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Peter is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) a masculine form of πέτρα meaning "rock".

Peter could refer to the following:

• Peter (name), the name itself.

People

The following people are known primarily by the name Peter:

Religion

• Saint Peter (-68), Jesus' disciple
• Peter the Deacon (-605), a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily, and a few others
• Peter the Deacon (chronicler) (-c.1140), "the Librarian" (Bibliothecarius)
• Peter, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1112
• Peter, a companion in martyrdom of Berard of Carbio (-1220)
• Saint Peter of Verona (1206-1252), also known as Peter Martyr
• Peter of Auvergne (- after 1310), scholastic philosopher
• Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (-1326)
• Peter of Aquila (-1361), Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop
• Peter of Bergamo (-1482), Dominican theologian
• Saint Peter the Aleut (-1815?), Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California
• Pope Peter II (one of several antipopes, 20th century)

Other persons

• Peter (usurper) (sixth century), Roman general
• Peter (Byzantine General) (-602), Byzantine General and brother of Emperor Maurice
• Pier Gerlofs Donia, famous Frisian rebel, pirate and warlord, founder of the Arumer Black Heap and legendary strongman whose name "Pier" is Frisian for "Peter"
• Peter (floruit 926), Roman consul
• Peter I of Bulgaria, (-970), emperor of Bulgaria
• Peter, Duke of the Romans (11th century), Roman consul
• Peter of Maricourt = Peter Peregrinus (13th century), writer on magnetism and astrolabes
• Peter I of Russia (1672-1725), the first Russian emperor
• Peter (actor) (1952), the stage name of Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran
• Peter Griffin, character from hit US animated comedy Family Guy

Other uses

• The Peter principle: "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence," coined by Dr. Laurence J. Peter.
• Peter (short story), a 1892 short story by Willa Cather
• Peter (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip
• Peter, the Lord's cat, a cat who lived at Lord's Cricket Ground in London

See also

• All pages beginning with Peter

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