Pierce (surname)
Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French Pierre. Notable people with that surname include:
Disambiguation pages
- Andrew Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Benjamin Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Bill Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Bobby Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Charles Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- David Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Edward Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Franklin Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- George Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Jack Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- John Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- James Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Larry Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- Richard Pierce (disambiguation), several people
- William Pierce (disambiguation), several people
Arts and letters
- Aida Pierce, Mexican actress and comedian
- Bradley Pierce, American voice-over artist and character actor
- Chonda Pierce, American Christian comedian often billed as "The Queen of Clean"
- Gareth Pierce, Welsh actor
- Jason Pierce, English musician
- Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Jeffrey Pierce, American actor, film director, and producer
- Jo Carol Pierce, American songwriter, singer, playwright, and screenwriter
- Justin Pierce, English-American actor and professional skateboarder
- Marjorie Pierce, American architect
- Marvin Pierce, American publisher, president of McCall Corporation
- Nat Pierce, American jazz pianist and arranger
- Nicola Pierce, Irish writer and ghostwriter
- Nora Pierce, American author and academic
- Ponchitta Pierce, television host and producer
- Tamora Pierce, American fantasy fiction author
- Tedd Pierce, American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist
- The Pierces: Allison and Catherine, American alternative band
- Tim Pierce, American session guitarist
- Webb Pierce, American country music singer
- Wendell Pierce, American actor
Politics, law, and government
- Abe E. Pierce, III, African-American educator and mayor of Monroe, Louisiana
- Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States 1989–1993
- Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States
- Gary Pierce, American politician, and Arizona Corporation Commissioner
- Gilbert A. Pierce, author, journalist, playwright, member of the Indiana state legislature, eighth Governor of Dakota Territory, and representative for North Dakota in the U.S. Senate
- Henry L. Pierce, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- James F. Pierce, New York politician
- Jane Pierce, wife of U.S. president Franklin Pierce
- Joshua C. Pierce, American politician and businessman
- Julian Pierce, Lumbee Indian, chemist, lawyer, murdered at start of campaign to win electoral primary for position of superior court judge for Robeson, North Carolina
- Lawrence W. Pierce African American Federal Judge
- Lewis W. Pierce, American politician
- Maris Bryant Pierce, Seneca chief, lawyer, land-rights activist
- Ray V. Pierce, U.S. Representative from New York State
- Samuel Pierce, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1981–1989
- Walter M. Pierce, Governor of Oregon and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Sciences
- Benjamin C. Pierce, professor of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania known for two books on type theory
- G. W. Pierce, Harvard professor of physics and inventor in the development of electronic telecommunications
- W. Dwight Pierce, American entomologist
Sports
- Aaron Pierce (American football), former professional American football player
- Alec Pierce, American football player
- Anna Pierce, American middle-distance runner
- Artavis Pierce, American football player
- Barry Pierce, English professional footballer
- Bemus Pierce, American football player and college sports coach
- Bernard Pierce, American football player
- Billy Pierce, American professional baseball player
- Brent Pierce, Canadian curler
- Buck Pierce, retired American football player, now a coach
- Caroline Pierce (golfer), English golfer
- Charlie Pierce, American sportswriter
- Dameon Pierce, American football player
- Don Pierce (jockey), American jockey
- Gary Pierce, English football player
- Greg Pierce, Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
- Harry Pierce, Australian rugby league footballer
- Hollin Pierce, American football player
- J. A. Pierce, American football coach
- James Pierce, American football player, coach, and actor
- James Pierce (curler), American Paralympian
- Mary Pierce, French-American retired tennis player
- Michael Pierce (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Mike Pierce, American mixed martial artist
- Paul Pierce, American professional basketball player
- Payton Pierce, American football player
- Pierre Pierce, American professional basketball player
- Ricky Pierce, American retired basketball player
- Robbie Pierce, American off-road racer and businessman
- Rusty Pierce, American former soccer player
- Ryan Pierce (soccer), American soccer player
- Shanghai Pierce, an early ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Canterbury, better known as Henry O. Godwinn
Other
- Byron Root Pierce, American dentist
- Francis Junior Pierce, U.S. Navy Corpsman who received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II
- Gus Pierce, alternative name for Augustus Baker Peirce ; American traveler, riverboat captain and artist in Australia
- Guy Hollis Pierce, member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
- James Pieronnet Pierce, California entrepreneur
- Lovick Pierce, American pastor, Chaplain in the War of 1812
- Sarah Pierce, American educator
Fictional characters
- Aaron Pierce (24 character), supporting character in American TV series 24
- Alexander Pierce, a Marvel Comics character
- Annette Pierce, cafe owner in Japanese manga Black Cat
- Anissa Pierce (Thunder), a DC Comics superhero
- Brittany Pierce, character in American television series Glee
- Donald Pierce, Marvel Comics supervillain
- Griffin Pierce-Taylor, character in Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Gwendolyn Pierce, a character in the American sitcom television series Charles in Charge
- Hawkeye Pierce, main character in American book, film and television franchise M*A*S*H
- Jefferson Pierce (Black Lightning), a DC Comics superhero
- *Jefferson Pierce (Arrowverse), the Arrowverse version of the character
- Jennifer Pierce (Lightning), a DC Comics superhero
- Katherine Pierce, antagonist in American TV series The Vampire Diaries
- Mildred Pierce, title character in the 1941 James M. Cain novel of the same title adapted into two films:
- *Mildred Pierce (film), a 1945 film
- *Mildred Pierce (TV series), a 2011 miniseries
- Nica Pierce, a protagonist in the Child's Play movie franchise
- Ryan Pierce, character in American TV series The West Wing, see List of The West Wing characters
- Zazel Pierce, one of the main characters in ''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx''