Pearson (surname)
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- Adam PearsonAdam PearsonAdam Pearson is Head of Football Operations of Hull City and owner of Hull F.C. rugby league club. He is the former chairman of English association football club Derby County.-Career:...
, chairman of Hull City A.F.C. - Albie PearsonAlbie PearsonAlbert Gregory Pearson is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Washington Senators , Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles/California Angels . One of the smallest MLB players of his era, he stood tall, weighed , and batted and threw left-handed...
, American baseball player - Alister PearsonAlister PearsonAlister Pearson is an English artist and illustrator. He lives in England . He is best known for his work on the covers of Doctor Who novels, novelisations and videos.-Doctor Who:...
, British illustrator - Allison PearsonAllison PearsonAllison Pearson is a Welsh author and newspaper columnist. Her novel I Don't Know How She Does It, published in 2002, has sold four million copies and has been made into a movie of the same name starring Sarah Jessica Parker...
, British journalist - Andrew PearsonAndrew PearsonAndrew Stuart Pearson is a former English cricketer. Pearson was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Rustington, Sussex....
(1957-), English cricketer - Anthony Pearson (martyr)Anthony Pearson (martyr)Anthony Pierson was a 16th century English Protestant martyr during the reign of Henry VIII, one of the Windsor Martyrs.He was a regular and popular Protestant preacher in Windsor, Berkshire and at the country homes of the local Protestant gentry, including Thomas Weldon of Cannon Court, Cookham...
, English Protestant martyr - Anthony Pearson (Quaker)Anthony Pearson (Quaker)Anthony Pearson , was an English Quaker. In 1648, he became secretary to Sir Arthur Hesilrige. He acted as clerk and registrar of the committee for compounding from its appointment in 1649 and became a...
- April PearsonApril PearsonApril Janet Pearson is an English actress best known for her role as Michelle Richardson in the E4 teen drama series, Skins.-Career:Pearson joined a theatre group, located in Bristol, at just three years old...
, British actress - Arthur Pearson (UK politician) (1897–1980), British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd 1938–1970
- Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet (1866–1921), British newspaper magnate and publisher
- Arthur Maurice PearsonArthur Maurice PearsonArthur Maurice Pearson was a Canadian Senator from Saskatchewan.Pearson was born in St. François Xavier, Manitoba, now part of Winnipeg, and educated at St. John's College. He served in World War I with the Royal Flying Corps. After he was demobilized, he found work with William Pearson Company...
(1890–1976) was a Canadian Senator from Saskatchewan
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- Ben Pearson (bowyer)Ben Pearson (bowyer)Ben Pearson was an archer, bowyer, and fletcher from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He is most notable for starting the first company in the United states to mass-produce archery sets and equipment. In 1972, he was among the first inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame.-History:Ben Pearson made his first...
, Arrow and bow maker and businessman. - Ben Pearson (photographer), Photographer, notably of music album covers.
- Bernard PearsonBernard PearsonBernard Pearson is an artist best known for his sculptures of Discworld characters and buildings. He initially produced figurines at Clarecraft, which he co-founded, and upon leaving began his series of highly detailed Discworld buildings, most notably a multiple-piece Unseen University.He...
, DiscworldDiscworldDiscworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
modeler - Bill Pearson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bird M. PearsonBird M. PearsonBird Murphy Pearson was a Florida lawyer, planter and a Democratic politician who served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1856 to 1859, one of the first to be popularly elected. He replaced Thomas Baltzell as Chief Justice. He was born in 1803. He died October 9, 1859.Person was born in Union...
Florida supreme court justice
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- Carl Pearson, later Karl PearsonKarl PearsonKarl Pearson FRS was an influential English mathematician who has been credited for establishing the disciplineof mathematical statistics....
, statistician - Carlton PearsonCarlton PearsonCarlton D'Metrius Pearson, DD is an American minister. At one time, he was the pastor of the Higher Dimensions Evangelistic Center, later named it Higher Dimensions Family Church which was one of the largest churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the 1990s, it grew to an average attendance of over...
, American evangelical minister - Carol Lynn PearsonCarol Lynn PearsonCarol Lynn Wright Pearson is an American poet, author, screenwriter, and playwright. Her parents were Lelland Rider Wright and Emeline Sirrine Wright. Her mother died of breast cancer when Carol Lynn was fifteen...
, American poet and playwright - Carol S. Pearson (1944), Ph.D. American psychologist
- Charles PearsonCharles PearsonCharles Pearson was Solicitor to the City of London, a reforming campaigner, and – briefly – Member of Parliament for Lambeth...
