Philaret I (Gumilevsky; 1805-1866) – a bishop of Riga, vicar of the Pskov eparchy (1842-1848). >>

Philaret II (1824-1882) – a bishop of Riga and Mitau from 1877 to 1882. >>

Sergey Pichugin (1957) – a poet. >>

Valentin Pikul (1928-1990) – an author of numerous historical novels. >>

Pyotr Pilsky (1879–1941) – a literary critic and publicist. Head of the department of culture in the newspaper «Segodnya». >>

Nikolay Pirogov (1810-1881) – a great doctor and scientist, founder of military surgery, teacher. >>

Vladimir Pirogov (1932-2010) – a Correspondent-member of  Latvian Academy of Sciences (1968), Habilitated Doctor of Computer Science (Dr. habil. sc. comp). Professor of the Riga Polytechnic Institute >>

Ludmila Pismennaya (1927-2010) –  a pedagogue and choir cnductor. Professor of the Latvian Musical Academy and the Riga Pedaggical Academy. >>

Pitirim (Oknov; 1858–1920) – Metropolitan of Petrograd and Ladoga. >>

Jānis Plāters (1877–1958) – a teacher, inspector of the Russian Department of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia. >>