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".

List of people

 * 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