, British promoter of an underground railway in London - Charles Henry PearsonCharles Henry PearsonCharles Henry Pearson was a British-born Australian historian, educationist, politician and journalist. According to John Tregenza, "Pearson was the outstanding intellectual of the Australian colonies...
, British historian - Charles John PearsonCharles John PearsonSir Charles John Pearson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament...
, Scottish politician and judge - Chris Pearson (politician)Chris Pearson (politician)Christopher William Pearson was the first leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first Government Leader in the Yukon. Pearson moved to the Yukon in 1957 and worked for the government from 1960 until 1973 when he entered private business...
, Canadian politician - Chris Pearson (radio)Chris Pearson (radio)Chris Pearson was born in Dartford, Kent and is a radio presenter on the worldwide BFBS radio network.His career started with the famous north-sea pirate station Radio Caroline...
, British radio presenter - Colin Pearson, Baron PearsonColin Pearson, Baron PearsonColin Hargreaves Pearson, Baron Pearson PC, KC, CBE was a Canadian-born English barrister and judge. Rising to sit as a judge in the House of Lords, he is best remembered for his unspectacular but efficient and courteous chairmanship of industrial inquiries and royal commissions...
(1899–1980), Canadian-born English barrister and judge - Cyril Arthur PearsonCyril Arthur PearsonSir Cyril Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet, GBE was a British newspaper magnate and publisher, most noted for founding the Daily Express.-Family and Early life:...
, British newspaperman
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- Dan Pearson (disambiguation)
- David Pearson, American racing driver
- Denise PearsonDenise PearsonDenise Pearson is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for being the lead vocalist with the British pop/R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The group was created and managed by their father, Buster Pearson, in 1983...
, British singer-songwriter - Derrick PearsonDerrick PearsonDerrick Pearson is a sports announcer and radio personality, who is currently affiliated with Pro Football Plus ....
, American sports commentator - Digby PearsonDigby PearsonDigby Pearson, also known as "Dig," is a British musician who founded Earache Records, which signed some of the most infamous heavy metal acts worldwide in the 1980s and early 1990s....
, British record label executive - Don PearsonDon PearsonDon Pearson is a management consultant and executive for a Folsom, California firm, e.Republic, engaged in publishing and staging 'government technology' conventions. Pearson is perhaps best known for his role in training Allstate Insurance Company managers and salesmen in the tenets of L...
, American management consultant - Drew Pearson (journalist)Drew Pearson (journalist)Andrew Russell Pearson , known professionally as Drew Pearson, was one of the best-known American columnists of his day, noted for his muckraking syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round," in which he attacked various public persons, sometimes with little or no objective proof for his...
, American journalist - Drew Pearson (American football)Drew Pearson (American football)Drew Pearson is a sportscaster and former American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.-Early years:...
(b. 1951), American football player - Duke PearsonDuke PearsonDuke Pearson was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic notes him as being a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a producer."-History:...
, American jazz musician
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- Egon Sharpe Pearson (1895—1980), statistician, son of Karl Pearson
- Edmund Lester PearsonEdmund PearsonEdmund Lester Pearson was an American librarian and author. He was a writer of the "true crime" literary genre. He is best-known for his account of the notorious Lizzie Borden murder case.-Biography:...
(1880-1937), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
librarian and author
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- Gary PearsonGary PearsonGary Pearson is a Canadian comedian, and television writer producer. He grew up in the southwestern Ontario village of Comber. Taking an early interest in politics and art, he began to do editorial cartoons for the nearby weekly newspaper The Tilbury Times.He attended Sheridan College's...
, Canadian comedian - George Pearson (disambiguation)
- Geoffrey PearsonGeoffrey PearsonGeoffrey Arthur Holland Pearson, OC was a Canadian diplomat and author. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson and Maryon Pearson....
, Canadian diplomat
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- Henry Shepherd PearsonHenry Shepherd PearsonHenry Shepherd Pearson was acting Governor of Penang from 1807 to 1808.According to "The Worthies of Westmorland", by George Atkinson, Henry Shepherd Pearson was the second son of Sir Richard Pearson and Hannah Shepherd. He was christened at Saint Mary the Virgin in Dover, Kent on 8 February 1777...
, British Governor of PenangPenangPenang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the... - Hesketh PearsonHesketh PearsonEdward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success....
, British biographer - Hugh Pearson (disambiguation)Hugh Pearson (disambiguation)Hugh Pearson may be:* Hugh Pearson , vicar of Sonning and canon at Windsor in England.* Hugh Nicholas Pearson , Dean of Salisbury in England.* Hugh Pearson , American writer.* Hugh Pearson , American driver....
