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{{wiktionary|Peter|peter|Péter|péter}}
People and things named Peter include:
'''Peter''' may refer to:


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* [[Christ]]'s [[disciple]], [[Saint Peter|Peter]]
==People==
* Peter the Deacon, a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
* [[List of people named Peter]], a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Two modern (and still-living) [[antipope]]s ([[Antipope Peter II]])
* [[Peter (given name)]]
* [[Peter the Great]], the first [[Emperor]] of the [[Russian Empire]]
** [[Saint Peter]] (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* [[Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow]]
* [[Peter (surname)]], a surname (including a list of people with the name)
* Peter, the blond caveman from the comic strip ''[[B.C. (comic)|B.C.]]''
* [[Peter (actor)|Peter]] (ピーター), a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[transvestite]] and actor who has appeared in [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Ran (1985 movie)|Ran]]'' (among other films).
* [[The True Game|Peter]] is a principal character in [[Sheri S. Tepper]]'s ''[[The True Game|True Game]]'' novels.
* [[Peter Cook]] (November 17, 1937 – January 9, 1995) an English satirist, writer and comedian
* [[Peter Gabriel]], a famous English musician and former frontman in the progressive rockband Genesis
* [[Peter Griffin]], the title character of the animated TV series ''[[Family Guy]]''.
* [[Peter Jennings]] (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) the lead news anchor for the ABC network from the 1980s to the 2000s
* [[Peter O'Toole]] a famous Irish-born film actor
* [[Peter Pan]], a fictional character created by [[J. M. Barrie]] of a little boy who refuses to grow up
* [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] a fictional character , the alter ego of [[Spider-Man]] and a [[Marvel Comics]] superhero created by [[Stan Lee]]
* '''[[Peter Pevensie]]''' is one of the main characters in [[C.S. Lewis]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]''
* [[Peter Rabbit]], the famous [[Beatrix Potter]] children's character
* [[Peter Sellers]] (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) a British comedian, talented comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show
* [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) a Russian composer of the Romantic era.
* ''[[Blue Peter]]'' is a long-running [[children]]'s [[TV programme]] in the [[United Kingdom]], named after a [[flag]].
* '''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''' is a musical story by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] written in [[1933]]
* "Peter" can also be a slang term meaning "[[penis]]."
* Peter is the name of five [[List of Portuguese monarchs|Portuguese Kings]] and several Princes (See: [[Peter of Portugal]])


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

== Animals==
* [[Peter, the Lord's cat]], cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London
* [[Peter (chief mouser)]], Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946
* [[Peter II (cat)]], Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947
* [[Peter III (cat)]], Chief Mouser between 1947 and 1964
* [[Pete the Cat]], a fictional cartoon cat
* [[Peter (dog)]], a collie awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945
* [[Peter (eagle)]], a bald eagle at the Philadelphia Mint c. 1830–36

==Other uses==
* ''The Peter'', or ''[[Peter Pomegranate]]'', a 16th-century English warship
* [[Peter, Utah]] or Petersboro, a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States
* [[Act of Peter]], a 5th-century miracle text
* [[Acts of Peter]], one of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
* [[Gospel of Peter]], a non-canonical gospel
* [[Tropical Storm Peter]], various storms named Peter

==See also==
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* {{look from|Peter|| All pages beginning with Peter}}, including many people with forename Peter
* {{in title}}
* [[Epistle of Peter (disambiguation)]]
* [[King Peter (disambiguation)]]
* [[Pete (disambiguation)]]
* [[Peters (disambiguation)]]
* [[Pierre (disambiguation)]]
* [[Piter (disambiguation)]]
* [[Petrus (disambiguation)]]
* [[Petre]], a surname and given name
* [[Petro (disambiguation)]]
* [[Petru]], a Romanian name meaning Peter, including a list of people with the name
* [[Petteri]], a Finnish name meaning Peter, including a list of people with the name
* [[Saint Peter (disambiguation)]]

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