Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to about 100 a year in 2016.Pieter
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands Some of the better known people with this name are below. See for a longer list. * Pieter de Coninck (?-1332), Flemish revolutionary *

Pieter van der Moere Fray Pieter van der Moere, also known as Fray Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura (c. 1480 – 1572) was a Franciscan order, Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century Mexico. Born in Geraardsbergen in present-day Belgium, he was of Flemish people, F ...

(c. 1480–1572), Flemish Franciscan missionary in Mexico known as "Pedro de Gante" *

Pieter Coecke van Aelst Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder ( Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries.

(1502–1550), Flemish artist, architect, and author * Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch Mannerist painter * Pieter Pourbus (1523–1584), Netherlandish painter, sculptor, draftsman and cartographer *

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genr ...

(c 1525-1569), Netherlandish painter * Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540–1596), Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky * Pieter Platevoet (1552–1622), Dutch-Flemish astronomer and cartographer better known as "Petrus Plancius" * Pieter Pauw (1564–1617), Dutch botanist * Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1633), Netherlandish painter * Pieter Both (1568–1615), first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies * Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch historian, poet and playwright * Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), Dutch painter of historical and biblical scenes * Pieter de Carpentier (1586–1659), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1623–27 * Pieter Nuyts (1598–1655), Dutch explorer, diplomat, and politician * Pieter Claesz (1597–1660), Dutch still life painter * Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597–1665), Dutch painter of interiors * Pieter van Laer (1599–1642), Dutch painter and printmaker * Pieter de Grebber (c.1600–1653), Dutch Golden Age painter * Pieter Post (1608–1669), Dutch architect * Pieter Stuyvesant (later Peter) (c.1611–1672), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland 1647–64 * Pieter van der Faes (1618–1680), Dutch portrait painter in England known as "Peter Lely" * Pieter Boel (1626–1674), Flemish still life and animal painter * Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), Dutch genre painter * Pieter Leermans (1635-1706), Dutch painter * Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), Dutch publisher of maps and atlases * Pieter Burmann the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar * Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761), Dutch scientist and inventor * Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), Dutch merchant and banker (of Teyler's Museum) * Pieter Burmann the Younger (1714–1778), Dutch philologist * Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799), Dutch composer, organist and violinist * Pieter van Maldere (1729–1768), South-Netherlandish violinist and composer * Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795), Dutch physician and naturalist * Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801), Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1796–1801 * Pieter Maurits Retief (1780–1838), South African Voortrekker leader * Pieter Harting (1812–1885), Dutch biologist and naturalist * Pieter de Decker (1812–1891), Prime Minister of Belgium 1855–57 * Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist * Oyens brothers, Pieter Oyens (1842–1894), Dutch painter * Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935), Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1913–18 * Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930), Dutch socialist politician and republican * Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate * Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (1872–1944), Dutch abstract painter * Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), Prime Minister of the Netherlands in exile, 1940–45 * Pieter Geyl (1887–1966), Dutch historian * Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa 1978–89 * Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013), Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–77, 1993–94) * Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939), the husband of princess Margriet of The Netherlands * Pieter Aspe (1953–2021), Belgian crime fiction writer * Pieter Hoekstra (born 1953), Dutch-American politician and diplomat * Pieter De Crem (born 1962), Belgian Minister of Defence 2007–14 * Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962), Dutch cellist * Pieter Smit (1963–2018), Dutch politician * Pieter Huistra (born 1967), Dutch footballer and football coach * Pieter van den Hoogenband (born 1978), Dutch freestyle swimmer * Pieter Weening (born 1981), Dutch road bicycle racer * Pieter Timmers (born 1988), Belgian freestyle swimmer

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