Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Pierre Perrault

b. 1927

Canadian film director

Pierre Pflimlin

78th Prime Minister of France

Pierre Pleimelding

French footballer (1952-2013)

Pierre Poilievre

b. 1979

Canadian politician (born 1979)

Pierre Poiret

French mystic

Pierre Rapsat

b. 1948

Belgian singer-songwriter

Pierre Russell

American basketball player

Pierre Salinger

b. 1925

American politician and journalist (1925–2004)

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 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 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)

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

French Navy officer (1763–1806)

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

French playwright (1692-1754)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

b. 1989

Gabon international footballer (born 1989)

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Nobel-laureate physicist

Pierre-Joseph Desault

French anatomist and surgeon

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

b. 1820

1st Premier of Quebec (1867–1873)