Piper
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Piper can mean:
- The ETA10P supercomputer
- Piper-HeidsieckPiper-HeidsieckPiper-Heidsieck is a Champagne house from the Champagne region of France. Founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck on July 16, 1785 in Reims, the Heidsieck name was combined with the Piper name in October 1839...
, champagne producer - Piper AlphaPiper AlphaPiper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum Ltd. The platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on 6 July 1988, killing 167 men, with only 61...
, oil production platform
First names
- Piper GillesPiper GillesPiper Gilles is an American ice dancer. With former partner Zachary Donahue, she is the 2009 & 2010 U.S. junior bronze medalist. She currently skates with Paul Poirier, with whom she plans to represent Canada....
, an American figure skater - Piper LauriePiper LauriePiper Laurie is an American actress of stage and screen known for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the films The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God, all of which brought her Academy Award nominations...
, an American actress, born Rosetta Jacobs - Piper PeraboPiper PeraboPiper Lisa Perabo is a Golden Globe Award nominated American stage, film and television actress.-Early life:Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary Charlotte , a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a professor of poetry at Ocean...
, an American movie actress who starred in Coyote Ugly
Surnames
- Charles PiperCharles PiperCharles Vancouver Piper was an American botanist and agriculturalist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he spent his youth in Seattle, Washington Territory and graduated from the University of Washington Territory in 1885. He taught botany and zoology in 1892 at the Washington...
, American botanist - Franciszek PiperFranciszek PiperFranciszek Piper is a Polish scholar, historian and author. Most of his work concerns the Jewish Holocaust, especially the history of the concentration camps at Auschwitz. Dr. Piper is credited as one of the historians who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau...
, Polish historian - Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (born 1963), American astronaut
- John Piper (military officer)John Piper (military officer)John Piper was a military officer, public servant and landowner in the colony of New South Wales.Piper was born in Maybole, Ayrshire Scotland, son of Hugh Piper, a doctor; his family came from Cornwall. He was commissioned as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps in 1791, and sailed on the...
, 19th-century lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island - John Piper (theologian)John Piper (theologian)John Stephen Piper is a Christian preacher and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
- Martha PiperMartha PiperMartha C. Piper, OC, OBC was the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. She held the position from 1997 until 2006, and was the 11th person and the first woman to do so...
, President of the University of British Columbia - Odessa PiperOdessa PiperOdessa Piper is an American restaurateur and chef.Piper grew up in New England, and developed an interest in food when she worked at a farm in Canaan, New Hampshire, which was led by a group that was interested in sustainable agriculture....
(born 1953), American restaurateur - William T. PiperWilliam T. PiperWilliam Thomas Piper Sr. was an American airplane manufacturer, and founder, eponym, and 1st president of Piper Aircraft Corporation 1929-1970. He graduated from Harvard University in 1903, and became known as "the Henry Ford of Aviation". The William T...
(born 1881), American airplane manufacturer, founder of Piper Aircraft
Artists and writers
- Adrian PiperAdrian PiperAdrian Margaret Smith Piper is a first-generation conceptual artist and analytic philosopher who was born in New York City and lived for many years on Cape Cod, Massachusetts before emigrating from the United States...
, female artist and philosopher - Edward PiperEdward PiperEdward Blake Christmas Piper was an English painter.Edward Piper was the eldest son of the artist John Piper and his wife Myfanwy. He was educated at Lancing College and later studied under Howard Hodgkin at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham and later at the Slade School in London.He produced...
, English painter - Evelyn Piper, American novelist
- H. Beam PiperH. Beam PiperHenry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper...
(1904-1964), American science fiction author - Henry PiperHenry PiperHenry Piper is an English sculptor.Henry Piper studied philosophy at the University of Sussex, UK. He is a son of the painter Edward Piper and a grandson of the 20th century landscape artist, John Piper. His brother Luke is also a painter....
, English sculptor - John Piper (artist)John Piper (artist)John Egerton Christmas Piper, CH was a 20th-century English painter and printmaker. For much of his life he lived at Fawley Bottom in Buckinghamshire, near Henley-on-Thames.-Life:...
(1903-1992), English artist - Keith PiperKeith Piper (artist)Keith Piper is a British artist, curator, critic and academic. He was a founder member of the BLK Art Group, an association of black British art students, mostly based in the West Midlands region of the UK. His work explores multi-media elements such as tape/slide, sound and video within an...
, artist - Lloyd PiperLloyd PiperLloyd Piper was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher, who drew Wolf for the Sunday Telegraph and later, Ginger Meggs.-References:* - manuscript collection held by the National Library of Australia...
