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Pierce (given Name)
Pierce is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Pierce A'Court-Ashe (1707–1768), British politician * Pierce Askegren (1955–2006), American author * Pierce M. Barron (1830–1887), American political figure * Pierce Bird (born 1999), Northern Irish footballer * Pierce Boshelly, American painter and sculptor * Pierce Brodkorb (1908–1992), American ornithologist * Pierce Brosnan (born 1953), Irish actor * Pierce Brown (born 1988), American author * Pierce Butler (1744–1822), Irish rice planter * Pierce Cahill (1869–1935), American politician * Pierce Dod (1683–1754), British physician * Pierce H. Deamer Jr. (1907–1986), American politician * Pierce Egan (1772–1849), British journalist * Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880), English journalist * Pierce Freelon (born 1983), American politician * Pierce Fulton (1992–2021), American DJ * Pierce Gagnon (born 2005), American child actor * Pierce Grace (1885–1966), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Gagnon
Pierce Gagnon (born July 25, 2005) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the film ''Looper'' and in the CBS series ''Extant'', as well as voicing Tim Templeton in the Netflix series '' The Boss Baby: Back in Business''. Personal life Gagnon was born on July 25, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia. He has three younger siblings, including his brother Steele. He resides in Los Angeles. Career Gagnon played Logan Evans, the son of Clay Evans (Robert Buckley), in season 9 of the CW drama series ''One Tree Hill''. In January 2011, he was cast in the action thriller film ''Looper'' as Cid Harrington, a child with unusual telekinetic abilities, who becomes a warlord called the "Rainmaker". Rian Johnson said, "Looking back I'm kind of terrified that I hinged the success of the backend of the movie on finding someone like Pierce. It's really rare to find a kid who can do what he does. He would do three-page dialogue scenes with Emily luntand Joe ordon-Levittand hold his own agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Meade
Pierce Meade (21 November 1776 - 22 November 1834) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the early 19th century. The fifth son of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam he was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1810 until 1832. Cotton, H., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates'' Volume 3, p297 Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ..., Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 Notes Archdeacons of Dromore 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Younger sons of earls 1776 births 1834 deaths {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce McKennon
Pierce Winningham McKennon (November 30, 1919 – June 18, 1947) was an American flying ace of World War II with 12 aerial victories and 9.83 ground victories. Early life Pierce McKennon was born in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, on November 30, 1919. He was a gifted musician and entered the University of Arkansas in 1938 but performed poorly and left a year later. He later returned to the university but never graduated. World War II McKennon entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in early 1941 hoping to become a pilot but was refused because of his insufficient aptitudes. He then enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force where he successfully underwent pilot training and became a sergeant pilot by the end of 1941. He was sent to England and became a member of the famous Eagle Squadron, training with the Royal Air Force throughout 1942. In November 1942, he was transferred back to the United States Army Air Force with the rank of second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 335th F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce McCan
Pierce McCan or McCann (2 August 1882 – 6 March 1919) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician. Career McCan was born at Prospect Lodge, Ballyanne Desmesne, County Wexford,Anthony McCan"The McCan family" accessed 22 August 2010. the son of Francis McCan, a land agent, and Jane Power. He was nephew of Patrick Joseph Power, MP for East Waterford from 1885 to 1913.Irish Times, 10 March 1919, p. 7 He attended Clongowes Wood College and Downside School. He resided at Ballyowen House, Dualla, Cashel, County Tipperary, was an "extensive farmer" and was a member of the Tipperary Hunt. He was a founder member of Sinn Féin in 1905. He joined the Gaelic League in 1909 and was a member of the Irish Volunteers from 1914 onward. After more than 2,000 German and Austrian prisoners were imprisoned at Richmond Barracks, Templemore following the first battles of World War I in 1914, he plotted to engineer a mass escape but was thwarted when the prisoners were removed to Leigh, Lancashire in 1915 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Lyden
Pierce W. Lyden (January 8, 1908 – October 10, 1998) was an American actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns. Early life Lyden was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska on January 8, 1908. The son of a horse buyer for the U.S. Army cavalry, he acquired as a youngster riding skills that later made it possible for him to do his own stunts as an actor in Hollywood westerns. Education He attended high school in Naponee, Nebraska, and acted in several plays there; he graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Music and Fine Arts in 1927 and later studied at the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston. Early years Lyden supported himself in these early years by playing romantic leads in stock company productions in Lincoln and on the road; he appeared in a few Chautauqua presentations. Soon after graduating from the University of Nebraska, he joined the United Chautauqua System, taking the leading role in its production of ''The Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Lively
