Pieterse

Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Barend Pieterse (born 1979), South African rugby union player
 * Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930), South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist
 * Dylan Pieterse (born 1995), South African rugby player
 * Erasmus Pieterse (born 1992), South African field hockey player
 * Ernie Pieterse (1938–2017), South African racing driver
 * Happy Pieterse (1942–2013), South African boxer
 * Jan Pieterse (born 1942), Dutch cyclist
 * Jan Nederveen Pieterse (born 1946), Dutch sociologist
 * Liberius Pieterse (1905–1973), Dutch Roman Catholic priest in Pakistan
 * Reyaad Pieterse (born 1992), South African footballer
 * Sasha Pieterse (born 1996), South African actress and singer
 * Marissa Pieterse (born 1989), South African actuary
 * Puck Pieterse (born 2002) Dutch cyclist


 * Fictional
 * , protagonist of the novel of the same name by Multatuli
 * Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Dutch literary award named after this character