Pieter
Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to about 100 a year in 2016.
Some of the better known people with this name are below. See for a longer list.
- Pieter de Coninck, Flemish revolutionary
- Pieter van der Moere, Flemish Franciscan missionary in Mexico known as "Pedro de Gante"
- Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish artist, architect, and author
- Pieter Aertsen, Dutch Mannerist painter
- Pieter Pourbus, Netherlandish painter, sculptor, draftsman and cartographer
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish painter
- Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky
- Pieter Platevoet, Dutch-Flemish astronomer and cartographer better known as "Petrus Plancius"
- Pieter Pauw, Dutch botanist
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Netherlandish painter
- Pieter Both, first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian, poet and playwright
- Pieter Lastman, Dutch painter of historical and biblical scenes
- Pieter de Carpentier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1623–27
- Pieter Nuyts, Dutch explorer, diplomat, and politician
- Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter
- Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Dutch painter of interiors
- Pieter van Laer, Dutch painter and printmaker
- Pieter de Grebber, Dutch Golden Age painter
- Pieter Post, Dutch architect
- Pieter Stuyvesant, Dutch Director-General of New Netherland 1647–64
- Pieter van der Faes, Dutch portrait painter in England known as "Peter Lely"
- Pieter Boel, Flemish still life and animal painter
- Pieter de Hooch, Dutch genre painter
- Pieter Leermans, Dutch painter
- Pieter van der Aa, Dutch publisher of maps and atlases
- Pieter Burmann the Elder, Dutch classical scholar
- Pieter van Musschenbroek, Dutch scientist and inventor
- Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch merchant and banker
- Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist
- Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch composer, organist and violinist
- Pieter van Maldere, South-Netherlandish violinist and composer
- Pieter Boddaert, Dutch physician and naturalist
- Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1796–1801
- Pieter Maurits Retief, South African Voortrekker leader
- Pieter Harting, Dutch biologist and naturalist
- Pieter de Decker, Prime Minister of Belgium 1855–57
- Pieter Bleeker, Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
- Pieter Oyens, Dutch painter
- Pieter Cort van der Linden, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1913–18
- Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch socialist politician and republican
- Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate
- Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, Dutch abstract painter
- Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the Netherlands in exile, 1940–45
- Pieter Geyl, Dutch historian
- Pieter Willem Botha, President of South Africa 1978–89
- Pieter Kooijmans, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Pieter van Vollenhoven, the husband of princess Margriet of The Netherlands
- Pieter Aspe, Belgian crime fiction writer
- Pieter Hoekstra, Dutch-American politician and diplomat
- Pieter De Crem, Belgian Minister of Defence 2007–14
- Pieter Wispelwey, Dutch cellist
- Pieter Smit, Dutch politician
- Pieter Timmermans, Belgian businessman
- Pieter Huistra, Dutch footballer and football coach
- Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- Pieter Weening, Dutch road bicycle racer
- Pieter Timmers, Belgian freestyle swimmer