List of mathematicians (P)

Pac

• Pach, János (USA/Hungary, born 1954)
• Pachter, Lior (Israel/South Africa, ?–?)
• Pacioli, Luca (Italy, 1440s–1517)
• Packard, Norman (?, born 1954)
• Padamadan, George (India, 1932–2004)
• Padé, Henri (France, 1863–1953)
• Padoa, Alessandro (Italy, 1868–1937)
• Padova, Ernesto (Italy, 1845–1896)
• Padovani, Giovanni (Italy, born 1512)
• Pagnini, Giovanni (Italy, ?–?)
• Le Paige, Constantin (Belgium, 1852–1929)
• Painlevé, Paul (France, 1863–1933)
• de Paiva, Valeria (Brazil/USA, ?–?)
• Päivärinta, Lassi (Finland, ?–?)
• Pak, Igor (Russia, born 1971)
• Pál, Gyula (Hungary, 1881–1946)
• Palacios, Octavio Cordero (?, 1870–1930)
• Palais, Richard (USA, born 1931)
• Palatini, Attilio (Italy, 1889–1949)
• Paley, Raymond (England/Britain, 1907–1933)
• Pálfy, Péter Pál (Hungary, born 1955)
• Palis, Jacob (Brazil, born 1940)
• Palm, Conny (Sweden, 1907–1951)
• Palm, Enok (Norway, 1924–2012)
• Palmieri, John H. (USA, ?–?)
• Palmstrøm, Henrik (Norway, 1900–1998)
• Paman, Roger (?, 1700–1748)
• Pan, Victor (Soviet Union, ?–?)
• Pancatuccio, Paulo (?, ?–?)
• Pandharipande, Rahul (India, born 1969)
• Pandit, Narayana (Medieval India, 1340–1400)
• Pangrati, Ermil (Romania, 1864–1931)
• Pāṇini (Ancient India, ?–?)
• Pannwitz, Erika (Germany, ?–?)
• Pansu, Pierre (France, born 1959)

Pao

• Paoli, Pietro (?, 1759–1839)
• Papakyriakopoulos, Christos (Greece, 1914–1976)
• Papanicolaou, George C. (USA, born 1943)
• Papasoglu, Panos (?, ?–?)
• Papert, Seymour (South Africa, born 1928)
• Papić, Pavle (Croatia, 1919–2005)
• Papoulis, Athanasios (Greece, 1921–2002)
• Pappiani, Alberto (Italy, 1709–1790)
• Pappus of Alexandria (Ancient Greece, 290s–350s)
• Paradisi, Giovanni (Italy, 1760–1826)
• Parameshvara (Medieval India, 1380–1425)
• Paranjpe, R. P. (India, 1876–1966)
• Pardon, John (USA, born 1989)
• Pardoux, Étienne (France, born 1948)
• Parent, Antoine (France, 1666–1716)
• Parimala, Raman (India, born 1948)
• Paris, Jeff (Britain, born 1944)
• Park, Haesun (South Korea, ?–?)
• Parker-Rhodes, Frederick (Britain, 1914–1987)
• Parker, E. T. (USA, born 1926)
• Parker, Matt (Australia, born 1980)
• Parker, Richard A. (England, born 1953)
• Parks, Harold R. (USA, born 1949)
• Parry, Bill (England, 1934–2006)
• Parseval, Marc-Antoine (France, 1755–1836)
• Parshall, Karen (?, born 1955)
• Parsons, Charles (USA, born 1933)
• Parsons, Torrence (USA, 1941–1987)
• Parthasarathy, K. R. (India, born 1936)
• Parthasarathy, Rajagopalan (India, born 1945)
• Parthasarathy, Thiruvenkatachari (India, born 1941)
• de Parthenay, Catherine (France, 1554–1631)
• Partington, Jonathan (England, born 1955)

