Pier (given name)

Pier is a given name, a form of Peter, which may refer to:

Pre-20th century

• Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi (c. 1460–1528), Italian sculptor
• Pier Luigi de Borgia, 1st duke of Gandía (c. 1460–1491), Valencian noble
• Pier Luigi Carafa (1581–1655), Italian cardinal
• Pier Paolo Crescenzi (1572–1645), Italian Catholic cardinal
• Pier Gerlofs Donia (c. 1480–1520), West Frisian warrior, pirate and rebel
• Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503–1547), first Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro
• Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755), Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist
• Pier Leoni (died 1128), Roman consul
• Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (1573–1626), Italian painter and draughtsman
• Pier Antonio Micheli (1679–1737), Italian botanist and Catholic priest
• Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666), Italian painter
• Pier Francesco Orsini (1523–1583), Italian military leader and patron of the arts
• Pier Maria Pennacchi 1464–before 1515), Italian painter
• Pier Francesco Tosi (c.1653–1732), Italian castrato singer, composer, and writer on music
• Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder (1370–1444 or 1445), Italian humanist, statesman and canon lawyer
• Pier Paolo Vergerio (c. 1498–1565), Italian religious reformer

Later

• Pier Angeli (1932–1971), Italian actress
• Pier Luigi Bersani (born 1951), Italian politician
• Pier Paolo Bianchi (born 1952), Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion
• Pier Ferdinando Casini (born 1955), Italian politician
• Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968), Italian architect and designer
• Pier Luigi Cherubino (born 1971), Spanish former footballer
• Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925), Italian Catholic social activist beatified by the Catholic Church
• Pier Gonella (born 1977), Italian guitarist
• Pier Giacomo Grampa (born 1936), Italian bishop in Switzerland
• Pier Morten (born 1959), Canadian judoka and wrestler
• Pier Luigi Nervi (1891–1979), Italian engineer
• Pier Carlo Padoan (born 1950), Italian economist and Minister of Economy and Finances
• Pier Pander (1864–1919), Dutch sculptor and designer of medals
• Pier Antonio Panzeri (born 1955), Italian politician and MEP
• Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian writer, film director and poet
• Pier Giorgio Perotto (1930–2002), Italian electrical engineer and inventor
• Pier Ruggero Piccio (1880–1965), Italian World War I flying ace and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
• Pier Giacomo Pisoni (1928–1991), Italian historian, paleographer and archivist
• Pier Luigi Pizzi (born 1930), Italian opera director, set designer, and costume designer
• Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini (1910–1965), Italian writer and journalist
• Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845–1920), Italian botanist and mycologist
• Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian writer
• Pier Tol (born 1958), Dutch footballer
• Pier Vellinga (born 1950), Dutch climatologist

See also

• Piers (name)