Leading Figures in History

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

62245 persons found

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

b. 1938

President of Peru from 2016 to 2018

Pedro Pacheco de Villena

b. 1488

Spanish cardinal (1488–1560)

Pedro Passos Coelho

b. 1964

Prime Minister of Portugal from 2011 to 2015

Pedro Pierluisi

b. 1959

Governor of Puerto Rico from 2021 to 2025

Pedro Pires

b. 1934

President of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2011

Pedro Pompilio

Football businessman and chairman of Boca Juniors

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez

b. 1919

Mexican architect (1919–2013)

Pedro Ramos

b. 1935

Cuban baseball player (born 1935)

Pedro Reginaldo Lira

b. 1915

Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)

Mexican racing driver (1940–1971)

Pedro Santana Lopes

b. 1956

Portuguese lawyer and politician (born 1956)

Pedro Strop

b. 1985

Dutch-Dominican baseball player (born 1985)

Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Osuna

b. 1537

Spanish duke (1537–1590)

Pedro Trebbau

b. 1929

Venezuelan zoologist (1929–2021)

Pedro V of Portugal

b. 1837

King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861

Pedro Vázquez Colmenares

Mexican politician

Pedro Velarde y Santiyán

b. 1779

Pedro Yap

b. 1918

Chief Justice of the Philippines in 1988

Pedro Zerolo

Spanish lawyer and politician

Pee Wee Butts

b. 1919

American baseball player

Pee Wee Reese

b. 1918

American baseball player (1918–1999)

Peeter Allik

b. 1966

Estonian artist (1966–2019)

Peeter Kreitzberg

Estonian politician (1948–2011)

Peeter Lepp

b. 1943

Estonian politician