Peat is an English

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surname. People with the name Peat include: *

Andrus Peat Andrus Jamerson Peat (born November 4, 1993) is an American football guard for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford. As a high school senior, he was considered the best college ...

(born 1993), American football player * Arthur Peat (1940–2012), English footballer *

Charles Peat Charles Urie Peat (28 February 1892 – 27 October 1979) was a British Conservative Party politician and cricketer. He was the son of William Barclay Peat, founder of the international accounting firm KPMG. Peat was born in Edmonton, Middlesex ...

(1892–1979), British politician and cricketer *

F. David Peat Francis David Peat (Born 18 April 1938 Waterloo, England died 6 June 2017 in Pari Italy) was a holistic physicist and author who has carried out research in solid state physics and the foundation of quantum theory. He was director of the Pari ...

(1938–2017), British physicist and author * Harold R. Peat (1893–1960), Canadian soldier and author * Jeremy Peat (born 1945), British economist *

Lindsay Peat Lindsay Peat is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Peat represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Peat is an all-round sportswoman. In addition to representing Ireland at women's rugby union, she has also played for t ...

(born 1980), Irish rugby union player * Louisa Watson Small Peat (1883–1952), Irish lecturer and writer * Marion Todd Peat (born 1964), former American football player * Mark Peat (born 1982), Scottish footballer *

Michael Peat Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat (born 16 November 1949) is an English retired accountant and courtier. He was the Principal Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall between 2002 and 2011. Life and career P ...

(born 1949), British accountant and former private secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales * Nathan Neil Martin Peat (born 1982), English footballer *

Neville Peat Neville Douglas Peat (born 1947) is a New Zealand author and photographer, based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula. He specialises in topics about natural history, notably that of southern New Zealand and New Zealand's subantarctic islands. ...

, New Zealand author and photographer * Stephen Peat (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player *

Steve Peat Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career a ...

(born 1974), English mountain biker *

William Barclay Peat Sir William Barclay Peat (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG. Career Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland. He was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay (of t ...

(1852–1936), British accountant

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