List of Famous people named Peter

Peter Hyams is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death, and the horror films The Relic and End of Days.

Peter Dobson is an American actor. His film roles include appearances in Sing (1989), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), The Marrying Man (1991), The Frighteners (1996), and Drowning Mona (2000), in addition to a cameo as Elvis Presley in Forrest Gump (1994). On television, he has starred as the title character in Johnny Bago (1993) and the lead of Cover Me (2000–2001).

Peter Edelmann is an Austrian operatic baritone. Since 1 January 2018, he has been the artistic director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.

Peter Fitzgerald is an American actor who played a dancer in the 1985 musical film A Chorus Line.

Peter Seiffert is a German tenor.

Peter Gotthardt is a German composer, musician and publisher. Film melodies composed by him are known to a wide audience, including major successes such as the pieces Wenn ein Mensch lebt and Geh zu ihr performed by the Puhdys from the 1973 DEFA feature film The Legend of Paul and Paula, directed by Heiner Carow.