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 Benjamin William Pearse (January 19, 1832 – June 17, 1902) was a public servant for the colonies of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia. Pearse served on the Executive Council, which was the interim government in British Columbia af ...

(1832–1902), Anglo-Canadian surveyor and administrator * Cecilia, Lady Pearse (1853–1926), British writer *

Christopher Pearse Cranch Christopher Pearse Cranch (March 8, 1813 – January 20, 1892) was an American writer and artist. Biography Cranch was born in the District of Columbia. His conservative father, William Cranch, was Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court ...

(1813–1892), American writer and artist * George Pearse (disambiguation), several people *

Guy Pearse Guy Pearse is an Australian author and former Research Fellow at the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland. His first book titled ''High & Dry: John Howard, climate change and the selling of Australia's future'' was published ...

, Australian author and environmentalist * Isabel Pearse (1912–1999), American actress *

John Pearse (politician) John Pearse (?1760–1836), of 50 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex and Chilton Lodge, near Hungerford, Berkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Devizes 1818 to 1832. Pearse also served ...

(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 Margaret Pearse (; 12 February 1857 – 22 April 1932) was an Irish politician. She was the mother of Patrick Pearse and Willie Pearse, who were both executed after the 1916 Easter Rising. She was later elected to Dáil Éireann. Early life M ...

(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 Mark Guy Pearse (3 January 1842 – 1 January 1930) was a Cornish people, Cornish Methodism, Methodist preacher, lecturer and author who, during the last quarter of the 19th century and the first of the 20th, was a household name throughout Brit ...

(1842–1930), English preacher, lecturer and author * Ormerod Pearse (1884–1953), South African cricketer *

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ga, Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who ...

(1879–1916), Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist, older brother of William Pearse *

Richard Pearse Richard William Pearse (3 December 187729 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavie ...

(1877–1953), New Zealand inventor * Rupert Pearse, British physician specialising in intensive care medicine *

Samuel Pearse Samuel George Pearse, Victoria Cross, VC, Military Medal, MM (16 July 1897 – 29 August 1919) was an List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the e ...

(1897–1919), Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Samuel Herbert Pearse Samuel Herbert Pearse, F.R.C.I. (born November 20, 1865) was a pioneer Nigerian shipper and produce exporter of Sierra Leone Creole and Egba heritage. He established the first Hotel in Lagos in 1907. He was also a member and secretary of the Lago ...

(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 William James Pearse ( ga, Uilliam Seamus Mac Piarais; 15 November 1881 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican executed for his part in the Easter Rising. He was a younger brother of Patrick Pearse, a leader of the rising. Background Willie ...

(1881–1916), Irish nationalist, younger brother of Patrick Pearse

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