List of Famous people named Peter

Peter Hackmair is a retired Austrian football midfielder. He played for FC Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga among other teams. In August 2012, at his age 25, he ended his football career for his other passion, travelling.

Peter McAleese is a Scottish former soldier and mercenary.

Peter Coates is an English businessman, the co-founder of bet365, and the chairman of Stoke City Football Club. He has been listed as the 25th-richest person in British football. He founded Stadia Catering in the 1960s and Signal Radio in 1983.

Peter Lemongello is an American singer known for his double album Love '76.

Peter V. Neffenger is a United States Coast Guard Admiral and public servant who served as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from July 2015 to January 20, 2017.

Peter Maxwell Evans is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s who won four Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won consecutive bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1980 Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Peter of Alcántara was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669.

Peter James Roskam is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district, serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the Chief Deputy Majority Whip from 2011–14, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders. Previously, he served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives. He served as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy for the 115th Congress. Roskam was defeated by Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 election.

Peter Quillin is an American professional boxer who held the WBO middleweight title from 2012 to 2014.

Peter Mayle was a British author noted for his memoirs of life in Provence, France.