Lives listing by occupation: historian
- Muratori, Lodovico Antonio (born 1672–died 1750), Italian author, historian, scholar, academic
- Nordberg, Jöran Andersson (born 1677–died 1744), Swedish churchman, Protestant, historian
- O’Conor, Charles (born 1710–died 1791), Irish author, historian, activist
- Parfaict, Claude (born 1705–died 1777), French author, historian
- Parfaict, François (born 1698–died 1753), French author, historian
- Petit de Bachaumont, Louis (born 1690–died 1771), French historian, art critic, journalist, urbanist
- Petrini, Pietrantonio (flourished 1773–1795), Italian lawyer, poet, historian
- Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André (born 1708–died 1787), French author, historian, geographer, scholar, academic
- Pinkerton, John (born 1758–died 1826), Scottish author, historian, forger
- Pinot Duclos, Charles (born 1704–died 1772), French author, historian, academician
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch [formerly Mrs Thrale; née Salusbury] (born 1741–died 1821), Welsh poet, historian, diarist, salon hostess, businesswoman, brewer
- Polwhele, Richard (born 1760–died 1838), English churchman, poet, historian, journalist, editor
- Pontoppidan, Erik (born 1698–died 1764), Danish author, theologian, historian
- Prévost, Jean Louis (born 1790–died 1850), Swiss historian, painter
- Pury, Abraham de (born 1724–died 1807), Swiss militia officer, historian
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