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Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

Born: August 9, 1896 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Died: September 17, 1980 Geneva, Switzerland Swiss psychologist The Swiss...

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Born: October 25, 1881 Malaga, Spain Died: April 8, 1973 Mougins, France Spanish painter, sculptor, and graphic artist ...

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Wilson Pickett

Born March 18, 1941, in Prattville, AL; died of a heart attack, January 19, 2006, in Reston, VA. Singer and songwriter. Soul/Rhythm & Blues (R&B) singer Wilson Pickett was best kno...

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Molly Picon

Jewish-American actress Molly Picon (1898–1992) was known as the great comedienne of Yiddish theater over a career that lasted for nearly 90 years. In later life her appearances in...

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Advertising and media

Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film studio and distribution arm of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros., both of which are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is headqu

Pizza Pilgrims

Pizza Pilgrims

Consumer goods

Since it’s inception in the summer of 2011, Pizza Pilgrims has gone from strength to strength on London’s high-octane pizza scene. Originally the brainchild of passionate pizza lovers Thom

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Pink

Singer and songwriter Born Alecia Beth Moore, September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, PA; daughter of James (an insurance salesman) and Judy (an emergency room nurse) Moore. ...

Pinterest

Pinterest

Communication and Internet

Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") on the World Wide Web using image

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Jeremy Piven

Actor Born July 26, 1965, in New York, NY; son of Byrne (a drama teacher) and Joyce (a drama teacher; maiden name, Hiller) Piven. Education: Graduate...

Jose Pizarro

Jose Pizarro

Consumer goods

Spanish restaurant in London. Originally from a beautiful village, Talaván in Cáceres, Extremadura, José Pizarro considers London his home, and is often described as the Godf

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Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

Architect and urban planner Born in 1950 in Bryn Mawr, PA; daughter of an architect and a landscape architect; married Andres Duany (an architect and urban planner), 1976. ...

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Born: October 27, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts Died: February 11, 1963 London, England American poet and novelist Best ...

Plato

Plato

Born: c. 427 B.C.E. Athens, Greece Died: c. 347 B.C.E. Athens, Greece Greek philosopher ...

STV Player

STV Player

Computers and software

STV Player is a video on demand service owned by STV Group and available free-of-charge across the UK, online, on mobile and on all major TV platforms, including Sky Glas

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George Plimpton

Born George Ames Plimpton, March 18, 1927, in New York, NY; died September 26, 2003, in New York, NY. Author, editor, and actor. American writer and editor George Plimpton was best known b...

Pocahontas

Pocahontas

Born: c. 1595 Virginia Died: 1617 Gravesend, Kent, England Native American princess Pocahontas was the daughter of a ...

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Born: January 19, 1809 Boston, Massachusetts Died: October 7, 1849 Baltimore, Maryland American poet and writer One o...

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Born: February 20, 1924 Miami, Florida African American actor Actor Sidney Poitier's presence in film during the 1950s and 1960s opened up the po...

Honi Poke

Honi Poke

Consumer goods

A new and exciting Poké Shop has opened its doors of 82 Dean Street in February 2017. Riding the waves of the Poké phenomenon that has swept all the way from Hawaii to New York, Honi Pok

Thames Valley Police

Thames Valley Police

Security

Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley region, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in South East England. It is

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