Pierce (surname)
Pierce is an English , Welsh , and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French Pierre Peter '). Notable people with that surname include:
Disambiguation pages
Andrew Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleBenjamin Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleBill Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleBobby Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleCharles Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleDavid Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleEdward Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleFranklin Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleGeorge Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleJack Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleJohn Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleJames Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleLarry Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleRichard Pierce (disambiguation) , several peopleWilliam Pierce (disambiguation) , several people
Arts and letters
Aida Pierce (born 1956), Mexican actress and comedianBradley Pierce (born 1982), American voice-over artist and character actorChonda Pierce (born 1960), American Christian comedian often billed as "The Queen of Clean"Gareth Pierce , Welsh actorJason Pierce (born 1965), English musicianJeffrey Lee Pierce (1958–1996), American singer, songwriter, and guitaristJeffrey Pierce (born 1971), American actor, film director, and producerJo Carol Pierce (1944–2022), American songwriter, singer, playwright, and screenwriterJustin Pierce (1975–2000), English-American actor and professional skateboarder Marjorie Pierce (1900–1999), American architectMarvin Pierce (1893–1969), American publisher, president of McCall Corporation Nat Pierce (1925–1992), American jazz pianist and arrangerNicola Pierce (born 1969), Irish writer and ghostwriterPonchitta Pierce (born 1942), television host and producerTamora Pierce (born 1954), American fantasy fiction authorTedd Pierce (Edward Stacey Pierce III; 1906–1972), American animated cartoon writer, animator and artistThe Pierces : Allison and Catherine, American alternative bandTim Pierce (born 1959), American session guitaristWebb Pierce (1921–1991), American country music singerWendell Pierce (born 1962), American actor
Abe E. Pierce, III (1934–2021), African-American educator and mayor of Monroe, Louisiana Barbara Bush (née Pierce, 1925–2018), First Lady of the United States 1989–1993Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), the fourteenth president of the United StatesGilbert 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. SenateHenry L. Pierce (1825–1896), U.S. Representative from MassachusettsJames F. Pierce (1830–1905), New York politicianJane Pierce (1806–1863), wife of U.S. president Franklin Pierce Joshua C. Pierce (1830–1904), American politician and businessmanJulian Pierce (?–1988), Lumbee Indian, chemist, lawyer, murdered at start of campaign to win electoral primary for position of superior court judge for Robeson, North CarolinaMaris Bryant Pierce (1811–1874), Seneca chief, lawyer, land-rights activistRay V. Pierce (1840–1914), U.S. Representative from New York StateSamuel Pierce (1922–2000), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1981–1989Walter M. Pierce (1861–1954), 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 theoryG. W. Pierce (George Washington Pierce; 1872–1956), Harvard professor of physics and inventor in the development of electronic telecommunicationsW. Dwight Pierce (1881–1967), American entomologist
Sports
Aaron Pierce (American football) (born 1969), former professional American football playerAlec Pierce (born 2000), American football playerAnna Pierce (née Willard, born 1984), American middle-distance runnerArtavis Pierce (born 1996), American football playerBarry Pierce (1934–2020), English professional footballerBemus Pierce (1873–1957), American football player and college sports coachBernard Pierce (born 1990), American football playerBilly Pierce (1927–2015), American professional baseball playerBrent Pierce (born 1969), Canadian curlerBuck Pierce (born 1981), retired American football player, now a coachCaroline Pierce (golfer) (born 1963), English golferCharlie Pierce (born 1953), American sportswriterDameon Pierce (born 2000), American football playerDonald R. Pierce (born 1937), American retired jockeyGreg Pierce (1950–2016), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administratorHarry Pierce (1913–1975), Australian rugby league footballerJ. A. Pierce (1874–1956), American football coachJames Pierce (1900–1983), American football player, coach, and actorJames Pierce (curler) (born 1963), American Paralympian Mary Pierce (born 1975), French-American retired tennis playerMichael Pierce (cricketer) (1869–1913), Australian cricketerMike Pierce (born 1980), American mixed martial artistPaul Pierce (born 1977), American professional basketball playerPierre Pierce (born 1983), American professional basketball playerRicky Pierce (born 1959), American retired basketball playerRobbie Pierce (1959–2023), American off-road racer and businessmanRusty Pierce (born 1979), American former soccer playerRyan Pierce (soccer) (born 1983), American soccer playerShanghai Pierce, an early ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Canterbury (born 1964), better known as Henry O. Godwinn
Other
Fictional characters
Aaron Pierce (24 character) , supporting character in American TV series 24 Annette Pierce , cafe owner in Japanese manga Black Cat Brittany Pierce , character in American television series Glee Donald Pierce , American comic book supervillainGriffin 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 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:
Nica Pierce, a protagonist in the Child's Play
Ryan Pierce, character in American TV series The West Wing List of The West Wing characters
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
Peter Baltic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Romance Slavic Other
