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, several people
  • Benjamin Pierce, several people
  • Bill Pierce, several people
  • Bobby Pierce, several people
  • Charles Pierce, several people
  • David Pierce, several people
  • Edward Pierce, several people
  • Franklin Pierce, several people
  • George Pierce, several people
  • Jack Pierce, several people
  • John Pierce, several people
  • James Pierce, several people
  • Larry Pierce, several people
  • Richard Pierce, several people
  • William Pierce, 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 , 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 , English golfer
  • Charlie Pierce, American sportswriter
  • Dameon Pierce, American football player
  • Don Pierce , 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 , American Paralympian
  • Mary Pierce, French-American retired tennis player
  • Michael Pierce , 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 , 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, supporting character in American TV series 24
  • Alexander Pierce, a Marvel Comics character
  • Annette Pierce, cafe owner in Japanese manga Black Cat
  • Anissa Pierce, 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, a DC Comics superhero
  • *Jefferson Pierce, the Arrowverse version of the character
  • Jennifer Pierce, 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, a 1945 film
  • *Mildred Pierce, 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''