Peter (surname)
Peter is a surname which is also a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος meaning "stone" or "rock".
List of people
- Aaju Peter, Inuk lawyer, activist and clothing designer
- Babett Peter, German football player
- Daniel Peter, Swiss chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate
- Franz Peter, Austrian military pilot
- Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician
- Fritz Peter German mathematician
- Gustav Albert Peter, German botanist
- Henry Peter, Swiss Lawyer
- John Peter (disambiguation), several people
- Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan leader, who briefly assumed the name John Peter when he converted to Christianity in 1914
- Philipp Peter, Austrian racing car driver
- Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician
- Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
- Taelon Peter, American basketball player
- Werner Peter, East German football player