List of people named Peter
Peter is a common name. As a given name, it generally is derived from Peter the Apostle, born Simon, whom Jesus renamed "Peter" after he declared that Jesus indeed was the Messiah. The name "Peter" roughly means "rock" in Greek.
Religion
- Saint Peter, Jesus' disciple
- Peter the Deacon, a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
- Peter of Canterbury, abbot
- Peter of Pavia , saint and Bishop of Pavia
- Peter of Anagni, saint and Bishop Of Anagni
- Peter, bishop of Zaragoza in 1112
- Peter the Deacon, "the Librarian"
- Peter of Tarentaise, Archbishop of Tarentaise and saint
- Peter Pareuzi, Papal legate, martyr and saint
- Peter, a companion in martyrdom of Berard of Carbio
- Saint Peter of Verona, also known as Peter Martyr
- Peter of Auvergne, scholastic philosopher
- Saint Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia
- Peter of Aquila, Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop
- Peter of Bergamo, Dominican theologian
- Peter Martyr Vermigli, Reformation-era theologian
- Saint Peter the Aleut, Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California
- Pope Peter II, one of several 20th century antipopes
- Peter , archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Peter , Russian Orthodox bishop of Ungheni and Nisporeni, Moldova
Other
- Peter , Byzantine general and brother of Emperor Maurice
- Peter , Bulgarian noble
- Peter, governor of Rome, Roman consul and brother of Pope John X
- Peter , nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Peter, Byzantine eunuch general
- Peter , Roman "tyrant" against the Visigothic rulers of Spain
- Peter, Constable of Portugal, third Grand Master of the Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz
- Peter I, Count of Alençon, Count of Perche, son of Louis IX of France
- Peter, Count of Dammartin, son of Hugh I
- Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Portuguese prince of the House of Aviz
- Peter, Duke of the Romans, 11th century Roman consul
- Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, head of the Houses of Glücksburg and Oldenburg
- Peter, King of Hungary, King of Hungary twice
- Peter I of Bulgaria, emperor of Bulgaria
- Peter of Greece and Denmark, Prince
- Peter I of Serbia King of Serbia
- Peter, son of Petenye, Hungarian lord
- Peter, son of Töre, Hungarian lord, served as judge royal in 1198
- Peter the Byzantine, Greek cantor and composer
- Peter the Great, first Russian emperor
- Peter the Patrician, East Roman or Byzantine official, diplomat and historian
- Peter the Peloponnesian, Greek cantor and composer
- Peter Aerts, Dutch kickboxer
- Peter Aitken, Welsh footballer
- Peter Alexander
- Peter Arguindegui, American petroleum businessman
- Peter Alldridge, British lawyer
- Peter Asch, American water polo player
- Peter Bainbridge
- Péter Bakonyi, Hungarian saber fencer
- Peter Baum, American lacrosse player
- Peter Beale , lieutenant-general and Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces
- Peter Beard American artist, photographer, diarist and writer
- Peter Best
- Peter Bishop , English painter and art historian
- Peter Bogdanovich, American film director and actor
- Peter Bonetti, English footballer
- Peter Bore, English footballer
- Peter Borish, American investor and trader
- Peter Boyle, American actor
- Peter Brocco, American actor
- Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor, twelfth Doctor Who
- Peter Capell, German actor
- Peter Carter
- Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and current speaker of the House of Representatives
- Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter
- Peter Chandler , American football player
- Peter Chandler , Australian politician
- Peter Chester, English convicted murderer and pedophile
- Peter Colotka,, Slovak academic, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic
- Peter Crawford, Australian basketball player
- Peter Crawford, Scottish-born surveyor and pioneer
- Peter Creamer, English footballer
- Peter Crouch, English footballer
- Peter Cushing, English actor
- Peter Davison, English actor, fifth Doctor Who
- Peter Desmond, Irish footballer
- Peter Dinklage, American actor
- Peter Duffield, English footballer
- Peter Duncan,, Blue Peter presenter and UK Chief Scout
- Peter Elsbach, Dutch physician
- Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author
- Peter Facinelli, American actor and producer
- Peter Falk, American actor
- Peter F. Gontha, Indonesian chief executive officer
- Peter Finch, English-Australian actor
- Peter Firth, English actor
- Peter Fonda, American actor
- Peter J. Fos, first president and seventh chief executive of the University of New Orleans
- Peter Frame, American ballet dancer
- Peter Frampton, English rock musician, singer-songwriter
- Peter Fuzes, Australian soccer player
- Peter Gabriel, English rock musician, singer-songwriter and humanitarian
- Peter van Gestel, Dutch writer
- Peter Greenaway, British filmmaker
- Peter Hawkins, British actor
- Peter Hayman, British diplomat and paedophile
- Peter Holmes
- Peter Hooten, American actor
- Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Peter Jacobs , British Olympic fencer
- Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor
- Peter Jurasik, American actor
- Peter Kalambayi, American football player
- Peter Khalife, Lebanese-Swedish football agent, manager and player
- Peter Kirkham, English footballer
