Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

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 Savorgnan de Brazza

Italian-French explorer (1852–1905)

Pierre Schaeffer

b. 1910

French musicologist (1910–1995)

Pierre Séguier

b. 1588

French statesman (1588–1672)

Pierre Sévigny (ice hockey)

b. 1971

Canadian ice hockey player

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

b. 1881

French philosopher and Jesuit priest (1881–1955)

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

French knight (c. 1476–1524)

Pierre Tirard

French politician

Pierre Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979; 1980–1984)

Pierre Turgeon

b. 1969

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)

Pierre Vassiliu

Musical artist

Pierre Vaultier

b. 1987

French snowboarder (born 1987)

Pierre Veyron

b. 1903

French racing driver (1903–1970)

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 Monsigny

b. 1729

French composer

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait

b. 1752

French shipwright, hydrographer and politician (1752–1807)

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais

French playwright and diplomat (1732–1799)