Pieterson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- George Pieterson (1942–2016), Dutch clarinetist
- Hector Pieterson (1964–1976), subject of an iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa
See also
edit- Hector Pieterson Museum, in Orlando West, Soweto
- Pietersen (disambiguation)
- Peterson (disambiguation)
- Petersen (disambiguation)