Peltier is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Autumn Peltier Autumn Peltier (born September 27, 2004) is an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate from the Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. She was named Chief Water Commissioner for the Aniishnabek Nation in 2019. In 2018, ...

(born 2004), climate activist * Harvey Peltier, Jr. (1923-1980), American politician *

Harvey Peltier, Sr. Harvey Andrew Peltier Sr. (October 20, 1899 – November 12, 1977), was an attorney, banker, businessman, sugar grower, oilman, champion horse breeder, and politician from Thibodaux, Louisiana, who was a campaign manager of Governor and U.S. ...

(1899-1977), American politician *

Jean Charles Athanase Peltier Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (; ; 22 February 1785 – 27 October 1845) was a French physicist. He was originally a watch dealer, but at the age of 30 began experiments and observations in physics. Peltier was the author of numerous papers in d ...

(1785–1845), French physicist, documented the Peltier effect * Lee Peltier (born 1986), English football player *

Leonard Peltier Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and militant member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two Fed ...

(born 1944), Native American activist who was convicted of the murder of two FBI Agents *

Leslie Peltier Leslie Copus Peltier (January 2, 1900 – May 10, 1980) was an American amateur astronomer and discoverer of several comets and novae, including Nova Herculis 1963. He was once described as "the world's greatest non-professional astronomer" by ...

(1900–1980), American astronomer *

Thérèse Peltier Thérèse Peltier (1873 – 1926), born Thérèse Juliette Cochet, was a French sculptor and early aviation pioneer. Popularly believed to have been the first ever female passenger in an airplane, she may also have been the first woman to pil ...

(1873–1926), French sculptor and aviator * William Richard Peltier (born 1943), University of Toronto professor and physicist

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