List of Famous people named Peter

Peter Jaks was a Swiss ice hockey player. He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics. He committed suicide on 5 October 2011 by standing in front of a train in Bari, Italy.

Peter, called Tempesta, was the Count of Eboli from 1306. He was the eighth son of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. His sobriquet came from his stormy temperament.

Peter Mensah is a Ghanaian-British actor, best known for his roles in the films Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, 300, and television series such as Starz' Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and Spartacus: Vengeance.

Peter William Brockbanks, known professionally as Peter Banks, was an English guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He was best known as the original guitarist in the rock bands the Syn, Yes, Flash, and Empire. Former Sniffin' Glue and NME journalist Danny Baker described Banks as "the architect of progressive music".

Peter of Luxembourg was a son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir, and his wife Marguerite of Enghien. His inheritance included the counties of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol.

Peter Beckford (junior) was a politician, slave owner and businessman in early colonial Jamaica.

Sir Peter Thomas Blake is an English pop artist, best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other best known works include the covers for two of The Who's albums, the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette.

Peter Jurasik is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in the T.V. series Sliders.

Peter Aluma was a Nigerian professional basketball player from Lagos. After high school at Okota Grammar School in Isolo, Nigeria, the 2.08-m (6'10") center became a star at Liberty University in Virginia, U.S.

Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort was an Spanish Imperial army commander of German origin and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1592 to 1594.