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List of people named Peter Peder, Peter or Péter is a common name. Peter (given name), As a given name, it is generally derived from Peter the Apostle, born Simon, whom Jesus renamed "Peter" after he declared that Jesus indeed was the Messiah. The name "Peter" roughly mean ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *

Peter (given name) Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek language, Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''wikt:petra, petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ...

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

(died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church *

Peter (surname) Peter is a surname which is also a common masculine given name (see here). It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone" or "rock". List of people * Aaju Peter (born 1960), Inuk lawyer, activist ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Culture

* Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), a Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather * ''Peter'' (album), a 1972 album by Peter Yarrow * ''Peter'', a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * "Peter", 2024 song by Taylor Swift from '' The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology''

Animals

* Peter (Lord's cat), cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London *

Peter (chief mouser) Peter was a cat who served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom between 1929 and 1946. Whilst Peter was the second cat to serve in this role, he is often considered the first, as his predecessor, Treasury Bill, served for ...

, Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 *

Peter II (cat) Peter II ( – 21 June 1947) was a cat who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1946 to 1947, during the premiership of Clement Attlee. He was a two-month-old kitten when appointed to the role. Peter served just six mo ...

, Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 *

Peter III (cat) Peter III ( – 9 March 1964) was a cat who served as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1947 to 1964. He was the successor to Peter II, who died after being hit by a car in Whitehall. He served under five prime ministers: Clement ...

, Chief Mouser between 1947 and 1964 *

Pete the Cat Pete the Cat is a fictional cartoon cat created by American artist James Dean. The series started with four books illustrated by Dean and with text by Eric Litwin; since then, James Dean and his wife Kimberly Dean have written and illustrated t ...

, a fictional cartoon cat *

Peter (dog) Peter (1941–1952) was a collie dog who in 1945 was awarded the Dickin Medal, considered to be the Victoria Cross for animals. During the later stages of the Second World War he served as a search and rescue dog in London. He attended the 19 ...

, a collie awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Peter (eagle), a bald eagle at the Philadelphia Mint c. 1830–36

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* ''The Peter'', or ''

Peter Pomegranate ''Peter Pomegranate'' was a warship of the English Tudor navy, built in 1510. Her name most likely was in honour of Saint Peter and the badge of Queen Catherine of Aragon, a pomegranate. History She had a tonnage of 400 or 450 when first bu ...

'', a 16th-century English warship *

Peter, Utah Peter also known as Petersboro is a census-designated place (CDP) on the west-central edge of Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statisti ...

or Petersboro, a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States *

Act of Peter :''This article discusses a text which is quite distinct from the Acts of Peter''. The ''Act of Peter'' is a brief miracle text celebrating virginity that is found in the 5th-century papyrus Berlin Codex (Berolinensis Gnosticus 8502). It treats ...

, a 5th-century miracle text *

Acts of Peter The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (genre), Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Vetus Latina, Latin translation of ...

, one of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles *

Gospel of Peter The Gospel of Peter (), or the Gospel according to Peter, is an ancient text concerning Jesus Christ (title), Christ, only partially known today. Originally written in Koine Greek, it is a non-canonical gospel and was rejected as apocryphal by the ...

, a non-canonical gospel *

Tropical Storm Peter The name Peter has been used for four tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that ...

, various storms named Peter

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