Pearce

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See also Pearse for similarly-named articles.

Pearce is a surname, and may refer to:

• Adam Pearce, American professional wrestler
• Alex Pearce (born 1988), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Pearce (1790 - 1824), famed escapee from Macquarie Harbour Penal.
• Alice Pearce (1917 - 1966), American actress.
• Allan Pearce, New Zealand soccer player.
• Boyd Pearce, American wrestling announcer.
• Brad Pearce, American tennis player.
• Bryan Pearce (born 1929), painter.
• Charles Pearce, British physician.
• Charles E. M. Pearce, mathematician.
• Charles Sprague Pearce (1851 - 1914), American painter.
• Chris Pearce (born 1963), Australian politician.
• Colin Pearce, Australian rugby league referee.
• Daniel Pearce, British engineer.
• Dave Pearce, British dance music DJ.
• David Pearce, British philosopher.
• David Pearce (economist), British economist.
• Dickey Pearce, early baseball player who started with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1856.
• Donn Pearce (born 1928), author of Cool Hand Luke.
• Douglas Pearce, English folk musician Douglas P.
• Edgar Pearce, convicted of the Mardi Gras bombings.
• Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish architect.
• Sir Eric Pearce, Australian television presenter.
• Frank Pearce, executive with Blizzard Entertainment.
• George Pearce, Australian politician.
• George Hamilton Pearce, American Catholic Archbishop.
• Guy Pearce (born 1967), Australian actor.
• Helen Pearce, British actress.
• Howard Pearce (born 1949), the Governor of the Falkland Islands.
• Ian Pearce, a footballer playing for Fulham Football Club in London, England.
• Jacqueline Pearce (born 1943), British actress.
• James Pearce (1805 – 1862), American politician.
• Jeff Pearce, Canadian musician.
• Jonathan Pearce, British sports commentator.
• Joseph Pearce (born 1961), English-born writer.
• Joseph Chilton Pearce, American writer.
• Lennard Pearce (1915 - 1984), British actor.
• Mary Vivian Pearce, actress.
• Matt Pearce (born 1975), democracy activist in Hong Kong.
• Philippa Pearce (1920-2006), English writer for children.
• Reylene Pearce, Australian actress.
• Richard Pearce, American film director and producer.
• Robert A Pearce, current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter.
• Steve Pearce (born 1947), American politician representing New Mexico.
• Stuart Pearce (born 1962), English football coach.
• Suzie Muirhead, New Zealand field hockey player was known as Suzie Pearce until she married.
• Sydney Pearce, Australian rugby league player.
• Wayne Pearce, captain of the Rugby League Club Balmain Tigers from 1982 to 1990.

Middle name:

• Edwin Pearce Christy (1815-1862), American producer and founder of Christy's Minstrels, a blackface group
• William Pearce Howland (1811 – 1907), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1868 to 1873

Fictional characters:

• Harry Pearce, character from Spooks.
• Melissa Pearce, character from Parasite Eve.

[edit] See also

• RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia
• J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas
• RCAF Station Pearce, a former WWII training base in Alberta, Canada
• The Division of Pearce, an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia
• Pearce, Australian Capital Territory
• Pearse
• Pierce
• Peirce