- Hugh PearsonHugh PearsonHugh Pearson was vicar of Sonning and a Canon at Windsor, both in Berkshire, England.- Life :Hugh Pearson was the son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson , who was Dean of Salisbury . He was born in Oxford and studied briefly at Eton College, before moving on to Harrow School, where he was Head Boy...
(1817–1882), British vicar and canon - Hugh Nicholas PearsonHugh Nicholas PearsonHugh Nicholas Pearson was Dean of Salisbury in southern England.He studied at St John's College, Oxford and obtained his MA in 1803. He received his Doctor of Divinity in 1821.Pearson was the Dean of Salisbury during 1823–46...
(1776–1856), his father, British dean of Salisbury and biographer
- Hugh Pearson
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- James Pearson (disambiguation)
- James B. PearsonJames B. PearsonJames Blackwood Pearson was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979.-Biography:Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University...
(1920-2009), US senator from Kansas
- James B. Pearson
- John Pearson (disambiguation):
- John A. PearsonJohn A. PearsonJohn Andrew Pearson was an early 20th Century Canadian architect and partner to the Toronto-based firm of Pearson and Darling.Pearson emigrated to Canada in 1888...
(1867–1940), Canadian architect - John Pearson (bishop) (1612–1686), English theologian and scholar
- John Pearson (author)John Pearson (author)John Pearson is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Pearson was Fleming's assistant at the London Sunday Times and would go on to write the first biography of Ian Fleming, 1966's The Life of Ian Fleming....
(b. 1930), British author - John Pearson (artist)John Pearson (artist)John Pearson was a famous master craftsman of the Newlyn School and Guild of Handicrafts. He worked in copper and his style is described as arts and crafts / art nouveau....
, original member of C. R. AshbeeCharles Robert AshbeeCharles Robert Ashbee was an English designer and entrepreneur who was a prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement that took its craft ethic from the works of John Ruskin and its co-operative structure from the socialism of William Morris.-Early life:He was the son of businessman and erotic...
's Guild of Handicraft - John Pearson (VC)John Pearson (VC)John Pearson VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
(1825–1892), English Victoria Cross recipient - John Andrew Pearson, Royal Navy officer during WWII
- John James PearsonJohn James PearsonJohn James Pearson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and judge from Pennsylvania.John James Pearson was born near Darby in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Mercer, Pennsylvania, in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1822 and...
(1800–1888), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania - John Loughborough PearsonJohn Loughborough PearsonJohn Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
(1817–1897), English architect
- John A. Pearson
- Johnny PearsonJohnny PearsonJohn Valmore Pearson known as Johnny Pearson, was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist...
(b. 1925), British composer and pianist - Joseph PearsonJoseph PearsonJoseph Pearson was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1776; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons from Rowan county in...
(1776–1834), Congressional Representative from North Carolins - Justin PearsonJustin PearsonJustin Pearson is a frontman or bassist for a number of San Diego noise rock and grindcore bands, starting off in the punk outfit Struggle in 1994. Ensuing projects included Swing Kids, The Locust, The Crimson Curse, Holy Molar, Head Wound City, Ground Unicorn Horn, Brain Tourniquet, All Leather,...
, American rock musician
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- Karl PearsonKarl PearsonKarl Pearson FRS was an influential English mathematician who has been credited for establishing the disciplineof mathematical statistics....
(1857–1936), British statistician - Kayleigh PearsonKayleigh PearsonKayleigh Emma Pearson is an English model who is most famous for winning FHM's second High Street Honey competition, in 2003. She hails from Worcestershire and grew up in Bewdley. She is represented by International Model Management...
(b. 1985), English model - Kenneth PearsonKenneth PearsonKenneth Pearson is a former English cricketer. Pearson was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bedlington, Northumberland....
(b. 1951), English cricketer - Kevin Pearson (politician) (b. 1959), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
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- Landon PearsonLandon PearsonLandon Carter "Lucy" Pearson, OC, B.A., M.Ed. is a former Canadian senator and a children's rights advocate. She is the daughter-in-law of former Prime Minister Lester B...
(b. 1930), former Canadian politician - Larry PearsonLarry PearsonLarry Pearson is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time Winston Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup...
(b. 1953), former American NASCAR driver - Lars PearsonLars PearsonLars Pearson is an American writer, editor, and journalist. He is the owner/publisher of Mad Norwegian Press, a publishing company specializing in reference guides to television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Doctor Who, plus the Faction Paradox range of novels and comic...
