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 Gumbsch is a German physicist and materials scientist. He is the director of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik IWM, in Freiburg, Germany and professor for mechanics of materials at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Died on August 30, 1991 (aged 75)
Died on December 18, 2004 (aged 86)
Peter Palitzsch was a German theatre director. He worked with Bertolt Brecht in his Berliner Ensemble from the beginning in 1949, and was in demand internationally as a representative of Brecht's ideas. He was a theatre manager at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Many of his productions were invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen festival. He worked internationally from 1980.
Peter Ludwig Gülke is a German conductor and musicologist.
Died on April 10, 1992 (aged 71)
Peter Dennis Mitchell, FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.
Died on July 27, 2007 (aged 57)
Died on June 17, 2022 (aged 87)
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