Peirce (surname)

Peirce is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include:

Augustus Baker Peirce (1840–1919) American traveler; riverboat captain and artist in Australia
Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), American mathematician, known for Peirce's Criterion, father of Charles
Charles Sanders Peirce (C. S. Peirce) (1839–1914), American philosopher, founder of pragmatism
Clarence V. Peirce (1850–1923), American farmer and politician
Cyrus Peirce (1790–1860), American educator, Unitarian minister
Ebenezer W. Peirce (1822–1902), American brigadier general (Union) in the Civil War.
Gareth Peirce (born c. 1940), British solicitor, known for human rights cases
George James Peirce (1868–1954), American botanist
Hayford Peirce (1942–2020), American writer of science fiction, mysteries, and spy thrillers
Jason Peirce (born 1972), American actor
Joseph Peirce (1748–1812), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
Juliette Peirce (died 1934), second wife of the mathematician and philosopher Charles Peirce
Henry A. Peirce (1808–1885) of Massachusetts. U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands
Kimberly Peirce (born 1967), American film director
Leslie P. Peirce, American historian
Lincoln Peirce, American cartoonist known for the comic strip Big Nate
Robert B. F. Peirce (1843–1898) U.S. Representative from Indiana
Victor Peirce (1958–2002), Australian criminal from Melbourne
Waldo Peirce (1884–1970), American painter, born in Bangor, Maine
Robert Peirce (engineer) (1863–1933), Municipal Water Engineer, Penang and Singapore

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