- Saint Peter
The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, Shimon "Keipha" Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha—original name Shimon or Simeon (Acts 15:14)—was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose as his original disciples. His life is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.
- Pope Peter III of Alexandria
His Holiness Peter III (also known as Peter Mongus, form the Greek "moggos", "stammerer" or "hoarse") was the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria (477 - 489) who intruded miaphysitism to the patriarchate of Alexandria.
- Geoffrey Fitz Peter 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex, ("Piers de Lutegareshale"), (b. ca. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers.
- Patriarch Peter VII of Peter VII of Alexandria
His Beatitude Petros VII (September 3, 1949 - September 11, 2004) was the Eastern Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. Petros was born as Petros Papapetrou in Sichari, Kyrenia District, Cyprus. He assumed the Patriarchate of Alexandria on March 9, 1997, following his election by the Holy Synod the previous February 21. Before his election, Petros had served as a deacon and a priest, …
- Laurence J. Peter
Dr. Laurence J. Peter (September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and hierarchiologist, best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began his career as a teacher in 1941. He received the degree of Doctor of Education from Washington State University in 1963. In 1964, Peter moved to California, where he became an Associate Professor of Education, …
- Paul St. Peter
Paul Schmidl Peter (born April 26, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN), better known as Paul St. Peter, is a voice actor. He also uses the names George C. Cole and Francis C. Cole.
- Heinrich Peter
Karl August "Henrich" Peter (born June 13, 1910 - died ?) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played one match as halfback.
- Samuel Peter
Samuel Okon Peter (born September 6, 1980 in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria), nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," is a heavyweight boxer who is considered by many to be one of the strongest punchers in the heavyweight divisiion.
- H. G. Peter
Harry G. Peter (born March 8, 1880 in California) was a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist, long resident in San Francisco. His most lasting work came when the 61 year old artist brought William Moulton Marston's heroine Wonder Woman to comic book pages. Peter would stay with the feature until his death in 1958.
- Metropolitan Peter
Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia was the Russian metropolitan who moved his see from Kiev to Vladimir and then to Moscow. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. Peter was born in Halych-Volynia. He founded a monastery on the Rata River river (Western Bug's tributary) and became its abbot. In 1308 king George of Galicia nominated and the Patriarch of Constantinople appointed Peter to the vacant see of Kiev and all Rus.
- Friedrich Peter
Friedrich Peter (born July 13, 1921 in Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria, died September 25, 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian politician who served as the chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria from 1958 to 1978.
- Werner Peter
Werner Peter (born March 25, 1950 in Sandersdorf, Saxony-Anhalt) is a former football (soccer) player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He obtained a total number of nine caps for his native country, scoring one goal.
- Philipp Peter
Philipp Peter (born 6 April 1969 in Vienna) is a race car driver from Austria. In 2003 he won the 12 Hours of Sebring. He previously competed in Indy Lights.
- Yukio Peter
Yukio Peter is a weightlifter from Nauru. He finished in eighth place at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Men's 69 kg division. <br>
- Michael Peter
Michael Peter was a field hockey player from West Germany, who captained the West German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Twelve years later, at age 35, he was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- Rajesh Peter
Rajesh Peter (August 18, 1959 - November 16, 1995) was an Indian first class cricketer who played for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. A fast bowler, he played in the 1981-82 Trophy winning side. In the final against Karnataka he contributed 67 not out with the bat in a ninth wicket partnership of 118 with Rakesh Shukla. In 1996 he was found dead in his New Delhi flat in suspicious circumstances.
- Pope Peter IV of Alexandria
His Holiness Peter IV was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria (565 - 569).
- Patriarch Peter IV of Alexandria
Peter IV served as Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 643 and 651. He is commemorated in the Coptic "Synaxarion" on the 25th day of Ba'unah.
- John Peter
John Victor Peter (Jun 19 1937 - Jun 30 1998) was a famous Indian hockey player.
- John Peter
John Desmond Peter (1921-1983), English literature scholar, essayist, and novelist, was born in South Africa. He studied law at the University of South Africa, and English literature at Cambridge, later obtaining his Ph.D. from Rhodes University. Peter came to Canada in 1950 and for 11 years taught English at the University of Manitoba. He joined the Victoria College Department of English (in Victoria, British Columbiain 1961.
- Jason Peter
Jason Peter (born September 13, 1974) was an All-American defensive end his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round (14th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger that forced him to retire after the 2001 season. He was a defensive line coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, …
- Richard Peter
Richard Peter (10 May 1895 - 3 October 1977) was a German press photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photographs of Dresden just after the end of World War II. Richard Peter was born and raised in Silesia, working as a smith and a miner while dabbling in photography. He was drafted into the German army in 1914 to serve in World War I. After the war he settled in Halle and later in Dresden.
- Oscar Peter
Oscar Peter (born June 11, 1981 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a Swiss figure skater who currently competes as an ice dancer. As a single skater, he was the 1998-2000 Swiss national silver medalist and the 2001-2003 national bronze medalist. He took up ice dancing after the 2002/2003 season and currently competes as an ice dancer with Leonie Krail. They are the 2006 Swiss national ice dancing champions. They are coached by Cornelia Grisinger and Natalia Linichuk.
