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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:
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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 Un ...
, 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
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east ...
, 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 compan ...
, 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 requ ...
, a mitzvah in Judaism
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Petter Dass Museum, a museum in Alstahaug, Norway dedicated to Lutheran priest and poet Petter Dass
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