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Apostle of Jesus
Saint Peter (born Simon bar Jonah; c. 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
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Peter Peter may refer to: Peter Peter (Canadian musician) (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Peter (Danish musician) (born 1960), former member
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Australian child sex offender (born 1963)
Peter Gerard Scully (born 13 January 1963) is an Australian convicted child sex offender and murderer who is imprisoned for life in the Philippines after
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American actor (born 1965)
Peter William Krause (/ˈkraʊzə/; born August 12, 1965) is an American actor, director, and producer. He has held leading roles across multiple acclaimed
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British actor (born 1972)
Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (/ˌsɛrəˈfɪnoʊwɪtʃ/ SERR-ə-FIN-oh-witch; Polish: [sɛrafʲiˈnɔvʲit͡ʂ]; born 10 July 1972) is a British actor, comedian and writer
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Roman Catholic basilica and landmark in Vatican City
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti
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Management concept by Laurence J. Peter
The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective
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Canadian-American author and licensed physician (born 1973)
Peter Attia (born March 19, 1973) is a Canadian-American author, licensed physician and former researcher known for his work in longevity medicine. He
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English cricketer (born 1964)
Peter Mark Such (born 12 June 1964) is an English cricketer, cricket coach, and match referee. An off-spinner, Such was brought into the Test arena in
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Swedish actor (born 1953)
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ; né Storm, 27 August 1953) is a Swedish and American actor. He rose to prominence in Sweden
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English and Irish actor (1932–2013)
Peter James O'Toole (/oʊˈtuːl/; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English and Irish actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he received
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American actor (born 1969)
Peter Hayden Dinklage (/ˈdɪnklɪdʒ/; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones
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English musician (born 1950)
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He is known for being a co-founder and
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American actor (born 1971)
John Peter Sarsgaard (/ˈsɑːrzɡɑːrd/; born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical
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Scottish writer (1951–2026)
Peter May (20 December 1951 – 25 September 2026) was a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist and crime writer. He was the recipient of writing awards
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American actor (1927–2011)
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor. He played the title character Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series
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Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)
Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United
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American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)
Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was twice an Academy Award nominee
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American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)
Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and
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New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961)
Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer. He is best known as the director
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British bassist (born 1956)
Peter Hook (né Woodhead; born 13 February 1956) is an English musician. He is the former bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and
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English footballer (born 1981)
Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English television personality and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped
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German-born American artist (1937–2026)
Peter Max Finkelstein (October 19, 1937 – September 14, 2026), known professionally as Peter Max, was a German-American artist known for using bright colors
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American actor
Peter Lawrence Strauss is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He is an
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Emperor of Russia in 1762
Peter III Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich, born Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp; 21 February
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Look up Peter Pan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peter Pan commonly refers to: Peter Pan (character), a fictional boy who refuses to grow up, created
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Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026
Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since May 2026. He has been the president of the
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American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
Peter Andreas Thiel (/tiːl/ ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder
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American actor and producer (born 1973)
Peter Facinelli (/fætʃəˈnɛli/ fa-chə-NELI; born November 26, 1973) is an American-Italian actor. He starred as Donovan "Van" Ray on the Fox series Fastlane
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English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances
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American musician (1962–2010)
Peter Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician who was the lead vocalist, bassist
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American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)
Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best
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American drummer and singer (born 1945)
Peter George John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is an American musician, best known as a co-founder,
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British singer, songwriter and television personality (born 1973)
Peter James Andrea (born 27 February 1973), known professionally as Peter Andre, is a British-Australian singer, songwriter and media personality. Born
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Canadian voice actor (1941–2026)
Peter Claver Cullen (July 28, 1941 – August 26, 2026) was a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated
