Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a

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form of the name

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. 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

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כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname

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gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

. Pierre is also found as a surname.

People with the given name

Monsieur Pierre Monsieur Pierre was the professional name of Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (born c. 1890, Toulon, Toulon, France – died 1963, London). He was a professional dancer and dance teacher, largely responsible for introducing the Latin American c ...

, 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 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) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue *

Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (born Pierre Marie Xavier Raphaël Antoine Melchior de Polignac; 24 October 1895 – 10 November 1964) was the father of Rainier III of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco ...

(1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco *

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 architec ...

(1590–1669), French sculptor *

Pierre Agostini Pierre Agostini (; born 23 July 1941) is a French experimental physicist and Emeritus professor at the Ohio State University in the United States, known for his pioneering work in strong-field laser physics and attosecond science. He is especial ...

, French physicist *

Pierre Alarie Pierre Alarie was the Canadian Ambassador to Mexico, appointed on March 4, 2015, arriving in Mexico in April 2015. He replaced the former Ambassador Sara Hradecky. Alarie joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982. While in Ottawa, he ser ...

, Canadian ambassador *

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang (born 18 June 1989) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah FC, Al-Qadsiah and Captain (associat ...

(born 1989), professional footballer who plays for the English club Chelsea and the Gabon national football team *

Pierre Audi Pierre Audi (9 November 1957 – 3 May 2025) was an English-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director. Early life Audi was born on 9 November 1957, the eldest of three children born to Lebanese banker Raymond Audi and Andrée Michel Fatt ...

(1957–2025), French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director *

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, Texas. For Pierre and his first wife Claire ...

(1900–2004), French architect *

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-a ...

, engineer and mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves *

Pierre Bordier Pierre Bordier (born 21 June 1945) is a former member of the Senate of France who represented the Yonne department from 2004 to 2014. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. ReferencesPage on the Senate website 1945 births L ...

(born 1945), French politician *

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 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 contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

(1925–2016), French classical and electronic composer *

Pierre Boulle Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French author. He is best known for two works, '' The Bridge over the River Kwai'' (1952) and '' Planet of the Apes'' (1963), that were both made into award-winning ...

(1912–1994), French author *

Pierre Bourgault Pierre Bourgault (January 23, 1934 – June 16, 2003) was a politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist, from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. Biography ...

, public speaker, journalist and politician famed for his work for Quebec independence from Canada *

Pi'erre Bourne Jordan Timothy Jenks (born September 19, 1993), known professionally as Pi'erre Bourne (), is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and audio engineer. He is known for producing the 2017 singles " Magnolia" for Playboi Carti ...

, American record producer, rapper, songwriter, and audio engineer. *

Pierre Bouvier Pierre Bouvier (born May 9, 1979) is a Canadian singer and musician best known for being the lead vocalist and studio bassist of the rock band Simple Plan. He hosted the MTV reality show '' Damage Control''. Filmography Discography ...

, Canadian musician and lead singer of

Simple Plan Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhyt ...

Pierre Brice Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels. Life and films Brice was born in Brest, ...

, French actor *

Pierre Caille (disambiguation) Pierre Caille may refer to: * Pierre Caille (sculptor) (1911–1996), Belgian sculptor, painter, engraver, ceramicist and jeweller * a man who bought a vineyard in 1543, now the Butte-aux-Cailles neighborhood in Paris See also * Pierre (disa ...

, several people *

Pierre Capretz Pierre Jean Capretz (30 January 1925 – 2 April 2014) was a French educator and writer, noted for his audio-visual methods for teaching French. A graduate of the University of Paris, he began teaching French in 1949 at the University of Flori ...

, host of ''French in Action'' *

Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin (born Pietro Costante Cardin; 2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometry, geometric shap ...

, French fashion designer *

Pierre Cathala Pierre Cathala (; 1888 – 1947) was a French politician. He served as the French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944. Early life Pierre Cathala was born on 22 September 1888 in Montfort-sur-Meu, Brittany, France. He was educated at the Ly ...

