| William Penn | 1644–1718 | 2 |
| Elizabeth Robins Pennell | 1855–1936 | 2 |
| Robert F. Pennell | 1850–1905 | 1 |
| T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell | 1867–1912 | 1 |
| James Hosmer Penniman | 1860–1931 | 1 |
| James W. C. Pennington | 1809–1870 | 1 |
| Edward Peple | 1869–1924 | 2 |
| Samuel Pepys | 1633–1703 | 87 |
| Elbert Perce | 1831–1869 | 1 |
| John Percival | 1834–1918 | 1 |
| José María de Pereda | 1833–1906 | 5 |
| Gabriel Pereira | 1847–1911 | 1 |
| Louis Pergaud | 1882–1915 | 1 |
| Živojin Perić | 1868–1953 | 1 |
| Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk | 1859–1881 | 1 |
| Lucy Fitch Perkins | 1865–1937 | 10 |
| Perkins, Thomas, Rev. | 1842–1907 | 3 |
| Selig Perlman | 1888–1959 | 1 |
| Emma Perodi | 1850–1918 | 1 |
| Charles Perrault | 1628–1703 | 2 |
| Bliss Perry | 1860–1954 | 3 |
| Lawrence Perry | 1875–1954 | 3 |
| Nora Perry | 1831–1896 | 1 |
| Ralph Barton Perry | 1876–1957 | 2 |
| Stella G. S. (Stella George Stern) Perry | 1877–1956 | 1 |
| Thomas Sergeant Perry | 1845–1928 | 2 |
| Roland Pertwee | 1885–1963 | 1 |
| Camilo Almeida Pessanha | 1867–1926 | 1 |
| Fernando Pessoa | 1888–1935 | 2 |
| Peters, Charles, active | 1880–1907 | 4 |
| Iva Lowther Peters | 1876–1961 | 1 |
| Lulu Hunt Peters | 1873–1930 | 1 |
| Maud Petersham | 1890–1971 | 2 |
| Miska Petersham | 1888–1960 | 2 |
| Frederick Peterson | 1859–1938 | 1 |
| Henry Peterson | 1818–1891 | 1 |
| William Peterson | 1856–1921 | 1 |
| Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen | 1852–1928 | 1 |
| Horace Petherick | 1839–1919 | 5 |
| Francesco Petrarca | 1304–1374 | 1 |
| W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie | 1853–1942 | 2 |
| Walter D. Petrovic | born 1960 | 1 |
| Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina | 1816–1890 | 1 |
| Raphaël Petrucci | 1872–1917 | 1 |
| Alexander Petrunkevitch | 1875–1964 | 1 |
| Petty, William, Sir | 1623–1687 | 1 |
| Green Peyton | 1907–1968 | 1 |
| Herman Pfeifer | 1879–1931 | 2 |
| Ida Pfeiffer | 1797–1858 | 3 |
| Florian Pharaon | 1827–1887 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 1844–1911 | 3 |
| William Lyon Phelps | 1865–1943 | 5 |
| John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick | 1818–1886 | 1 |
| Paul Philippoteaux | 1846–1923 | 2 |
| F. C. (Francis Charles) Philips | 1849–1921 | 1 |
| Samuel Philips | 1823–1892 | 1 |
| Arthur Phillip | 1738–1814 | 2 |
| L. March (Lisle March) Phillipps | 1863–1917 | 1 |
| Phillipps, Thomas, Sir | 1792–1872 | 1 |
| Phillips, Claude, Sir | 1846–1924 | 2 |
| David Graham Phillips | 1867–1911 | 11 |
| Forbes Phillips | 1866–1917 | 1 |
| George S. (George Searle) Phillips | 1815–1889 | 1 |
| Henry Wallace Phillips | 1869–1930 | 5 |
| Mary Elizabeth Phillips | 1857–1945 | 1 |
| Stephen Phillips | 1864–1915 | 2 |
| Ulrich Bonnell Phillips | 1877–1934 | 1 |
| Eden Phillpotts | 1862–1960 | 6 |
| Robert Kemp Philp | 1819–1882 | 1 |
| Ramsay Weston Phipps | 1838–1923 | 17 |
| Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus) Phoutrides | 1887–1923 | 1 |
| Clodius Piat | 1854–1918 | 1 |
| L.-B. (Louis-Benoît) Picard | 1769–1828 | 1 |
| Amédée Pichot | 1795–1877 | 1 |
| Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir | 1873–1952 | 2 |
| Edward C. (Edward Charles) Pickering | 1846–1919 | 1 |
| La Salle Corbell Pickett | 1848–1931 | 1 |
| Marmaduke William Pickthall | 1875–1936 | 3 |
| Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton | born 1867 | 1 |
| J. Allanson (James Allanson) Picton | 1832–1910 | 1 |