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 Snow

First Name Peter
Last Name Snow
Born in Ireland

Peter John Snow, CBE is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented Newsnight from its launch in 1980 until 1997. He has presented a number of documentaries, including some with his son, Dan Snow.

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Peter Robinson

Peter David Robinson
First Name Peter
Last Name Robinson
Born on December 29, 1948 (age 77)

Peter David Robinson is a retired British politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. He has been involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 years, being a founding member of the DUP along with Ian Paisley.

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Peter Obi

Peter Gregory Obi
First Name Peter
Last Name Obi
Born on July 19, 1961 (age 64)

Peter Gregory Obi is a Nigerian politician and businessman who was the vice presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general election under the People's Democratic Party. He was the former governor of Anambra State serving from 17th of March 2006 to 2nd of November 2006, when he was impeached and from 9th of February 2007 to 29th of May 2007 after his impeachment was overturned. Although a fresh election was held on the 29th of April 2007, he was reappointed governor on the 14th of June 2007 after a court ruling that he should be allowed to complete a four-year term. He won on the 6th of February 2010 election for a second term as governor.

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Peter Ash

First Name Peter
Last Name Ash
Born on February 4, 1985 (age 41)

Peter Ash is an English actor from Moston, Greater Manchester who has starred in British television series such as Casualty, Footballers' Wives, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street.

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Peter Sawkins

First Name Peter
Last Name Sawkins
Born on June 30, 2000 (age 25)

Peter Sawkins is a Scottish baker and student from Edinburgh. He won the eleventh series of The Great British Bake Off in 2020. At the age of 20, he was the youngest contestant in the 2020 series; he is also the youngest winner and youngest finalist in the history of the competition.

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Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

First Name Peter
Last Name Brabeck-Letmathe
Born on November 13, 1944 (age 81)
Born in Austria, Carinthia

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is an Austrian businessman. He is the chairman emeritus, former chairman and CEO of the Nestlé Group, and former chairman of Formula One.

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Peter Preston

First Name Peter
Last Name Preston
Born on May 23, 1938
Died on January 6, 2018 (aged 79)

Peter John Preston was a British journalist and author. He was editor of The Guardian for twenty years, from 1975 to 1995.

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Peter Rachman

First Name Peter
Last Name Rachman
Born on August 16, 1919
Died on November 29, 1962 (aged 43)

Perec "Peter" Rachman was a Polish-born landlord who operated in Notting Hill, London, England in the 1950s and early 1960s. He became notorious for his exploitation of his tenants, with the word "Rachmanism" entering the Oxford English Dictionary as a synonym for the exploitation and intimidation of tenants.

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Peter Edelman

First Name Peter
Last Name Edelman
Born on January 9, 1938 (age 88)

Peter Benjamin Edelman is an American lawyer, policy-maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of poverty, welfare, juvenile justice, and constitutional law. He worked as an aide for Senator Robert F. Kennedy and in the Clinton Administration, where he resigned to protest Bill Clinton's signing the welfare reform legislation. Edelman was one of the founders and president of the board of the New Israel Fund.

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Peter Lanzani

First Name Peter
Last Name Lanzani
Born on August 24, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Argentina

Juan Pedro Lanzani , also known as Peter Lanzani, is an Argentine actor of cinema, theater and television, a former child model, and a singer. He is best known for his role on the Cris Morena television series Casi Ángeles playing 'Thiago Bedoya Agüero', and as a member of the music group Teen Angels. He is also known for his roles in Chiquititas Sin Fin and El Clan by Pablo Trapero.

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