- Peter Knight
- Peter Kraus, Austrian singer and actor
- Peter Kropotkin, anarcho-communist revolutionary and philosopher
- Peter Kürten, German serial killer and rapist
- Peter Laird, American comic book writer and artist
- Peter Law, Welsh politician
- Peter Linde, Swedish sculptor
- Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
- Peter Lorre, Hollywood actor
- Peter Lougheed, Premier of Alberta, Canada
- Peter Maffay, Romanian-born German singer
- Peter Max, Jewish German-born American illustrator and graphic artist
- Peter Medawar, British biologist and Nobel laureate
- Peter Moylan, Australian professional baseball player
- Peter Musñgi, Filipino broadcast journalist and radio DJ
- Peter Noone, is an English singer-songwriter, and actor. Lead singer of Herman's Hermits
- Peter Ostrum, American veterinarian and child actor
- Peter O'Brian, New Zealand/Indonesian actor
- Peter O'Brian , Canadian film producer
- Peter O'Brien
- Peter Oliver
- Peter O'Toole, English actor
- Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
- Peter Pellegrini, Slovak politician
- Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, 13th century French scholar and magnetism experimenter
- Peter Petersen
- Peter Peterson
- Peter Perry, businessman
- Peter Pickering, English footballer
- Peter Polansky, Canadian tennis player
- Peter Popely, English footballer
- Peter Purves, English actor
- Peter Rennert, American tennis player
- Peter Revson, American racing driver
- Peter Righton, British child protection expert, social care worker and child molester
- Peter Schaale, German footballer
- Peter Schifrin, American Olympic fencer and sculptor
- Peter Schilling, German singer
- Peter Schmid, Swiss olympic skier
- Peter Schmid , German archaeologist
- Peter Schmid , Austrian swimmer
- Peter Scott, British ornithologist
- Peter Sellers, British actor
- Peter Shalson, British businessman
- Peter Shaw
- Peter Shukoff, American comedian, musician and YouTube celebrity
- Peter Shumlin, American politician
- Peter Spooner, English footballer
- Peter Stone
- Peter Strauss, American actor
- Peter Stronach, English footballer
- Peter Sutcliffe, prolific English serial killer
- * Peter Sutcliffe
- Peter Swan
- Peter Tait
- Peter Taylor
- Peter Thomas
- Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
- Peter Till, English footballer
- Peter Tobin, Scottish serial killer
- Peter Tork, American vocalist and guitarist
- Peter Tosh Jamaican reggae musician
- Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer
- Peter Ustinov, English actor, writer and dramatist
- Peter Wales, English cricketer
- Peter Wallace, Australian rugby player
- Peter Whittle
- Peter Williams
- Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
- Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Peter Wragg, English footballer
- Peter Yarrow, American singer and songwriter, Peter, Paul and Mary
Fictional characters
- Black Peter, from the card game Old maid
- Little Peter, in the fairy tale Little Peter's Journey to the Moon
- Peter the goatherd, in Heidi
- Peter the Young Pioneer, from the symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf
- Peter Beale, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Peter Bishop, in the TV series Fringe
- Peter Brady, on the TV series The Brady Bunch
- Peter Dawe, in the film Cyberbully
- Peter Griffin, the protagonist of the television show Family Guy
- Peter Hale, Teen Wolf
- Peter Kirkland from the anime Hetalia
- Pete Lattimer, in the TV series Warehouse 13
- Pietro or Peter Maximoff, alias Quicksilver ; a character appearing in various Marvel Comics stories and in the X-Men film series
- Peter McCallister, the main character in the movies Home Alone, ', and '
- Peter Pan, created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie
- Peter Parker, the secret identity of Spider-Man, a Marvel Comics superhero
- Peter Perfect, on the Hanna-Barbera animated series Wacky Races
- Peter Petrelli, on the NBC television series Heroes
- Peter Pettigrew, from Harry Potter novels
- Peter Pevensie, in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- Peter Puppy, from the TV series Earthworm Jim
- Peter Quill, leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel Universe
- Peter Rabbit, an anthropomorphic character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter
- Piotr "Peter" Rasputin, the human form of the Marvel Comics superhero Colossus
- Pete Ross, a DC Comics character commonly associated with Superman
- Peter Solomon, in the novel The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
- Peter Stone, from the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Peter Van Holp, in the novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
- Peter Venkman, one of the main characters in the movies Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, and
- Peter Vincent, a vampire slayer in the 1985 film Fright Night and its 2011 remake
- Peter Wiggin, Ender's older brother in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card
- Struwwelpeter, in the German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann
- Peter Friedkin, a character from Final Destination 5
- Peter from the nursery rhyme Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
- Peter Rumancek from Hemlock Grove
- Peter Zylbergold, in the film Cyberbully
- Peter, in the film The Room
- Peter, the name of many characters in the animated TV series South Park