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 New

First Name Peter

Last Name New

Born on October 30, 1971 (age 55)

Born in Canada, British Columbia

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Peter New is a Canadian actor, voice actor, and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Big McIntosh in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Sunil Nevla in Littlest Pet Shop.

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Peter Heesen

First Name Peter

Last Name Heesen

Born on October 8, 1947 (age 79)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Peter Freese

First Name Peter

Last Name Freese

Born on March 10, 1939

Died on August 13, 2020 (aged 81)

Born in Germany, Schleswig-Holstein

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Peter Schnell

First Name Peter

Last Name Schnell

Born on December 9, 1935 (age 90)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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Peter Stoll

First Name Peter

Last Name Stoll

Born on April 1, 1931

Died on October 7, 2015 (aged 84)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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Peter Elias

First Name Peter

Last Name Elias

Born on November 23, 1923

Died on December 7, 2001 (aged 78)

Born in United States of America, New Jersey

Peter Elias was a pioneer in the field of information theory. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty from 1953 to 1991. In 1955, Elias introduced convolutional codes as an alternative to block codes. He also established the binary erasure channel and proposed list decoding of error-correcting codes as an alternative to unique decoding.

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