Pierce (surname)
Pierce is a surname, a cognate of French Pierre ("Peter"). Notable persons with that surname include:
- Barbara Pierce (born 1925), First Lady of the United States (1989-1993)
- Benjamin C. Pierce, professor of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania known for two books on type theory
- Billy Pierce (born 1927), former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Bradley Pierce (born 1982), American voice-over artist and character actor
- Caroline Pierce (pornographic actress) (born 1974), American pornographic actress
- Charlie Pierce (born 1953), American sportswriter
- Charles Pierce (female impersonator) (1926–1999), American female impersonator
- Charles B. Pierce (born 1938), American film director
- Charles Sanders Pierce (1839-1914), American philosopher
- Charles Wilson Pierce (1823–1907), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Charles Pierce Davey (1925–2002), American-born welterweight boxer and boxing commissioner for the state of Michigan
- Chonda Pierce, Christian comedienne often billed as "The Queen of clean"
- Daniel Pierce (born 1814), American banker
- David Hyde Pierce (born 1959), American actor
- Edward C. Pierce (1930–2002), politician and physician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Francis Junior Pierce (1924–1986), U.S. Navy Corpsman who received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II
- Frank Nelson Pierce, (1861–1943), English entomologist
- Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), the fourteenth President of the United States
- G. W. Pierce (1872–1956), Harvard professor of physics and inventor in the development of electronic telecommunications
- George Foster Pierce (1811–1884), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1854
- Gilbert A. Pierce (1839–1901), author, journalist, playwright, member of the Indiana state legislature, eighth Governor of Dakota Territory, and representative for North Dakota in the U.S. Senate
- Greg Pierce (born 1950), Australian rugby league identity — a former player and coach and a current administrator
- Henry L. Pierce (1825–1896), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- J.A. Pierce, the first Head Football Coach (1899–1900) for the University of Tennessee football team
- Jack Pierce (baseball) (born 1948), former minor league baseball player
- Jack Pierce (makeup artist) (1889–1968), born Janus Piccoulas, Hollywood make-up artist who created Boris Karloff's make-up in Universal Studios' Frankenstein
- Jack Pierce (athlete) (born 1962) former American hurdling athlete, Olympic medalist
- James Pierce (1900–1983), fourth actor to portray Tarzan on film
- Jane Pierce (1806–1863), wife of Franklin Pierce, and First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857
- Jason Pierce (born 1965), English musician
- John Robinson Pierce (1910–2002), American engineer and author
- Joseph L. Pierce (1841–1916), Asian-American who served in the 14th Connecticut Infantry during the American Civil War
- Julian Pierce (?–1988), Lumbee Indian, chemist, lawyer, murdered at start of campaign to win electoral primary for position of superior court judge for Robeson, North Carolina
- Justin Pierce (Justin Charles Pierce) (1975–2000), English-American actor and professional skateboarder
- Kyle Pierce
- Larry Pierce (figure skater) (died 1961) was an American figure skater who competed in ice dance
- Lovick Pierce, Pastor, Chaplain in the War of 1812, and father of Methodist Bishop George Foster Pierce
- Marvin Pierce (1893–1969), president of McCall Corporation, publisher of popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's
- Mary Pierce (born 1975), French tennis player
- Quin Pierce (born 1991), American Novelist of an acclaimed sci fi series
- Paul Pierce (born 1977), American Basketball Player
- Ray V. Pierce (Ray Vaughn Pierce) (1840–1914), U.S. Representative from New York State
- Ricky Pierce (Ricky Charles Pierce) (born 1959), retired American National Basketball Association player
- Samuel Pierce Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr. (1922–2000), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1981–1989
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954), American fantasy author
- Tedd Pierce (Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III) (1906–1972), American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist
- Tim Pierce Los Angeles-based session guitarist
- The Pierces:Allison and Catherine, American alternative band
- Walter M. Pierce (Walter Marcus Pierce) (1861–1954) American politician, Democrat, 17th Governor of Oregon and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Webb Pierce (1921–1991), American country music singer
- Wendell Pierce (born 1962), American actor
- William Pierce (politician) (1740–1789), Continental Congressman from Georgia
- William G. Pierce (born 1952), American engineer and politician
- William Luther Pierce (1933–2002), American physicist, Nazi political activist and White supremacist
- William S. Pierce (born 1937), professor of surgery, key figure in the development of the Heart-lung machine and various medical devices related to organ transplant and cardiovascular health
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