People
- Abraham Pierson, reverend, and first rector and a founder of what would become Yale University
- Arthur Tappan Pierson, Presbyterian pastor and author
- Don Pierson, American broadcasting pioneer
- Emma Pierson, British actress
- Frank Pierson, American film director
- Henry R. Pierson (1819–1890), New York politician
- Kate Pierson, American singer, of The B-52's
- Melissa Holbrook Pierson, American author
- 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
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