List of authors by name: P
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The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with P:
Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics
- Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894, Netherlands, p/f/nf), pseudonym of François Haverschmidt
- Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018, Finland, f/nf/p)
- Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000, Finland, f)
- Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943–2024, Burkina Faso, p/nf)
- José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/f/nf)
- Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008, Portugal, nf)
- Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco (1922–1989, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
- Jovan Pačić (1771–1849, Hungary, p/nf)
- José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/nf/f)
- Ruth Padel (born 1946, England, p/f/nf)
- Ron Padgett (born 1942, US, p/nf/f)
- Heberto Padilla (1932–2000, Cuba/US, p/f)
- Adrián Paenza (born 1949, Argentina, nf)
- Nebojša Pajkić (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
- Edward Packard (born 1931, US, ch)
- Joy Packer (1905–1977, S Africa, f/nf)
- ZZ Packer (born 1973, US, f)
- Julián Padrón (1910–1954, Venezuela, f/d)
- Geoff Page (born 1940, Australia, p/nf)
- Lynda Page (born 1950, England, f)
- P. K. Page (1916–2010, Canada, p/nf/ch)
- R. I. Page (1924–2012, England, nf)
- John Paget (1808–1892, England/Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Stephen Paget (1855–1926, England, nf/ch)
- Thomas Paget (1689–1742, England, p)
- Dan Pagis (1930–1986, Romania/Israel, p/nf/ch)
- Boris Pahor (1913–2022, Austrian E/Italy, f)
- Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, born 1937, China, f)
- Roopa Pai (living, India, nf/ch)
- Barry Pain (1864–1928, England, p/nf/f)
- Thomas Paine (1737–1807, England/US, nf)
- William Painter (c. 1540–1595, England, nf/f)
- Paisius of Hilendar (1722–1773, Ottoman E, nf)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US, f)
- Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (died 1355, Serbia, nf)
- Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993, Tanzania, f)
- Greg Palast (born 1952, US, nf)
- Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005, Romania, nf)
- Theodor Paleologu (born 1973, Romania, nf)
- Octavian Paler (1926–2007, Romania, nf)
- Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888, England, nf)
- Grace Paley (1922–2007, US, f/p/nf)
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, England, nf/p)
- Michael Palin (born 1943, England, d/nf)
- Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019, India, p/f)
- Palladas (fl. 4th c. CE, Egypt, p)
- Azarías Pallais (1884–1954, Nicaragua, p/nf)
- Johannes Hendricus van der Palm (1763–1840, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Ricardo Palma (1833–1919, Peru, nf)
- Connie Palmen (born 1955, Netherlands, f)
- Bernard Palmer (1914–1998, US, ch/f)
- Charles John Palmer (1805–1882, England, nf)
- Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – post-1834, England, f)
- Diana Palmer (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
- Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia, nf)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943, US, p/nf)
- Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia, p/nf)
- Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977, US, f/nf)
- Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, nf)
- Vance Palmer (1885–1959, Australia, f/d/p)
- Hermann Pálsson (1921–2002, Iceland, nf)
- Sigurður Pálsson (1948–2017, Iceland, nf/d)
- Joanikije Pamučina (1810–1870, Ottoman E, nf)
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952, Turkey, f/d)
- Lynn Pan (born 1945, China/Singapore, nf)
- Nayan Raj Pandey (born 1966, Nepal, f/d)
- Sima Pandurović (1883–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976, US, f)
- Oskar Panizza (1853–1921, Germany, d/f/nf)
- Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879, England, nf)
- Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England/Ethiopia, nf)
- Anton Pann (1790s – 1854, Ottoman E/Wallachia, p/nf)
- Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, Hungary, p)
- Anton Panov (1906–1967, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)
- Alexei Panshin (1940–2022, US, f/nf)
- Cory Panshin (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977, India, p)
- Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923, England, nf/f)
- William Williams Pantycelyn (c. 1717–1791, Wales, p/nf)
- Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
- Christopher Paolini (born 1983, US, f/d)
- Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania, f)
- Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851–1911, Greece, f/p)
- Mākereti Papakura (1873–1930, N Zealand, nf)
- Franz von Papen (1879–1969, Germany, nf)
- Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60 – c. 130 CE, Greece, nf)
- Žarana Papić (1949–2002, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- George Papashvily (1898–1978, Russian E/US, nf)
- Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, China/Australia, p/f)
- Paragu (1921–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
- Isaac Pardo (fl. 18th c., Bosnia/Herzegovina, nf)
- Jacob Pardo (fl. 18th c., Ragusa, nf/ch)
- Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Austrian Empire/Ragusa, nf)
- Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, nf)
- Moses Pardo (died 1888, Palestine/Egypt, nf/f)
- Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England, p/f/nf)
- Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015, Ecuador, f/nf)
- Jean Jacques Clark Parent (born 1951, Haiti, f/p/d)
- Michael Parenti (1933–2026, US, nf)
- Ratko Parežanin (1898–1981, Austria-Hungary/Germany, nf)
- Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England, f/nf), pseudonym Ellis Peters
- Harald Parigger (born 1953, Germany, f/p/ch)
- Parijat (1937–1993, Nepal, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Bishnu Kumari Waiba
- Peggy Parish (1927–1988, US, ch)
- Susan Parisi (born 1958, Canada/Australia, f)
- Barbara Park (1947–2013, US, ch)
- Linda Sue Park (born 1960, US, f/ch)
- Ruth Park (1917–2010, N Zealand/Australia, f/ch)
- Park Yong-rae (박용래, 1925–1980, Korea/S Korea, p)
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US, p/f/nf)
- Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817, Wales, f)
- Gilbert Parker (1862–1932, Canada/England, f/p)
- Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, US, ch/f/nf)
- K. Langloh Parker (1856–1940, Australia, nf)
- Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England, nf/f)
- Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2004, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)
- Nii Parkes (born 1974, England, p/nf), pseudonym K. P. Kojo
- Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, England/Canada, p)
- Adele Parks (living, England, f)
- Stella Parks (living, US, nf)
- Tim Parks (born 1954, England, f/nf)
- Parmenides (late 6th or early 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)
- Peter Parnall (born 1936, US, ch)
- Thomas Parnell (1679–1718, Ireland/England, p/nf)
- Évariste de Parny (1753–1814, Isle of Bourbon/France, p)
- Milan Paroški (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Delia Parr (living, US), pseudonym of Mary Lechleidner
- Harriet Parr (1828–1900, England, f/ch/nf), pseudonym Holme Lee
- Nicanor Parra (1914–2018, Chile, p)
- Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936, Venezuela, f)
- Violeta Parra (1917–1967, Chile, p/nf)
- Anne Parrish (1888–1957, US, f/ch)
- Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia, f)
- Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales, d)
- John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851, Wales, nf/p)
- Lorae Parry (born 1955, N Zealand, d)
- R. Williams Parry (1884–1956, Wales, p)
- Robert Parry (1540–1612, Wales, p/f)
- Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales/England, f)
- Thomas Parry (1904–1985, Wales, nf)
- Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales, p/f/d)
- T. H. Parry-Williams (1887–1975, Wales, p/nf)
- Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946, Iran/US, f/nf/ch)
- Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England, f)
- James Parsons (1705–1770, England, nf)
- Alicia Partnoy (born 1955, Argentina/US, p/nf)
- James Parton (1822–1891, England/US, nf)
- Margaret Parton (1915–1981, US, nf)
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, nf)
- Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963, Australia, nf)
- Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952, Portugal, p)
- Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912, Italy, p)
- Anwar Pasha (1928–1971, India, f)
- Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine, p)
- Viktor Paskov (1949–2009, Bulgaria, p/f/d)
- Fernando del Paso (1935–2018, Mexico, f/nf/p)
- Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947, Nicaragua, p/nf)
- Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Italy/Argentina, nf/ch)
- Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977, Peru, f)
- Ámbar Past (born 1949, US/Mexico, p)
- Boris Pasternak (1890–1960, Russia/Soviet Union, f/nf)
- Leon Pasternak (1910–1969, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/nf)
- Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945, England, f/d/ch)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US, p/f)
- Raj Patel (born 1972, England/US, f/nf)
- Ravji Patel (1939–1968, India, p/f)
- Shailja Patel (living, Kenya, p/d/nf)
- Shenaz Patel (born 1966, Mauritius, f/d)
- Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, Australia, p/f)
- Craig Paterson (born 1959, Scotland, nf)
- Don Paterson (born 1963, Scotland, p/d/nf)
- Katherine Paterson (born 1932, China/US, ch)
- Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940, India, f)
- Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892, Russian E, p)
- Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, England, p/nf)
- Gladys Lomafu Pato (born 1930, Swaziland, f)
- Alan Paton (1903–1988, S Africa, f/nf)
- Justin Paton (born 1972, N Zealand, nf)
- William Roger Paton (1857–1921, Scotland/Greece, nf)
- Brian Patten (born 1946, England, p)
- James Patterson (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Eliot Pattison (born 1951, US, f/nf)
- Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, N Zealand, f)
- Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (1933–2019, N Zealand, f/p)
- Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966, Nepal, p)
- Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, f/nf)
- Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, nf/d)
- Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713, Hungary, p)
- Jean Paul (1763–1825, Germany, f), pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
- Gary Paulsen (1939–2021, US, ch/d)
- Dora Pavel (born 1946, Romania, f/nf/p)
- Michelle Paver (born 1960, England, f/ch)
- Cesare Pavese (1908–1950, Italy, f/p/nf)
- Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
- Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)
- Milivoje Pavlović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
- Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland/England, p/d)
- Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)
- Konstantin Pavlov (1933–2008, Bulgaria, d/p)
- Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014, Yugoslavia/Germany, p/nf/d)
- Slaviša Pavlović (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
- Živojin Pavlović (1933–1998, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
- Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia/US, p)
- Božin Pavlovski (born 1942, Bulgaria/Australia, f/nf)
- Lois Paxton (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
- Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998, US, f/ch)
- James Payn (1830–1898, England, f)
- David William Paynter (1791–1823, England, f/d/nf)
- Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina, nf/f)
- José María Paz (1791–1854, Argentina, nf)
- Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile, ch/f)
- Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, p/nf)
- Parween Pazhwak (born 1967, Afghanistan, p/f)
- Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, Transylvania/Hungary, nf)
Pe–Ph
- Hla Pe (1913–2007, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
- Ohn Pe (c. 1917–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
- David Peace (born 1967, England, f/nf)
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England, f/p)
- Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, N Zealand, n)
- Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England, f/p/ch)
- A. J. Pearce (born 1964, England, f)
- Joseph Pearce (born 1961, England/US, nf)
- Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England, f/nf/ch)
- Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England, f/ch)
- Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ireland, p/nf)
- Bill Pearson (1922–2002, N Zealand, f/nf)
- Diane Pearson (1931–2017, England, f)
- Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964, England, nf)
- James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US, p)
- Kit Pearson (born 1947, Canada, f/ch)
- Ridley Pearson (born 1953, US, f/ch)
- T. R. Pearson (born 1956, US, f/nf)
- Allan Pease (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
- Howard Pease (1894–1974, US, f)
- F. David Peat (1938–2017, England/Italy, nf)
- Vid Pečjak (1929–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/ch)
- Dale Peck (born 1967, US, f/nf/ch)
- Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020, US, ch)
- Winifred Peck (1882–1962, England, f/nf)
- Allasani Peddana (fl. 15th – 16th c. CE, Vijayanagara E, p)
- Margaret Pedler (1877–1948, England, f)
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, England/Australia, ch/nf)
- Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland, nf/f)
- Inês Pedrosa (born 1962, Portugal, f/ch/d)
- Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915, US, ch), pseudonym Lynde Palmer
- John Peel (born 1954, England, f/d)
- Bill Peet (1915–2002, US, ch)
- Charles Péguy (1873–1914, France, p/nf)
- Annette Pehnt (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Kira Peikoff (born 1985, US, f)
- Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US, f)
- Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US, p)
- Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793, Brazil, p)
- José Luís Peixoto (born 1974, Portugal, f/p/ch)
- Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia, f)
- Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
- Elin Pelin (1877–1949, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, fp)
- Judith Pella (living, US, f)
- Charles Pellegrino (born 1953, US, nf/f)
- Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964, N Zealand, f)
- William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965, US, d/f)
- Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977, Mexico, p)
- Rowan Pelling (born 1968, England, nf)
- Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956, Germany, f)
- Luisa Peluffo (born 1941, Argentina, p/f/nf)
- Dave Pelzer (born 1960, US, nf)
- H. Pemberton (fl. 1860s – 1870s, England, f/nf), perhaps Helen Crookshank (1830–1877)
- Horacio Peña (born 1936, Nicaragua, p)
- Martins Pena (1815–1848, Brazil, d)
- Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975, Argentina, p)
- Nathan Penlington (living, England, p/nf)
- Ian Penman (born 1959, England, nf)
- Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales/England, nf)
- Daniel Pennac (born 1944, Morocco/France, ch/f)
- Meirion Pennar (1944–2010, Wales, p/f)
- Edmund Penning-Rowsell (1913–2002, England, nf)
- Michael Pennington (born 1943, England, nf)
- Sarah, Lady Pennington (c. 1720–1783, England, nf)
- Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales/England, p)
- Nicholas Penny (born 1949, England, nf)
- Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland, ch)
- John Penry (1563–1593, Wales/England, nf)
- Louise Pentland (born 1985, England, nf)
- Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955, Germany, f/nf/ch)
- Pepetela (born 1941, Angola, f), pseudonym of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
- Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England, nf)
- Henry Pepys (1783–1860, England, nf)
- Samuel Pepys (1633–1703, England, nf)
- Anna Percival (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776, England, nf)
- Walker Percy (1916–1990, US, f/nf)
- Georges Perec (1936–1982, France, f/nf)
- José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891, Angola, nf)
- Sam Pereira (living, US, p)
- Benjamin Péret (1899–1959, France, p)
- I. L. Peretz (1852–1915, Poland, f/d)
- Galo René Pérez (1923–2008, Ecuador, nf/p)
