William Pearce may refer to:
Entertainment
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William Houghton Sprague Pearce (1864–1935), American artist
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Bill Pearce
Bill Pearce (May 20, 1926 February 23, 2010) was an American singer, solo trombonist, nationally syndicated broadcaster and inductee into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
He died at age 83 on February 23, 2010, from ...
(1926–2010), American singer and trombonist
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Billy Pearce
Billy Pearce (born 1 February 1951) is an English performer, comedian, actor and entertainer. A regular on UK television in the 1980s and 1990s, Pearce has been described as a "supreme entertainer". He particularly loves performing at the Alhambr ...
(born 1951), English actor and comedian
Politics
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Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet
Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet (8 January 1833 – 18 December 1888)
was a British shipbuilder, under whose management the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan on the River Clyde became the leading shipbuilding company i ...
(1833–1888), British politician, Conservative MP for Glasgow Govan, 1885–1889
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Sir William Pearce, 2nd Baronet
Sir William George Pearce, 2nd Baronet (23 July 1861 – 2 November 1907) was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician.
Life
Pearce was son of the Clydeside shipbuilder Sir William Pearce and his wife Dinah Elizabeth, ''née'' ...
(1861–1907), British politician, Conservative MP for Plymouth, 1892–1895
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William Pearce (Liberal politician)
Sir William Pearce (18 March 1853 – 24 August 1932) was an English chemical manufacturer and Liberal Party politician in the East End of London, in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Limehouse constituency from 1906 to 1922. He p ...
(1853–1932), British politician, Liberal MP for Limehouse, 1906–1922
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William Pearce (Australian politician)
William Warburton Frederick Pearce (26 October 1855 – 26 June 1922) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Hobart. On 10 June 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin
Franklin may refer ...
(1855–1922), member of the Tasmanian Parliament
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Bill Pearce (politician)
Basil Charles "Bill" Pearce (November 29, 1894 – August 2, 1968) was an American politician in the state of Florida.
Pearce was born in Columbia, Alabama. He resided in East Palatka, Florida and was a farmer. Pearce also was a veteran of World ...
(1894–1968), American politician in the state of Florida
Other
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William Pearce (civil engineer)
William Pearce (1848–1930), was a surveyor, statistician, planner, and administrator in western Canada. He served in the federal government from 1874 to 1904 as federal surveyor and administrator, as federal advisor for western development and ...
(1848–1930), surveyor, statistician, planner and administrator in western Canada
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William Pearce (priest) (1744–1820), English clergyman and academic
See also
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Pearce (surname) Pearce is a surname, from knights of the Norman lord Mansfield prior to the invasion of England. It derives etymologically from the Germanic word to pierce, and was a name commonly given to warrior caste in Saxon/Jute, p-celtic and oil languages. An ...
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Pearce baronets
The Pearce Baronetcy, of Cardell in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 July 1887 for the shipbuilder and Conservative politician William Pearce. His only son, the second Baronet, was ...
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William Pierce (disambiguation)
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