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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:
People
- Pease family (Darlington), prominent family in Darlington, UK
- Al Pease (1921–2014), Formula One driver
- Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet, English Liberal Party politician
- Alfred Pease (musician) (1838–1882), composer
- Arthur Pease (MP) (1837–1898), English MP
- Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927), 1st Baronet and British coal magnate and railway director
- Arthur Stanley Pease (1881–1964), U.S. professor of Classics and amateur botanist
- Bas Pease (1922–2004), British physicist
- Bob Pease (1940–2011), analog integrated circuit design expert
- Don Pease (1932–2002), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Edward Pease (disambiguation), several people
- Elisha M. Pease (1812–1883), Texas governor
- Francis G. Pease (1881–1938), astronomer
- Frank Pease, Hollywood anti-Communist
- Harl Pease (1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor
- Henry Mark Pease (1880-1944) ITT Executive. Director, Standard Electric, UK. The only American to run the BBC.
- Henry R. Pease, U.S. senator from Mississippi
- Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949), English MP
- Howard Pease, American writer of children's literature
- Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860–1943), son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet
- Joachim Pease (1842-unknown), Medal of Honor recipient
- John Pease (disambiguation), several people
- 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 Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971)
- Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (born 1921)
- Ken Pease (born 1943), British criminologist
- Lute Pease (1869–1963), American cartoonist
- Patsy Pease (born 1956), actress
- Spencer A. Pease (1817-1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician
- William Harper Pease 1824–1871, malacologist
Places
- Pease Pottage in West Sussex, UK
- Pease Bay and Pease Dean, scottish Borders, Scotland
- Pease (crater), a crater on the Moon
- United States
- Pease, Minnesota
- Pease, Missouri
- Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease
- Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base, also named after Harl Pease
See also
- Pea (disambiguation) for "peas"
- Peace (disambiguation)
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