Paul Scarron, écuyer et seigneur de Fougerest, Beauvais et La Rivière né le 4 juillet 1610 à Paris et mort le 6 octobre 1660 à Paris, est un écrivain français contemporain du règne de Louis XIII et du début de celui de Louis XIV. Son ouvrage le plus connu est Le Roman comique.
Paul Souriau, né le 21 octobre 1852 à Douai, et, mort le 21 juin 1926 à Nancy, est un philosophe français connu pour ses travaux sur la théorie de l'invention et l'esthétique.
Paul Valéry, nom de plume d'Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry, est un écrivain, poète et philosophe français né le 30 octobre 1871 à Sète (Hérault) et mort le 20 juillet 1945 à Paris.
Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck war im Ersten Weltkrieg als deutscher Generalmajor Kommandeur der Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika. Er wurde ab 1919 als Schriftsteller aktiv.
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, popularly known as the Lion of Africa, was a general in the Imperial German Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign. For four years, with a force of about 14,000, he held in check a much larger force of 300,000 British, Indian, Belgian, and Portuguese troops.
Paul Warren Fairman (1909–1977) was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. His detective story "Late Rain" was published in the February 1947 issue of Mammoth Detective. He published his story "No Teeth for the Tiger" in the February 1950 issue of Amazing Stories. Two years later, he was the founding editor of If, but only edited four issues. In 1955, he became the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic. He held that dual position until 1958. His science fiction short stories "Deadly City" and "The Cosmic Frame" were made into motion pictures.