, American publisher - Lester Bowles Pearson (1897–1972), Prime Minister of Canada and Nobel Prize winner
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- Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of RannochMalcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of RannochMalcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch is a British businessman and the former leader of the UK Independence Party . He is a member of the House of Lords.-Biography:...
(b. 1942), British businessman and UKIP member of the House of Lords - Marlys PearsonMarlys PearsonMarlys Pearson , aka M.J. Pearson, is an American historical gay romance writer and Lambda Literary Award nominee for her novel The Price of Temptation. She is also a writer of short stories, some of which have been featured in online short story websites such as The Harrow, and was a winner of...
, American author - Maryon PearsonMaryon PearsonMaryon Elspeth Pearson, née Moody was the wife of Lester Bowles Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.Maryon and Lester Pearson married on August 22, 1925. They met at the University of Toronto, where he was a teacher and she was a student.Maryon Pearson was also known for her sharp tongued wit...
(1901-1989), wife of Lester Bowles Pearson - Michael Pearson (disambiguation), several people, including:
- Michael Pearson (horologist), English horologist
- Michael Pearson (author)Michael Pearson (author)Michael Pearson is an American author of six books—a novel, Shohola Falls , and five works of non-fiction; Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America , A Place That's Known: Essays , John McPhee , Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx , and, most recently, Innocents Abroad Too:...
(b.1949), American author - Mike Pearson (b. 1980), Canadian footballer
- Mike Parker PearsonMike Parker PearsonMichael "Mike" Parker Pearson is a professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield in England. His books include The Archaeology of Death and Burial, Bronze Age Britain, Architecture and Order and In Search of the Red Slave...
, English archaeology professor
- Michelle PearsonMichelle PearsonMichelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
(b. 1962), former Australian swimmer - Monte PearsonMonte PearsonMontgomery Marcellus Pearson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds . Pearson batted and threw right-handed...
(1908-1978), American baseball player
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- Neil PearsonNeil PearsonNeil Joshua Pearson is a British actor best known for his work on television.-Biography:Pearson grew up in Battersea, London, the son of a panel beater, who left home when he was five, and a legal secretary, and was educated at Woolverstone Hall School, Suffolk, a boarding school, where he first...
(b. 1959), English actor - Nigel PearsonNigel PearsonNigel Graham Pearson is an English football manager and former professional player. He is currently in his second spell as manager of Leicester City, having previously managed Hull City, Southampton and Carlisle United, and been assistant manager for England Under-21s and Newcastle United...
(b. 1963), English football manager - Noel Pearson (b. 1965), Australian lawyer
- Noel PearsonNoel Pearson (film and theatre producer)-Film credits:His film credits include My Left Foot, which received five Academy Award nominations , and won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress...
, Irish film and theatre producer
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- Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915–2003), zoologist, abbreviated "Pearson" on List of zoologists by author abbreviation
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- Patricia PearsonPatricia PearsonPatricia Pearson is a Canadian writer and journalist. She's published three non-fiction books and two novels.-Life and work:...
, Canadian journalist - Paul Pearson (disambiguation), several people
- Pepe PearsonPepe PearsonPepe Pearson is a former American football tailback, starting in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-Playing career:...
(b. 1975), former American footballer - Peter PearsonPeter PearsonPeter Pearson is an American icon painter, author, and teacher of iconography. He has created hundreds of icons for private collectors, churches, and other institutions throughout the world. Through his workshops and seminars, he has worked with more than 2,500 students.He began painting icons at...
, American artist - Preston PearsonPreston PearsonPreston James Pearson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Dallas Cowboys . Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Illinois, where he excelled at basketball...
(b. 1945), former American footballer
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- R. B. PearsonR. B. PearsonR. B. Pearson is an author of the book The Dream and Lie of Louis Pasteur. Its original title was Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter. Its release with its original title was in 1940....
, author - Ralph PearsonRalph PearsonRalph G. Pearson is a physical inorganic chemist best known for the development of the concept of hard and soft acids and bases ....
, American inorganic chemist - Richard Pearson (police officer) (1831-1890), British police commissioner
- Richard J. PearsonRichard J. PearsonRichard Joseph Pearson is a Canadian archaeologist.He grew up in Toronto and Oakville, Ontario and graduated with a Bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto in 1960. Richard Pearson studied at the University of Hawaii, and Yale University under K.C. Chang and received his doctorate in...
(b. 1938), Canadian archaeologist - Rick Pearson (golfer)Rick Pearson (golfer)Rick Pearson is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Pearson was born in Marianna, Florida. He was the first player in Florida history to win back to back Florida State Junior College Championship titles. Pearson won the Florida State Amateur...
