Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

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)

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur

French fur trader in Canada (c. 1657 – 1704)

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)