Pas

• Pascal, Blaise (France, 1623–1662)
• Pascal, Étienne (France, 1588–1651)
• Pasch, Moritz (Germany, 1843–1930)
• Pasha, Hüseyin Tevfik (?, 1832–1901)
• Pashayev, Rizvan (?, born 1949)
• Paskvić, Ivan (Croatia, 1754–1829)
• Passi, Inder Bir Singh (India, born 1939)
• Pastor, Julio Rey (Spain/Argentina, 1888–1962)
• Pastori, Maria (Italy, 1895–1975)
• Pastur, Leonid (Ukraine, born 1937)
• Patanjali (India, ?–?)
• Paternain, Gabriel (Uruguay, ?–?)
• Patodi, Vijay Kumar (India, 1945–1976)
• Patterson, Boyd Crumrine (USA, 1902–1988)
• Paucton, Alexis-Jean-Pierre (France, 1736–1798)
• Paul, Iain (?, 1939–2012)
• Paule, Peter (Austria, ?–?)
• Paulos, John Allen (USA, born 1945)
• Pavlović, Nataša (Serbia, ?–?)
• Pawlak, Zdzisław (Poland, 1926–2006)
• Pawlowsky-Glahn, Vera (Spain, ?–?)
• Payne, William (England, ?–1779)
• Peabody, Selim (USA, 1829–1903)
• Peacock, George (England, 1791–1858)
• Peano, Giuseppe (Italy, 1858–1932)
• Pearce, Charles E. M. (Australia, 1940–2012)
• Pearcey, Trevor (England, 1919–1998)
• Pearcy, Carl (USA, ?–?)
• Pearson, Egon (England, 1895–1980)
• Pearson, Karl (England, 1857–1936)

Pec

• Pečarić, Josip (Croatia, born 1948)
• Peck, G. W. (USA, ?–?)
• Pediasimos, John (Greece, ?–?)
• Pedley, Tim (Britain, born 1942)
• Pedoe, Daniel (England, 1910–1998)
• Peeva, Irena (USA, ?–?)
• Pegel, Magnus (Germany, 1547–1619)
• Pegg Jr., Ed (USA, born 1963)
• Peirce, Benjamin (USA, 1809–1880)
• Peirce, Benjamin Osgood (USA, 1854–1914)
• Peirce, Charles Sanders (USA, 1839–1914)
• Peitgen, Heinz-Otto (Germany, born 1945)
• Peixoto, Maurício (Brazil, born 1921)
• Pekeris, Chaim L. (USA/Israel, 1908–1993)
• Pekonen, Osmo (Finland, born 1960)
• Pelesko, John (USA, born 1960s)
• Pell, John (Britain, 1611–1685)
• Pell, Morris Birkbeck (Australia, 1827–1879)
• Peltesohn, Rose (Germany/Israel, 1913–1998)
• Pendlebury, Richard (Britain, 1847–1902)
• Penney, William Penney, Baron (England, 1909–1991)
• Pennington, Barry (Britain, 1923–1968)
• Pennycuick, Kenneth (Britain, 1911–1995)
• Penrose, Lionel (Britain, 1898–1972)
• Penrose, Roger (England, born 1931)
• Penther, Johann Friedrich (Germany, 1693–1749)
• Pépin, Théophile (France, 1826–1904)
• Percival, Ian C. (?, born 1931)
• Peregrine, Howell (Britain, 1938–2007)
• Pereira, Thomas (Portugal, 1645–1708)
• Perelman, Grigori (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1966)
• Perera, Vicumpriya (Sri Lanka, ?–?)
• Peres, Yuval (Israel, born 1963)
• Perez-Capdevila, Javier (Cuba, born 1963)
• Pérez-Marco, Ricardo (Spain/France, born 1967)
• Pérez, Francisco (Spain, ?–?)
• Pérez, José Augusto Sánchez (?, 1882–1958)
• Perigal, Henry (England, 1801–1898)
• Perkins, Ed (?, born 1953)
• Perles, Micha (Israel, ?–?)
• Perrin-Riou, Bernadette (France, born 1955)
• Perron, Oskar (Germany, 1880–1975)
• Perseus (Ancient Greece, ?–?)
• Persson, Lars-Erik (Sweden, born 1944)
• Perutz, Leo (Austria, 1882–1957)
• Pervushin, Ivan (Russia, 1827–1900)

Pes

• Peschl, Ernst (Germany, 1906–1986)
• Peskin, Charles S. (USA, born 1946)
• Peter, Fritz (Germany, 1899–1949)
• Péter, Rózsa (Hungary, 1905–1977)
• Petersen, Julius (Denmark, 1839–1910)
• Peterson, Franklin P. (USA, 1930–2000)
• Peterson, Ivars (Canada, born 1948)
• Peterson, Ludmila (?, ?–?)
• Peterson, W. Wesley (USA, 1924–2009)
• Petersson, Hans (Germany, 1902–1984)
• Petit, Pierre (France, 1594–1677)
• Petkanchin, Boyan (Bulgaria, 1907–1987)
• Petković, Miodrag (Serbia, born 1948)
• Petkovšek, Marko (Slovenia, born 1955)
• Petr, Karel (Czech Republic, 1868–1950)
• Petri, Carl Adam (Germany, 1926–2010)
• Petrosian, Ashot (Armenia, 1930–1998)
• Petrosjan, Leon (Armenia, born 1940)
• Petrov, Aleksei Zinovyevich (Russia, 1910–1972)
• Petrović, Mihailo (Serbia, 1868–1943)
• Petrovsky, Ivan (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901–1973)
• Petryshyn, Volodymyr (Ukraine, born 1929)
• Pettis, Billy James (USA, 1913–1979)
• Petunin, Yuri (Soviet Union/Russia/Ukraine, 1937–2011)
• Petzold, Linda (?, born 1954)
• von Peuerbach, Georg (Austria, 1423–1461)
• del Pezzo, Pasquale (Italy, 1859–1936)
• Pfaff, Johann Friedrich (Germany, 1765–1825)
• Pfaff, Johann Wilhelm Andreas (Germany, 1774–1835)
• Pfannkuche, Michael (Germany, born 1956)

