Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

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 Laval

b. 1883

French politician (1883–1945)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

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

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

Pierre Mazeaud

b. 1929

French jurist, politician and alpinist

Pierre Méchain

b. 1744

French mathematician and astronomer (1744–1804)

Pierre Messmer

83rd Prime Minister of France

Pierre Montet

b. 1885

French Egyptologist (1885–1966)

Pierre Monteux

French and American conductor (1875–1964)

Pierre Omidyar

b. 1967

Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of eBay (born 1967)

Pierre Ossian Bonnet

French mathematician (1819–1892)

Pierre Pagé

b. 1948

Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive

Pierre Paradis

b. 1950

Canadian politician (born 1950)

Pierre Paul Royer-Collard

b. 1763

French statesman and philosopher (1763–1845)

Pierre Perrault

b. 1927

Canadian film director

Pierre Pflimlin

78th Prime Minister of France