass to amplify O-band telecom signals near 1300 nm without conversion to electrical form.
Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth
Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth (ปราเสริฐ ปราสาททองโอสถ) was a Thai surgeon-turned-billionaire who founded Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand's largest private hospital operator, and Bangkok Airways, dying in 2026 at 93.
Prasetyo Hadi
Prasetyo Hadi is an Indonesian politician who has served as Minister of State Secretary since 2024, appointed by President Prabowo Subianto, and heads the Layoff Mitigation Task Force.
Prashant Bhushan (प्रशांत भूषण)
Prashant Bhushan (प्रशांत भूषण), Indian Supreme Court advocate and public interest litigant, son of Shanti Bhushan; known for 2G and coal corruption PILs, AAP co-founder expelled 2015, and the 2020 Re. 1 contempt fine for tweets.
Prashant K. Jain
Prashant K. Jain, also published as Prashant Jain, is a physical chemist who studies plasmonics and holds the G. L. Clark Professorship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Prashant Kishor (प्रशांत किशोर)
Prashant Kishor (प्रशांत किशोर), Indian election strategist (Modi 2012 Gujarat, 2014; I-PAC) turned Jan Suraaj Party founder; lost all 238 Bihar seats in 2025 but won Bankipur by-election in 2026.
Prashant Lal
Prashant Lal (born 1977) is an American partner at Hudson River Trading, a quantitative trading firm, since October 2010, after starting his career at Tower Research Capital.
Prashant Mali
Prashant Mali is an American bioengineer and professor at UC San Diego who helped pioneer CRISPR DNA editing and ADAR RNA editing tools for biology and therapeutics.
Prashant Narayanan (प्रशांत नारायणन)
Prashant Narayanan (प्रशांत नारायणन), born 1969 in Thiruvananthapuram, is an Indian actor known for Hindi villain roles, especially Dheeraj Pandey in Murder 2 (2011, Screen Award), Shadows of Time, and Manjhi.
Prashant Sonar
Prashant Sonar is an organic and printed electronics materials scientist at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, known for research on organic semiconductors, transistors, and solar cells.
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat is a physical chemist at the University of Notre Dame known for quantum dot solar cells, perovskite photophysics, and founding editorship of ACS Energy Letters.
Prashant Yadaorao Padole
Prashant Yadaorao Padole, born in 1978, is an Indian politician and physician of the Indian National Congress, a Member of the Lok Sabha for Bhandara-Gondiya since 2024.
Prashanth (பிரசாந்த் தியாகராஜன்)
Prashanth (பிரசாந்த் தியாகராஜன்), born 1973, is a Tamil film actor, son of actor-director Thiagarajan; debuted in Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990), starred in Jeans (1998), and returned with Andhagan (2024).
Prashanth Neel
Prashanth Neel (Prashanth Neelakantapuram), Kannada-born Indian film director born 1980, debuted with Ugramm (2014) and directed the KGF franchise and Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire with Prabhas.
Prashanth Pillai
Prashanth Pillai is an Indian music composer, born in 1981 in Pune, known for Malayalam and Hindi cinema and for his long partnership with director Lijo Jose Pellissery, including Angamaly Diaries.
Prashanth W. Menezes
Prashanth W. Menezes is a materials chemist who heads the Department of Materials Chemistry for Catalysis at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and studies electrocatalysts for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Prashanthan Sanders
Prashanthan Sanders is an Australian cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist who directs the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Prasia
Prasia (Greek Πρασία, also rendered Prasiae or Prasiai) is the name of two ancient Greek settlements: an Attic deme at Porto Rafti and a polis in Kynouria.
Prasiai
Prasiai (Brasiai, Βρασιαι), ancient town in Laconian Kynouria at Paralio Leonidi, Greece; port serving Sparta toward the Argolic Gulf; Pausanias links its name to the chest of Semele and Dionysus; distinct from the Attic deme Prasiae.
Prasidh Krishna
Prasidh Krishna, Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna, Indian right-arm fast bowler from Karnataka. First Indian with an ODI-debut four-wicket haul (2021); IPL 2025 Purple Cap winner, 25 wickets for Gujarat Titans.
Prasonisi Center
Prasonisi Center, also called Toyota Prasonisi Center, is a windsurfing, wingfoil, and kitesurfing school and rental station at Prasonisi beach, southern Rhodes, Greece, owned by Krzysztof Kłos, operating over 28 years with 180 boards and a Prasonisi Club hotel in Kattavia.
Prasoon Joshi (प्रसून जोशी)
Prasoon Joshi (प्रसून जोशी), born 1971 in Almora, is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter, and McCann advertising executive; CBFC chairperson since 2017 and Prasar Bharati Chairman from 2026, known for Rang De Basanti and Taare Zameen Par.
Prassthanam
Prassthanam (प्रस्थानम) is a 2019 Hindi political action drama directed by Deva Katta, remaking his 2010 Telugu film. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Ali Fazal, Manisha Koirala, and Jackie Shroff, it earned ₹4.75 crore in India and mixed reviews.
Prasterone
Prasterone (dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA) is an endogenous steroid given as a 6.5 mg once-daily vaginal insert (Intrarosa) for moderate to severe dyspareunia from menopausal vulvovaginal atrophy; FDA approved 2016, distinct from oral DHEA products.
Prasthanam (ప్రస్థానం)
Prasthanam (ప్రస్థానం, "the journey") is a 2010 Telugu political family drama directed by Deva Katta, starring Sharwanand, Sai Kumar, and Sundeep Kishan; remade in Hindi in 2019 with Sanjay Dutt.
Prasugrel
Prasugrel, sold as Effient and Efient, is an oral antiplatelet drug used with aspirin to prevent blood clots in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing stent procedures.
Prasun Banerjee
Prasun Banerjee, born in 1955 in Kolkata, is an Indian politician who has represented Howrah in the Lok Sabha since 2009 as a Trinamool Congress candidate.
Pratap Chandra Mozoomdar
Pratap Chandra Mozoomdar (প্রতাপচন্দ্র মজুমদার; 1840–1905) was a Bengali Brahmo missionary and writer who championed Keshub Sen's New Dispensation and lectured across America and Britain.
Pratap Narayan Mishra
Pratap Narayan Mishra (प्रतापनारायण मिश्र, 1856–1894) was a Hindi essayist, poet, and journalist of the Bharatendu era, best remembered as editor of the monthly magazine Brahman.