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:

Péter Eötvös

First Name Péter
Last Name Eötvös
Born on January 2, 1944 (age 82)

Péter Eötvös is a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher.

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Peter Martyn

First Name Peter
Last Name Martyn
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Peter Wilson

Peter Robert Russell Wilson
First Name Peter
Last Name Wilson
Born on September 15, 1986 (age 39)
Height 198 cm | 6'6

Peter Robert Russell Wilson MBE, is a retired English sport shooter who specialises in the double trap. He is the current world record holder for the event, having scored 198 out of 200 at a World Cup event in Arizona during 2012. A member of the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was the youngest competitor in the men's double trap event, where he won the gold medal.

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Peter Mynors

First Name Peter
Last Name Mynors
Born on March 15, 1754
Died on August 4, 1794 (aged 40)
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Peter Goddard

Peter Rodney Goddard
First Name Peter
Last Name Goddard
Born on June 28, 1964 (age 61)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Peter Goddard is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He resides in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Riding motorcycles since the age of 5, Goddard started his racing career on dirt tracks before making his debut on road circuits at Oran Park Raceway in 1984.

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Peter M. Neumann

First Name Peter
Last Name Neumann
Born on December 28, 1940 (age 85)

Peter Michael Neumann OBE was a British mathematician. He was a son of the German-born mathematicians Bernhard Neumann and Hanna Neumann and, after gaining a BA degree from The Queen's College, Oxford in 1963, obtained his DPhil degree from Oxford University in 1966.

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Peter George Worsley Penny

First Name Peter
Last Name Penny
Born on October 8, 1965 (age 60)
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Peter Keith-Murray

First Name Peter
Last Name Keith-Murray
Born on July 12, 1935 (age 90)
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Peter Andreas Munch

First Name Peter
Last Name Munch
Born on December 15, 1810
Died on May 25, 1863 (aged 52)
Born in Norway

Peter Andreas Munch, usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway. Munch's scholarship included Norwegian archaeology, geography, ethnography, linguistics, and jurisprudence. He was also noted for his Norse legendary saga translations.

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Peter Cosgrove

Peter John Cosgrove
First Name Peter
Last Name Cosgrove
Born on July 28, 1947 (age 78)

General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, is a retired senior Australian Army officer who served as the 26th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.

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