Family name Piston (Piston 
, Pistone 
, Пистон) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Piston is habitual in Italy, where it is quite a rare surname, Uruguay, and Argentina. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Italy, Argentina, and the United States. Much less frequently, Piston is the forename as well as the last name.
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joseph piston French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, FR (b. 1754) |
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louis piston FR (b. 1865) |
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| benedito piston BR (b. 1859) |
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| walter piston American composer (1894–1976), US (b. 1894) |
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| piston van wyk South African rugby union player, ZA (b. 1943) |
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| calvin piston Ph.D. University of Arkansas 1986 |
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| david w. piston American physicist |
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| david piston biomedical engineer |
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