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PIERRE

French form of PETER. This name was borne by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), a French impressionist painter, and by Pierre Curie (1859-1906), a physicist who discovered radioactivity with his wife Marie.


Usage: French, Swedish
Feminine Forms: PERRINE, PETRA, PIERRETTE
Famous People: Pierre Curiewiki (Physicist, 1859, France), Pierre de Fermatwiki (Mathematician, 1601, France), Pierre de Coubertinwiki (Historian, 1863, France), Pierre Abélardwiki (Philosopher, 1079, France), Pierre Corneillewiki (Writer, 1606, France), Pierre Bourdieuwiki (Sociologist, 1930, France), Pierre Trudeauwiki (Politician, 1919, Canada), Pierre Nkurunzizawiki (Politician, 1963, Burundi), Pierre de Beaumarchaiswiki (Writer, 1732, France), Pierre Teilhard de Chardinwiki (Philosopher, 1881, France)
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