Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Pierre Granier-Deferre

b. 1927

French film director and screenwriter (1927-2007)

Pierre Grondin

b. 1925

Canadian cardiac surgeon (1925–2006)

Pierre Guérin de Tencin

b. 1679

French cardinal

Pierre Guité

b. 1952

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)

Pierre Hétu

b. 1936

Canadian politician (1936–1998)

Pierre Issa

b. 1975

South African soccer player

Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis

French philosopher

Pierre Juneau

b. 1922

Canadian film and broadcast executive

Pierre Labrie

b. 1972

Québécois poet

Pierre Lallement

Considered by some to be the inventor of the pedal bicycle

Pierre Lalonde

Canadian entertainer (1941–2016)

Pierre Laporte

Canadian politician (1921–1970)

Pierre Larousse

b. 1817

French grammarian

Pierre Laval

b. 1883

French politician (1883–1945)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

French military officer,explorer and colonial administrator (1661–1706)

Pierre Le Muet

b. 1591

French architect (1591–1669)

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert

French law-maker and Jansenist

Pierre Levegh

French racing driver (1905–1955)

Pierre Littbarski

b. 1960

German footballer and manager

Pierre Loti

French naval officer, novelist, and Turkophile

Pierre Louis Dulong

French scientist (1785–1838)

Pierre Louis Maupertuis

b. 1698

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (1698–1759)

Pierre Marc Johnson

b. 1946

Premier of Quebec in 1985

Pierre Mauroy

Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984