Peterkin is a surname, alternatively spelled Peterken. It is a medieval diminutive of the given name

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

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/ref> Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Peterkin (1781–1846), Scottish writer * Daisy Ann Peterkin (1884–1952), a dancer professionally known as Mademoiselle Dazie * Elizabeth Helen Peterken, the birth name of

Betsy McCaughey Elizabeth Helen McCaughey (; née Peterken; born October 20, 1948), formerly known as Betsy McCaughey Ross, is an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1995 to 1998, during the first term of Governor George Pataki ...

, an American politician * Freddie Lee Peterkin, an American singer-songwriter * George William Peterkin (1841–1916), the first Episcopal bishop of West Virginia * Jamie Peterkin, b. 1982, a Saint Lucian Olympic swimmer *

Julia Peterkin Julia Peterkin (October 31, 1880 – August 10, 1961) was an American author from South Carolina. In 1929 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Novel/Literature for her novel ''Scarlet Sister Mary.'' She wrote several novels about the plantation South ...

(1880–1961), a South Carolina fiction writer * Dr. Michael Peterkin, the founder of the Pierro winery in Australia * Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin, b. 1947, a retired British army officer * Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (1847–1891), an American philanthropist * Wilbur J. Peterkin (1904–1996), an American military officer. * Thomas Peterkin, the

Mayor of Lower Hutt The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board. Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry. Li ...

(1907 - 1909)

Fictional characters

* Peterkin Gay, a character in the novel ''

The Coral Island ''The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean'' (1857) is a novel written by Scottish author . One of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes, the story relates the adventures of three boys marooned on a ...

'', 1858 * The Peterkins, an impractical family in '' The Peterkin Papers'', 1880 * Peterkin, a cartoon satyr in ''Scrambled Eggs'', a 1939 film * Eric Peterkin, the half-Chinese amateur detective in the novel A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang, 2018

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