Famous People with Name Piers

Piers John Sellers            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Piers John Sellers: is a British-American scientist and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.He met the band in Houston, Texas when the band played there in April 2002. He told them he would be taking their albums into space with him. When he met t

Piers Lane            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Piers Lane: an Australian classical pianist. He has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to over forty countries. His concerto repertoire exceeds 75 works.His English father and Australian mother met while auditioning as piano students for the Royal College of Music. Although born in London, he grew up in Brisbane, where his mother still teaches piano. His own teacher was Nancy Weir.He first came to prominence at the inaugural Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977, at which he was named Best Australian Pianist (he was a judge at the 2004 competition). He later studied overseas on a Churchill Fellowship.

Piers McDonald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Piers McDonald: is a Yukon politician and trade unionist. McDonald succeeded Penikett as NDP leader and leader of the opposition in 1995 and led the NDP back to power in the 1996 election winning 11 of the territory's 17 seats but in 2000 his government was defeated and McDonald narrowly lost his seat in the legislature.

Pierson Barton Reading            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pierson Barton Reading: was a California pioneer.In 1854 Reading went to Washington, D.C. for the US Supreme Court hearing on his land grant claim. There he met and married Fanny Wallace Washington. Reading returned to his Rancho Buena Ventura in Shasta County in 1856, where he