Pearsall is a surname. Notable people with that name include: * Alan Pearsall (1915–1944), Australian sportsman * Aleck Pearsall, 19th-century American baseball player * A. W. H. Pearsall (1925–2006), English historian * Benjamin Pearsall (1878– 1951), Australian politician * Deborah M. Pearsall (born 1950), American archaeologist *

Derek Pearsall Derek Albert Pearsall (1931–2021) was a prominent medievalist and Chaucerian who wrote and published widely on Chaucer, Langland, Gower, manuscript studies, and medieval history and culture. He was the co-director, Emeritus, Centre for Medi ...

, medievalist and Chaucer scholar *

Duane D. Pearsall Duane Darwin "Dewey" Pearsall (March 3, 1922 – April 11, 2010) was an American entrepreneur best known for developing and marketing the first battery-powered home smoke detector in 1965. Biography Early life Pearsall was born in Pontiac, ...

(1922–2010), American entrepreneur *

Geoff Pearsall Geoffrey Alan "Geoff" Pearsall (born 15 September 1946) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 until 1988 and as Leader of the Opposition (1979–198 ...

(born 1946), Australian politician * Jack Pearsall (1915–1982), Canadian politician * Kenneth H. Pearsall (1918–1999), American clergyman, president of Northwest Nazarene College *

Phyllis Pearsall Phyllis Isobella Pearsall MBE (25 September 1906 – 28 August 1996) was a British painter and writer who founded the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, for which she is regarded as one of the most successful business people of the twentieth cen ...

(1906–1996), British painter and writer * Richard Pearsall (1698–1762), English Congregationalist minister * Ricky Pearsall (born 2000), American football player * Robert Pearsall (architect) (1852–1929), English architect *

Robert Lucas de Pearsall Robert Lucas Pearsall (14 March 1795 – 5 August 1856) was an English composer mainly of vocal music, including an elaborate setting of "In dulci jubilo" and the richly harmonic part song '' Lay a garland'' of 1840, both still often performed to ...

(1795–1856), English composer *

Ronald Pearsall Ronald Joseph Pearsall (20 October 1927 – 27 September 2005) was an English writer whose scope included children's stories, pornography and fishing. His most famous book ''The Worm in the Bud'' (1969) was about Victorian sexuality, including ...

(1927–2005), English author * Stacy Pearsall (born 1980), American photographer and U.S. Air Force veteran * Thomas Pearsall (Australian politician) (1920–2003), Australian politician * Thomas Pearsall (cricketer) (born 1943), English cricketer * Thomas J. Pearsall (1903–1981), American politician and philanthropist *

Will Pearsall Will Pearsall (born 12 March 1995) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League as a and . Background Born in Young, New South Wales, Pearsall played his junior ...

(born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer *

William Harold Pearsall William Harold Pearsall (23 July 1891 – 14 October 1964) was a British botanist, Quain Professor of Botany at University College London 1944–1957.‘PEARSALL, William Harold’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing pl ...

(1891–1964), Botanist

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