Peter (surname)

Peter is a surname which is also a common masculine given name (see here). It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock".^[1]

• Aaju Peter (born 1960), Inuk lawyer, activist and clothing designer
• Arnold Philimon Peter (born 1957), American entertainment and labor lawyer
• Babett Peter (born 1988), German football (soccer) player
• Daniel Peter (1836–1919), Swiss chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate
• Friedrich Peter (1921–2005), Austrian politician
• Fritz Peter (1899–1949) German mathematician
• Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), German botanist
• Henry Peter (born 1957), Swiss Lawyer
• John Peter (disambiguation), several people
• Jomo Kenyatta (around 1894–1978), Kenyan leader, who briefly assumed the name John Peter when he converted to Christianity in 1914
• Philipp Peter (born 1969), Austrian racing car driver
• Rózsa Péter (1905–1977), Hungarian mathematician
• Samuel Peter (born 1980), Nigerian heavyweight boxer
• Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Peter.
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