Piotr Sztompka is a Polish sociologist known for his work on the theory of social trust. He is professor of sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and has also frequently served as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and at Columbia University in New York City.
Piotr Szulkin was a Polish film director and writer. He directed over thirty films, both Polish and international productions. He was a recipient of "Best Science Fiction Film Director" at Eurocon in 1984. During the latter part of his career, he was also a professor at the National Film School in Łódź.
Bāyazīd Khān Ansārī Pīr Rōshān or Pīr Rōkhān (1525–1585) was an Ormur warrior, poet, Sufi, and revolutionary leader. He wrote mostly in Pashto, but also in Persian, Hindustani, and Arabic, while his mother tongue was Ormuri. He is known for founding the Roshani movement, which gained many followers in the Pashtunistan region of present day countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan and produced numerous Pashto poets and writers.
Pir Sultan Abdal is an important religious figure in Alevism, who is thought to be of Turkmen origin and to have been born in the village of Banaz in present-day Sivas Province, Turkey. He is considered legendary among his followers. His life is reconstructed from folkloric sources, especially religious poems which are believed to have been composed by himself and transmitted by ashiks.
Pirimqul Qodirov was an Uzbek novelist, short story writer, and literary translator. His best known work is Babur: Starry Nights, a fictionalized account of the life and conquests of the Mughal emperor Babur. Babur is one of the most widely read novels in Uzbekistan, and Qodirov receiving many awards for it, including the State Hamza Prize.
William Pitt Cobbett was an Australian academic, jurist, and editor. Cobbett was the founding Challis Chair of Law of the University of Sydney Faculty of Law.
Pius Ngandu Nkashama is a professor, writer, playwright, poet and literary critic. He was born in 1946 in Mbujimayi in the province of Kasai Oriental in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
