Pierson (surname)
Pierson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abraham Pierson, the elder (died 1678), English pastor in New England
- Abraham Pierson (1646-1707), pastor, and first rector and a founder of what would become Yale University, son of Abraham Pierson, the elder
- Arthur Tappan Pierson, Presbyterian pastor and author
- Clara D. Pierson, American children's book author
- Don Pierson, American broadcasting pioneer
- Emma Pierson (born 1981), British actress
- Frank Pierson, American film director
- Henry Hugh Pierson , composer (1815-1873)
- Henry R. Pierson (1819–1890), New York politician
- Julia Pierson, the 23rd Director of the U. S. Secret Service
- Kate Pierson, American singer, of The B-52's
- Leander J. Pierson, American politician
- Melissa Holbrook Pierson, American author
- Nicolaas Pierson, the 23rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Philippe Pierson, Belgian Jesuit
- Rex Pierson, English aircraft designer
- Robert H. Pierson, former president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- William Pierson (1926–2004), American actor
- William Pierson, Jr. (1911–2008), American painter
- William Pierson (baseball) (1899–1959), American baseball player
- William Montgomery Pierson (1842–1890), American jurist, senator, co-founder of the San Francisco Bar Association, and notable amateur astronomer[1]
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