Pfe

• Pfeffer, Washek (USA, born 1936)
• Pfeiffer, Georgii Yurii (Soviet Union/Ukraine, 1872–1946)
• Pfister, Albrecht (Germany, born 1934)
• Phelps, Robert (?, 1926–2013)
• Philip, Flora (Scotland, 1865–1943)
• Phillips, Ralph S. (USA, 1913–1998)
• Philolaus (Ancient Greece, 470s BC–380s BC)
• Philon (Ancient Greece, ?–?)
• Philonides of Laodicea (Ancient Greece/Syria, ?–?)
• Philpott, Wade Edward (USA, 1918–1985)
• Phragmén, Lars Edvard (Sweden, 1863–1937)
• Piaggio, Henry Thomas Herbert (England, 1884–1967)
• Piasecki, Bartosz (?, born 1986)
• Piatetski-Shapiro, Ilya (Israel, 1929–2009)
• Picard, Émile (France, 1856–1941)
• Piccard, Sophie (Russia/Switzerland, 1904–1990)
• Pick, Georg Alexander (Austria, 1859–1942)
• Picone, Mauro (Italy/Sicily, 1885–1977)
• Piene, Ragni (Norway, born 1947)
• Pieprzyk, Josef (Poland, born 1949)
• Pierantoni, Giovanni Giacomo (Italy, ?–?)
• Pieri, Mario (Italy, 1860–1913)
• Pierpont, James (USA, 1866–1938)
• Pigafetta, Filippo (Italy, 1533–1604)
• Pigeon, Marie Anne Victoire (?, 1724–1767)
• Pighius, Albert (Netherlands, 1490–1542)
• Pignatelli, Faustina (Italy, ?–1785)
• Pila, Jonathan (Australia, ?–?)
• Pillai, K. C. Sreedharan (India/USA, 1920–1985)
• Pillai, Kadammanitta Vasudevan (India, ?–?)
• Pillai, Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana (India, 1901–1950)
• de Pillis, Lisette (?, ?–?)
• Piltz, Adolf (Germany, 1855–1940)
• Pilz, Günter (Austria, born 1945)

Pin

• Pincherle, Salvatore (?, 1853–1936)
• Pinder, George F. (USA, ?–?)
• Pingala (Ancient India, ?–?)
• Pingree, David (?, 1933–2005)
• Pinheiro, Paulo (Brazil, born 1967)
• Pinilla, Martha Isabel Fandiño (Colombia/Italy, born 1956)
• Pinsker, Mark Semenovich (Russia/Soviet Union, 1925–2003)
• Pinto, Alberto (Portugal, born 1964)
• Pintz, János (Hungary, ?–?)
• Pinzón, Mario Laserna (Colombia, 1923–2013)
• Piola, Gabrio (Italy, 1794–1850)
• Piontkovsky, Andrey (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1940)
• Pipher, Jill (USA, born 1955)
• Piranian, George (Ethnic Armenia, 1914–2009)
• Piro, Oreste (?, born 1954)
• Pironneau, Olivier (?, born 1945)
• Pisani, Giovanni Battista (Italy, ?–?)
• Pisanski, Tomaž (Slovenia, born 1949)
• Piscopia, Elena Cornaro (?, 1646–1684)
• Pisharati, Achyuta (India, 1550–1621)
• Pisier, Gilles (France, born 1950)
• Pisot, Charles (France, 1910–1984)
• Pitassi, Toniann (Canada, ?–?)
• Pitati, Pietro (Italy, ?–1550)
• Pitiscus, Bartholomaeus (Germany, 1561–1613)
• Pitman, E. J. G. (Australia, 1897–1993)
• Pitt, Harry (Britain, 1914–2005)
• Pitts, Jon T. (USA, born 1948)
• Pixton, Aaron (USA, born 1986)
• Plancherel, Michel (Switzerland, 1885–1967)
• Platonov, Vladimir (Soviet Union/Belarus/Russia, born 1939)
• Playfair, John (Scotland, 1748–1819)

