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 (born 1978), American professional wrestler
• Adrienne Pearce, South African actress
• Al Pearce (1898–1961), American comedian, singer and banjoist
• Alec Pearce (1910–1982), English cricketer
• Alex Pearce (born 1988), English footballer
• Alexander Pearce (1790–1824), escapee from Macquarie Harbour Penal Station
• Alice Pearce (1917–1966), American actress
• Allan Pearce (born 1983), New Zealand soccer player
• Andy Pearce (born 1966), English footballer
• Austin Pearce (1921–2004), British manager
• Barcley Pearce (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• Beth Pearce, Vermont government official
• Bill Pearce (1926–2010), American singer and trombonist
• Billy Pearce, English actor and comedian
• Bob Pearce (born 1946), Australian politician
• Bobby Pearce (rower) (1905–1976), Australian-Canadian sculler
• Bobby Pearce (designer) (born 1961), American costume designer
• Brad Pearce (tennis) (born 1966), American tennis player
• Brad Pearce (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
• Brian Pearce (1915–2008), British politician, historian, and translator
• Bryan Pearce (1929–2007), British painter
• Bunny Pearce (1885–1933), American baseball player
• Caroline Pearce (born 1981), English athlete
• Charles Pearce (disambiguation), various including:
• Christopher or Chris Pearce (disambiguation)
• Clancee Pearce (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
• Cliff Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer
• Col Pearce (1917–2004), Australian rugby league referee
• Colby Pearce (born 1972), American cyclist
• Col Pearce (1917–2004), Australian rugby league referee
• Colman Pearce (born 1938), Irish pianist and conductor
• Craig Pearce, Australian actor and writer
• Cromwell Pearce (1772–1852), U.S. Army colonel during the War of 1812
• Daniel Pearce (born 1978), English musician
• Danyle Pearce (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Darius J. Pearce (born 1972), Jersey politician
• David Pearce (disambiguation)
• Deb Pearce, Canadian broadcaster and comedian
• Denis Pearce (1896–1968), British fencer
• Dennis Pearce (born 1974), English footballer
• Dickey Pearce (1836–1908), early baseball player who started with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1856
• Donn Pearce (1928–2017), American author of Cool Hand Luke
• Douglas Pearce (born 1956), English folk musician Douglas P.
• Drew Pearce (born 1975), English writer, producer and director
• Drue Pearce (born 1951), American businesswoman and politician
• Dutee Jerauld Pearce (1789–1849), American politician
• Eddie Pearce (born 1952), American golfer
• Edgar Pearce (born 1937/38), British criminal convicted of the Mardi Gras bombings
• Edmund Pearce (1870–1935), English bishop
• Edward Pearce (disambiguation)
• Eric Pearce (disambiguation)
• Ernest Pearce (1865–1930), English bishop
• Eve Pearce (born 1929), Scottish actress
• Francis Tring Pearce (1846–1935), English director of Priday, Metford and Company Limited
• Frank Pearce (disambiguation)
• Fred Pearce (born 1951), English journalist
• Gary Pearce (disambiguation)
• George Pearce (disambiguation)
• Graham Pearce (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
• Greg Pearce (disambiguation)
• Guy Pearce (born 1967), Australian actor
• Heath Pearce (born 1984), American soccer player
• Hen Pearce (1777–1809), English prizefighter
• Henry Pearce (disambiguation)
• Howard Pearce (born 1949), English-born Governor of the Falkland Islands
• Ian Pearce (born 1974), English footballer
• Irene Pearce (1900–2012), British supercentenarian
• Ivy May Pearce (1914–1998), Australian pilot and business owner
• Jackson Pearce (born 1984), American author
• Jacqueline Pearce (1943–2018), British actress
• James Pearce (1805–1862), American politician
• Jason Pearce (born 1987), English footballer
• Jeff Pearce (American musician) (born 1967), American ambient guitarist
• Jeff Pearce (Canadian musician) (born 1967), Canadian musician
• Jim Pearce (disambiguation)
• Jimmy Pearce (born 1947), English footballer
• Joe Pearce (Australian rugby league) (1910–1995), Australian rugby league footballer
• Joe Pearce (footballer) (1885–1915), Australian rules footballer
• Joe Pearce (British rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
• John Pearce (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Pearce (disambiguation)
• Jordan Pearce (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Joseph Pearce (disambiguation)
• Josh Pearce (born 1977), American baseball player
• Joshua Pearce, (living) American scientist and engineer
• Julian Pearce (field hockey) (born 1937), Australian field hockey player
• Kevin Pearce (disambiguation)
• Krystian Pearce (born 1990), English footballer
• Laurence Pearce (born 1990), English rugby league and union player
• Lawrence Pearce (born 1980), English film writer and director
• Lennard Pearce (1915–1984), British actor
• Leslie Pearce (disambiguation)
• Lindsay Pearce, American actress and singer
• Mahal Pearce (born 1977), New Zealand golfer
• Mark Pearce (disambiguation)
• Mark Guy Pearse (1842–1930), British preacher, lecturer and author
• Martin Pearce (born 1983), English cricketer
• Mary Vivian Pearce (born 1947), American actress
• Michael Pearce (author) (1933–2022), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan author
• Michael Pearce (artist) (born 1965), British, California based artist
• Mitchell Pearce (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
• Monty J. Pearce (born 1948, member of the Idaho senate
• Nancy Pearcey (born 1952), American Christian author
• Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), British explorer
• Nathan Pearce (1977), husband, father, and baker at Gluten Free Galley in Raleigh, NC
• Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, American Civil War general in the Union Army
• Pard Pearce (1896–1974), American football player
• Paul Pearce (born 1956), Australian politician
• Perce Pearce (1900–1955), American producer, director, and writer
• Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), English writer for children
• Pippa Pearce MBE, Conservator
• Reylene Pearce, Australian actress
• Richard Pearce (disambiguation)
• Robert Pearce (disambiguation)
• Rudolph Pearce (born 1945), Jamaican footballer
• Russell Pearce (1947-2023), American politician
• Ruth Pearce Australian ambassador
• Sam Pearce (born 1997), Welsh cricketer
• Sandy Pearce (1883–1930), Australian rugby league footballer and boxer
• Sarah Pearce (born 1965), British professor of history
• Shaun Pearce (born 1969), British canoeist
• Shirley Pearce, English professor
• Stanley Pearce (1863–1929), English cricketer
• Stephen Pearce (1819–1904), English painter
• Steve Pearce (disambiguation)
• Stevo Pearce (born 1962), British record label owner
• Stuart Pearce (born 1962), English football coach
• Suzie Muirhead (born 1975), New Zealand field hockey player known as Suzie Pearce until she married
• Sydney Pearce (1883–1930), Australian rugby league player
• Teresa Pearce (born 1955), British politician
• Terry Pearce (disambiguation)
• Thomas Pearce (disambiguation)
• Tom Pearce (cricketer) (1905–1994), English cricketer and rugby union official
• Tom Pearce (footballer)
• Vera Pearce (1895–1966), Australian actress
• Virginia H. Pearce (born 1945), author and member of Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Walter Pearce (disambiguation)
• Wayne Pearce (born 1960), Australian captain of the Rugby League Club Balmain Tigers from 1982 to 1990
• William Pearce (disambiguation)
• Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), 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

See also

• Justice Pearce (disambiguation)
• Pearse (surname)
• Peirce (surname)
• Pierce (surname)
• Pearce (given name)