Peter is a

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which is also a common masculine

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(see

here Here is an adverb that means "in, on, or at this place". It may also refer to: Software * Here Technologies, a mapping company * Here WeGo (formerly Here Maps), a mobile app and map website by Here Technologies, Here Television * Here TV (form ...

). It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone" or "rock".

List of people

Babett Peter Babett Peter (born 12 May 1988) is a German professional footballer. She plays as a defender for Real Madrid CF. She has also played for Germany. Club career Turbine Potsdam Peter started playing football in primary school. At the age of nin ...

(born 1988), German football (soccer) player *

Daniel Peter Daniel Peter (9 March 1836 – 4 November 1919) was a Swiss chocolatier and entrepreneur who founded Peter's Chocolate. A neighbour of Henri Nestlé in Vevey, he was one of the first chocolatiers to make milk chocolate and is credited for inven ...

(1836–1919), Swiss chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate *

Friedrich Peter Friedrich Peter (13 July 1921 – 25 September 2005) was an Austrian politician who served as chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria from 1958 to 1978. He was an active Nazi between 1938 and 1946. World War II and SS service Born in Attnang-P ...

(1921–2005), Austrian politician *

Fritz Peter Fritz Peter (1899–1949) was a German mathematician who helped prove the Peter–Weyl theorem. He was a student of Hermann Weyl Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl, (; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physici ...

(1899–1949) German mathematician *

Gustav Albert Peter Gustav Albert Peter (21 August 1853, in Gumbinnen – 4 October 1937, in Göttingen) was a German botanist. In 1874 he received his doctorate from the University of Königsberg, and later on, worked as a curator at the botanical garden in Munich. ...

(1853–1937), German botanist *

Henry Peter Henry Peter (born in 1957), is a French-Swiss lawyer who specialises in corporate law and sports law. He is also a full professor of law at the University of Geneva, where he heads a department dedicated to philanthropy. Life Henry Peter comple ...

(born 1957), Swiss Lawyer *

John Peter (disambiguation) John Peter may refer to: * John Peter (critic) (1938–2020), theatre critic for the ''Sunday Times'' * John Peter (novelist) (1921–1983), Canadian English literature scholar, essayist, and novelist * John Peter (field hockey) (1937–1998), In ...

, 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 Philipp Peter (born 6 April 1969 in Vienna) is a race car driver from Austria. He started in junior formula cars with the highlight winning the Austria Formula 3 Cup in 1992. He represented Austria in the 1990 EFDA Nations Cup and also raced in ...

(born 1969), Austrian racing car driver *

Rózsa Péter Rózsa Péter, born Rózsa Politzer, (17 February 1905 – 16 February 1977) was a Hungarian mathematician and logician. She is best known as the "founding mother of recursion theory". Early life and education Péter was born in Budapest, ...

(1905–1977), Hungarian mathematician *

Samuel Peter Samuel Okon Peter (born September 6, 1980) is a Nigerian professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title in 2008, when he stopped Oleg Maskaev in six rounds. In his prime, he was known for his rivalry with the Klitschko brothers, havi ...

(born 1980), Nigerian heavyweight boxer * Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player

References

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