Pieterse

Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

*Barend Pieterse (born 1979), South African rugby union player *Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930), South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist *Dylan Pieterse (born 1995), South African rugby player *Erasmus Pieterse (born 1992), South African field hockey player *Ernie Pieterse (1938–2017), South African racing driver *Happy Pieterse (1942–2013), South African boxer *Jan Pieterse (born 1942), Dutch cyclist *Jan Nederveen Pieterse (born 1946), Dutch sociologist *Liberius Pieterse (1905–1973), Dutch Roman Catholic priest in Pakistan *Reyaad Pieterse (born 1992), South African footballer *Sasha Pieterse (born 1996), South African actress and singer *Marissa Pieterse (born 1989), South African actuary *Puck Pieterse (born 2002) Dutch cyclist

;Fictional *, protagonist of the novel of the same name by Multatuli *Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Dutch literary award named after this character Provided by Wikipedia