Pierre van der Linden (born 19 February 1946[1][2]) is a Dutch drummer, songwriter and member of the band, Focus.

He left in October 1973, and was quickly recruited into the supergroup Trace, that also included his second cousin Rick van der Linden on keyboards and vocals.

[6] When Colin Allen left Focus, Pierre briefly rejoined the group in 1975 for live dates and an unreleased track, "Glider", subsequently on the "Ship of Memories" LP.

[1] In the 1990s he joined the free jazz group Advance Warning and played on four albums: Cut the Crap, Regroovable, Hot House, and HiFi Apartment.

[7] He also recorded in a trio with organist Herbert Noord and tenor saxophonist Rinus Groeneveld, and rated the album Dare to Be Different as one that he was particularly proud to play on.