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)
- Louis Pergaud (1882–1915, France, f/p)
- Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941, Uruguay/Spain, f/p)
- Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500–1544, France, nf/p)
- Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US, p/f)
- Emily Perkins (born 1970, N Zealand, f)
- Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937, US, ch)
- Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956, US, ch)
- Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, US, ch)
- William Perkins (1558–1602, England, nf)
- Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (1949–1992, Argentina, p/nf)
- Lydia Perović (living, Montenegro/Canada, f)
- Perpetua and Felicity (fl. 3rd c., Carthage, nf)
- Charles Perrault (1628–1703, France, ch)
- E. du Perron (1899–1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/f)
- Anne Perry (1938–2023, England, f)
- Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia, p/d)
- Grayson Perry (born 1960, England, nf)
- Sarah Perry (born 1979, England, f)
- Steve Perry (born 1947, US, d/f)
- Lakshmi Persaud (1939–2024, Trinidad/England, f)
- Saint-John Perse (1887–1975, Guadeloupe/France, p)
- Synnøve Persen (born 1950, Norway, p)
- Persius (34–62 CE, Rome, p), full name Aulus Persius Flaccus
- Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden, f/p)
- Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austrian E/Austria, f)
- Vesna Pešić (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926, Portugal/Macau, p)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935, Portugal, p/nf)
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827, Switzerland, nf)
- Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015, Poland/US, nf)
- Basildon Peta (born c. 1972, Zimbabwe/S Africa, nf)
- Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US, nf/p)
- Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Gambia/Senegal, f/p)
- Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England, f/nf)
- Robert Peters (1924–2014, US, p/nf/d)
- Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969, Denmark/Australia, f)
- Len Peterson (1917–2008, Canada, d/f)
- Pascale Petit (born 1953, France/Wales, p)
- András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary, p/nf/f)
- Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, Hungary/Transylvania, p)
- Stephen Petranek (living, US, nf)
- Petrarch (1304–1374, Italy, p/nf), full name Francesco Petrarca
- James Petras (1937–2026, US, nf)
- Camil Petrescu (1894–1957, Romania, d/f/p)
- Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961, Romania, f/ch)
- Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921, Germany, nf)
- György Petri (1943–2000, Hungary, p)
- Nevenka Petrić (1927–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Ioane Petritsi (fl. 11th–12th cc., Georgia, nf)
- Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary, nf/p)
- Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Rome, f), full name Titus Petronius Niger
- Marine Petrossian (born 1960, Armenia, p/nf)
- Valeri Petrov (1920–2014, Bulgaria, p/d), pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah
- Goran Petrović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
- Rastko Petrović (1898–1949, Serbia/US, p/f)
- Uroš Petrović (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Veljko Petrović (1884–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f)
- Zoran Petrović (1954–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch)
- Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867, Montenegro, p)
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851, Montenegro, p/nf)
- Pande Petrovski (1943–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Mario Petrucci (born 1958, England, p/nf)
- Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Per Petterson (born 1952, Norway, f)
- Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, N Zealand, f/nf)
- Brynjólfur Pétursson (1810–1851, Iceland, nf)
- Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1672, Iceland, p/nf)
- Hannes Pétursson (born 1931, Iceland, p/f/nf)
- K. M. Peyton (1929–2023, England, ch)
- Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894, Germany, p)
- Hoa Pham (living, Australia, f/ch/d)
- LeUyen Pham (born 1973, Vietnam/US, ch)
- Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US, nf/p)
- James Clancy Phelan (born 1979, Australia, f/ch/nf)
- Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia, f/nf)
- Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956, US, nf)
- Rodman Philbrick (born 1951, US, ch/f)
- St John Philby (1885–1960, Ceylon/Lebanon, nf)
- Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, England, p)
- Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, England, p/nf), pseudonym The Matchless Orinda
- Tracy Philipps (1888–1959, England, nf)
- Robert Phillimore (1810–1885, England, nf)
- April Phillips (living, England/N Zealand, d)
- Carly Phillips (born 1965, US, f)
- Caryl Phillips (born 1958, Saint Kitts and Nevis/US, f/d/nf)
- David Graham Phillips (1867–1911, US, f/nf)
- Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales, f)
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1948, US, f)
- Philo (c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE, Egypt, nf)
- René Philombé (1930–2001, Cameroon, p/f/d), pseudonym of Philippe Louis Ombedé
- Geoffrey Philp (born 1958, Jamaica, f/d)
- Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia, ch)
- Desmond Dudwa Phiri (1931–2019, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf/d)
- Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India, nf/p)