Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
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
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Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement
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Monsieur Pierre Monsieur Pierre was the professional name of Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (born c. 1890, Toulon, France – died 1963, London). He was a professional dancer and dance teacher, largely responsible for introducing the Latin American dances to ...
, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher
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Pierre (footballer)
Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 19 January 1982 in Itororó), known as Pierre, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fluminense as a defensive midfielder.
Honours
Vitória
* Bahia State League: 2000
Ituano
* São Paulo State League: 2002 ...
, Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Pierre, Baron of Beauvau Pierre I of Beauvau (c.1380– September 1453), baron of Beauvau, La Roche-sur-Yon and Champigny-sur-Veude, lord of Craon, of Sablé and Ferté-Bernard by marriage. He was an adviser for Charles VII, and chamberlain, counsellor, governor and lieute ...
(c. 1380–1453)
*
Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre
Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orléans (4 November 1845 – 17 July 1919) was Duke of Penthièvre and a grandson of French king Louis Philippe I and of Brazilian Emperor Pedro I. Declining a proposal to marry into the Brazilian royal family, ...
(1845–1919)
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Pierre, marquis de Fayet
Pierre, marquis de Fayet (d. 11 July 1737) was a French naval commander. Serving as a Captain in King Louis XV's navy, Pierre was distinguished by his membership of the Order of St. Louis, and later became the Governor General of the French colony ...
(died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue
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Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco
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Pierre Affre
Pierre Affre (1590-1669) was a French sculptor.
Early life
Pierre Affre was born in 1590 in Béziers, France. He moved to Toulouse, where he was mentored by Artus Legoust.
Career
Affre was a sculptor in Toulouse. He first worked with architect C ...
(1590–1669), French sculptor
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, professional footballer who plays for the English club Chelsea and the Gabon national football team
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Pierre Barbe
Pierre Barbe (28 March 1900 – 26 April 2004) was a French architect.
Barbe became the "house architect" for the Schlumberger family. He designed Pierre Schlumberger's house on Lazy Lane in Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city ...
(1900–2004), French architect
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Pierre Bézier
Pierre Étienne Bézier (1 September 1910 – 25 November 1999; ) was a French engineer and one of the founders of the fields of solid, geometric and physical modelling as well as in the field of representing curves, especially in computer-ai ...
, engineer and mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves
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Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music.
Born in Mont ...
, French classical and electronic composer
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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
