Pease
# Pease

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), a prominent family in Darlington, UK
* Al Pease (1921–2014), Formula One driver
* Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857–1939), 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 (1879–1959), Hollywood anti-Communist
* Harl Pease (1917–1942), awarded the Medal of Honor
* Henry Pease (disambiguation)
* Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949), English MP
* Howard Pease (1894–1974), 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 (1921–2013)
* Ken Pease (born 1943), British criminologist
* Lute Pease (1869–1963), American cartoonist
* Patsy Pease (born 1956), American actress
* Spencer A. Pease (1817–1889), American lawyer, physician, newspaper editor, and politician
* William Harper Pease (1824–1871), American malacologist

## Places

### United Kingdom

* Pease Pottage, West Sussex, UK
* Pease Dean, Scottish Borders, Scotland
   * Pease Bay, a nature reserve at Pease Bay8

### United States

* Pease, Minnesota
* Pease, Missouri
* Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire (now closed), named after Harl Pease
   * Pease Air National Guard Base, located on a portion of the former Air Force base
* Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, often referred to as "Pease International Airport", at the former Air Force base, also named after Harl Pease