(1888–1947), French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944 * Pierre Chambrin, White House Executive Chef * Pierre Champoux (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey official * Pierre Chouteau, Jr., (1789–1865), American fur trader who established the trading post of Fort Pierre (South Dakota) in 1832 *

Pierre Clostermann Pierre-Henri Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French ace fighter pilot. During the conflict he has been claimed to have achieved 33 air-to-air combat victories, earning the accolade "France's First Figh ...

, French pilot who fought in World War II for the Royal Air Force (RAF) *

Pierre Coffin Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 16 March 1967) is a French animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known for co-directing the first four installments in the Despicable Me, ''Despicable Me'' franchise and being the prima ...

, animator known for the Minions franchise *

Pierre Conner Pierre Euclide Conner (27 June 1932, Houston, Texas – 3 February 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American mathematician, who worked on algebraic topology and differential topology (especially cobordism theory). In 1955 Conner received his ...

, American mathematician *

Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...

, (1606–1684) French playwright known for

Le Cid ''Le Cid'' is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las Mocedades del Cid''. Cast ...

* Pierre Corréia, French rugby union player *

Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic ...

, founder of the modern Olympic Games * Pierre Courthion (1902–1988), Swiss art critic and historian *

Pierre Curie Pierre Curie ( ; ; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, Radiochemistry, radiochemist, and a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, ...

, French physicist and husband of Marie Curie * Pierre Dagher, Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Pierre Darmon Pierre Darmon (born 14 January 1934) is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964. Early life Darmon was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France at 17 years of age. ...

(born in 1934), French tennis player * Pierre Daru (1767–1829), French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet *

Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat (; ; 17 August 1601 – 12 January 1665) was a French mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality. In particular, he is recognized for his d ...

, French lawyer and mathematician *

Pierre Deladonchamps Pierre Deladonchamps (born 1 June 1978) is a French actor. He is known for starring in the thriller film ''Stranger by the Lake'' (2013), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He went on to receive a nomination for the Césa ...

, French actor *

Pierre Deland Pierre Joseph Deland (13 December 1805 – 13 November 1862) was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He was the director of the Deland Theater Company in 1833-1861, a travelling theater famous in both Sweden and Finland, and as such an in ...

, Swedish actor and director * Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt, French scholar *

Pierre Deligne Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (; born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 2013 Abel Prize, 2008 Wolf Prize, 1988 Crafoor ...

, Belgian mathematician * Pierre Dolbeault, French mathematician * Pierre Engvall, Swedish ice hockey forward * Pierre Fourier, Catholic saint and French priest *

Pierre Franckh Pierre Franckh (; born 1 May 1953) is a German author, motivational speaker, keynote speaker, businessman, seminar leader, actor, and film director. Biography Pierre Franckh is the youngest son of the actress Ursula Franckh and the director, a ...

, German actor *

Pierre Gagnaire Pierre Gagnaire (born 9 April 1950) is a French chef, and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris (in the 8th arrondissement). Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefront of the fusion c ...

, French chef *

Pierre Gagnier Pierre Gagnier is a city councillor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since 2009, he has served as the mayor of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. He was a member of the Projet Montréal municipal political party. On December 27, 2010, he announced ...

, Canadian politician *

Pierre Garçon Pierre Andre Garçon (; born August 8, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union College, and was s ...

, American football player * Pierre Gasly, racing driver currently driving for Alpine F1 Team 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 Godin (born 1947), Canadian politician * 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 Claver Nahimana, Burundian politician * Pierre Novellie, South African-born comedian and writer * Pierre Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi * Pierre Papillaud (1935–2017), French billionaire businessman * Pierre Pilote, ice hockey player * Pierre Pincemaille, French musician * Pierre Poilievre (born 1979), Canadian member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), leader of the Official Opposition * 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 Reverdy, French poet * 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 Sergeol (1902–1975) , French actor * Pierre Shammassian, Lebanese-Armenian comedian * Pierre Sinaÿ, French organic chemist * Pierre Sokolsky, American physicist * Pierre Sow (born 1998), American basketball player * Pierre Sprey, French-American aircraft designer * Pierre Strong Jr. (born 1998), American football player * Pierre Taki, Japanese musician * Pierre Tardi (1897–1972), French scientist * 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 (footballer), Aaron Pierre (born 1993), footballer * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Canadian film director and screenwriter * Christophe Pierre (born 1946), Catholic prelate and diplomat * 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''

References

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