Ple

• Pleijel, Åke (Sweden, 1913–1989)
• Plemelj, Josip (Slovenia, 1873–1967)
• Pless, Vera (USA, born 1931)
• Plessner, Abraham (Soviet Union/Russia, 1900–1961)
• Pleszczyńska, Elżbieta (Poland, born 1933)
• Plofker, Kim (USA, born 1964)
• Plotkin, Eugene (Soviet Union/Israel, born 1955)
• Plouffe, Simon (Canada, born 1956)
• Plücker, Julius (Germany, 1801–1868)
• Plummer, Michael D. (USA, ?–?)
• Plyushch, Leonid (Ukraine, 1938–2015)
• Pochan, André (France, born 1891)
• Pochhammer, Leo August (Germany, 1841–1920)
• Pocklington, Henry Cabourn (England, 1870–1952)
• Poczobutt, Marcin Odlanicki (Lithuania/Belarus/Poland, 1728–1810)
• Poénaru, Valentin (Romania, born 1932)
• Pogorelov, Aleksei (Ukraine/Soviet Union, 1919–2002)
• Pogorzelski, Henry (USA, born 1922)
• Pogue, William R. (USA, 1930–2014)
• Poincaré, Henri (France, 1854–1912)
• Poinsot, Louis (France, 1777–1859)
• Poisson, Siméon Denis (France, 1781–1840)
• Poitou, Georges (France, 1926–1989)
• Poletti, Luigi (?, 1864–1967)
• de Polignac, Alphonse (France, 1826–1863)
• Politi, Bassano (Italy, ?–?)
• Pollack, Richard (USA, born 1935)
• Pollaczek, Felix (Austria, 1892–1951)
• Pollak, Henry O. (Austria/USA, born 1927)
• Pollard, Graham Hilford (Australia, ?–?)
• Pollard, Harry (USA, 1919–1985)
• Pollard, John (Britain, born 1941)
• Pollastri, Bartolomeo (Italy, ?–?)
• Pollatsek, Harriet (USA, born 1942)
• Pollicott, Mark (Britain, ?–?)
• Polson, Nicholas (Britain, ?–?)
• Polterovich, Leonid (Russia/Israel, born 1963)
• Polubarinova-Kochina, Pelageya (Russia/Soviet Union, 1899–1999)
• Pólya, George (USA/Hungary/Switzerland, 1887–1985)
• Polyaenus of Lampsacus (Ancient Greece, 340s BC–280s BC)
• Polyanin, Andrei (Russia, born 1951)
• Polymath, D. H. J. (?, ?–?)

Pom

• Pomerance, Carl (USA, born 1944)
• Pommerenke, Christian (Denmark, born 1933)
• Pompeiu, Dimitrie (Romania, 1873–1954)
• Pompilj, Giuseppe (Italy, 1913–1968)
• Poncelet, Jean-Victor (France, 1788–1867)
• Ponomaryov, Lev (Soviet Union, born 1941)
• Pont, Timothy (Scotland, 1560s–1614)
• de Pontécoulant, Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte (France, 1795–1874)
• Pontryagin, Lev (Russia/Soviet Union, 1908–1988)
• Poonen, Bjorn (USA, born 1968)
• van der Poorten, Alfred (Australia/Netherlands, 1942–2010)
• Pop, Florian (Romania, ?–?)
• Popa, Sorin (Romania/USA, born 1953)
• Popescu, Cristian Dumitru (Romania/USA, ?–?)
• Popescu, Nicolae (Romania, 1937–2010)
• Popov, Vasile M. (USA/Romania, born 1928)
• Popov, Vladimir Leonidovich (Russia, born 1946)
• Popoviciu, Tiberiu (Romania, 1906–1975)
• Poretsky, Platon (Russia, 1846–1907)
• Porteous, Ian R. (Scotland, 1930–2011)
• Pósa, Lajos (Hungary, born 1947)
• Posidonius (Ancient Greece/Syria, 135 BC–51 BC)
• Posner, Ed (USA, 1933–1993)
• Possas, Cristina (Brazil, born 1948)
• Posse, Konstantin (Russia, 1847–1928)
• de Possel, René (France, 1905–1974)
• Post, Emil Leon (USA, 1897–1954)
• Postlethwaite, Thomas (England, 1731–1798)
• Postnikov, Mikhail (Russia/Soviet Union, 1927–2004)
• Poston, Tim (Britain, born 1945)

