Lives listing by occupation: poet
- Olimpica, Corilla [Maria Maddelena Morelli Fernandez] (born 1727–died 1800), Italian poet, author
- Orsi, marchese Giovan Gioseffo (born 1652–died 1733), Italian poet, literary critic
- Otway, Thomas (born 1652–died 1685), English author, playwright, poet
- Paradisi, Agostino (born 1736–died 1783), Italian author, political economist, poet
- Parnell, Thomas (born 1679–died 1718), Irish author, poet, essayist
- Parsons, William (born c. 1764–died 1807), English author, poet
- Payan de Lestang, Marie Anne Henriette, marquise d’Antremont (born 1746–died 1802), French author, poet
- Percy, Reverend Doctor Thomas, bishop of Dromore (born 1729–died 1811), English churchman, poet, collector
- Pertusier, Charles (born 1779–died 1836), French army officer, author, poet
- Pesselier, Charles Étienne (born 1712–died 1763), French author, poet, university administrator
- Petrini, Pietrantonio (flourished 1773–1795), Italian lawyer, poet, historian
- Pezzana, Giuseppe (born 1735–died 1802), Italian author, poet, translator, journalist
- Philips, Ambrose (born 1674–died 1749), English author, poet, playwright, army officer, private secretary
- Pilkington, Laetitia [née van Lewen] (born 1708/1709–died 1750), Irish author, poet, biographer
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch [formerly Mrs Thrale; née Salusbury] (born 1741–died 1821), Welsh poet, historian, diarist, salon hostess, businesswoman, brewer
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