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'Pierre' is a French language form of the name Peter, and also occurs as surnames and place names. Pierre originally means ''rock'' in French.

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Place names

Novels

First name

Surname

Other

Place names

★ Pierre, South Dakota is the capital of South Dakota

★ Fort Pierre, South Dakota is the county seat of Stanley County, South Dakota

Novels

★ '' is a novel by Herman Melville

★ ''Pierre (A Cautionary Tale)'' - children's story by Maurice Sendak

First name

★ Pierre Trudeau, a former Canadian Prime Minister.

★ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was the first self-proclaimed anarchist and is regarded by some as the founder of modern anarchist theory

★ Pierre was a Comanche slave in New France

★ Carl Ouellet was a Canadian professional wrestler - his ring names included Pierre

★ List of Chrono Cross characters#Pierre is also the name of a Chrono Cross playable character, who speaks with a French accent.

★ Pierre Bézier engineer/mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves

★ Pierre Bouvier, lead singer for Simple Plan

★ Pierre Capretz, host of ''French in Action''

★ Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer

★ Pierre Curie, French Physicist and husband of Marie Curie

★ Pierre Escargot, French teacher from ''All That'' (Kenan Thompson)

★ Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician

★ Pierre Gemayel, politician, founder of Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon

★ Pierre Gagnaire, famous French chef

★ Pierre Hermans, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper

★ Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer

★ Pierre Poilievre, Canadian federal MP for the riding of Nepean-Carleton

★ Pierre Roger, French swimmer

★ Pierre Shammassian Lebanese Armenian comedian

★ Abbé Pierre, Catholic French Priest who founded the Emmaus Movement

★ Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of the modern Olympic Games

★ Pierre van Maldere, South-Netherlandish composer

Surname

★ Juan Pierre is a MLB outfielder

Other

★ The Pierre Hotel is a luxury hotel in New York City

★ Pierre is a restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong managed by Pierre Gagnaire