Pieterse
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname.
Origins
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
- Erasmus Pieterse (born 1992), South African field hockey player
- Ernie Pieterse (born 1938), 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, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
- Reyaad Pieterse (born 1992), South African footballer
- Sasha Pieterse (born 1996), South African actress and singer
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