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Pease, in Middle English, was a noun referring to the vegetable pea; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in pease pudding.
Pease may also refer to:
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- Pease family (Darlington), a family in Darlington, UK.
- Al Pease (1921-), a Formula One driver
- Allan Pease Australian author and motivational speaker
- Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet, English Liberal Party politician
- Alfred Pease (musician) (1838-1882), a composer
- Arthur Pease (MP) (1837-1898), an English MP
- Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet (1866-1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
- Bas Pease (1922-2004), British physicist
- Bob Pease
- General Clarence H. Pease, (1915-1981), Commanding General, California Army National Guard 49th Infantry Division
- Donald J. Pease (1932-2002), a U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Edward Pease:
- Elisha M. Pease (1812-1883), Texas governor
- Francis Gladheim Pease (1881-1938), astronomer
- Frank Pease
- Harl Pease (1917-1942), awarded the Medal of Honor. The former Pease Air Force Base and the current Pease International Airport are named after him
- Henry R. Pease, U.S. Senator from Mississippi
- Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867-1949), English MP
- Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
- John William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington (1869-1950), banker
- John Pease, PhD (1936-current) Professor of Sociology University of Maryland
- Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872), first Quaker elected Member of Parliament, railway owner
- Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, MP (1828–1903) son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872)
- Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Joseph W. Pease
- Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971)
- Joseph Edward Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (born 1921)
- Michael Pease
- Neal E. Pease, Owner of a Vermont compounding pharmacy, PENRO Specialty Compounding. [1]
- Patsy Pease (1956-), an Actress
- Ronald Albert Pease Jr. (1960 Chicago, IL), Retired Marine (22yrs), current electrical engineer in San Diego (Mcbride Electric)
- Shane Albert Pease (1986 Elgin, IL), current college student in San Diego, CA
- William Harper Pease, American zoologist and conchologist
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