Peto (surname)

Peto is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *

András Pető András Pető (11 September 1893 in Szombathely, Hungary – 11 September 1967 in Budapest, Hungary) was a practitioner of physical rehabilitation whose work provided the foundation for conductive education. Early life and career András Pet ...

(1893–1967), Hungarian practitioner of physical rehabilitation, inspired conductive education * Basil Peto (1862–1945), English politician * Christopher Peto (1897–1980), English politician *

Dorothy Peto Dorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto OBE KPFSM (15 December 1886 – 26 February 1974) was a pioneer of women policing in the United Kingdom who served as the first attested woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police, from 1930 to 1946. ...

(1886–1974) British women's police pioneer *

Geoffrey Peto Geoffrey Kelsall Peto (8 September 1878 – 8 January 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP). In business, he became a director of the industrial firm Morgan Crucible Company. At the 1923 general ele ...

(1878–1956), English politician * Gladys Emma Peto (1890–1977), English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books *

Harold Peto Harold Ainsworth Peto FRIBA (11 July 1854 – 16 April 1933) was a British architect, landscape architect and garden designer, who worked in Britain and in Provence, France. Among his best-known gardens are Iford Manor, Wiltshire; Buscot P ...

(1854–1933), English architect and garden designer *

Henry Peto Henry Peto (1780–1830) was a British building contractor and uncle to Thomas Grissell (1801–1874) and Morton Peto. Partnerships and apprenticeships Henry Peto was in partnership with another building contractor, John Miles, as Miles and Peto. ...

(1780–1830), English building contractor *

John F. Peto John Frederick Peto (May 21, 1854 – November 23, 1907) was an American ''trompe-l'œil'' ("fool the eye") Painting, painter who was long forgotten until his paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow ''trompe-l'œil'' artist William ...

(1854–1907), American painter * John Peto (cricketer) (died 1874), English cricketer *

John Peto (politician) Major Basil Arthur John Peto (13 December 1900 – 3 February 1954) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early life Peto was born 13 December 1900 at Chertsey, Surrey, the son of Sir Basil Peto, a former Member of Parliament."Major Joh ...

(1900–1954), British Conservative Party politician * Judit Pető (born 1921), birth name of Hungarian designer Judith Leiber *

Julian Peto Julian Peto is an English statistician and cancer epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was Cancer Research UK Chair of Epidemiology at the Institute of Cancer Research from 1983 until 2010. From 1974 to 198 ...

, English statistician and cancer epidemiologist *

László Pető László Pető (born 2 November 1948) is a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Ol ...

(born 1948), Hungarian fencer *

László Pető (sport shooter) László Pető (born 25 June 1969) is a Hungarian sports shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'es ...

(born 1969), Hungarian sports shooter *

Len Peto Leonard Arthur Peto (June 25, 1892 – November 10, 1985) was a National Hockey League executive and a director of both the Montreal Canadiens and the Montreal Maroons. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1944 with the Montreal Canadiens. ...

(1892–1985), ice hockey executive *

Michael Peto Michael Peto (also known as Mihály Petö) (1908 – 25 December 1970) was an internationally recognized Hungarian-British photojournalist of the twentieth century. Emigrating to London before World War II through business, in the postwar years h ...

, also known as Mihály Petö (1908–1970), Hungarian-British photojournalist *

Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP). A partner in the firm of Grissell and Peto, he ...

(1809–1889), English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer *

Richard Peto Sir Richard Peto (born 14 May 1943) is an English statistician and epidemiologist who is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford, England. Education He attended Taunton's School in Southampton and subsequ ...

(born 1943), English professor of medical statistics and Epidemiology in the University of Oxford *

Rosemary Peto Maud Rosemary Peto (1916–1998) was a British painter and artist. She was titled Viscountess Hinchingbroke from 1934 to 1958. Biography Peto was born in London to Major Sir Ralph Harding Peto and Frances Ruby Vera Lindsay, a family of artist ...

(1916–1998), English artist *

Samuel Petto Samuel Petto (c. 1624–1711) was an English Calvinist, a Cambridge graduate, and an Independent Puritan clergyman who primarily ministered in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was a prolific theologian who made a notable contribution to the development of Br ...

(c.1624-1711), English Puritan clergyman *

Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer, and, for more than 20 years, a Member of Parliament (MP). A partner in the firm of Grissell and Peto, he ...

(1809–1889), English construction entrepreneur *

Tibor Peto Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe. There are several explanations for the origin of the name: * from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome. * in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...

(born 1980), Hungarian rower *

Tim Peto Timothy Edward Alexander Peto is a professor of medicine at the University of Oxford. He is the co-leader for the Infection Theme of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and a National Institute for Health and Care Research Senior Investigator. ...

(born 1950), English professor of medicine of the University of Oxford * William Peto, English cricketer * Zoltán Pető (born 1974), Hungarian footballer {{surname