Pierce is a surname, a cognate of French Pierre ("Peter"). Notable persons with that surname include:
Arts and letters
Aida Pierce (born 1956), Mexican actress and comedian
Bradley Pierce (born 1982), American voice-over artist and character actor
Chonda Pierce (born 1960), American Christian comedian often billed as "The Queen of Clean"
Gareth Pierce, Welsh actor
Jason Pierce (born 1965), English musician
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (1958–1996), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Jeffrey Pierce (born 1971), American actor, film director and producer
Justin Pierce (1975–2000), English-American actor and professional skateboarder
Marjorie Pierce (1900–1999), American architect
Marvin Pierce (1893–1969), American publisher, president of McCall Corporation
Nat Pierce (1925–1992), American jazz pianist and arranger
Tamora Pierce (born 1954), American fantasy fiction author
Tedd Pierce (Edward Stacey Pierce III; 1906–1972), American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist
The Pierces: Allison and Catherine, American alternative band
Tim Pierce (born 1959), American session guitarist
Webb Pierce (1921–1991), American country music singer
Wendell Pierce (born 1962), American actor
Politics, law, and government
Abe E. Pierce, III (born 1934), African-American educator and mayor of Monroe, Louisiana
Barbara Bush (née Pierce, born 1925), First Lady of the United States 1989–1993
Barbara Pierce Bush (born 1981), daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
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
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
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
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
Aaron Pierce (American football) (born 1969), former professional American football player
Anna Pierce (née Willard, born 1984), American middle distance runner
Barry Pierce (born 1934), English professional footballer
Bemus Pierce (1873–1957), American football player and college sports coach
Bernard Pierce (born 1990), American football player
Billy Pierce (1927–2015), American former professional baseball player
Bobby Pierce (born 1959), American college baseball coach
Brent Pierce (born 1969), Canadian curler
Buck Pierce (born 1981), retired American football player, now a coach
Caroline Pierce (golfer) (born 1963), English golfer
Charlie Pierce (born 1953), American sportswriter
Donald R. Pierce (born 1937), American retired jockey
Greg Pierce (1950–2016), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
Harry Pierce (1913–1975), Australian rugby league footballer
J. A. Pierce (Joseph Audley Pierce) football coach of the University of Tennessee 1899–1900
James Pierce (1900–1983), American football player and coach, the fourth actor to portray Tarzan on film
Mary Pierce (born 1975), French-American retired tennis player
Mike Pierce (born 1980), American mixed martial artist
Paul Pierce (born 1977), American professional basketball player
Pierre Pierce (born 1983), American professional basketball player
Ricky Pierce (born 1959), American retired basketball player
Rusty Pierce (born 1979), American former soccer player
Ryan Pierce (soccer) (born 1983), American soccer player
Shanghai Pierce, an early ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Canterbury (born 1964), better known as Henry O. Godwinn
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
Gus Pierce, alternative name for Augustus Baker Peirce (1840–1919); American traveler, riverboat captain and artist in Australia
James Pieronnet Pierce (c. 1825–1897), California entrepreneur
Lovick Pierce, American pastor, Chaplain in the War of 1812
Sarah Pierce (1767–1852), American educator
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 supervillain
Griffin Pierce-Taylor, character in Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
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 a James M. Cain novel adapted into two films:
Mildred Pierce (film), a 1945 film
Mildred Pierce (TV series), a 2011 miniseries
Ryan Pierce, character in American TV series The West Wing, see List of The West Wing characters
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