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 John de Appleby Moore

First Name Peter

Last Name Moore

Born on December 16, 1921

Died on July 23, 2013 (aged 91)

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Peter Sorokin

First Name Peter

Last Name Sorokin

Born on July 10, 1931

Died on September 24, 2015 (aged 84)

Born in United States of America, Massachusetts

Peter Pitirimovich Sorokin was an American Russian physicist and co-inventor of the dye laser. He was born in Boston and grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, receiving a BA degree in 1952 and a PhD in Applied Physics in 1958; his PhD thesis adviser was Nicolaas Bloembergen.

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Peter Spiers, 1st of Culcreuch

First Name Peter

Last Name Culcreuch

Died on January 1, 1829

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Peter Michael Evans Lombe

First Name Peter

Last Name Lombe

Born on June 5, 1933

Died on May 26, 2015 (aged 81)

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Peter James

First Name Peter

Last Name James

Born on August 22, 1948 (age 78)

Born in United Kingdom, England, Brighton and Hove

Peter J. James is a British writer of crime fiction. He was born in Brighton, the son of Cornelia James, the former glovemaker to Queen Elizabeth II.

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