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Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. Knowledge of his life is clouded by legend, but he appears to have been the son of Mnesarchus, a gem-engraver on the island of Samos. Modern scholars disagree regarding Pythagoras's education and influences, but they do agree that, around 530 BC, he travelled to Croton in southern Italy, where he founded a school in which initiates were sworn to secrecy and lived a communal, ascetic lifestyle. This lifestyle entailed a number of dietary prohibitions, traditionally said to have included vegetarianism, although modern scholars doubt that he ever advocated for complete vegetarianism.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. He was honored in 1884 by Tsar Alexander III and awarded a lifetime pension.

Pyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko, a singer in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, is universally considered "the King of Russian Tango" and specifically known for his rendition of "Serdtse"—a tango, sung unusually not in Spanish but in Russian.

Pyotr Petrovich Fyodorov is a Russian actor. He is known for playing the role of Guy Gaal in The Inhabited Island, Gromov in Stalingrad and Yakovlev in The Duelist.

Pyotr Nikolayevich Mamonov is a Russian rock musician, songwriter and actor, frontman of the Moscow band Zvuki Mu.

Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin was a Russian politician. He was the third Prime Minister of Russia, and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire from 1906 to his assassination in 1911.

Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov was a Soviet Russian film and theater actor who was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. Commander of Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class.

Pyotr Verzilov is a Russian-Canadian artist and activist who came to prominence as the unofficial spokesperson of the band Pussy Riot when he was arrested and jailed by the Russian state in 2012. Verzilov has been married to Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy is a Russian journalist, producer, presenter and politician. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Duma of the Russian Federation VII convocation since October 5, 2016 and the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since January 28, 2020.

Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov was a Russian and Soviet traveler and explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet.

Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov was a Russian poet and author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok).

Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer of Jewish origin. His son Valery Todorovsky is also a film director.

Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel was a Russian officer of Baltic German origin in the Imperial Russian Army. During the later stages of the Russian Civil War, he was commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army in Southern Russia. After his side lost the civil war in 1920, he left Russia. He was known as one of the most prominent exiled White émigrés and military dictator of the South Russia.

Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov, sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was a Don Cossack historian and officer, promoted to Lieutenant General of the Russian army when the revolution broke out in 1917, one of the leaders of the counter-revolutionary White movement afterwards and an Axis collaborator who mobilized Cossack forces to fight against the Soviet Union during World War II.

Pyotr Semyonovich Popov - was a major in the Soviet military intelligence apparatus (GRU). He was the first GRU officer to offer his services to the Central Intelligence Agency after World War II. Between 1953 and 1958, he provided the United States government with large amounts of information concerning military capabilities and espionage operations. Codenamed ATTIC, for most of his time with the CIA, Popov's case officer was George Kisevalter.

Pyotr Yurievich Dranga is a Russian accordionist and singer.

Pyo Ye-jin is a South Korean actress.

Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years.

Pyrrhus was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king of Epirus. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Several of his victorious battles caused him unacceptably heavy losses, from which the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined.

Pyotr Petrovich Glebov, was a Russian film actor from the aristocratic Glebov family, whose early generations are listed in the 17th-century Velvet Book.

Petr Olegovich Aven is a Russian businessman, economist and politician. He heads Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest commercial bank. He is a member of the Board of Directors at LetterOne Group. L1 Group was established in 2013 to invest in international projects in energy, telecommunications and technology.

Pyotr Viktorovich Ilyichev is a Russian diplomat, first deputy of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.

Pyotr Mikhaylovich Gavrilov was a Soviet officer known as the hero of the Defense of Brest Fortress.

Pyotr Grigoryevich Kakhovsky was a Russian Empire officer and active participant of Decembrist revolt, known for the murder of General Mikhail Miloradovich and Colonel Ludwig Niklaus von Stürler.

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate, best known for his work in low-temperature physics.

Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Нестеров was a Russian pilot, an aircraft designer and an aerobatics pioneer.

Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin was a Russian military general. He was born in Morozovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1997, he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation. Deynekin's rank was General of the army.

Pyotr Petrovich Zaychenko was a Soviet-born Russian film and theater actor.

Pyotr Gennadyevich Devyatkin was a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward.