American Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.A collegiate All-American at the University o

Is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.A collegiate All-American at the University of Miami, among her significant victories as an amateur were the Eastern Women's Amateur and Mexican Amateur in 1980, a year when she was also runner-up to

Is a French Canadian football player with FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. Bernier has play

Is a French Canadian football player with FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. Bernier has played for the Montreal Impact in the A-league in Canada. For one season he played college soccer in USA, for Syracuse University, in New York. He has some background in Canadian hockey, but he was told he was too short to reach the top level. Bernier played at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador, alongside Brad Parker. They are the only ones of that squad to make it to the senior team.

Is a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pairs with Anabelle Langlois at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Is a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pairs with Anabelle Langlois at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Archetto and Langlois ended their partnernship on January 31, 2005 because Archetto chose to retire from competitive skating.

Is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 21st in the K-1 event at th

Is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 21st in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a professional boxer.On November 13, 2004, L'Heureux challenged Steve McKay (record 5-1) for the

Is a professional boxer.On November 13, 2004, L'Heureux challenged Steve McKay (record 5-1) for the vacant Canadian Heavyweight championship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After knocking down McKay in the eighth round with a body shot, L'Heureux capitalized

Is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is the 2006 & 2007 World s

Is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist.

A Grammy Award winning American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist.Rushen has also achiev

A Grammy Award winning American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist.Rushen has also achieved great success as a singer. A classically trained pianist, Rushen has spent great deal of time channeling her skills towards making great music. Won comp

Is a Minnesota politician and current national committeewoman for Minnesota to the Republican Nation

Is a Minnesota politician and current national committeewoman for Minnesota to the Republican National Committee. She served as the 17th State Auditor of Minnesota, from 2003 to 2007. Prior to this, she was mayor of Eagan, Minnesota for four years after s

Is an American diver who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is an American diver who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired female diver from the United States, who won a total number of four gold medals by winn

Is a retired female diver from the United States, who won a total number of four gold medals by winning both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956).

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Team USA finished in eig

Is a female water polo player from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States

Is a female water polo player from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games. Majoring in sociology she made her debut for the national team in 2006. Cardenas is of Mex

Is a retired swimmer for the U. S. Virgin Islands who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She

Is a retired swimmer for the U. S. Virgin Islands who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She is the older sister of NBA basketball player Tim Duncan.

Is an American horse racing jockey. She first won with Turf Advisor at Waterford Park (now Mountaine

Is an American horse racing jockey. She first won with Turf Advisor at Waterford Park (now Mountaineer Park) in 1979. She is a four-time Turfway Park leading rider. Cooksey has won 2,137 wins since beginning her career in 1979. She was the all-time leadin

Is a member of the Canadian House of Commons elected in 2006 representing the riding of Sarnia—Lam

Is a member of the Canadian House of Commons elected in 2006 representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.Davidson previously served as mayor of Wyoming (1991–2000) and Plympton-Wyoming, Ontario (2001–2006) and warden of Lambton County. She first won her seat in the 2006 federal election by defeating incumbent Liberal Roger Gallaway by more than 4,000 votes. Davidson was re-elected on May 2, 2011.

Is an American politician who represents the 5th Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Repr

Is an American politician who represents the 5th Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is the current Speaker pro Tempore of the House.Prior to serving in the General Court, Haddad spent 14 years as a teacher in Somerset, Mass

Is a Canadian politician. She is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, previously repres

Is a Canadian politician. She is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, previously representing the riding of Burlington for the Liberal Party. In 2006, Torsney was defeated by Conservative Party candidate Mike Wallace.Torsney was first elected to parliament in the election of 1993, defeating her closest opponent, Progressive Conservative Mike Kuegle, by almost 10,000 votes. The Progressive Conservatives had previously held the riding since 1972, under retiring Member of Parliament (MP) Bill Kempling.

A former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada.After be

A former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada.After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratus began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in March 2000. Early in her career, she was involved in sexually themed angles, such as managing the team T & A and a storyline affair with Vince McMahon. As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her wrestling skills and popularity strengthened. Because of this, she was a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time "WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed "Diva of the Decade".[3][11]

Better known as Trish Stratus, is a Greek-Canadian actress and television personality. She is also a

Better known as Trish Stratus, is a Greek-Canadian actress and television personality. She is also a former fitness model and semi-retired professional wrestler. After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratus began working for the World Wrestling

Is an American science fiction and Slipstream author. Anthony published her first science fiction no

Is an American science fiction and Slipstream author. Anthony published her first science fiction novel in 1992 with Cold Allies, about the arrival of extraterrestrials in the midst of a 21st Century Third World War

Is an American jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, and bandleader. She was born to parents who were bo

Is an American jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, and bandleader. She was born to parents who were both professional musicians; her father is Floyd "Shim" Barber, a former member of Glenn Miller's Band. She was raised in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

Was a member of the girl group, the Chiffons.

Was a member of the girl group, the Chiffons.

Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hears

Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst and Catherine Wood Campbell. She grew up primarily in the wealthy San Francisco suburb of Hillsborough. She attended Crystal Springs School for Girls in Hillsborough and the Santa Catalina School for Girls in Monterey. Among her few close friends she counted Patricia Tobin, whose family founded the Hibernia Bank, a branch of which Hearst would later aid in robbing.

Was an American tennis player who had her best results just after World War II. In 1947 and 1948, sh

Was an American tennis player who had her best results just after World War II. In 1947 and 1948, she won a total of four Grand Slam championships: one in singles, two in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.

A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida.

A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida. Cornwell says that there are numerous links between herself and the main character in her novels, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist. They are both Miami-born, divorced, and had troubled relationships with their late fathers.Cornwell's father, Sam Daniels, was one of the leading appellate lawyers in the United States and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Cornwell later traced her own motivations in life to the emotional abuse she says she suffered from her father, who she says walked out on the family on Christmas Day 1961.