- Rózsa Péter
Rózsa Péter (orig.: Politzer) was a Hungarian mathematician. She is best known for her work with recursion theory. Péter was born in Budapest, Hungary, as Rósa Politzer. She attended Eötvös Loránd University, where she received her Ph.D. in 1935. During Miklós Horthy's collaboration with Nazi Germany, she was forbidden to teach because of her Jewish origin. After the war she published her key work, "Recursive Functions".
- George Peter
George Peter (September 28, 1779 - June 22, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland. Born in Georgetown, Maryland (now the District of Columbia), Peter pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College. At the age of fifteen, Peter joined the Maryland troops in the campaign against the Whisky Insurrectionists in 1794, but at the request of his parents, was sent home. He entered the army as second lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry in July 1799, …
- Daniel Peter
Daniel Peter was a famous Swiss chocolatier. He began his career as a candle maker, but soon demand fell due to the emergence of oil lamps. He invented the process of making milk chocolate in 1857. He had a problem with removing the water from the milk (which caused mildewing) and with the cooperation of Henri Nestlé, a baby food manufacturer, he was able to finally bring the product into the market in 1875, after seven years of working on it. Later, in 1879, …
- Christian Peter
Christian Peter was a defensive tackle in the NFL. His draft rights were released by the New England Patriots in 1996 due to his violent history. Peter was convicted of sexual assault for which he received 18 months probation after he repeatedly grabbed a former Miss Nebraska by the crotch in a public place and told her that she liked it. He has been accused of raping at least two women. Peter was arrested a total of eight times, and convicted four times.
- Verena Peter
Verena Peter (b. 1954) is a German actress.
- Sergio Peter
Sergio Peter (born October 12, 1986 in Ludwigshafen) is a professional German footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premiership. Peter came through the Youth Academy at Blackburn Rovers and joined Belgian side Cercle Brugge on loan from January 2005 until the end of the season. He only made a couple of appearances but he signed a professional contract with Blackburn on July 7, 2005.
- Peter
Peter (or ピーター) (b. August 8, 1952 in Osaka, Japan as Shinnosuke Ikehata) is a Japanese transvestite and actor who has appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" and Toshio Matsumoto's "Bara no soretsu". He adopted the name Peter after his style of dress and dance which was said to resemble Peter Pan.
- Paul Thomas
Philip Toubus (born 17 April 1947, Winnetka, Illinois) is a prolific pornographic actor (porn star) and director who started his career as a mainstream actor on Broadway and in Hollywood, his most notable role being Peter in "Jesus Christ Superstar". He has appeared under many pseudonyms, including Paul Thomas. He later became a director in the porn industry. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame
- John Norris
Sir John Norris (1670 or 1671 - 13 or 14 June 1749) was a British admiral of the 17th and 18th centuries, who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy under George II. In May 1699 he married Elizabeth Aylmer, daughter of Admiral Matthew Aylmer, which greatly aided his distinguished career. He was knighted in 1705 and made admiral in 1709. He was a Member of Parliament from 1708 until his death.
- Richard Adams
Richard Adams, a non-conforming English Presbyterian divine, author of various sermons and other writings in divinity, was the grandson of Richard Adams, the rector of Woodchurch, in the part of Cheshire which is called the hundred of Wirral, and son of Charles Adams, who, with his brother Randal, was brought up to the church, and became the father of four Adams — Richard, Peter, Thomas, and Charles, who were all clergymen.
- Mark Phillips
Captain Mark Phillips, CVO, (born 22 September 1948) is a former Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman and first husband of Anne, Princess Royal.
- Peter Janssen
Peter Janssen was a German historical painter. He was born at Düsseldorf, son of the engraver Theodor Janssen (1817-94), by whom he was first instructed before studying at the Academy under Karl Sohn (Ger. wiki) and Bendemann. He is principally known through a series of decorative works whose monumental style and sound naturalism won him a reputation as one of the foremost historical painters of his time.
- Alan John
Alan John, born May 7, 1958, Sydney, is an Australian composer. He studied music at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1980. His compositions include original music for various plays, films (such as "Three Dollars" and "The Bank")and TV series (including "Love My Way"), and the musical theatre works "Jonah Jones" and "Orlando Rourke".
- Mark Gillespie
Mark Anthony Gillespie (born 26 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played four times for the Ireland cricket team between 2000 and 2001. In 2000, he played his only first-class match, against Scotland in August. The following year, he represented Ireland in the Triple Crown Tournament. He has not played for Ireland since, though he continues to be active in Irish club cricket, playing for Strabane.
- Edward Speleers
Edward Speleers (often shortened to Ed) (born December 21 1987 in Chichester, West Sussex, England) is an English actor. His debut role was the title role in "Eragon," an adaptation of Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel of the same name, which also stars Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, and Robert Carlyle. The movie was released internationally on December 15, 2006.
- James Farentino
James Farentino (born February 24, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. He starred in the film "The Final Countdown", Jesus of Nazareth, and the television series "Dynasty". He has been married to: *Stella Farentino (August 3, 1994 - present) *Debrah Farentino (June 1985 - 1988) (divorced) *Michele Lee (February 20, 1966 - 1982) (divorced); 1 child, …
- Peter Rowsthorn
Peter Rowsthorn (Jr.) (Born 1962) is an Australian comedy actor best known for his TV work, particularly as Brett Craig in the hit series "Kath & Kim" (2002-), and as Warren Cronkshonk in hospital spoof "Let The Blood Run Free" (1990-1992). He recently made several appearances on the improvised comedy series "Thank God You're Here" and is the host of 'Can We Help?' on ABC TV He first came to prominence as a stand-up comic, …