Piers (name)

For other uses, see Piers (disambiguation).

Piers is an old English given name and surname, and has the same origins as Peter. Its meaning is 'rock, stone'.

People with the given name

• Piers Adam (born 1964), British businessman
• Piers Adams (born 1963), British recorder player
• Piers Akerman (born 1950), Australian journalist, conservative commentator and columnist
• Piers Anthony (born 1934), Anglo-American fantasy/science fiction author known for his Xanth series of novels
• Piers Baker (born 1962), British cartoonist
• Piers Baron (born 1983), English musician
• Piers Bengough (1929–2005), British Army officer
• Piers Benn (born 1962), British philosopher
• Piers Bishop (born 1956), British artist
• Piers Bizony (born 1959), Science journalist
• Piers Blaikie (born 1942), British geographer
• Piers Bohl (1865–1921), Latvian mathematician
• Piers Brendon (born 1940), British writer
• Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond (c. 1467–1539)
• Piers Claughton (1814–1884), British Anglican bishop, Archdeacon of London and Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces
• Piers Coleman, British physicist
• Piers Corbyn (born 1947), British weather forecaster, climate change denier and conspiracy theorist
• Piers Courage (1942–1970), English racing driver
• Piers Crosby (1590–1646), Irish soldier
• Piers Dixon (1928–2017), British Conservative politician
• Piers Dutton (died 1545), the lord
• Pier Gerlofs Donia (c. 1480-1520), Frisian rebel leader and pirate
• Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman (1947–2015), Australian landscape painter
• Piers Edgecumbe (c. 1609–1667), English politician
• Piers Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1865–1944), British soldier
• Piers Faccini (born 1970), English singer and painter
• Piers Flint-Shipman (1962–1984), English actor
• Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284-1312), a favourite of King Edward II of England
• Piers Gilliver (born 1994), British wheelchair fencer
• Piers Gough (born 1946), British architect
• Piers Haggard (1939–2023), British television and film director
• Piers Lane (born 1958), Australian concert pianist
• Piers Mackesy (1924–2014), British military historian
• Piers McDonald (born 1955), Canadian politician and trade unionist
• Piers Merchant (1951–2009), British politician
• Piers Morgan (born 1965), British broadcaster and former tabloid newspaper editor
• Piers Paul Read (born 1941), English novelist, historian and biographer
• Piers Sellers (1955–2016), Anglo-American meteorologist and NASA astronaut
• Piers Torday (born 1974), British children's writer
• Piers Wenger (born 1972), British television producer

Surname

• Piers baronets, two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Piers
• Constance Piers (1866–1939), Canadian journalist, poet, editor
• Dennis Piers (1929–2005), South African cricketer
• Desmond Piers (1913–2005), Royal Canadian Navy rear-admiral
• Harry Piers (1870–1940), Canadian historian
• Henry Piers (1568–1623), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament, administrator and writer
• Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet (1629–1691), Anglo-Irish soldier and antiquarian
• John Piers (1522/3–1594), Archbishop of York
• Sir John Piers, 6th Baronet (1772–1845), Irish rake and duellist
• Julie Piers (born 1962), American golfer
• Sarah Piers (died 1719), English literary patron, political commentator and poet
• William Piers (bishop) (c. 1580–1670), British Anglican bishop and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
• William Piers (constable) (c. 1510–1603), constable of Carrickfergus

Fictional characters include:

• The title character of Piers Plowman, a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland
• Piers is a main character of Game Boy Advance JRPG Golden Sun: The Lost Age
• Piers, one of the Gym Leaders in Pokémon Sword and Shield
• Piers Nivans is the name of a BSAA soldier from the video game Resident Evil 6

See also

• Pier (given name)
• Pierse, a surname and given name