title: Pease
text: # 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
  