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Petter (given name)
Petter is a predominantly Scandinavian masculine given name, found mostly in Norway and Sweden and to a much lesser extent in Denmark. It is a cognate of the name Peter.
Individuals bearing the name Petter include:
*Petter (rapper) (born 1974), S ...
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W. E. W. Petter
William Edward Willoughby "Teddy" Petter (8 August 1908, Highgate in Middlesex – 1 May 1968, Béruges) was a British aircraft designer. He is noted for Westland's wartime aeroplanes, the Canberra, the early design of the Lightning, and his las ...
, English aircraft designer
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Arlie Petters
Arlie Oswald Petters, MBE (born February 8, 1964) is a Belizean-American mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor of Mathematics and a Professor of Physics and Economics at Duke University. Petters will become the Provost at ...
, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist
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Tom Petters
Thomas Joseph Petters is a former American businessman and chairman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide, a company which stole over $2 billion in a Ponzi scheme. He was convicted of massive business fraud in 2009 and is now imprisoned at the Unit ...
, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide
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Petter Bay
Petter Bay () is a bight 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Spence Harbor along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. This coast was roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in Decemb ...
, a bay on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, in Scotland
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Lister Petter
Lister Petter is a British company that manufactures internal combustion engines for industry, a subsidiary of Teignmouth, England based Sleeman and Hawken.
History
The company was formed in 1986, after owner Hawker Siddeley Group Plc merged Du ...
, a British manufacturer of internal combustion engines
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Petters Limited
Petters Limited (known as JB Petter & Sons of Yeovil until 1910), were a maker of stationary petrol and diesel engines from 1896 onwards.Petter, Percival. ''The Story of Petters Limited'' (Westbury: David Edgington, 1989) In 1915 Petter founded ...
, a former manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and one of Lister Petter's predecessors
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Petters Group Worldwide Petters Group Worldwide was an American diversified company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota that was turned into a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme by its founder and CEO, Tom Petters. It had 3,200 employees and investments or full ownership in 60 companie ...
, a diversified company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Petter Chamor
The Petter Chamor ( he, פטר חמור) or Redemption of the firstborn donkey, is a mitzvah in Judaism in which a male firstborn (bechor) donkey is redeemed by the owner of the donkey, who gives a lamb or kid to a Kohen. The lamb is not required ...
, a mitzvah in Judaism
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Petter Dass Museum
The Petter Dass Museum ( no, Petter Dass-museet) in Alstahaug, Norway is a museum dedicated to the priest and poet Petter Dass.
The museum was established in 1966 and is a division of the Helgeland Museum. In 1999, Alstahaug was selected as the ...
, a museum in Alstahaug, Norway dedicated to Lutheran priest and poet Petter Dass
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