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:

Not to be confused with Peirce (surname) with a similar spelling.

Disambiguation pages

Arts and letters

Politics, law, and government
  • 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 1989–1993
  • Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), the fourteenth president of the United States
  • 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
  • Henry L. Pierce (1825–1896), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • James F. Pierce (1830–1905), New York politician
  • Jane Pierce (1806–1863), wife of U.S. president Franklin Pierce
  • Joshua C. Pierce (1830-1904), American politician and businessman
  • 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
  • Maris Bryant Pierce (1811–1874), Seneca chief, lawyer, land-rights activist
  • Ray V. Pierce (1840–1914), U.S. Representative from New York State
  • Samuel Pierce (1922–2000), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1981–1989
  • Walter 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 theory
  • G. W. Pierce (George Washington Pierce; 1872–1956), Harvard professor of physics and inventor in the development of electronic telecommunications
  • W. Dwight Pierce (1881–1967), American entomologist

Sports

Other

Fictional characters

Maggie Pierce top cardio surgeon on grey’s Anatomy

See also
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