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 II of Russia

First Name Peter
Last Name Russia
Born on October 12, 1715
Died on January 19, 1730 (aged 14)
Born in Russia

Peter II Alexeyevich reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his untimely death. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and of Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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Peter Phillips

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
First Name Peter
Last Name Phillips
Born on November 15, 1977 (age 48)

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips is a member of the British royal family. He is a businessman and the elder child and only son of Anne, Princess Royal, and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and is 15th in the line of succession to the British throne.

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Peter Madsen

Peter Langkjær Madsen
First Name Peter
Last Name Madsen
Born on January 12, 1971 (age 55)

Peter Langkjær Madsen is a Danish convicted murderer, former engineer and entrepreneur. In April 2018 he was convicted of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine, UC3 Nautilus, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Peter Crouch

Peter James Crouch
First Name Peter
Last Name Crouch
Height 202 cm | 6'8

Peter James Crouch is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country during that time, and appearing at two FIFA World Cup tournaments. He is one of 29 players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals, and holds the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history.

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Peter Falk

Peter Michael Falk
First Name Peter
Last Name Falk
Born on September 16, 1927
Died on June 23, 2011 (aged 83)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Peter Michael Falk was an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series Columbo (1968–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award (1973). He first starred as Columbo in two 90-minute TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of The NBC Mystery Movie series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003.

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Peter Billingsley

First Name Peter
Last Name Billingsley
Born on April 16, 1971 (age 55)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Peter Billingsley, also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer. His acting roles include Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, Jack Simmons in The Dirt Bike Kid, Billy in Death Valley, and as Messy Marvin in Hershey's chocolate syrup commercials during the 1980s. He began his career as an infant in television commercials.

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Peter Buck

First Name Peter
Last Name Buck
Born on December 19, 1930
Died on November 18, 2021 (aged 90)

Peter Buck was an American physicist, restaurateur, and philanthropist. He co-founded the Subway fast-food restaurant chain.

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Peter Lustig

Peter Fritz Willi Lustig
First Name Peter
Last Name Lustig
Born on October 27, 1937
Died on February 23, 2016 (aged 78)

Peter Fritz Willi Lustig was a German television presenter, voice actor and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the weekly children's television show Löwenzahn, which he hosted from 1979 up until 2006. During its first year the show was called Pusteblume. He also hosted the show Mittendrin (1987–95), narrated the film Gordos Reise ans Ende der Welt (2007) and provided the German voice for the computer game character Gary Gadget.

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Peter Weller

First Name Peter
Last Name Weller
Born on June 24, 1947 (age 78)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Peter Frederick Weller is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian.

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Peter Cushing

Peter Wilton Cushing
First Name Peter
Last Name Cushing
Born on May 26, 1913
Died on August 11, 1994 (aged 81)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Peter Wilton Cushing, was an English actor best known for his roles in the Hammer Productions horror films of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and as Grand Moff Tarkin in the 1977 film Star Wars. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. Born in Kenley, Surrey, Cushing made his stage debut in 1935 and spent three years at a repertory theatre before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career.

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