Daniel Pierce (born 1814) was an American banker.
Pierce lived in Sycamore, Illinois. In 1867 he founded the bank Daniel Pierce & Co., today known as The National Bank & Trust Company.
Daniel Pierce was the great-grandfather of Frederick B. Townsend, county judge and mayor of Sycamore.
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