# 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
* Carly Pearce (born 1990), American country music singer
* 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
* Darryl Pearce (1960–2025), Australian basketball player
* 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 (1929–2023), 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
* James Pearce Jr. (born 2003), American football player
* 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
* Lara Taylor-Pearce, Sierra Leonean auditor general
* 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
* Pevita Pearce (born 1992), Indonesian actress and model
* 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