Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Pierre de la Broce

French monarchy councillor (??–1278)

Pierre de Manchicourt

French renaissance composer

Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial

French military officer and colonial administrator

Pierre de Ronsard

b. 1524

French poet (1524–1585)

Pierre Deligne

b. 1944

Belgian mathematician

Pierre Derbigny

American judge

Pierre Duhem

b. 1861

French physicist (1861–1916)

Pierre DuMaine

b. 1931

American Roman Catholic bishop (1931–2019)

Pierre F. Côté

Canadian civil servant and lawyer

Pierre Fabre (businessman)

b. 1926

French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist

Pierre Falardeau

Québécois director, pamphleteer and activist for Quebec independence

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician (1878–1929)

Pierre Flotte

Pierre Fournier

b. 1906

French cellist

Pierre François le Courayer

French Catholic theological writer

Pierre François Verhulst

b. 1804

Belgian mathematician

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix

b. 1682

French Jesuit priest, traveller and historian

Pierre Gamarra

French poet, novelist and literary critic

Pierre Garbay

b. 1903

French general

Pierre Garçon

b. 1986

American football player (born 1986)

Pierre Gassendi

French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (1592–1655)

Pierre Gauthier

b. 1953

Canadian ice hockey executive (born 1953)

Pierre Gilliard

b. 1879

Swiss tutor to the Russian imperial family (1879–1962)

Pierre Graber

Swiss politician (1908–2003)