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 Wildeblood

First Name Peter
Last Name Wildeblood
Born on May 19, 1923
Died on November 14, 1999 (aged 76)
Born in Italy, Liguria

Peter Wildeblood was an Anglo-Canadian journalist, novelist, playwright and gay rights campaigner. He was one of the first men in the UK to publicly declare his homosexuality.

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Peter Sobotta

First Name Peter
Last Name Sobotta
Born on January 11, 1987 (age 39)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Peter Sobotta is a retired Polish-born German professional mixed martial artist, who fought in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2004, Sobotta has also formerly competed for KSW.

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Peter Freuchen

First Name Peter
Last Name Freuchen
Died on September 2, 1957

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.

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Peter Paul Rubens

First Name Peter
Last Name Rubens
Born on June 28, 1577
Died on May 30, 1640 (aged 62)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.

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Peter Donat

Pierre Collingwood Donat
First Name Peter
Last Name Donat
Born on January 20, 1928
Died on September 10, 2018 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Nova Scotia

Peter Donat was a Canadian-American actor.

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Peter Nirsch

First Name Peter
Last Name Nirsch
Born on January 1, 1600
Died on September 16, 1581

Peter Niers was a German serial killer and bandit who was executed on 16 September 1581 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, some 40 km from Nuremberg. Based on confessions extracted from him and his accomplices under torture, he was convicted of 544 murders, including 24 fetuses cut out of pregnant women—allegedly, the fetal remains were to be used in magical rituals and for acts of cannibalism.

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Peter Boehringer

Peter Christian Pascal Boehringer
First Name Peter
Last Name Boehringer
Born on April 6, 1969 (age 57)

Peter Boehringer is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. Since 2018 he is Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the German Bundestag.

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Peter Noah

First Name Peter
Last Name Noah
Born on November 30, 1900 (age 125)

Peter Noah is an American television writer and producer. He served as an executive producer and regular writer for the NBC drama The West Wing. Noah first became involved with the series as a consulting producer and regular writer for the fifth season and was promoted to supervising producer before the season's end. He continued in this role for the sixth season before becoming an executive producer for the seventh and final season.

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Peter Firmin

First Name Peter
Last Name Firmin
Born on December 11, 1928
Died on July 1, 2018 (aged 89)

Peter Arthur Firmin was an English artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms, along with Oliver Postgate. Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes, The Saga of Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers, Bagpuss and Pogles' Wood.

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Peter Wieland

First Name Peter
Last Name Wieland
Born on July 6, 1930
Died on March 2, 2020 (aged 89)

Peter Wieland was a German singer.

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