List of Famous people named Peter

Name Peter is among the most common names in Germany, USA, England, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Austria. Shortened forms: Pete. Similar names: Pete, Pieter, Petter, Peeter, Petteri, Petero, Peteiro. Here are some famous Peters:

Peter Kerr-Smiley

First Name Peter
Last Name Kerr-Smiley
Born on February 22, 1879
Died on June 23, 1943 (aged 64)

Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley was a Northern Irish Member of Parliament.

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Peter Bell

First Name Peter
Last Name Bell
Born on February 1, 1912
Died on April 30, 1991 (aged 79)
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Peter Hyde

First Name Peter
Last Name Hyde
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Peter Hugh Hordern

First Name Peter
Last Name Hordern
Born on July 13, 1916 (age 109)
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Peter J. Denning

First Name Peter
Last Name Denning
Born on January 6, 1942 (age 84)

Peter James Denning is an American computer scientist and writer. He is best known for pioneering work in virtual memory, especially for inventing the working-set model for program behavior, which addressed thrashing in operating systems and became the reference standard for all memory management policies. He is also known for his works on principles of operating systems, operational analysis of queueing network systems, design and implementation of CSNET, the ACM digital library, codifying the great principles of computing, and most recently for the book The Innovator's Way, on innovation as a set of learnable practices.

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Peter R. C. Hendriks

First Name Peter
Last Name Hendriks
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Peter Gordon Rowley

First Name Peter
Last Name Rowley
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Peter Rogers

First Name Peter
Last Name Rogers
Born on February 20, 1914
Died on April 14, 2009 (aged 95)

Peter Rogers was an English film producer. He is best known for his involvement in the making of the Carry On series of films.

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Peter Post

First Name Peter
Last Name Post
Born on November 12, 1933
Died on January 14, 2011 (aged 77)

Peter Post was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and won 65. Because of this success he was known as “De Keizer van de Zesdaagse” or “The Emperor of the Six Days”. In road racing his main achievements were winning the 1964 Paris–Roubaix and becoming national road race champion in 1963. He was on the podium three times at the La Flèche Wallonne but never won. Post’s other nickname was “de Lange” or “Big Man” because he was tall for a cyclist. After retiring from racing he had success as a Directeur sportif. Peter Post died in Amstelveen on 14 January 2011.

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Peter Bancroft

First Name Peter
Last Name Bancroft
Born on August 22, 1809 (age 216)
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