Famous People with Name Pearson

Pearson Best            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pearson Best: is a Cayman Islands cricketer. An all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since the year 2000. His matches include two first-class[4] and four List A matches. B

James Blackwood Pearson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Blackwood Pearson: was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979. On January 31, 1962, Anderson appointed Pearson to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew F. Schoeppel. Pearson was elected on November 6, 1962, in a special el

Albert Jackson Pearson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Jackson Pearson: was a soldier, attorney, judge, and two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Woodsfield, Ohio. He served as the prosecuting attorney of Monroe County, Ohio, from 1871 to 1877. He served as member

Landon Carter "Lucy" Pearson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Landon Carter "Lucy" Pearson: is a former Canadian senator and a children's rights advocate. She is the daughter-in-law of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, through her marriage to his son Geoffrey Pearson.Pearson was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1994 by then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and sat with the Liberal caucus. She retired from the Senate on November 16, 2005 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson: was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963, until 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965.

Arthur MacDonald "Art" Pearson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur MacDonald "Art" Pearson: is a former political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He served as Yukon Commissioner from 1976 to 1978. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba and was educated there, at the University of British Columbia and the University of Helsinki. In 1959, Pearson married Sandra Mooney. He was a biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1968 to 1971, researching the activities of grizzly bears. Pearson lived in Whitehorse.