Pierson (surname)
Pierson is an English surname, meaning "son of Piers". Notable people with the surname include:
- Abraham Pierson, the elder, English pastor in New England
- Abraham Pierson, pastor, and first rector and a founder of what would become Yale University, son of Abraham Pierson, the elder
- Albert H. Pierson, American farmer, teacher, and politician
- Arthur Tappan Pierson, Presbyterian pastor and author
- Christoffel Pierson, Dutch painter
- Clara D. Pierson, American children's book author
- Dax Pierson, American musician
- DC Pierson, American comedian, author, and actor
- Don Pierson, American broadcasting pioneer
- Emma Pierson, British actress
- Emily Pierson, American suffragist and physician
- Frank Pierson, American film director
- Henry Hugh Pierson, composer
- Henry R. Pierson, New York politician
- Isaac Pierson, Representative to US Congress from New Jersey
- Jean Pierson, French aerospace engineer and executive
- Julia Pierson, the 23rd Director of the U. S. Secret Service
- Kate Pierson, American singer, of The B-52's
- Leander J. Pierson, American politician
- Melissa Holbrook Pierson, American author
- Nicolaas Pierson, the 23rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Philippe Pierson, Belgian Jesuit
- Rex Pierson, English aircraft designer
- Robert H. Pierson, former president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- William Pierson, American actor
- William Pierson, Jr., American painter
- William Pierson (baseball), American baseball player