(b. 1958), American golfer - Ridley PearsonRidley PearsonRidley Pearson, born on March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York, is an American writer. Pearson has historically written suspense and thriller novels for an adult audience, but has also begun branching out by writing adventure books for children....
(b. 1953), American writer - Robert PearsonRobert PearsonCaptain Robert Pearson was a soldier and politician from Alberta, Canada.Pearson was first elected as a non-partisan to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1917 Alberta general election as the top pick in the, At large soldiers' and nurses vote from voters fighting overseas in World War I...
, Canadian politician - Rob PearsonRob PearsonRobert Gordon Pearson is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL.Pearson was drafted 12th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft...
(b. 1971), retired Canadian ice hockey player - Roger PearsonRoger PearsonRoger Pearson is a British anthropologist, conservationist, eugenics advocate, founder of the Neo Nazi organization Northern League, and publisher of several journals.-Life and work:...
(b. 1927), British anthropologist - Roger Pearson (linguist)Roger Pearson (linguist)Roger Pearson is a professor of French at the University of Oxford and a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. His research focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth century French literature and has worked particularly on Voltaire, Stendhal, Zola, Maupassant and Mallarmé...
, British linguist - Roy L. Pearson, Jr.Pearson v. ChungPearson v. Chung, better known as the "pants lawsuit", is a civil case filed in 2005 by Roy L. Pearson, Jr., an administrative law judge in the District of Columbia in the United States, following a dispute with a dry cleaning company over a lost pair of trousers. Pearson filed suit against Soo...
, $67 million pants-suit litigant
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- Stan PearsonStan PearsonStanley Clare Pearson was an English football player. He was born in Salford.Pearson was signed by Manchester United as an amateur in December 1935 and turned professional in May 1937. His first senior game came against Chesterfield in 1937. When his career was interrupted by the war, he served...
(1919-1997), English footballer - Stedman PearsonStedman PearsonStedman Pearson is an English singer and dancer, most notable for being a member of the pop group Five Star with his four siblings.-Career:...
(b. 1964), English singer - Stephen PearsonStephen PearsonStephen Paul Pearson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bristol City, on loan from Derby County in the English Championship. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.-Early career:Pearson was born in Lanark...
(b. 1982), Scottish footballer - Stuart Pearson (disambiguation), several people:
- Sally Pearson, Australian runner
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- T. R. PearsonT. R. Pearson-Biography:Pearson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a student at North Carolina State University, where he gained a B.A. and M.A. in English. He went on to teach at Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started work on a Ph.D...
(b. 1956), American novelist - Ted PearsonTed PearsonTed Pearson is an American poet. He is often associated with the Language poets.-Life and work:Pearson was born in 1948 in Palo Alto, California...
(b. 1948), American poet - Todd PearsonTodd PearsonTodd Pearson is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House.He is no stranger to the...
(b. 1977), Australian swimmer - Tom PearsonTom PearsonThomas Pearson was an English footballer who played at inside-left.- Career :Pearson was born in West Bromwich. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in April 1886 and made his debut in February 1887 against Notts County in the sixth round of the FA Cup...
(1866-1915), English footballer - Tom Pearson (rugby player)Tom Pearson (rugby player)Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(1872-1957), Wales international rugby player - Tony PearsonTony PearsonAnthony John Grayhurst Pearson is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset between 1961 and 1963....
(b. 1941), former English cricketer
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- Walter 'Puggy' PearsonPuggy PearsonWalter Clyde Pearson was an American professional poker player. He is best known as the 1973 World Series of Poker World Champion.-Early years:...
(1929-2006), American poker player - Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount CowdrayWeetman Pearson, 1st Viscount CowdrayWeetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO, PC , known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt, between 1894 and 1910 and as The Lord Cowdray between 1910 and 1917, was a British engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician...
(1856-1927), English engineer and oil industrialist - William Pearson (disambiguation), several people, including:
- William Gaston PearsonWilliam Gaston PearsonWilliam Gaston Pearson was an African American educator and businessman in North Carolina. Pearson was born a slave in Durham County in 1858. After he was freed, he worked at the Carr Factory where General Julian S. Carr, the owner, recognized his potential and financed his education at Shaw...
(1858-1947), African-American educator and businessman - William PearsonWilliam Pearson (baritone)William Pearson was an American born baritone, who spent most of his career in Europe, especially in Germany. He was notable for his wide repertoire, stretching from Bach and Handel to spirituals, modernist and avant garde compositions....
(1934-1995), American baritone
- William Gaston Pearson