A pearl is a round shiny object produced by mollusks and used in jewelry.

Pearl may also refer to:

People

• Daniel Pearl, journalist
• Judea Pearl, professor, scientist, columnist, father of Daniel Pearl
• Mariane Duckson, journalist, widow of Daniel Pearl
• Bruce Pearl, Head Basketball Coach - University of Tennessee
• Minnie Pearl
• Raymond Pearl
• Earl Monroe a.k.a., "The Pearl"
• Pearl Bailey
• Pearl S. Buck
• Pearl Richards Craigie
• Pearl the Observation Car, a character in the musical Starlight Express

Places

Iceland

• The Pearl (Perlan), a building

Panama

• The Pearl Islands, an archipelago in the Gulf of Panama

Qatar

• The Pearl-Qatar, an artificial island

Russia

• Baltic Pearl, a neighborhood in Saint Petersburg (ru: ?????????? ?????????)

United States

• Pearl, Illinois
• Pearl, Mississippi
• Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
• Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Literature

• Pearl (poem)
• Pearl (literary magazine)
• The Pearl (novella)
• The Pearl (erotica)
• Pearl, 1985 novel by Anne Leaton
• Pearl, one of the main characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter
• P.E.A.R.L. award for paranormal romance

Music

• Pearl (album), by Janis Joplin
• The Pearl (album), by Harold Budd and Brian Eno
• Pearls (album), by Elkie Brooks
• Pearl Award, an award celebrating excellence in faith-centered music, sponsored by the FCMA http://pearlawards.org/body_pearl_awards.html
• Pearl Drums, a Japanese enterprise specializing in percussion.
• Pearl , a recording company specializing in historical recordings.
• Diamonds and Pearls, an album and song by American music legend Prince
• Tears of Pearls, a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden

Film and television

• La perla
• Pearl (miniseries), from 1978
• Pearl (TV series), from 1996-1997
• The Pearl, from Lost; see: DHARMA Initiative stations
• Pearl Krabs, a character on SpongeBob SquarePants
• Pearl (One Piece), an anime character
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime)

Brands and proper names

• Pearl Brewing Company
• Pearl Art and Craft Supply
• Partnership for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages
• Pearl drums
• PEARL (programming language)
• The BlackBerry Pearl, telephone
• Tapioca pearls, see: Bubble tea
• TVB Pearl, an English-language TV channel in Hong Kong

Other

• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, videogames.
• Pearl Index, calculation measuring the effectiveness of a birth control method
• Pearl Fey, a video game character; see Ace Attorney (series)
• Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)
• HMS Pearl, a ship
• The Pearl, an 1867 legal case; see: List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 72

See also

• Pearl necklace
• Pearl of Great Price
• Perl (programming language)
• Purl, a type of stitch in knitting

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