Famous People with Name Peirce

Kathleen Peirce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kathleen Peirce: is an American poet.Kathleen Peirce was born in Moline, Illinois. She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1988. Peirce has won many awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the William Carlos Williams Award. She currently teaches at Texas Sta

Ernest "Eddie" Peirce            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Ernest "Eddie" Peirce: was a South African boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the middleweight class after winning the third place fight against Roger Michelot.Two years earlier he won the middleweight bronze medal at the 1930 British Empire Games.

Silas Peirce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Silas Peirce: was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts. in April, 1815.Peirce served as Chairman and a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen. The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted

Joseph Peirce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Peirce: was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He attended school in Portsmouth and served during the American Revolutionary War in Colonel Pierse Long's regiment in 1775 and 1776.Peirce was a member of th

Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce: was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Peirce was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He