Peter may refer to:
People
*
List of people named Peter
{{expand list, date=August 2020
Peter is a common name. Peter (given name), As a given name, it is generally derived from Peter the Apostle, born Simon, whom Jesus renamed "Peter" after he declared that Jesus indeed was the Messiah. The name "Peter ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
*
Peter (given name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new na ...
**
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
(died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
*
Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Culture
*
Peter (actor)
(born August 8, 1952, in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese singer, dancer and actor who has appeared in Akira Kurosawa's ''Ran'' and Toshio Matsumoto's '' Bara no Sōretsu''. Ikehata uses the stage name when he appears on TV variety shows and ...
(born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor
*
''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip
*
''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster
*
''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film
*
"Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe''
*
''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith
*
"Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather
Animals
*
Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London
*
Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946
*
Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947
*
Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 and 1964
*
Pete the Cat, fictional cartoon cat
*
Peter (dog)
Peter (1941–1952) was a collie dog who in 1945 was awarded the Dickin Medal, considered to be the Victoria Cross for animals. During the later stages of the Second World War he served as a search and rescue dog in London. He attended the 1946 C ...
, a collie awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945
*
Peter (eagle)
Peter Jefferson was a bald eagle who lived at the Philadelphia Mint from until 1836. He became well known after a while and was let out of the Mint each night to fly around the city of Philadelphia.
Background on Bald Eagles
The bald eagl ...
, a bald eagle at the Philadelphia Mint c. 1830–36
Other uses
* ''The Peter'', or ''
Peter Pomegranate
''Peter Pomegranate'' was a warship of the English Tudor navy, built in 1510. Her name most likely was in honour of Saint Peter and the badge of Queen Catherine of Aragon, a pomegranate.
History
She had a tonnage of 450 when first built. In ...
'', a 16th-century English warship
*
Peter, Utah
Peter (or Petersboro) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the west-central edge of Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area.
...
or Petersboro, a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States
*
Act of Peter, a 5th-century miracle text
*
Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Codex Vercellensis, under the title ...
, one of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
*
Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Peter ( grc, κατά Πέτρον ευαγγέλιον, kata Petron euangelion), or the Gospel according to Peter, is an ancient text concerning Jesus Christ, only partially known today. It is considered a non-canonical gospel and w ...
, a non-canonical gospel
*
Tropical Storm Peter The name Peter has been used for four tropical cyclones worldwide.
In the Atlantic Ocean:
* Tropical Storm Peter (2003), a strong off-season tropical storm that formed in the open ocean, northwest of the Cape Verde islands.
* Tropical Storm Peter ( ...
, various storms named Peter
See also
* , including many people with forename Peter
*
*
Epistle of Peter (disambiguation) There are two books in the New Testament called Epistles of Peter:
* First Epistle of Peter
* Second Epistle of Peter
See also
*Authorship of the Petrine epistles
*Letter of Peter to Philip
The Letter of Peter to Philip is a Gnostic Christian e ...
*
King Peter (disambiguation) King Peter may refer to:
''Noble / Religious hierarchs'':
* Peter I (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter II (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter III (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter IV (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter V ...
*
Pete (disambiguation)
Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to:
People
* Pete (given name)
* Pete (nickname)
* Pete (surname)
Fictional characters
* Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe
* Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character ...
*
Peters (disambiguation) Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kans ...
*
Pierre (disambiguation)
Pierre is a French given name.
Pierre may also refer to:
Places
* Pierre, South Dakota, USA; the capital of South Dakota
* Rivière à Pierre (Batiscan River tributary), in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
* Pierre River (Mit ...
*
Piter (disambiguation)
Piter, a variant of the name Peter, may refer to:
;People with the surname
*Katarzyna Piter (born 1991), Polish tennis player
;People with the given name
* Piter Wilkens (born 1959), Frisian singer, guitarist, composer, lyricist, and producer
;F ...
*
Petrus (disambiguation)
Petrus may refer to:
People
* Petrus (given name)
* Petrus (surname)
* Petrus Borel, pen name of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive (1809–1859), French Romantic writer
* Petrus Brovka, pen name of Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (1905–1980), Soviet Belar ...
*
Petre, a surname and given name
*
Petro (disambiguation)
*
Petru, a Romanian name meaning Peter, including a list of people with the name
*
Petteri Petteri is a Finnish masculine given name, meaning Peter. People with this name include:
* Petteri Forsell (born 1990), Finnish footballer
* Petteri Iivonen (born 1987), Finnish violinist
* Petteri Koponen (born 1988), Finnish professional basketba ...
, a Finnish name meaning Peter, including a list of people with the name
*
Saint Peter (disambiguation)
Saint Peter was one of the original Christian apostles and first Pope of the Catholic Church, although there are many other saints named Peter.
Saint Peter may also refer to:
* Saint Peter, Barbados, parish in the Caribbean island country of Bar ...
{{Disambiguation