List of people named Peter

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