Pilcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Thomas Pilcher (1557–1587), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr George Pilcher (1801–1855), English aural surgeon and medical reformer Jane Pilcher (PhD 1992), British sociologist John Pilcher (1766–1838), English cricketer Sir John Arthur Pilcher (1912–1990), British diplomat J. L. Pilcher (1898–1981), American politician Joshua Pilcher (1790–1843), American fur trader and Indian agent Lewis Pilcher (1871–1941), American academic and architect Norman Pilcher (1935–2021), British former police officer Percy Pilcher (1866–1899), British inventor and aviator Robin Pilcher (born 1950), British author, son of Rosamunde Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019), British author, mother of Robin Thomas Pilcher (1858–1928), British army officer Venn Pilcher (1879–1961), British Anglican bishop and author William S. Pilcher (1803–1858), Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1857 to 1858 See also 1990 Pilcher, asteroid Pilcher Monument in Sark Pilcher and Tachau, American architectural firm in late-19th and early-20th-century New York City Pilchard (disambiguation)