Leading Figures in History

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

62243 persons found

Pietro da Cortona

Italian Baroque painter, architect (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 I Candiano

Doge of the Republic of Venice in 887

Pietro Ingrao

Italian politician and journalist (1915–2015)

Pietro Locatelli

b. 1695

Italian composer

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 Pomponazzi

b. 1462

Italian philosopher (1462–1525)

Pietro Raimondi

Italian composer

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

Pilar Pallete

b. 1936

Peruvian-born American painter (born 1928)

Pilgrim I (archbishop of Salzburg)

German priest

Pim Fortuyn

Dutch politician (1948–2002)

Pina Bausch

German dancer and choreographer (1940–2009)