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Peter Green(e) may refer to: Peter Green (musician) (1946–2020), English guitarist, founder of Fleetwood Mac Daniel Boone (singer) (born Peter Charles
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American writer and translator
Peter Christopher Sebastian Theroux (born 1956) is an American translator and writer. The younger brother of writers Alexander Theroux and Paul Theroux
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Fictional character from Family Guy
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin Sr. (Born Justin Peter Griffin) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. He is
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American guitarist and songwriter (born 1956)
Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock
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American musician and actor (1942–2019)
Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. He was
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English actor (1921–2017)
Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. He was the original voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit
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American actor (1926–2010)
Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission:
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American mobster (1939–2021)
Peter Arthur Gotti (October 15, 1939 – February 25, 2021) was an American mobster who served as boss of the Gambino crime family of New York following
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British actor and humanitarian (1921–2004)
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (/ˈuːstɪnɒv/ OO-stin-ov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor, writer and humanitarian. An internationally known
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Danish choreographer
Peter Schaufuss (born 1949) is a Danish ballet dancer, director and choreographer. He is the son of ballet dancers Frank Schaufuss (1921–1997) and Mona
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English musician and producer (born 1944)
Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop
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American veterinarian and actor (born 1957)
Peter Gardner Ostrum (/ˈoʊstrəm/ OH-strəm; born November 1, 1957) is an American retired veterinarian and former child actor, whose only film role was
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American actor (born 1955)
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for
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Masculine given name
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock"
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Zambia, British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player (born 1941)
Peter Kidner Stagg (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish former international rugby union player and the son of James Stagg, the senior meteorologist
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American economist and author (born 1949)
Peter Kent Navarro (born July 15, 1949) is an American economist who has been the senior counselor for trade and manufacturing to U.S. president Donald
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American actor (born 1968)
Peter Francis Dante (born December 16, 1968) is an American character actor, comedian and singer. He appeared in sixteen films from Happy Madison Productions
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American actor (born 1965)
Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series House
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list of people named Peter. Peter Abeles (1924–1999), Australian businessman Peter Ackerman (1946–2022), American businessman Peter H. Ammon, American investor
List of people with given name Peter
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British actor (1923–1984)
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford (né Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law
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American news anchor (1938–2005)
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian and American television journalist. He was best known for serving
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Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Peter I (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725), known by the epithet the Great, was the tsar of all Russia from 1682 to 1721, and the first emperor of Russia
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Danish entrepreneur and murderer
Peter Langkjær Madsen (Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ ˈlɑŋˌkʰeˀɐ̯ ˈmæsn̩]; born 12 January 1971) is a Danish convicted murderer and former entrepreneur. In April 2018
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American actor and director (born 1941)
Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television
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British nightclub owner (1940–2018)
Peter James Stringfellow (17 October 1940 – 7 June 2018) was an English businessman who owned several nightclubs. Stringfellow was born in the City General
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Scottish actor and director (born 1958)
Peter Dougan Capaldi (/kəˈpældi/; born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the
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Australian filmmaker (born 1944)
Peter Lindsay Weir, AM(/wɪər/ WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed films crossing
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British playwright and screenwriter
Peter Julian Robin Morgan CBE (born 10 April 1963) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Known for his work for stage and screen, he often writes
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Nigerian boxer (born 1980)
Samuel Okon Peter (Listen) (born September 6, 1980) is a Nigerian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He held the World Boxing Council
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English actor (born 1951)
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He came to prominence for playing veterinary
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German bishop and theologian
Peter Binsfeld (alternate spelling Peter of Binsfeld, lat. Petrus Binsfeldius; born c. 1540 – died 1598 or 1603) was a German auxiliary bishop and theologian
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Peter Robinson may refer to: Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1874–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film Freaks
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Danish footballer (born 1963)
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English
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Australian sports administrator
Peter V'landys AM is an Australian sports administrator. He was the chief executive and a board member of Racing NSW as well as the chairman of the Australian
