List of Famous people named Peter

Peter II, called the Fat, was the eleventh King of Cyprus of the House of Lusignan from 17 January 1369 until his death. He was the son of Peter I of Cyprus and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded to the throne while he was still underage, following the assassination of his father in 1369. He was also titular Count of Tripoli and King of Jerusalem.

Peter Gansevoort was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville.

Sir Peter Hope was a British intelligence officer, later a diplomat, ambassador to Mexico.

Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby PC, was a British politician and nobleman.

Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe, 6th Baron Feversham was a British nobleman and writer.

Percy Newbold "Peter" Coe was a British athletics coach, author, translator and coach of his son Sebastian Coe.

Peter Goddard Lieberson was an American classical composer.