diff --git a/pandas-stubs/_libs/tslibs/period.pyi b/pandas-stubs/_libs/tslibs/period.pyi
index d38dbcfc2..315030954 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/_libs/tslibs/period.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/_libs/tslibs/period.pyi
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ class PeriodMixin:
 class Period(PeriodMixin):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        value: Period | str | None = ...,
+        value: Period
+        | str
+        | datetime.datetime
+        | datetime.date
+        | Timestamp
+        | None = ...,
         freq: str | BaseOffset | None = ...,
         ordinal: int | None = ...,
         year: int | None = ...,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/period.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/period.pyi
index 8edd2cae7..49b23b102 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/period.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/indexes/period.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Hashable
+import datetime
 from typing import overload
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -84,8 +85,18 @@ class PeriodIndex(  # type: ignore[misc]
     def freqstr(self) -> str: ...
 
 def period_range(
-    start: str | pd.Period | None = ...,
-    end: str | pd.Period | None = ...,
+    start: str
+    | datetime.datetime
+    | datetime.date
+    | pd.Timestamp
+    | pd.Period
+    | None = ...,
+    end: str
+    | datetime.datetime
+    | datetime.date
+    | pd.Timestamp
+    | pd.Period
+    | None = ...,
     periods: int | None = ...,
     freq: str | BaseOffset | None = ...,
     name: Hashable | None = ...,
diff --git a/tests/test_scalars.py b/tests/test_scalars.py
index 510536502..958a03b61 100644
--- a/tests/test_scalars.py
+++ b/tests/test_scalars.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import datetime
 import datetime as dt
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -1690,6 +1691,20 @@ def test_period_construction() -> None:
         pd.Period,
     )
     check(assert_type(pd.Period(freq="Q", year=2012, quarter=2), pd.Period), pd.Period)
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.Period(value=datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1), freq="D"), pd.Period
+        ),
+        pd.Period,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(pd.Period(value=datetime.date(2012, 1, 1), freq="D"), pd.Period),
+        pd.Period,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(pd.Period(value=pd.Timestamp(2012, 1, 1), freq="D"), pd.Period),
+        pd.Period,
+    )
 
 
 def test_period_properties() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_timefuncs.py b/tests/test_timefuncs.py
index 01d6a29b4..20a965545 100644
--- a/tests/test_timefuncs.py
+++ b/tests/test_timefuncs.py
@@ -838,6 +838,31 @@ def test_period_range() -> None:
         ),
         pd.PeriodIndex,
     )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.period_range(
+                pd.Timestamp("2001-01-01"), end=pd.Timestamp("2002-01-01"), freq="Q"
+            ),
+            pd.PeriodIndex,
+        ),
+        pd.PeriodIndex,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.period_range(
+                dt.datetime(2001, 1, 1), end=dt.datetime(2002, 1, 1), freq="Q"
+            ),
+            pd.PeriodIndex,
+        ),
+        pd.PeriodIndex,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.period_range(dt.date(2001, 1, 1), end=dt.date(2002, 1, 1), freq="Q"),
+            pd.PeriodIndex,
+        ),
+        pd.PeriodIndex,
+    )
 
 
 def test_to_datetime_scalar() -> None: