Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov was a Russian writer, dramatist, translator, publisher and editor.

Nikolai Ivanovych Petrov was an Imperial Russian theologist and philologist, long time worked in the Imperial Russian Southwestern Krai, one of founding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Nikolay Fyodorovich Petrovsky was the Russian consul-general in Kashgar from 1882 until 1902.

Nikolai Vasilyevich Pinegin was a Russian and Soviet writer, artist, Arctic explorer. He was a member of the expedition of G. Y. Sedov on the ship "St. Martyr Foka".

Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet statesman and the first People's Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs of the Russian SFSR.

Nikolai Fyodorovich Pogodin was a Soviet playwright. His plays were recognized in Soviet Union theater for their realistic portrayals of common life combined with socialist and communist themes. He is most widely known as the author of a trilogy about Lenin, the first time Lenin was used as a character in any theatrical works.

Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy was a controversial Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and journalist Ksenofont Polevoy and his sister the writer and publisher of folktales Ekaterina Avdeeva.

Nikolai Gerasimovich Pomyalovsky was a Russian novelist and short story writer.

Nikolai Kirillovich Popel was a Lieutenant-General of the eighth Soviet tank corps and political commissar in the Red Army during World War II.

Nikolay Pavlovich Pukhov was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union who commanded troops during World War II.