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English actor and stand-up comedian (born 1973)
Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Known for his observational humour which often draws on everyday
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Australian politician (1931–2022)
Peter McMahon AM (16 July 1931 – 13 March 2022) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973
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Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1959)
Peter Mullan (/ˈmʌlən/; born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His credits include Riff-Raff (1991), Shallow Grave (1994), Braveheart
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Peter Brown may refer to: Peter T. Brown, English executive director of the Free Software Foundation Peter M. Brown (born 1941), Canadian businessman Peter
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American novelist and screenwriter
Peter Craig (born November 10, 1969) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for co-writing the screenplays to The Town (2010), The
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Peter or Pete Muller, Müller or Mueller may refer to: Peter Müller (footballer, born 1946), East German footballer Peter Müller (footballer, born 1948)
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American novelist and poet (1943–2022)
Peter Francis Straub (/straʊb/; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural
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Jamaican reggae musician (1944–1987)
Peter Tosh OM GCOT (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer. Along with Bob Marley
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British businessman (born 1977)
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman and member of the British royal family. He is the son of Anne, Princess Royal
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Canadian actor (born 1966)
Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series Nikita, Dr. David Sandström
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American actor/director/producer (born 1966)
Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American and Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Officer
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Peter Townsend may refer to: Peter Townsend (cricketer) (1910–1995), English cricket player Peter Townsend (drummer), American musician Peter Townsend
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Peter Lang may refer to: Peter Lang (actor) (1859–1932), American actor Peter Lang (guitarist) (born 1948), American musician Peter Lang (politician)
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American actor and director
Peter Horton (born August 20, 1953) is an American actor and director. He played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television series Thirtysomething from
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Peter Marshall may refer to: Peter Marshall (novelist) (1939–1972), British novelist whose works include The Raging Moon and Excluded from the Cemetery
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American actor (1935–2006)
Peter Richard Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. He is known for his work as a character actor on film and television
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American actor (1959–2025)
Peter Greene (né Green; October 8, 1965 – December 12, 2025) was an American actor. A character actor, he was generally known for portraying villains
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Pete or Peter Wright may refer to: Peter Wright (journalist) (born 1953), British editor of The Mail on Sunday Peter Wright (MI5 officer) (1916–1995),
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Peter Taylor may refer to: Peter Taylor (writer) (1917–1994), American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Peter Taylor (film editor) (1922–1997)
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American actor (born 1954)
Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart
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English journalist and author (born 1951)
Peter Jonathan Hitchens (born 28 October 1951) is an English author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator. He writes for The Mail on Sunday and was
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Married couple of British evolutionary biologists
Peter Raymond Grant FRS FRSC (born 26 October 1936) and Barbara Rosemary Grant FRS FRSC (born 8 October 1936) are a British married couple who are evolutionary
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English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1947)
Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and teen idol. He was the lead singer "Herman"
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American investor
Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is an American investor, mutual fund manager, author and philanthropist. As the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity
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Australian racing driver (1945–2006)
Peter Geoffrey Brock AM (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian
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Canadian pornographic actor
Alden Joseph Brown (born May 11, 1957), known professionally as Peter North, is a Canadian retired pornographic actor, director and producer. He has 2
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English and Australian actor (1916–1977)
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English and Australian actor. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia
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American management consultant and author (1909–2005)
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (/ˈdrʌkər/; German: [ˈdʁʊkɐ]; 19 November 1909 – 11 November 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and
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English language nursery rhyme
"Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497. Common modern versions include: Peter
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American actor (born 1947)
Peter Francis Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American actor and television director. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including
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English
English : habitational name probably from Langsford in Petertavy, Devon, so named from Old English landscearu ‘boundary’ + ford ‘ford’.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Mayhew.Variant of French Mailhot.A William Mayo born in Wiltshire, England, c. 1684 was a surveyor who settled in VA about 1623 and helped survey the VA-NC boundary and found Richmond and Petersburg, VA. [newpara]The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, was founded by William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911), who immigrated to the U.S. from England, in 1845, and his sons, all gifted and innovative physicians and surgeons.
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A rock. Form of Peter.
