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".[1]
List of people[]
- Babett Peter (born 1988), German football (soccer) player
- Daniel Peter (1836–1919), Swiss chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate
- Friedrich Peter (1921–2005), Austrian politician
- Fritz Peter (1899–1949) German mathematician
- Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), German botanist
- Henry Peter (born 1957), Swiss Lawyer
- John Peter (disambiguation), several people
- Jomo Kenyatta (around 1894–1978), Kenyan leader, who briefly assumed the name John Peter when he converted to Christianity in 1914
- Philipp Peter (born 1969), Austrian racing car driver
- Rózsa Péter (1905–1977), Hungarian mathematician
- Samuel Peter (born 1980), Nigerian heavyweight boxer
- Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player
References[]
- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
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