People
- Marcus Antonius Pallas, a freedman and favorite of Emperor Claudius
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811), German naturalist who explored the Urals, the Caspian Sea, China, and the Altai. The common names of several mammal and bird species were named after him:
- David Pallas (born 1980)
- Janette Pallas
- José Ignacio Pallas (born 1983), Uruguayan football defender
- Simon Pallas (1694–1770), German physician
- Tim Pallas (born 1960), Australian politician
- Pallas, a wife of Herod the Great
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