Pieterse
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in the Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse became a common Afrikaans surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Barend Pieterse, South African rugby union player
- Cosmo Pieterse, South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist
- Dylan Pieterse, South African rugby player
- Erasmus Pieterse, South African field hockey player
- Ernie Pieterse, South African racing driver
- Happy Pieterse, South African boxer
- Jan Pieterse, Dutch cyclist
- Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Dutch sociologist
- Liberius Pieterse, Dutch Roman Catholic priest in Pakistan
- Reyaad Pieterse, South African footballer
- Sasha Pieterse, South African actress and singer
- Marissa Pieterse, South African actuary
- Puck Pieterse Dutch cyclist
- , protagonist of the novel of the same name by Multatuli
- Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Dutch literary award named after this character