Peter

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Peter is a common given name for males: see Peter (name).

Peter could refer to the following real people:

• Saint Peter, Jesus' disciple and the first and second epistles attributed to him
• Jiri Petr Rector Emeritus University Prague
• Peter the Deacon, a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
• Antipope Peter II
• Peter the Hermit, a peasant religious icon during the First Crusade
• Peter of Portugal - Peter is the name of five Portuguese Kings and several Princes
• Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great), the first Emperor of the Russian Empire
• Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow
• Peter (actor) (ピーター), a Japanese transvestite and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran
• Peter Frampton musician
• Peter, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1112.
• Peter Serafinowicz, English comedy actor
• Peter Stormare, actor
• Peter Saarsgard, actor
• Peter Tomarken, game show host
• Peter Cantor - French theologian (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
• Peter Cellensis - Bishop of Chartres (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
• Peter de Vinea - Most prominent statesman at the court of Frederick II (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
• Peter of Aquila - Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
• Saint Peter the Aleut - Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California
• Peter of Auvergne, scholastic philosopher
• Peter of Bergamo (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
• Peter of Poitiers (Catholic Encyclopedia article)

Fictional people

• Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man.
• Peter Pan
• Peter Potamus
• Dr. Peter Venkman A character played by Bill Murray in the movies Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.
• The blond caveman from the comic strip B.C.
• A principal character in Sheri S. Tepper's The True Game novels
• Peter Griffin, a main character on the animated series Family Guy.
• Peter Pevensie, a major character in The Chronicles of Narnia
• Peter Pettigrew, a character in the Harry Potter-series.

Euphemisms

• Peter is also a euphemism for penis; see There's a Skeeter on My Peter.

Technology

• Peter (software), an IDE