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Dennis Potter (1935 – 1994), English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
Best known works: The Singing Detective (1986) and Pennies from Heaven (1978).
 
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Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)

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Frederik Pohl (1919 – 2013), American science fiction writer and editor.

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Gene Pitney (1940 - 2006)

American singer/songwriter


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Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695), English composer in the Baroque era.
 
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Ian Paice (b. 1948).
Drummer of Deep Purple.




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Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956), American abstract-expressionist painter, known for his unique style of drip painting.
 
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Kazimierz Pułaski (1745 - 1779) - a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called, together with his Hungarian friend Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, "the father of the American cavalry". A Polish and American national hero who fought for independence and freedom in both Poland and the United States.

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Laura Palmer (fict.), the murdered girl in Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost.
 


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Michael Phelps (b. 1985).
American swimmer. The most decorated Olympian of all time.

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Nick Park (b. 1958), British animation film director/ writer/ animator/ producer,
best known for the Wallace & Gromit movies and Shaun the Sheep. Has won four Oscars.
 
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Oscar Peterson (1925 - 2007)

Canadian jazz pianist

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Peter, Paul and Mary.
American folk & pop group.

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^ Well...  (Quentin Palfrey, U.S. politician - just a name googling for me.)
 
 
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005), Afro-American activist in the civil rights movement (see Montgomery Bus Boycott).
 
 In 1955 with Martin Luther King Jr.
 
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Shimon Peres (1923 - 2016)

Israeli politician, 8th Prime Minister and 9th President of Israel



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Tito Puente (1923 - 2000), Puertorican/American musician.

(Does anyone have a U. P.? I don't!)
EDIT: Now I remember Uljas Pulkkis (b. 1975), Finnish composer. Except I didn't exactly remember him being Finnish instead of Baltian which his name sounds like.


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Wikipedia made me remember her... TongueWink

Ursula Plassnik (b. 1956).
Austrian diplomat and politician.

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Vincent Price  (1911 – 1993), American actor, associated especially to the horror genre.
 
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Wolfgang Puck, overpriced airport food concessioneer.



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(Googling brought me Zelda Plush, seems to be a toy figure.)
I managed to list only nine various _Q initials; together we may make a few more, but inevitably we'll have more skippings than averagely!
(And one can always add a reference for the skipped initials.)
 
 
 
Anthony Quinn (1915 - 2001), Mexican-American actor, painter and writer.
 
Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina in Fellini's La Strada (1954). 
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