(1923-1983), Australian cartoonist - Luke PiperLuke PiperLuke Piper is an English landscape painter, especially in watercolours.Luke Piper is the son of the painter Edward Piper. He is also the eldest grandson of another artist, John Piper. He grew up in Frome, Somerset and is still based in the county...
(born 1966), English painter - Michael Collins PiperMichael Collins PiperMichael Collins Piper is a political writer, conspiracy theorist, and talk radio host living in Washington D.C. He is a regular contributor to the American Free Press, a newspaper backed by Willis Carto....
(born 1960), American writer and conspiracy theorist - Sebastian PiperSebastian PiperSebastian Piper is an English painter, musician, and photographer.Seb Piper is the son of the artist John Piper and the librettist Myfanwy Piper and the younger brother of Edward Piper....
, English painter and musician
Film, television and radio
- Ailsa PiperAilsa PiperAilsa Piper is an Australian writer, director and performer. She worked as an actress in theatre and television from the early 1980s until 2000. She made her first appearance on TV in 1984 in Man of Letters. She is most famous for playing Ruth Wilkinson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1996 until...
, Australian TV actress - Billie PiperBillie PiperBillie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...
, English actress and singer - Gordon PiperGordon PiperGordon Piper was an Australian film and television actor and theatre director. Piper was born in Sydney....
(1932-2004), Australian actor - Jacki PiperJacki PiperJacqueline Barrell , better known as Jacki Piper, is a British actress, best known for her appearances in Carry On Up the Jungle, Carry On Loving, Carry On at Your Convenience, and Carry On Matron....
, British actress in 'Carry On' films - Jason PiperJason PiperJason Piper is a British actor who voiced the part of the centaur Bane in the fifth film adaptation of the Harry Potter books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix....
, English actor and dancer - John Piper (broadcaster)John Piper (broadcaster)John Piper was the mid-morning host on BBC Radio Solent throughout the 1970s. His programme was called Piper's Tune. The show had a huge following, and consisted of a mix of music, guests and the regular feature, "Give a Neighbour a Hand," in which listeners would offer advice to people who called...
, British radio presenter - Katie PiperKatie PiperKatie Piper is a former model and television presenter from Andover, Hampshire in England, UK. Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 she was the victim of an acid attack in which sulphuric acid was thrown at her face...
, former model and TV presenter, who suffered an acid attack
Music
- Billie PiperBillie PiperBillie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...
, English actress and singer - Marty Willson-PiperMarty Willson-PiperMarty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church.After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia...
(born 1958), English guitarist - Myfanwy PiperMyfanwy PiperMary Myfanwy Piper was a British art critic and opera librettist.Myfanwy Evans was born into a Welsh family in London. She attended North London Collegiate School and read English Language and Literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She married the artist John Piper, with whom she lived in rural...
(1911-1997), English librettist - Randy PiperRandy PiperRandy Piper is an American musician, rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer best known as the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band, W.A.S.P....
(born 1956), American musician - Sebastian PiperSebastian PiperSebastian Piper is an English painter, musician, and photographer.Seb Piper is the son of the artist John Piper and the librettist Myfanwy Piper and the younger brother of Edward Piper....
, English painter and musician
Politics
- Carl PiperCarl PiperCarl, Count Piper was a Swedish statesman. He entered the foreign office after completing his academical course at Uppsala, accompanied Benedict Oxenstjerna on his embassage to Russia in 1673, and attracted the attention of Charles XI during the Scanian War by his extraordinary energy and...
, Swedish politician - Greg PiperGreg PiperGregory Michael Piper MP , an Australian politician, is the independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lake Macquarie since 2007. Piper also serves as Mayor of City of Lake Macquarie, since 2004.-Early years and background:Piper grew up in the Lake Macquarie suburb...
(born 1957), Australian politician
Sport
- Cherie PiperCherie PiperCherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...
, Canadian ice hockey player - David PiperDavid Piper-References:...
, British racing driver - Jim PiperJim PiperJim Piper is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 19th position in the 100m Breaststroke, in 8th place in the 200m Breaststroke, and in ninth spot with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Team...
(born 1981), Australian swimmer - Jim Piper (Australian rules footballer)Jim Piper (Australian rules footballer)Dr Jim Piper is a former Australian rules footballer who played with University.-Sources:*Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing....
(born 1884) - Keith Piper, former Warwickshire wicketkeeper
- Keith W. PiperKeith W. PiperKeith W. Piper was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Denison University from 1954 to 1992. He compiled a career record of 200 wins, 141 losses, and 18 ties...
, American football coach - Matt PiperMatt PiperMatthew James "Matt" Piper is an English former footballer. He played as a winger. He is now coaching the Leicester Under 15's....