Pot

• Potapov, Vladimir (Soviet Union, 1914–1980)
• Potts, Renfrey (Australia, 1925–2005)
• Poulet, Paul (Belgium, 1887–1946)
• Pouliot, Adrien (Canada, 1896–1980)
• Powell, Baden (England, 1796–1860)
• Powell, Michael J. D. (England, 1936–2015)
• Powers, Ralph Ernest (?, 1875–1952)
• Poynting, John Henry (?, 1852–1914)
• Prabhu, N. U. (?, born 1924)
• Prachar, Karl (?, 1924–1994)
• Praeger, Cheryl (Australia, born 1948)
• Praetorius, Johannes (Germany, 1537–1616)
• Prager, William (Germany/USA, 1903–1980)
• Prasad, Dipendra (?, born 1960)
• Prasad, Ganesh (India, 1876–1935)
• Prasad, Gopal (?, born 1945)
• Prasad, Phoolan (India, born 1944)
• di Prato, Paolo Dagomari (Italy, 1282–1374)
• Pratt, John Henry (Britain, 1809–1871)
• Pratt, Orson (USA, 1811–1881)
• Prawitz, Dag (Sweden, born 1936)
• Preiss, David (England, born 1947)
• Prékopa, András (Hungary, born 1929)
• Prentice, Andrew (Australia, ?–?)
• Presburger, Mojżesz (Poland, 1904–1943)
• Prestel, Robert L. (USA, born 1936)
• Preston, Gordon (England, 1925–2015)
• Previato, Emma (?, born 1952)
• Price, Bartholomew (Britain, 1818–1898)
• Price, George R. (USA, 1922–1975)
• Price, Griffith Baley (USA, 1905–2006)
• Price, Justin Jesse (USA, ?–?)
• Priest, Eric (Britain, born 1943)
• Priestley, Henry (Australia, 1883–1932)
• Priestley, Hilary (?, ?–?)
• Prim, Robert C. (USA, born 1921)
• Princet, Maurice (France, 1875–1973)
• Pringsheim, Alfred (Germany, 1850–1941)
• Prior, Arthur (New Zealand, 1914–1969)
• Prithudaka (?, ?–?)
• Privalov, Ivan (Russia, 1891–1941)

Pro

• Procesi, Claudio (Italy, born 1941)
• Procházka, Bedřich (Austrian Empire/Czechoslovakia, 1855–1934)
• Proclus (Ancient Greece, 412–487)
• Prokhorov, Yuri (Russia/Soviet Union, 1929–2013)
• de Prony, Gaspard (France, 1755–1839)
• Propp, Jim (USA, ?–?)
• Prosser, Reese (USA, 1927–1996)
• Proth, François (?, 1852–1879)
• Protter, Murray H. (USA, 1918–2008)
• Proudman, Joseph (England, 1888–1975)
• Proutiere, Alexandre (France/Sweden, ?–?)
• Prthudakasvami (Medieval India, ?–?)
• Prudnikov, Anatoli (Russia, 1927–1999)
• Prüfer, Heinz (Germany, 1896–1934)
• Prugovečki, Eduard (Canada/Romania, 1937–2003)
• Prusinkiewicz, Przemysław (Poland, ?–?)
• Prym, Friedrich (Germany, 1841–1915)
• Przytycki, Józef H. (Poland/USA, born 1953)
• Pták, Vlastimil (Czech Republic, 1925–1999)
• Ptolemy (Ancient Greece/Egypt, 100–170)
• Pu, Pao Ming (China, 1910–1988)
• Puglisi, Onofrio (Italy, ?–1679)
• Puiseux, Victor (France, 1820–1883)
• Puissant, Louis (France, 1769–1843)
• Pujals, Enrique (Argentina/Brazil, ?–?)
• Pukánszky, Lajos (Hungary, 1928–1996)
• Pullan, Andrew John (New Zealand, 1963–2012)
• Pullman, Norman J. (USA, 1931–1999)
• Purdy, George B. (USA, ?–?)
• Puta, Mircea (Romania, 1950–2007)
• Putnam, Hilary (USA, born 1926)

Pya

• Pyatt, Kedar "Bud" (USA, ?–?)
• Pyber, László (Hungary, born 1960)
• Pykna, Franciszek Indan (Poland, 1913–1992)
• Pythagoras (Ancient Greece, 570s BC–490s BC)