Pearce (surname)
Pearce is a surname, from knights of the Norman lord Mansfield prior to the invasion of England. It derives etymologically from the Germanic word to pierce, and was a name commonly given to warrior caste in Saxon/Jute, p-celtic and oil languages. Another etymology is from Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter, and may refer to:
People
- Adam Pearce, American professional wrestler
- Al Pearce, American comedian, singer and banjoist
- Alec Pearce, English cricketer
- Alex Pearce, English footballer
- Alexander Pearce, escapee from Macquarie Harbour Penal Station
- Alice Pearce, American actress
- Allan Pearce, New Zealand soccer player
- Andy Pearce, English footballer
- Austin Pearce, British manager
- Barcley Pearce, Canadian ice hockey player
- Beth Pearce, Vermont government official
- Bill Pearce, American singer and trombonist
- Billy Pearce, English actor and comedian
- Bob Pearce, Australian politician
- Bobby Pearce , Australian-Canadian sculler
- Bobby Pearce , American costume designer
- Brad Pearce , American tennis player
- Brad Pearce , Australian rules footballer
- Brian Pearce, British politician, historian, and translator
- Bryan Pearce, British painter
- Bunny Pearce, American baseball player
- Caroline Pearce, English athlete
- Charles Pearce, various including:
- Christopher or Chris Pearce
- Clancee Pearce, Australian rules footballer
- Cliff Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer
- Col Pearce, Australian rugby league referee
- Colby Pearce, American cyclist
- Col Pearce, Australian rugby league referee
- Colman Pearce, Irish pianist and conductor
- Craig Pearce, Australian actor and writer
- Cromwell Pearce, U.S. Army colonel during the War of 1812
- Daniel Pearce, English musician
- Danyle Pearce, Australian rules footballer
- Darius J. Pearce, Jersey politician
- David Pearce
- Deb Pearce, Canadian broadcaster and comedian
- Denis Pearce, British fencer
- Dennis Pearce, English footballer
- Dickey Pearce, early baseball player who started with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1856
- Donn Pearce, American author of Cool Hand Luke
- Douglas Pearce, English folk musician Douglas P
- Drew Pearce, English writer, producer and director
- Drue Pearce, American businesswoman and politician
- Dutee Jerauld Pearce, American politician
- Eddie Pearce, American golfer
- Edgar Pearce, British criminal convicted of the Mardi Gras bombings
- Edmund Pearce, English bishop
- Edward Pearce
- Eric Pearce
- Ernest Pearce, English bishop
- Eve Pearce, Scottish actress
- Francis Tring Pearce, English director of Priday, Metford and Company Limited, Gloucester
- Frank Pearce
- Fred Pearce, English journalist
- Gary Pearce
- George Pearce
- Graham Pearce , English footballer
- Greg Pearce
- Guy Pearce, Australian actor
- Heath Pearce, American soccer player
- Hen Pearce, English prizefighter
- Henry Pearce
- Howard Pearce, English-born Governor of the Falkland Islands
- Ian Pearce, English footballer
- Irene Pearce, British supercentenarian
- Ivy May Pearce, Australian pilot and business owner
- Jackson Pearce, American author
- Jacqueline Pearce, British actress
- James Pearce, American politician
- Jason Pearce, English footballer
- Jeff Pearce , American ambient guitarist
- Jeff Pearce , Canadian musician
- Jim Pearce
- Jimmy Pearce, English footballer
- Joe Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer
- Joe Pearce , Australian footballer
- Joe Pearce, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
- John Pearce
- Jonathan Pearce, British sports commentator
- Jordan Pearce, American ice hockey player
- Joseph Pearce
- Josh Pearce, American baseball player
- Joshua Pearce, American scientist and engineer
- Julian Pearce, Australian field hockey player
- Kevin Pearce
- Krystian Pearce, English footballer
- Laurence Pearce, English rugby league and union player
- Lawrence Pearce, English film writer and director
- Lennard Pearce, British actor
- Leslie Pearce, New Zealand film director
- Lindsay Pearce, American actress and singer
- Mahal Pearce, New Zealand golfer
- Mark Pearce, English actor
- Mark Guy Pearse, British preacher, lecturer and author
- Martin Pearce, English cricketer
- Mary Vivian Pearce, American actress
- Michael Pearce , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan author
- Michael Pearce , British, California based artist
- Mitchell Pearce, Australian Rugby League player
- Monty J. Pearce, American Christian author
- Nathaniel Pearce, British explorer
- Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, American Civil War general in the Union Army
- Pard Pearce, American football player
- Paul Pearce, Australian politician
- Perce Pearce, American producer, director, and writer
- Philippa Pearce, English writer for children
- Pippa Pearce MBE, Conservator
- Reylene Pearce, Australian actress
- Richard Pearce
- Robert Pearce
- Rudolph Pearce, Jamaican footballer
- Russell Pearce, Arizona State Senator
- Ruth Pearce Australian ambassador
- Sam Pearce, Welsh cricketer
- Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer and boxer
- Sarah Pearce, British professor of history
- Shaun Pearce, British canoeist
- Shirley Pearce, English professor
- Stanley Pearce, English cricketer
- Stephen Pearce, English painter
- Steve Pearce
- Stevo Pearce, British record label owner
- Stuart Pearce, English football coach
- Suzie Muirhead, New Zealand field hockey player known as Suzie Pearce until she married
- Sydney Pearce, Australian rugby league player
- Teresa Pearce, British politician
- Thomas Pearce
- Tom Pearce , English cricketer and rugby union official
- Tom Pearce
- Vera Pearce, Australian actress
- Virginia H. Pearce, author and member of Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Walter Pearce, English cricketer
- Wayne Pearce, Australian captain of the Rugby League Club Balmain Tigers from 1982 to 1990
- William Pearce
- Zachary Pearce, English bishop
Fictional characters
- Aiden Pearce, from the video game Watch Dogs
- Harry Pearce, from the British television series Spooks
- Lola Pearce, from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Melissa Pearce, from the Japanese novel Parasite Eve
- Mickey Pearce, from the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
- Phil Pearce, from the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm
- Ruth Pearce, from the British soap opera Doctors