Franklin Pierce Lively (August 17, 1921 – March 12, 2016) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Education and career Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Lively received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Centre College in 1943 and served as a Lieutenant (J.G.) in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948, and was a law clerk to Judge Shackelford Miller Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1948 to 1949. Lively was in private practice in Danville, Kentucky from 1949 to 1972. Federal judicial service On September 12, 1972, Lively was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Henry Luesing Brooks. Lively was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 3, 1972, and received his commission on October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Lewis
Pierce Lewis (11 April 1664 – May 1699) was a Wales, Welsh cleric who helped to "correct" the 1690 edition of the Welsh Bible. Lewis was born to Pierce and Elizabeth Lewis, who lived on Anglesey in North Wales. His father was the registrar of the Diocese of Bangor. In 1684, Lewis matriculation, matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1684. He appears to have stayed in Oxford to supervise the production of the Bible associated with his relative William Lloyd (bishop of Worcester), William Lloyd, who was Bishop of St Asaph at the time. This edition was not well received. He then obtained the living of Llanfachraeth, Anglesey in 1690, becoming vicar of Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor in 1693 and rector of Llanfairfechan in 1698. He died in Ruthin in May 1699. References 1664 births 1699 deaths People from Anglesey Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford 17th-century Welsh Anglican priests {{Wales-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce LePage
Pierce LePage (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian track athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, 2023 World champion, and the first Canadian to win the decathlon title at the World Athletics Championships. LePage is also the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, 2022 World silver medalist, Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Men's decathlon, 2018 Commonwealth silver medallist, and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon, 2019 Pan American bronze medallist. LePage represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place. Career Early years and Commonwealth silver (2015–18) Starting track and field at the age of 12 and the decathlon at the age of 17, LePage emerged as a star athlete in 2015 after breaking the Canadian junior decathlon record. LePage then gained funding through the Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Training Ground talent identification program in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Lacy
__NOTOC__ Sir Pierce Thomas Lacy, 1st Baronet (16 February 1872 – 25 December 1956) was an English stockbroker. Early life and education Lacy was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the second of five sons (there were four daughters also) of Wexford-born John Pierce Lacy (1839-1906) of Oakmount, Edgbaston, and his second wife, Mary, née Conick (died 1914). John Pierce Lacy was chairman of Docker Brothers Ltd and a former partner in a galvanisers and iron merchants business, who bought controlling interests in the Kynoch ammunition makers and Brown, Marshalls and Co. Ltd., manufacturers of railway carriages, and made a success of both. Lacy's grandfather, James Lacy, was of Garryrichard House, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Lacy was educated at St George's College, Weybridge. Career Lacy practised as a stockbroker in Birmingham, becoming a partner in Cutler & Lacy and chairman of the Birmingham Stock Exchange. He founded and chaired the British Trusts Association in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Knox
Pierce Knox (June 1, 1921 - September 19, 1985) was a blind xylophone and marimba player who toured from coast to coast and in Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. He achieved fame by winning the $5,000 grand prize on the Horace Heidt Original Youth Opportunity television show by performing the "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" on the xylophone. Biography Born in Washington, Iowa, Pierce Knox lost his sight at the age of 4 after contracting spinal meningitis. Knox attended public schools in Iowa and for a time attended a state school for the blind where he learned to read Braille and to otherwise cope with his permanent blindness. He had a natural talent for music and experimented with the drums. When he was 12 his parents purchased a marimba for him and he was soon playing the instrument, a close cousin to the xylophone. The family relocated to California and Knox entered the public school system and graduated from high school. He became somewhat of a local celebrity playing at assemblie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Johnson
Pierce William Johnson (born May 10, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres and for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was drafted by the Cubs in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Missouri State University. Amateur career Johnson was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 15th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Faith Christian Academy in Arvada, Colorado after playing three seasons of varsity baseball. He did not sign and attended Missouri State University. He finished his first year at Missouri State with a 6–5 record to go along with a 4.76 ERA in 75.2 IP. In 2010 and 2011, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Chicago Cubs Johnson was drafted by the Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
