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Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname.

People with the given name

* Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement
* Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher
* Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453)
* Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919)
* Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue
* Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco
* Pierre Affre (1590–1669), French sculptor
* Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, professional footballer who plays for the English club Chelsea and the Gabon national football team
* Pierre Barbe (1900–2004), French architect
* Pierre Bézier, engineer and mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves
* Pierre Boulez, French classical and electronic composer
* Pierre Bourgault, public speaker, journalist and politician famed for his work for Quebec independence from Canada
* Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer, rapper, songwriter, and audio engineer.
* Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician and lead singer of Simple Plan
* Pierre Brice, French actor
* Pierre Caille (disambiguation), several people
* Pierre Capretz, host of ''French in Action''
* Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
* Pierre Cathala (1888–1947), French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944
* Pierre Chambrin, White House Executive Chef
* Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (1789–1865), American fur trader who established the trading post of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, Fort Pierre (South Dakota) in 1832
* Pierre Clostermann, French pilot who fought in World War II for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
* Pierre Conner, American mathematician
* Pierre Corneille, French seventeen century playwright known for Le Cid
* Pierre Corréia, French rugby union player
* Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games
* Pierre Courthion (1902–1988), Swiss art critic and historian
* Pierre Curie, French physicist and husband of Marie Curie
* Pierre Dagher, Lebanese actor and voice actor
* Pierre Darmon (born in 1934), French tennis player
* Pierre Daru (1767–1829), French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet
* Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician
* Pierre Deladonchamps, French actor
* Pierre Deland, Swedish actor and director
* Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt, French scholar
* Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician
* Pierre Dolbeault, French mathematician
* Pierre Engvall, Swedish ice hockey forward
* Pierre Fourier, Catholic saint and French priest
* Pierre Franckh, German actor
* Pierre Gagnaire, French chef
* Pierre Garçon, American football player
* Pierre Gasly, racing driver currently driving for Scuderia AlphaTauri in Formula One
* Pierre Gaspard (mountaineer), Pierre Gaspard (1834–1915), French mountain climber and guide
* Pierre Gaspard, Belgian physicist and professor
* Pierre Gemayel, politician and founder of the Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon
* Pierre David Guetta, French DJ, record producer and songwriter
* Pierre Harmel (1911–2009), former Belgian Prime Minister
* Pierre Henry, French musician
* Pierre Hermans, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
* Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg, Danish professional footballer
* Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
* Pierre Jallow, Gambian basketball player
* Pierre Jeanpierre, French soldier
* Pierre Yves Kéralum (1817–1872), French-American priest and architect
* Pierre Laporte (1921–1970), Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
* Pierre Lavertu, Canadian football player
* Pierre Le Faguays (1892–1962), French sculptor
* Pierre Levasseur (disambiguation), several people
* Pierre Littbarski, German footballer
* Pierre van Maldere, South Dutch composer
* Pierre Marchand (editor), French publisher
* Pierre Menard, American fur trader and politician
* Pierre Morel, French film director
* Pierre Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi
* Pierre Papillaud (born c. 1936), French billionaire businessman
* Pierre Pilote, ice hockey player
* Pierre Pincemaille, French musician
* Pierre Poilievre, Canadian federal MP for the riding of Nepean-Carleton
* Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first self-proclaimed anarchist and is regarded by some as the founder of modern anarchist theory
* Pierre-Loup Rajot, French actor and director
* Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist artist
* Pierre Roger (swimmer), French swimmer
* Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to US President John F. Kennedy
* Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, German actor and director
* Pierre Schaeffer, French experimental musician
* Pierre Schapira (mathematician), French mathematician
* Pierre Shammassian, Lebanese-Armenian comedian
* Pierre Sinaÿ, French organic chemist
* Pierre Sokolsky, American physicist
* Pierre Sprey, French-American aircraft designer
* Pierre Strong Jr. (born 1998), American football player
* Pierre Taki, Japanese musician
* Pierre Tendean revolution hero from Indonesia
* Pierre Thomas (disambiguation), several people
* Pierre Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister
* Pierre Turgeon, Québécois NHL Hall of Famer
* Pierre Vatin (born 1967), French politician
* Pierre Vogel (born 1978), German Islamist Preacher
* Pierre Warren, American football player

People with the surname

* Aaron Pierre (born 1993), footballer
* Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Canadian film director and screenwriter
* DBC Pierre (penname), Mexican writer
* Georges St-Pierre (born 1981), Canadian Mixed martial arts, MMA fighter and former Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight champion
* James Pierre (born 1996), American football player
* Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), French botanist
* John Wallace Pierre, American engineer
* Juan Pierre (born 1977), American baseball player
* Percy A. Pierre (born 1939), American electrical engineer and mathematician
* Perri Pierre (born 1988), Haitian-American actor and film producer
* Raymond Pierre (born 1967), American track and field athlete
* Robert Pierre (musician), Robert Pierre (born 1992), Christian recording artist
* Roger Pierre (1923–2010), French actor

Aliases

* Pierre Carl Ouellet, former ring name of Canadian wrestler Carl Ouellet (born 1967)
* Pierre Poutine, an alias used in an attempt to hide certain parties involved in the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal

Fictional characters

* Pierre, a List of Chrono Cross characters#Pierre, ''Chrono Cross'' playable character
* Pierre, a character in ''JumpStart''
* Pierre, in the 2016 film ''A Wedding (2016 film), A Wedding''
* Pierre Bezukhov, a central character in the novel ''War and Peace'' by Leo Tolstoy
* Pierre Escargot, a French teacher from the TV show ''All That,'' played by Kenan Thompson
* Pierre Belmondo, a Wipeout (Psygnosis video game series), ''Wipeout'' character responsible for the birth of anti-gravity racing
*Dominique Pierre, in the Netflix series ''Grand Army (TV series), Grand Army''

See also

* Pierre (disambiguation)
* Lucky Pierre (disambiguation)
* Saint-Pierre (disambiguation)
* Jean-Pierre (given name)
* Pierre-Simon

References

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Given names
French masculine given names
Surnames of Haitian origin