(born 1981), English footballer - "Rowdy" Roddy PiperRoddy PiperRoderick George Toombs , better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his work with WWE...
(born 1954), Canadian wrestler
Fictional characters
- The Pied Piper of HamelinThe Pied Piper of HamelinThe Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never...
- Pied Piper (comics)Pied Piper (comics)Pied Piper is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in the pages of The Flash #106 .-Fictional character biography:...
, a DC comic book character - The Piper, a character from The Keys to the Kingdom series, based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Piper (Morlock), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Piper (Savage Land Mutate)Piper (Savage Land Mutate)Piper is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Piper first appeared in X-Men vol. 1 #62-63 , and was created by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams....
, another fictional character in the Marvel Universe - Piper, a tactical expert in the show Storm Hawks
- Piper HalliwellPiper HalliwellPiper Halliwell is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Piper is introduced in the series as a witch and, more specifically, a Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Holly Marie Combs throughout the...
, one of the lead characters on the TV series, Charmed, portrayed by Holly Marie Combs - Piper Pinwheeler, a fictional robot character in the movie Robots
- Piper McLeanPiper McLeanPiper McLean is a fictional character and the deuteragonist in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus book series, the sequel to the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. She first appears in The Lost Hero, the first novel of the series, as a fifteen year-old undetermined demigod who attends the...
, a demigod daughter of Aphrodite and one of the main protagonists in Rick Riordan's, The Lost Hero
Music
- BagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
player - The Pied Piper (1960s song)The Pied Piper (1960s song)The Pied Piper was a British pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded the song in 1965 as The Changin' Times. However, it was British pop singer Crispian St...
, a 1966 song by Crispian St. Peters - The Piper at the Gates of DawnThe Piper at the Gates of DawnThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut album by the English rock group Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album contains whimsical lyrics about space, scarecrows, gnomes, bicycles and fairy tales, along with psychedelic instrumental songs...
, Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album - The Piper Never Dies, a song by Edguy from the Hellfire ClubHellfire Club (album)Hellfire Club, released April 6, 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy. The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg....
album - The Piper, a song by ABBA from the Super TrouperSuper Trouper (album)Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA, first released in 1980 .-Overview:Led by the international hit "The Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was the group's sixth chart-topping album in the UK. It was also the best-selling album in Britain for 1980...
album. - Piper, a song by Phish from the FarmhouseFarmhouse (album)Farmhouse is the eighth official studio album by the American rock band Phish. The tracks were recorded at The Barn, frontman Trey Anastasio's studio in Vermont. The album was released on May 16, 2000, by Elektra Records...
album. - Piper, a 1970's NY Rock Band signed to A&M Records, fronted by Billy SquierBilly SquierWilliam Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...
- Piper to the end, a song on Mark Knopfler's Get LuckyGet Lucky (Mark Knopfler album)Get Lucky is the sixth solo album by Mark Knopfler, released on 14 September 2009 in Europe and 15 September in the United States in three configurations...
album. - The Piper Never Dies, a song by Edguy from the album Hellfire ClubHellfire Club (album)Hellfire Club, released April 6, 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy. The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg....
. - The Piper McLeod, a song by Grave Digger from the album The Clans Will Rise AgainThe Clans Will Rise AgainThe Clans Will Rise Again is Grave Digger's fifteenth album. It is a "loose sequel" to their Tunes of War album. It was released on October 1, 2010.-Track listing:All music composed by Boltendahl/Ritt/Becker- Reception :- Personnel :...
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Biology
- Piper (genus)Piper (genus)Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines , are an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae...
, a plant genus, the true peppers - New Zealand piperNew Zealand piperThe New Zealand piper, Hyporhamphus ihi, is a halfbeak found all around New Zealand in shallow inshore waters. Its length is between 25 and 35 cm.-References:...
, Hyporhamphus ihi, a species of fish - Sandpipers, birds of the family ScolopacidaeScolopacidaeThe sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...
Geography
- Piper, KansasPiper, KansasPiper community is a former unincorporated town in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, now part of Kansas City, Kansas. Piper is home to the Kansas Speedway, the Legends at Village West, and the CommunityAmerica Ballpark which is the stadium of the Kansas City T-Bones.-Education:The Unified...
, a neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas, United States - Piper PassPiper PassPiper Pass is a mountain pass in the United States Range, Nunavut, Canada....
, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
Transport
- Piper CarsPiper CarsPiper Cars was a United Kingdom manufacturer of specialist sports cars...
, former British maker of sports cars - Piper (car), an Australian specialist sports car manufacturer
- Piper Aircraft or The New Piper Aircraft company
- ST Piper, a tugboat