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Peter Strzok
Peter Strzok, former FBI Counterintelligence Section Chief and Deputy Assistant Director, led the Clinton email (Midyear) probe and opened Crossfire Hurricane; anti-Trump texts with Lisa Page led to his 2018 firing, though OIG reviews found no bias affecting decisions.
Peter Wright (MI5 officer)
Peter Wright was a British former assistant director of MI5, the service's first scientist, known for Spycatcher, his 1987 memoir the Thatcher government spent years trying to suppress.
Petko Voyvoda
Petko Voyvoda (Капитан Петко войвода), born Petko Kirkov, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who fought Ottoman rule in Western Thrace and the Rhodopes from 1861 to 1879.
Petraeus scandal
The Petraeus scandal: CIA director David Petraeus resigned in November 2012 after an FBI email investigation exposed his affair with biographer Paula Broadwell; he pleaded guilty in 2015 to a misdemeanor for keeping classified notebooks and got probation and a $100,000 fine.
Petre Dumitrescu
Petre Dumitrescu (1882-1950) was a Romanian army general who led the Third Army on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944, briefly commanded the German 6th Army, and was cleared of war crimes charges; distinct from an Iron Guardist namesake and a colonel imprisoned in 1959.
Philip Effiong
Philip Effiong (1925-2003), also Efiong, Nigerian Army officer and Biafra's Vice President and second-in-command under Ojukwu; final head of state who announced Biafra's surrender on 12 January 1970 and signed at Dodan Barracks on 15 January 1970.
Philip Neame
Sir Philip Neame (1888-1978), British Royal Engineers officer and member of the Shepherd Neame brewing family, is the only person to hold both the Victoria Cross (Neuve Chapelle, 1914) and an Olympic gold medal (1924 team running deer, double shot).
Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (1733–1804), Albany-born Dutch-aristocrat general, one of four original Continental major generals and Northern Department commander, blamed for Fort Ticonderoga's loss, replaced by Gates in 1777, later U.S. senator and canal advocate.
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), French general known as Leclerc, Free French commander of the 2nd Armored Division; liberated Paris and Strasbourg in 1944, signed Japan's surrender, posthumous Marshal of France 1952.
Philippe Morillon
Philippe Morillon (1935-2026), French five-star general, commanded UNPROFOR in Bosnia 1992-1993 and pledged protection to besieged Srebrenica in March 1993; later a UDF member of the European Parliament 1999-2009.
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), Marshal of France and hero of Verdun, headed the collaborationist Vichy regime 1940-1944, was condemned for treason in 1945, reprieved, and died imprisoned on the île d'Yeu.
Phin Choonhavan
Phin Choonhavan (ผิน ชุณหะวัณ) was a Thai army officer who rose to field marshal, led the royalist coup of November 1947, and dominated Thai military politics until removed in 1957.
Phocas (Φωκᾶς)
Phocas (Φωκᾶς, Phokas), East Roman emperor 602–610, a humble Cappadocian centurion who usurped the throne from Maurice in the 602 Danube army mutiny, fought Khosrow II's Persia, and was executed by Heraclius in October 610.
Pier Gerlofs Donia
Pier Gerlofs Donia (Grutte Pier, Grote Pier, Lange Pier, c. 1480–1520) was a Frisian farmer from Kimswerd who led the Arumer Zwarte Hoop rebels and pirates against Saxon and Holland rule after 1515, dying in Sneek.
Pierre Dupont de l'Étang
Pierre-Antoine Dupont de l'Étang (1765–1840), French general and count of the Empire, defeated and captured at Bailén in 1808, later Minister of War and deputy for Charente.
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706) was a French Canadian soldier, explorer, and privateer who fought the English from Hudson Bay to Newfoundland and founded French Louisiana.
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763–1806), French vice-admiral, commanded the Franco-Spanish fleet defeated by Nelson at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805; freed on parole, he died by suicide at Rennes in April 1806.
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956), Marshal of Italy, led the 1935–36 Ethiopian conquest and headed the Italian government from 25 July 1943, signing the Cassibile armistice, until 10 June 1944.
Piotr Wysocki
Piotr Wysocki was a Polish officer who founded a secret conspiracy and initiated the November Uprising against Russian rule in Warsaw on 29 November 1830.
Pitu Guli
Pitu Guli (Питу Гули) was a Vlach revolutionary and cheta commander of VMORO, known for dying in the 1903 defense of Krushevo during the Ilinden Uprising.
Polyperchon
Polyperchon was a Macedonian general and officer of Alexander the Great. He served as regent of Macedon and later fought Cassander in the wars of Alexander's successors.
Povilas Plechavičius
Povilas Plechavičius (1890–1973) was a Lithuanian general who organized Samogitian partisans in the war of independence, took part in the 1926 coup, and commanded the Territorial Defense Force in 1944.
Pradeep Sharma
Pradeep Sharma is a former Mumbai Police "encounter specialist" credited with 105–113 killings in police shootouts; dismissed in 2008, he received a life sentence for the Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter.
Praphas Charusathien
Praphas Charusathien was a Thai field marshal and politician, Interior Minister from 1957 to 1973, who with Thanom Kittikachorn ruled Thailand until the 1973 uprising.
Pratap Singh of Idar
Pratap Singh of Idar (प्रतापसिंह), also Pertab Singh, was a Jodhpur prince who ruled Idar from 1902 to 1911 and fought in campaigns from Afghanistan to Palestine.
Pratik Sharma
Pratik Sharma is a general officer of the Indian Army who previously served as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) and Director General of Military Operations.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria, British field marshal, and first royal Governor General of Canada (1911–1916), veteran of Egypt 1882 and India.
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (Oscar Carl Wilhelm, 1861–1951) was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden, a Swedish army general, and chairman of the Swedish Red Cross.
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy (François-Eugène de Savoie, 1663–1736), Habsburg general, diplomat, and president of the Imperial War Council, victor of Blenheim with Marlborough and Belgrade, and patron behind Vienna's Belvedere.
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus, 1763–1827), second son of George III, commanded the 1793–95 Flanders campaign and reformed the British Army as Commander-in-Chief until the 1809 Mary Anne Clarke promotion scandal; distinct from the later Dukes of York.