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 Asher

First Name Peter
Last Name Asher
Born on June 22, 1944 (age 81)

Peter Asher, is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and record producer. As of 2018, he tours alongside Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy in a new duo entitled Peter and Jeremy, where they perform hits from both of their respective catalogues. In 2019, Asher published a book The Beatles from A to Zed about his personal reminiscences about the band.

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Peter Maertens

First Name Peter
Last Name Maertens
Born on August 23, 1931
Died on July 11, 2020 (aged 88)
Born in Germany
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Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo

First Name Peter
Last Name Palumbo

Peter Garth Palumbo, Baron Palumbo is a property developer and art collector. Palumbo is a former chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and a life peer. He sat as a Conservative in the House of Lords from 1991 to 2019.

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Peter Hay, 4th of Megginch

First Name Peter
Last Name Megginch
Died on September 10, 1596
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Peter Leigh

First Name Peter
Last Name Leigh
Born on December 5, 1594
Died on January 1, 1657 (aged 62)
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Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney

First Name Peter
Last Name Orkney
Born on February 27, 1938 (age 88)

Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney is a retired Canadian political scientist and Scottish peer. He was a lecturer at University College London, England, before moving to the University of Manitoba, Canada, where he rose to become professor of political studies. He retired from academia in 1998, the year he succeeded to the Earldom of Orkney, and was appointed a senior scholar by Manitoba.

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Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona

First Name Peter
Last Name Pamplona
Born on November 30, 1067
Died on September 27, 1104 (aged 36)
Born in Spain, Aragon

Peter I was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabella of Urgell. He was named in honour of Saint Peter, because of his father's special devotion to the Holy See, to which he had made his kingdom a vassal. Peter continued his father's close alliance with the Church and pursued his military thrust south against bordering Al-Andalus taifas with great success, allying with Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid, the ruler of Valencia, against the Almoravids. According to the medieval Annales Compostellani Peter was "expert in war and daring in initiative", and one modern historian has remarked that "his grasp of the possibilities inherent in the age seems to have been faultless."

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Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest

First Name Peter
Last Name Haden-Guest
Born on August 29, 1913
Died on April 8, 1996 (aged 82)

Peter Albert Michael Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest, was a British United Nations diplomat and member of the British House of Lords. A dancer and choreographer who performed as Peter Michael with the Markova-Dolin Ballet, Ballet Divertissement, Ballet Theatre, Ballet Joos, and the Repertory Dance Theatre from 1935 until 1945, Haden-Guest was a United Nations official from 1946 to 1972. He inherited his title in 1987.

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Peter Lawrence

First Name Peter
Last Name Lawrence
Born on February 9, 1913
Died on March 18, 2005 (aged 92)

Peter Stafford Hayden Lawrence was a master at Eton College and The Doon School, India and an author. He was, until his death, the last surviving master at Eton to have served in the Second World War.

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Peter Hay

First Name Peter
Last Name Hay
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