Pearse (surname)

Pearse is a surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * Alfred Pearse (1855–1933), English cartoonist and campaigner
 * Arthur Sperry Pearse (1877–1956), American botanist and zoologist
 * Barbara Pearse (born 1948), British biological scientist
 * Benjamin Pearse (1832–1902), Anglo-Canadian surveyor and administrator
 * Cecilia, Lady Pearse (1853–1926), British writer
 * Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892), American writer and artist
 * George Pearse (disambiguation), several people
 * Guy Pearse, Australian author and environmentalist
 * Isabel Pearse (1912–1999), American actress
 * John Pearse (politician) (c.1760–1836), British politician and Governor of the Bank of England
 * John Pearse (1939–2008), British guitarist
 * Mabel Cosgrove Wodehouse Pearse (born 1872), Irish writer
 * Margaret Pearse (1857–1932), Irish politician, mother of Patrick, Willie and Margaret Mary
 * Margaret Mary Pearse (1878–1968), Irish politician and teacher, sister of Patrick Pearse
 * Mark Guy Pearse (1842–1930), English preacher, lecturer and author
 * Ormerod Pearse (1884–1953), South African cricketer
 * Patrick Pearse (1879–1916), Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist, older brother of William Pearse
 * Richard Pearse (1877–1953), New Zealand inventor
 * Rupert Pearse, British physician specialising in intensive care medicine
 * Samuel Pearse (1897–1919), Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Samuel Herbert Pearse (born 1865), Nigerian businessman
 * Susan Beatrice Pearse (1878–1980), British illustrator
 * Thomas Deane Pearse (c.1738–1789), British Army officer
 * Vyvyan Pearse (1891–1956), South African cricketer
 * Willie Pearse (1881–1916), Irish nationalist, younger brother of Patrick Pearse