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
 * 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