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Pre-20th century

* Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi (c. 1460–1528), Italian sculptor *

Pier Luigi de Borgia, 1st duke of Gandía Pier Luigi de Borgia, 1st Duke of Gandía (, , ; 1468 – 3 September 1488) was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI) and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the first duke of Gandía, a duchy in the Kingdo ...

(c. 1460–1491), Valencian noble * Pier Luigi Carafa (1581–1655), Italian cardinal * Pier Paolo Crescenzi (1572–1645), Italian Catholic cardinal * Pier Gerlofs Donia (c. 1480–1520), West Frisian warrior, pirate and rebel * Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503–1547), first Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro * Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755), Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist * Pier Leoni (died 1128), Roman consul * Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (1573–1626), Italian painter and draughtsman *

Pier Antonio Micheli Pier Antonio Micheli (11 December 1679 – 1 January 1737) was a noted Italian botanist, professor of botany in Pisa, curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, author of ''Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita''. He discover ...

(1679–1737), Italian botanist and Catholic priest * Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666), Italian painter * Pier Francesco Orsini (1523–1583), Italian military leader and patron of the arts * Pier Maria Pennacchi 1464–before 1515), Italian painter * Pier Francesco Tosi (c.1653–1732), Italian castrato singer, composer, and writer on music * Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder (1370–1444 or 1445), Italian humanist, statesman and canon lawyer * Pier Paolo Vergerio (c. 1498–1565), Italian religious reformer

Later

* Pier Angeli (1932–1971), Italian actress *

Pier Luigi Bersani Pier Luigi Bersani (; born 29 September 1951) is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 ...

(born 1951), Italian politician * Pier Paolo Bianchi (born 1952), Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion *

Pier Ferdinando Casini Pier Ferdinando Casini (; born 3 December 1955) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006. Casini is the honorary president of the Centrist Democra ...

(born 1955), Italian politician * Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968), Italian architect and designer * Pier Luigi Cherubino (born 1971), Spanish former footballer * Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925), Italian Catholic social activist beatified by the Catholic Church *

Pier Gonella Pierangelo Gonella is an Italian guitarist, composer and producer, most known in the heavy metal music, metal genre as founding member of the heavy metal music, heavy metal bands Mastercastle, guitar player of the band Necrodeath, past member o ...

(born 1977), Italian guitarist * Pier Giacomo Grampa (born 1936), Italian bishop in Switzerland * Pier Morten (born 1959), Canadian judoka and wrestler * Pier Luigi Nervi (1891–1979), Italian engineer * Pier Carlo Padoan (born 1950), Italian economist and Minister of Economy and Finances *

Pier Pander Jacobs Pier Pander (20 June 1864 – 6 September 1919) was a Dutch sculptor and designer of medals. Pander was born in Drachten in the Dutch northern province of Frisia, Friesland. He was the son of a poor boatman. At a young age, his talent for ...

(1864–1919), Dutch sculptor and designer of medals * Pier Antonio Panzeri (born 1955), Italian politician and MEP *

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist ...

(1922–1975), Italian writer, film director and poet * Pier Giorgio Perotto (1930–2002), Italian electrical engineer and inventor * Pier Ruggero Piccio (1880–1965), Italian World War I flying ace and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force * Pier Giacomo Pisoni (1928–1991), Italian historian, paleographer and archivist * Pier Luigi Pizzi (born 1930), Italian opera director, set designer, and costume designer * Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini (1910–1965), Italian writer and journalist *

Pier Andrea Saccardo Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...

(1845–1920), Italian botanist and mycologist * Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian writer * Pier Tol (born 1958), Dutch footballer * Pier Vellinga (born 1950), Dutch climatologist

Pre-20th century

Later

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