Piers (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 (born 1947), 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 (born 1939), British television and film director
• Piers Lane (born 1958), Australian concert pianist
• Piers Mackesy (born 1924), 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 (born 1955), Anglo-American meteorologist and NASA astronaut
• Piers Torday (born 1974), British children's writer
• Piers Wenger (born 1972), British television producer

• 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, 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

• Pier (given name)