Peter is a common given name after the disciple of the same name. Peter could refer to the following:
- Peter (name), the name itself.
Real people
The following notable people are named Peter:
- Saint Peter (-68), Jesus' disciple
- Peter (Byzantine General) Byzantine General and brother of Emperor Maurice
- Peter I of Russia (1672-1725) The first Russian Emperor
- 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 (several antipopes, 20th century)
- Peter (actor) (1952), the stage name of Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran
Other uses
- Peter is a euphemism for penis (US usage)
- Peter is a euphemism for someone who affects upper-class airs (Tamil usage; see definition in Madras Tamil)
- Peter is used in verb form to refer to diminishment or reduction, to peter out.
- In criminal slang (UK), a peter is a safe
- Pietro son of Magneto, a character in the X-men series.
- Peter, an 1892 short story by Willa Cather
See also
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