Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

39106 persons found

Pierre Pleimelding

French footballer (1952-2013)

Pierre Poilievre

b. 1979

Canadian politician (born 1979)

Pierre Poiret

French mystic

Pierre Poujade

French politician (1920–2003)

Pierre Rapsat

b. 1948

Belgian singer-songwriter

Pierre Reid

b. 1948

Canadian politician (1948–2021)

Pierre Richard

b. 1934

French actor, film director and screenwriter (born 1934)

Pierre Russell

American basketball player

Pierre Salinger

b. 1925

American politician and journalist (1925–2004)

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French-American writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

Pierre Schaeffer

b. 1910

French musicologist (1910–1995)

Pierre Séguier

b. 1588

French statesman (1588–1672)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

b. 1881

French philosopher and Jesuit priest (1881–1955)

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

French knight (c. 1476–1524)

Pierre Turgeon

b. 1969

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)

Pierre Vassiliu

Musical artist

Pierre Vaultier

b. 1987

French snowboarder (born 1987)

Pierre Victor Auger

b. 1899

French physicist

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

b. 1753

18th-century French politician

Pierre Viret

Swiss theologian

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902

Pierre Werner

Luxembourgish politician (1913–2002)

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait

b. 1752

French shipwright, hydrographer and politician (1752–1807)

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais

French playwright and diplomat (1732–1799)