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English
English : habitational name from Gunby in East Yorkshire, which is named from the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, or from Gunby St. Nicholas or Gunby St. Peter in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse male personal name Gunni + býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
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North German
North German : occupational name for a peddler (see Haack 1).North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge (see Heck 2).North German : perhaps also a topographic name from hach, hack ‘dirty, boggy water’.Frisian, Dutch, and North German : from a Frisian personal name, Hake.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from Yiddish hak ‘axe’.English : variant of Hake 1.George Hack (c. 1623–c. 1665) was born in Cologne, Germany, of a Schleswig-Holstein family, and emigrated to New Amsterdam where he practiced medicine and entered the VA tobacco trade. Colony records show that he and his wife, Anna, were formally made naturalized citizens of VA in 1658. He had two daughters, neither of whom married, and two sons: George Nicholas Hack, the founder of the Norfolk branch of the family; and Peter, for many years a member of the VA House of Burgesses, the founder of the Maryland branch. Hack’s descendants eventually changed the spelling of the name to Heck.
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Irish
Irish form of Peter and thus comes ultimately from Greek petrosâ€â€the rock,â€â€ it is still in common use in Ireland today.
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Biggest in universe, The Sun or the king, Resplendent, Splendor (Celebrity Names: Celina Jaitly and Peter Haag)
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English (Peterborough)
English (Peterborough) : habitational name from Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, or Kirk Sandall and Long Sandall in South Yorkshire, named with Old English sand ‘sand’ + halh ‘nook’ (often referring to land in a riverbend or a hollow).English (Peterborough) : from an otherwise unattested Old Norse personal name, Sandúlfr, composed of the elements sandr ‘sand’ + úlfr ‘wolf’.
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English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : habitational name from any of various minor places named with Old English ēcels ‘additional part of an estate’, from ēcan ‘to increase’. Compare Etchells.The earliest record of this surname is in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England, in 1566, when John, son of Thomas Eachus, was baptized. Peter Eachus married Margaret Pownall in Church Minshull on 21 April 1594.
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English
English : from a pet form of Peter.
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English, Scottish, and German
English, Scottish, and German : patronymic from Peter.Americanized form of similar surnames of non-English origin (such as Petersen, or Swedish Pettersson).In VT, there are Petersons who were originally called by the French name Beausoleil; in some documentation this was translated fairly literally as Prettysun, which was then assimilated to Peterson.
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English
English : generally said to be from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’, used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name.It could also be a habitational name from a place in Shropshire called Fitz, recorded in 1194 as Fittesho, from an Old English personal name, Fitt, + hÅh ‘hill spur’.In one family at least, it is an altered form of English Fitch.German : unexplained. Possibly from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vincent.Johann Peter Fitz, an immigrant from Germany, arrived in Philadelphia in 1750. Bearers of the name from Britain were already established in North America before that date.
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English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc.
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc. : from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’, ‘stone’). The name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); St. Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ’s saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-Germanic origin until the 14th century. This surname has also absorbed many cognates in other languages, for example Czech Petr, Hungarian Péter. It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.
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Rock; Form of Peter
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Pet form of English Peter, PETERKIN means "rock, stone."
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English : variant of Fulcher.German : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German volger ‘companion’, ‘supporter’.John Folger came from Norwich, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1635. By 1652 he was on Martha’s Vineyard. His son Peter had ten children.
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English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German : patronymic from the personal name Peter.Irish : Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.Americanized form of cognate surnames in other languages, for example Dutch and North German Pieters.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’. Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄ðhyll (from gem̄ð ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin.A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681.
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English
English : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with Old English flēot ‘stream’, ‘estuary’ + wudu ‘wood’. The place of this name in Lancashire got its name in the 19th century from its founder, Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, and is not the source of the surname.
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English and French
English and French : nickname from Middle English, Old French jay(e), gai ‘jay’ (the bird), probably referring to an idle chatterer or a showy person, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.The name is associated with a Huguenot family from La Rochelle, France, who settled in New Amsterdam. Peter Jay was the scion of the NY Jays; his son John (1745–1829) was a U.S. diplomat and first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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