Peter may refer to:
People
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List of people named Peter
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Peter is a common name. As a given name, it is generally derived from Peter the Apostle, born Simon, whom Jesus renamed "Peter" after he declared that Jesus indeed was the Messiah. The name "Peter" roughly means " ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
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Peter (given name)
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Saint Peter
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, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
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(died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
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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".
List of people
* Babett Peter (born 1988), German football (so ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Culture
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Peter (actor)
(born August 8, 1952, in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese singer, dancer and actor who has appeared in Akira Kurosawa's '' Ran'' and Toshio Matsumoto's '' Bara no Sōretsu''. Ikehata uses the stage name when he appears on TV variety shows ...
(born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, 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), 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
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, 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
* , including many people with forename Peter
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* 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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