Pēteris is a
Latvian language
Latvian ( ), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well ...
masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
and may refer to:
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Pēteris Dzelzītis
Pēteris Dzelzītis (September 21, 1921 – February 16, 1948) was a Latvian soldier. He fought for the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS during World War II and the Latvian partisans during the Guerrilla war in the Baltic states.
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(1921–1948), Latvian soldier and partisan
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Pēteris Juraševskis
Pēteris Juraševskis (23 March 1872, in Sesava parish – 10 January 1945) held the office of Prime Minister of Latvia from 24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928. He was the List of Ministers of Finance of Latvia, Minister of Finance from January ...
(1872–1945), Latvian politician and former Prime Minister of Latvia
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Pēteris Kalniņš
Pēteris Kalniņš (born 15 December 1988, in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 2004. He finished 26th in men's doubles at the FIL World Luge Championships 2007 in Igls.
Kalniņš also finished seventh in the doubles event at the F ...
(born 1988), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor
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Pēteris Lauks (1902–1984), Latvian football defender
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Pēteris Pētersons (1923–1998), Latvian playwright, theatre director and drama critic, theorist, translator, journalist and social activist
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Pēteris Plakidis (born 1947), Latvian composer and pianist
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Pēteris Skudra
Pēteris "Peter" Skudra (born April 24, 1973) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey goaltender and head coach. During a playing career that lasted from 1994 to 2007 he played for several teams in Latvia, Russia and North America. After sta ...
(born 1973), Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender
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Pēteris Stučka
Pēteris Stučka, sometimes spelt Pyotr Ivanovich Stuchka (russian: Пётр Ива́нович Сту́чка, german: Peter Stutschka (in contemporary writings); – 25 January 1932), was a Latvian jurist and communist politician who served a ...
(1865–1932), Latvian politician, writer, translator, editor, jurist and president of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
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Pēteris Vasks
Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer.
Biography
Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, into the family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player wi ...
(born 1946), Latvian composer
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Pēteris Zeltiņš (1914–1994), Latvian racewalker and Olympic competitor
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Latvian masculine given names