Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch historian and writer (1581–1647)

Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten

b. 1630

Dutch painter

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam

Painter of the Dutch Golden Age

Pieter Langendijk

Dutch writer and poet (1683–1756)

Pieter van der Hoog

Dutch physician and writer (1888–1957)

Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff

Dutch admiral (c. 1573–1609)

Pieter Zeeman

b. 1865

Dutch physicist (1865–1943)

Pietro Bembo

b. 1470

Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1470–1547)

Pietro Consagra

Italian sculptor (1920–2005)

Pietro da Cortona

Italian painter and architect of the High Baroque (1596–1669)

Pietro de' Medici

b. 1554

Tuscan noble (1554–1604)

Pietro Fittipaldi

b. 1996

Brazilian and American racing driver (born 1996)

Pietro Gradenigo

Doge of Venice from 1289 to 1311

Pietro Longhi

Italian painter (1701–1785)

Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer (1863–1945)

Pietro Mennea

b. 1952

Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer (1722–1793)

Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal)

b. 1667

Italian Catholic cardinal (1667–1740)

Pietro Paolo Troisi

b. 1686

Pietro Rizzuto

Canadian politician

Pigmeat Markham

b. 1904

American entertainer (1904–1981)

Piia Suomalainen

b. 1984

Finnish tennis player

Pik Botha

b. 1932

South African politician (1932–2018)

Pilar Barbosa

b. 1898

Puerto Rican historian