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Paolo Uccello
Paolo Uccello (Paolo di Dono, 1397-1475), Florentine early Renaissance painter famed for linear perspective; his three-panel Battle of San Romano (1432 battle) hangs in the Uffizi, National Gallery London, and Louvre; other works include the Hawkwood fresco.
Paolo Veronese
Paolo Veronese, born Paolo Caliari (1528–1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school, one of the three great sixteenth-century masters of Venice alongside Titian and Tintoretto.
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis is an Italian physician and cancer epidemiologist who holds the Chair of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial College London, working in molecular epidemiology and exposomics.
Paolo Zanardi
Paolo Zanardi is a physicist and professor at the University of Southern California working in quantum information science, known for noiseless quantum codes and holonomic quantum computation.
Paolo Zangrillo
Paolo Zangrillo is an Italian politician of Forza Italia who has served as Minister for Public Administration in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government since 2022, championing merit reform.
Paolo, Conte Thaon di Revel
Paolo, Conte Thaon di Revel (1888-1973), Italian count, economist, and 1920 Antwerp Olympic team épée gold medalist; fascist-era Finance Minister 1935-43, Turin podestà, IOC member 1932-64, and Cortina 1956 organizing committee president.
Paombong
Paombong is a municipality in Bulacan, Philippines, the Vinegar Capital of the Philippines, famed for sukang Paombong nipa palm vinegar; 14 barangays, 53,294 people (2015), named after bamboo sap tubes called bombong.
Paona Brajabasi
Paona Brajabasi (পাওনা ব্রজবাসী), born Paonam Nawol Singh, was a Manipur army officer who died as a Major at the 1891 Battle of Khongjom against the British.
Paoro Tholi
Paoro Tholi is a 225-km volcanic tholus on Venus at 10.5°N, 268.0°E, in the Hecate Chasma quadrangle (V-28); IAU named it in 2003 for the Māori goddess of echoes, mother figure of Marikoriko.
Paowang
Paowang (泡宠网) was a Chinese pet-health platform launched in August 2013 by a Beijing company, offering free online vet consultations, hospital lookup, and appointment booking.
Pap of Armenia
Pap (Armenian: Պապ; Papas in Latin sources) was king of Arsacid Armenia from 370 to 374, restored by Roman support and assassinated, apparently at Emperor Valens' behest.
Pap test
Pap test (Papanicolaou test, Pap smear, cervical cytology): screening exam of cervical cells under a microscope to detect precancerous changes; introduced by Papanicolaou in 1928, recommended every 3 years from age 21.
Papa (爸爸)
Papa (爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong crime drama directed and written by Philip Yung, starring Lau Ching-wan, Jo Koo, Dylan So, and Lainey Hung. Adapted from the 2010 Tsuen Wan murder case, it premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival and won three Hong Kong Film Awards.
Papa Bouba Diop
Papa Bouba Diop (1978-2020), Senegalese defensive midfielder, 'The Wardrobe'; scored the 2002 World Cup opener's only goal as Senegal beat France 1-0, won the 2008 FA Cup with Portsmouth, 63 caps, died aged 42.
Papa Don't Preach
Papa Don't Preach, a 1986 Madonna single from True Blue written by Brian Elliot, produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray; a Hot 100 and UK number 1 about a pregnant teenager that sparked an abortion controversy.
Papa John's
Papa John's (Papa Johns, PZZA) is an American pizza delivery and carryout chain founded by John Schnatter in 1984 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The world's third-largest pizza delivery company operates about 6,000 restaurants in roughly 50 countries, mostly franchised, and is pursuing a turnaround under CEO Todd Penegor.
Papa Legba
Papa Legba, also called Atibon Legba, is the gatekeeper lwa of Haitian Vodou, descended from the Fon Legba of Dahomey. Invoked first in every ceremony, depicted as an old man with a cane and keys, distinct from Elegua and Eshu-Elegba.
Papa Louie
Papa Louie is a fictional chef and video game franchise by Flipline Studios, founded 2004, beginning with the 2006 Flash platformer When Pizzas Attack! and the Papa's restaurant management games.
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band formed in Vacaville, California, in 1993, also called P-Roach. Known for Infest (2000), Last Resort, over 20 million albums sold, lineup Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance, Tony Palermo, and the Rise of the Roach Tour.
Papa Stronsay
Papa Stronsay is a small, low-lying island in the Orkney archipelago off northern Scotland, lying just north of Stronsay and home to Golgotha Monastery since 1999.
PAPA syndrome
PAPA syndrome (pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne; familial recurrent arthritis) is a rare autosomal dominant autoinflammatory disease caused by PSTPIP1 mutations on chromosome 15, driving IL-1β overproduction and treated with anakinra and TNF inhibitors.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone": Motown soul song by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, first cut by the Undisputed Truth (1972), made famous by the Temptations' 12-minute All Directions version, a 1972 pop No. 1 and three-time 1973 Grammy winner.
Papa Wemba
Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was a Congolese singer known as the king of rumba rock, who died on stage in 2016.
Papa Zola The Movie
Papa Zola The Movie is a 2025 Malaysian animated film by Monsta Studios and Astro Shaw, directed by Nizam Abd Razak, starring the BoBoiBoy character Papa Zola; it became Malaysia's highest-grossing animated film at over RM69 million.
Papa-Terra Oil and Gas Field
Papa-Terra is a deepwater heavy-oil field in block BC-20 in Brazil's southern Campos Basin, about 110 km off Rio de Janeiro, discovered in 2003, producing since 2013, and operated by Brava Energia.
Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag: 1981 instrumental single by English post-punk band Pigbag on Y Records (Y10), a play on James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"; UK No. 3 in 1982.
Papabile
Papabile (plural papabili), Italian for "popeable," describes a cardinal considered likely to be elected pope. Lists are unofficial journalistic guesses; front-runners often lose, as in 2025 when non-papabile Robert Prevost became Leo XIV.
Papacy of Pope Tawadros II
The papacy of Pope Tawadros II is the tenure of the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, enthroned on November 18, 2012.
Papadam
Papadam (pappadam, appalam, papad, poppadom) is a thin South Asian lentil or starch wafer, fried or roasted; black-gram Kerala pappadam puffs in oil, Tamil appalam stays flat.
Papaflessas
Papaflessas, born Grigorios Dikaios, was a Greek Orthodox priest and revolutionary leader who served as Minister of the Interior and helped organize the Greek War of Independence.