David Paretz, a Bulgarian painter

Peretz Smolenskin, (1842–1885), a Russian Jewish novelist

Omer Peretz, Israel U21 footballer

Vicky Peretz, former Israeli international footballer

Perutz is a surname and may refer to: Leo Perutz (1882– 1957), Czech-Austrian novelist and mathematician Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914–2002), Austrian-British molecular biologist Robin Perutz, son of Max, chemist Otto Perutz (1847-1922), Czech-German...

Amir Peretz, former Defense Minister and Labour Party leader in Israel.

I.L. Peretz, (1852–1915), a modernist Yiddish language author and playwright.

Martin Peretz, Harvard lecturer and owner of The New Republic

Peretz Hirshbein, (1880–1948), a Yiddish-language playwright

Peretz Markish, (1895 - 1952), a Soviet Yiddish-language poet.

Perec (a Slavonic name) (occasionally, pronounced faultily like [perek])

Pharez used in the Book of Genesis (also written as Peretz, Perets)

Perez and Peres (an Iberian family name, confused by some writers with a similar term meaning 'son of the father' and by others with a patronymic for "child of Peter"). Perez is the Spanish form of the Hebrew family name Peretz. It was adopted as a family name by Spanish Hebrew (Sephardi Jews) families during a time of religious intolerance (1318 c.e.) in Spain. The name is also one of the names of the Messiah in Rabbinic tradition. It is a common family name among descendants of Spanish Jewish families that converted during the Inquisition.