Pierre

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 Agostini, French physicist
 * 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 (1925–2016), French classical and electronic composer
 * Pierre Boulle, French author
 * 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) in 1832
 * Pierre Clostermann, French pilot who fought in World War II for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
 * Pierre Coffin, animator known for the Minions franchise
 * Pierre Conner, American mathematician
 * Pierre Corneille, (1606–1684) French 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
 * 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 Gagnier, Canadian politician
 * Pierre Garçon, American football player
 * Pierre Gasly, racing driver currently driving for Alpine F1 Team in Formula One
 * 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 Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi
 * Pierre Papillaud (1935–2017), 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 Sergeol (1902–1975), French actor
 * 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 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 (born 1993), footballer
 * 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 MMA fighter and former UFC 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 (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 Chrono Cross playable character
 * Pierre, a character in JumpStart
 * Pierre, in the 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 character responsible for the birth of anti-gravity racing
 * Dominique Pierre, in the Netflix series Grand Army