American Famous Names Starting with Letter P

(November 5, 1900 in Athens, Texas - February 23, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas) was a right handed star

(November 5, 1900 in Athens, Texas - February 23, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas) was a right handed starting pitcher with a 12-year career from 1921 to 1932.

Is a NHL hockey player who, along with his twin brother Chris became the first set of identical twin

Is a NHL hockey player who, along with his twin brother Chris became the first set of identical twins to play on the same NHL team, (the New York Rangers) in the 1995–1996 NHL hockey season.

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished sixt

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished sixth in the 100 metre freestyle event

(born April 2, 1964, in Pebble Beach, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He w

(born April 2, 1964, in Pebble Beach, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was drafted in the 1st round (8th overall pick) by the Montreal Expos in the 1985 amateur draft out of Oklahoma State University

Is an Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler from Kansas. Nicknamed the "Kansas Whirlwind," Kinsley, Ka

Is an Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler from Kansas. Nicknamed the "Kansas Whirlwind," Kinsley, Kansas-native Peter J. Mehringer undoubtedly ranks as one of the greatest wrestlers ever to attend the University of Kansas. After learning how to wrestle fr

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Aldo Montoya and with Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Justin Credible. In WWF/E, he was a eight-time WWF/

Was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and N

Was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and New York Yankees (1919). Schneider batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Los Angeles, California.Schneider was a hard-throwing pitcher who struggled with injuries and control problems. At age 18, he made a promising debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 1914 pitching a 1–0 shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite a 5-14 mark in his rookie season he finished with a 2.92 ERA. He recorded 14 wins in 1915 while posting a 2.48 ERA but led the National League pitchers with 19 losses. His most productive season came in 1917 when he posted career-highs with 20 wins and 333-2/3 innings pitched, but he lost 19 games for the third consecutive year.

He completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California in 1985. He

He completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California in 1985. He also studied in Italy for two years as a Fulbright Scholar and Rotary International Fellow. He is Professor of Music at Wake Forest University, where he has taught since 1988. [1]He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and South America. His recordings of American 19th Century composers George Whitefield Chadwick and Horatio Parker are published by Albany Records [2], and have been noted for their "poetry and rhythmic drive" [3] and "lightness and energy"

A Canadian television actor, who has played roles in many of Canada's most popular comedy series.Kel

A Canadian television actor, who has played roles in many of Canada's most popular comedy series.Keleghan's best-known roles have been film industry CEO Alan Roy on Made in Canada, low-IQ news anchor Jim Walcott on The Newsroom, and lonely, forgotten, deluded Ranger Gord on The Red Green Show. He also had a role in the Canadian film Ginger Snaps. Non-Canadians will more likely recognize Keleghan as one of two actors who played George Costanza's archnemesis Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld.

Is an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coaches are Dennis Snethen, Dragomir Cioroslan

Is an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coaches are Dennis Snethen, Dragomir Cioroslan, and Paul Fleschler.

Was a National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Horne

Was a National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Hornets from 1981 to 1991.

Gallagher was born in New York City, New York, USA, the son of Mary, a bacteriologist, and Tom Galla

Gallagher was born in New York City, New York, USA, the son of Mary, a bacteriologist, and Tom Gallagher, an advertising executive. He is of Irish Catholic background and was raised in Armonk, New York. Gallagher graduated from Tufts University, where he was very visible in the performance scene on campus, appearing in such shows as Stephen Sondheim's Company and singing with the all-male a cappella group the Beelzebubs.

Was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event a

Was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1973 to 1975.

Was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1973 to 1975.

Is former Chairman of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, President of PMC Communications Inc. and a

Is former Chairman of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, President of PMC Communications Inc. and a former Canadian politician.In 1991, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Finance and Privatization. In 1993, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and to the Minister for International Trade.

Is a former Vancouver city councilor, Metro Vancouver vice-chair and business owner who is currently

Is a former Vancouver city councilor, Metro Vancouver vice-chair and business owner who is currently a weekly columnist at Business in Vancouver newspaper and a regular contributor to crosscut.com, a Seattle-based online news service. As a former member of Vancouver City Council, Ladner was a director of TransLink and vice-chair of Metro Vancouver, the Regional District. He has been vice-chair of the Metro Vancouver Sustainable Region Initiative and a member the World Urban Forum Committee. On City Council, he chaired the budget committee and was a member of committees on transportation and traffic and planning and environment. He was also a member of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission. On June 8, 2008, Ladner won the Non-Partisan Association's mayoral nomination for the 2008 municipal election, defeating incumbent mayor Sam Sullivan in a surprise upset. He defeated Sullivan by 1,066 to 986 votes, after convincing NPA members that Sullivan would be defeated in the upcoming election. However, he was soundly defeated on November 15, 2008 by Gregor Robertson, the mayoral candidate of Vision Vancouver.

Is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Te

Is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias. Wilson also writes under the name Hakim Bey.

Was an Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Barone on the 1996-

Was an Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Barone on the 1996-2005 CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and as a singing and dancing Frankenstein's Monster in the writer-director Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974)

After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Aft

After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. After high school, Buck attended Emory University in Atlanta but eventually dropped out. He moved to Athens, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia as well. While in Athens, Buck worked at the Wuxtry Records store through which he met regular customer Michael Stipe as well as R.E.M.'s future legal and managerial representative, Bertis Downs.

Is a former Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer. Loncarevich was an "Old School" professional BMX racer wh

Is a former Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer. Loncarevich was an "Old School" professional BMX racer whose prime competitive years were from 1980 to 1994.Nickname: "Pistol Pete" Loncarevich. He received the moniker the way many racers did with the announcer

Is a lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Lough was originally draf

Is a lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Lough was originally drafted in the National Lacrosse League by the now defunct Ontario Raiders, though he did not play for them. For the 2002 season he was signed by the Montreal

Was a professional American football player in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a high sc

Was a professional American football player in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a high school junior when his mother moved the family to Chicago. His father was a murder victim, and when a suspect was acquitted, Pete decided to become a lawyer.

, is a professor of philosophy at the Northwestern University. Before moving to Northwestern, Ludlow

, is a professor of philosophy at the Northwestern University. Before moving to Northwestern, Ludlow taught for several years at University of Toronto, the University of Michigan, State University of New York at Stony Brook and was Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University and Cornell University.

Is an American sociologist and Lutheran theologian well known for his work The Social Construction o

Is an American sociologist and Lutheran theologian well known for his work The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (New York, 1966), which he co-authored with Thomas Luckmann.In 1955 and 1956 he worked at the Evangelische Akademie in Bad Boll, Germany. From 1956 to 1958 Berger was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina; from 1958 to 1963 he was an associate professor at Hartford Theological Seminary. The next stations in his career were professorships at the New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Boston College. Since 1981 Berger has been University Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University, and since 1985 also director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, which transformed, a few years ago, into the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs[1].

Is an American bodybuilder and actor. He attended the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler Universi

Is an American bodybuilder and actor. He attended the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University, where he also played football and basketball, graduating in 1954. He and his wife, Sharon, have a son, Peter Lupus III, who is also an actor. Standing