Piper

Piper can mean:

• The ETA10P supercomputer
• Piper-Heidsieck, champagne producer
• Piper Alpha, oil production platform

People

First names

• Piper Gilles, an American figure skater
• Piper Laurie, an American actress, born Rosetta Jacobs
• Piper Perabo, an American movie actress who starred in Coyote Ugly

Surnames

• Charles Piper, American botanist
• Franciszek Piper, Polish historian
• Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (born 1963), American astronaut
• John Piper (military officer), 19th-century lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island
• John Piper (theologian)
• Martha Piper, President of the University of British Columbia
• Odessa Piper (born 1953), American restaurateur
• William T. Piper (born 1881), American airplane manufacturer, founder of Piper Aircraft

Artists and writers

• Adrian Piper, female artist and philosopher
• Edward Piper, English painter
• Evelyn Piper, American novelist
• H. Beam Piper (1904–1964), American science fiction author
• Henry Piper, English sculptor
• John Piper (artist) (1903–1992), English artist
• Keith Piper, artist
• Lloyd Piper (1923–1983), Australian cartoonist
• Luke Piper (born 1966), English painter
• Michael Collins Piper (born 1960), American writer and conspiracy theorist
• Sebastian Piper, English painter and musician

Film, television and radio

• Ailsa Piper, Australian TV actress
• Billie Piper, English actress and singer
• Gordon Piper (1932–2004), Australian actor
• Jacki Piper, British actress in 'Carry On' films
• Jason Piper, English actor and dancer
• John Piper (broadcaster), British radio presenter
• Katie Piper, former model and TV presenter, who suffered an acid attack

Music

• Billie Piper, English actress and singer
• Marty Willson-Piper (born 1958), English guitarist
• Myfanwy Piper (1911–1997), English librettist
• Randy Piper (born 1956), American musician
• Sebastian Piper, English painter and musician

Politics

• Carl Piper, Swedish politician
• Greg Piper (born 1957), Australian politician

Sport

• Cherie Piper, Canadian ice hockey player
• David Piper, British racing driver
• Jim Piper (born 1981), Australian swimmer
• Jim Piper (Australian rules footballer) (born 1884)
• Keith Piper, former Warwickshire wicketkeeper
• Keith W. Piper, American football coach
• Matt Piper (born 1981), English footballer
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (born 1954), Canadian wrestler

Fictional characters

• The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• Pied Piper (comics), 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), another fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Piper, a tactical expert in the show Storm Hawks
• Piper Halliwell, 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 McLean, a demigod daughter of Aphrodite and one of the main protagonists in Rick Riordan's, The Lost Hero

Music

• Bagpipes player
• The Pied Piper (1960s song), a 1966 song by Crispian St. Peters
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album
• The Piper Never Dies, a song by Edguy from the Hellfire Club album
• The Piper, a song by ABBA from the Super Trouper album.
• Piper, a song by Phish from the Farmhouse album.
• Piper, a 1970's NY Rock Band signed to A&M Records, fronted by Billy Squier
• Piper to the end, a song on Mark Knopfler's Get Lucky album.
• The Piper Never Dies, a song by Edguy from the album Hellfire Club.
• The Piper McLeod, a song by Grave Digger from the album The Clans Will Rise Again.

Biology

• Piper (genus), a plant genus, the true peppers
• New Zealand piper, Hyporhamphus ihi, a species of fish
• Sandpipers, birds of the family Scolopacidae

Geography

• Piper, Kansas, a neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• Piper Pass, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Transport

• Piper 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

See also

• Peiper, surname